@Aces

Hi ol' mate, yep I know where your coming from. I buy most new sims that hit the market, alas they seem to be getting fewer and farther between these days. I spent a bunch of dosh on Steel Beasts Pro PE alone, along with it's 2 payable updates. I doubt I've spent more than a couple of hours game time with it, did the same with F4 Allied Force. Black Shark, SH4 and 5 to name but a few. Seems a bloody aweful shame mate. Next on my list will be DCS A10, but probably won't have the hours to get to grips with it :( . It's a bugger being old and working ;). Your magnificent work sure does help me to while away sometime on my favourite subsim tho skipper.

Now take that well earned brake darnit, and grab a beer with me:()1:

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

This looks like a wonderful mod and I would seriously like to be able to use it, but I'm getting CTDs whenever I try. I've tried a few times now, with clean installs, driver upgrades, resolution changes, but I never get beyond the loading screen for my (new ) career (and sometimes not that far!). My PC runs GWX just fine and I think I've got the instructions right. The problem is even after I uninstall the mod with JSGME the crashes persist and loading slows down. Any ideas? It could well be something in my setup because your mod isn't the only one of the great new mods that have attracted me back to this sim that sadly I can't run. System specs: Core 2 Duo 3.0 Ghz, 4 Gb RAM, ATi HD 4890 1 Gb, Catalyst 10.8 drivers, Win XP Pro 32 bit.

Hi mate,

A quick reply as I'm at work, IMHO the CTDs are being caused by all the big mods using up memory.

Please try Anvart's /3gb patch if you are running windows XP, details and download link in this posting:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...&postcount=230

Please remember to back up your boot.ini before editing and also your sh3.exe files before applying the patch.

Hope this helps,

Best Regards

Aces

Many thanks-your help is much appreciated. I have downloaded the utility from the link and am trying to get my head round this. The boot.ini edit is presumably the same one that enables the 3Gb switch? Is there a difference between the results using Anvart's utility and simply enabling the switch in boot.ini (I found a post suggesting this)? A lot has moved on since I last played this sim!

Hi mate,

You have to edit the boot.ini as indicated and also run the batch file to patch the sh3.exe to make it "largeaddressaware" then it will use the momory above 3Gb, I am the same as you, I have Windows XP with 4Gb, without using the /3Gb patch I would and did get CTDs with all these mods loaded. Simply editing the boot.ini isn't enough you must patch the sh3.exe as well.

Best Regards

Aces

Yes, I agree with Aces ! I have Win XP SP3 32 Bit with 4 GB RAM and without the 4GB Patch AND Editing the Boot.ini File I have no chance, that the Game with all my MODs loaded !

With 4GB Patch AND Boot.ini Editing I have no Problems to load the Game !!!

Best regards,
Magic

I added the patch and edited my boot.ini but with the mod enabled I'm still getting a CTD when I'm about three quarters through the initial loading screen. I remove the mod and SH3 then loads OK. I'm wondering if using the no DVD version of the exe is an issue (I've got a version of the disc with Starforce)? Here's my boot.ini

[boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=" Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=" Windows XP Professional w/3GB" /fastdetect /3GB /Userva=2560

Thanks for the advice.

And this is my Boot.ini:

[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /3GB /USERVA=2990

The red entry is the additional Entry for the 4GB Patch, no more !!!!

Best regards,
Magic

Amended my boot.ini (thanks Magic1111) and......oh, the frustration, still getting the CTD although loading times are noticeably quicker. SH3 is working fine with GWX but as soon as I enable the three parts of the mod, I'm back to the desktop every time.

Hi mate,

Sorry to see that you are still having problems.

Forgive me if I missed it but can you please post your mod install order from JSGME. You can do this by clicking on "Tasks" then on "Export activates mods list to" and then select "Clipboard" and then you can paste them here.

Best Regards

Aces

It's pretty simple at the moment, just yours

WAC4.1 SubPen_animated_18.02.2010
GWX 3 Wilhemshafen,St Naz,Schluese and xtra ships V6
Aces' Super Pens v4 GWX3 Version

I hope that's the right mods in the right order! I've tried it with some GWX mods enabled as well, either before or after. Either way that produces a CTD before the main GUI loads. With your mod on its own I can get to the main GUI, but when I try to load a career the game freezes on the loading screen about 80-90% up the progress bar.

Hi !

No, no, no ! It´s not the correct order !!!

Try this:

1.) A "clean" SH3 1.4b Installation
2.) GWX 3.0 + maybe Additional MODs FOR GWX that comes with GWX if you want
3.) GWX 3 Wilhemshafen,St Naz,Schluese and xtra ships V6
4.) WAC4.1 SubPen_animated_18.02.2010
5.) Aces' Super Pens v4 GWX3 Version

That´s the correct order.

And then + 4GB Patch and modded Boot.ini.

That´s it !

Best regards,
Magic

Well I feel sheepish.....I actually got iambecomelife's Merchant Fleet mod (the full version-another great mod) working today on my system and it's all running like a dream, so I'm happy now I know it's my error and not my system. I had done 1) and 2) OK but reversed 3) and 4). Now I wonder if I can get that mod and the Super Pens working together? Any thoughts? They both introduce new ships, is that an issue? I promise I'll stop asking questions and start playing the game soon :) I can't get over the amount of new content that has arrived since I last played this sim.

Please excuse the double post, but I thought I should add a postcript. I reinstalled my mods in the correct order and .........CTD before the main gui appeared. Aaaaaaagh!!! Out of curiosity I tried with just GWX 3 Wilhemshafen,St Naz,Schluese and xtra ships V6 and WAC4.1 SubPen_animated_18.02.2010 and it loaded fine (albeit slowly). So I now have access to the nice content in those mods, but sadly can't use yours, Aces. I did download another copy of the mod just in case the first one got corrupted but the result was the same. Never mind, thanks for trying to sort it out anyway.

Hi mate,

Can you let me know how you applied the /3gb patch please. I don't understand why you are having these problems as others with Windows XP 4 Gb RAM and the patch can run them. I'll try and help if I can, my mods list is much larger than the one you are running. Yes, it's slow to load but everything works.

Best Regards

Aces