I haven't this situation in my rig....if I change difficulty settings the game keep the new values....

Try to check if the SH3 DATA folder allow to modify the files....

Otherwise I can only suggest to try look at the installing guide quoted above and try to reinstall the game....I do as it until point 7 but I don't install the 4gb patch and the HiRes fix....

I suggest you to start campaign only when the game is working flawless....

Do you realize that you posted in the wrong section? This is the SH3 section. SH4 is a few sub-forums higher in the list. The game structure is mostly similar. But it's better to keep things organised in here.

Did you run the game as an administrator account the first time (perhaps directly after installing), and after that as a different account? Or vice versa. That could explain why the settings did not stick. It was using the configuration settings in the SH4 folder of a different user Documents folder, which did not contain the altered settings yet.

No, I did not notice. Sorry.

Yes, I did all of that. So, I took my time and ran a test.

As a Bilge Rat, I am in the SH3 area, but... if there are any in my position attempting to run SH4 in Windows System 7 Home Edition, here is what was discovered:

Go to: Options

GAMEPLAY SETTINGS

Change to "High", realism 73
uncheck Manuel Targeting System, realism 58
Apply Changes

Are you sure? Yes
Back

Start: American Career

The difficulty setting will change the Gameplay settings as follows:

Easy -------> Low
Normal -----> Medium
Hard -------> High
Very Hard --> Realistic

Otherwise, the Gameplay Settings are remembered and used as you set them for the other types of play.

Thank-you all.

Getting a higher res!
 

Hi all...

I'm playing SH3 on Windows 7 64Bit. I got it from Steam about 4 years ago.

I'm playing it pretty much clean, no mods installed etc., apart from SH3 Commander, though if I'm correct that's not really a Mod of the game itself, it's more some added features before the game starts.

Anyhow, it's working perfectly but I'm playing it in 1024x768. I can't get it to play any higher than that. No errors, but it's always 1024x768 no matter what I try. My monitor is 1600x1200 native. I've tried editing the setting in the main.cfg file, and I tried downloading the High Res fix (the one with the 9d3d.cfg file) but still just 1024x768.

Any ideas how to get a higher res?

Thanks...

J.

Welcome Aboard
 

Welcome :sunny:

Wow, thanks for the welcome, it's nice to see a friendly forum! I feel bad now for jumping straight in with a question, I'll make sure I post in the Introduction thread...

J.

Ok, some more details about my problem...

I've read all 30 pages of this thread, and tried most of the suggestions.

To recap, I'm running SH3 that I got from Steam about 3 or 4 years ago. It's 1.4b with no Mods at all (apart from SH3 Commander, but I had the same issue before I installed that).

I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit with 6GB of RAM and an ATI Radeon HD4850 (512MB) Graphics Card.

Basically, I can't get SH3 to not run in 1024x768. My monitor's default resolution is 1600x1200, so I don't even have to worry about Widescreen issues, as it's 4x3.

After reading lots of answers on here, I decided to do things 'properly'. I downloaded and installed JSGME. I then used it to install the 4GB patch and the DX9HiResFix patch and they're all enabled via JSGME. In fact, when I enabled the DX9HiResFix patch, it detected another one (_DX9HiResFix) so I tried enabling that as well.

I also tried things like running the SH3.exe executable in 'Windows XP SP3 Compatibility' mode.

But no matter what I do, the resolution isn't changing when I'm in the game. After each change I've made, I've run the game and started a new single mission, but the screen always looks the same.

Any ideas what else I can try? One thing did occur to me, maybe, just maybe, I'm already at a higher resolution without realising it, and have been all along. So I took a pic of the monitor during the game, maybe someone could let me know if they think I'm in 1024x768 or not. It looks different to some of the screenshots I've seen on here, but with so many mods out there, it's possible that's the difference? It's a 20 inch screen.

Thanks...

J.

I followed heinz's instructions to the letter, and when I clicked on the SHIII icon nothing happens (no error message or anything, it's like the icon doesn't even work). Went through like you said and gave it all of the permissions for all users, still nothing. I'm not sure what could be wrong...

I mean to:

Right click on the game icon over the desktop , open the property window and then the security label , you'll find all your rig users; when you select one below is shown it's level of authorization....enable all users to full controls....

Hope this'll help you....

I tried that, Walter. It still doesn't work. :(

Sorry mate I can't help you further....

Are you sure to have done at the letter?

Try to uninstall the game , delete all folders left from uninstalling , reboot the rig and reinstall the game checking all Heinz passage one by one....

Yeah, I did it to the letter. I had heard that guys were able to get the Steam version going, so I bought it on Steam and it doesn't work either. BUT, I get a different issue with the Steam one, it says it cannot initialize the 3D engine, and I think that's something I can work with (I think people have fixed that one). I will see if I can get the Steam one to work first...

The 3d engine not initialized can be due the monitor resolution not set to a 4:3 resolution....try to set res to a valid 4:3 value....