Null Base
 

Hi All
First time posting so please be gentle.

I have been playing SH3 for a longtime and just recently restarted the whole game, I found this site and all the treasures in it...like cfg changes etc.

So today I was playing the game and it offered me a change to a new flotilla. When I clicked on it to transfer a screen came up and said Base is : null and then froze and would not let me out of the game. I forced a shut doen to get out of the game.

Any idea why this happened????


Thanks in advance

John

Welcome Aboard!
 

:salute:

Hi John! It happened to me, when I should switch to another base, or that I have done an upgrade, but not a CTD

Not sure if that's actually an answer but thanks for the salute :D

Thanks for the answer Vendor, at least it happens to others so I am not alone:)...thank you

John

When the Null is one thing, but you have to stop and turn off is another thing has this happened before, at other times?

No this is the very first time this happened. I tried to shut down via task manager but SH3 was not showing in the apps list so the PC was not picking it up, maybe it was a glitch in the machine. I have shut down the PC and am using my laptop for this posting, I will reboot tomorrow and see if it happens again. I feel it just froze and should be ok...I was concerned about the NULL BASE...and at least now I know it happens to other users so this makes me feel a bit better....thank God I saved the game first before trying the flotilla change.

Thank you so much for your time


John

No problem! What type of PC do you use when you run SH3 with or without GWX, I thought that if it has incurred any, which had a direct impact in the machines that did this, just a thought because you previously not had any problems

I am running XP service pack 2.
Never had a problem before and I have the game over 3 years now.

Sorry I dont know what GWX means. :oops:

I just transfered the base to St. Naz so not too far itno the game..if it continues to cause me problems I may just uninstall the whole thing and start again.


Thanks Vendor for your interest

John

GWX3 is a Super Mods,you are installing the SH3 (Stock)),and then on top of the SH3,place GWX3 there are several others but I use myself GWX3 giving the game a significant better feeling and realism instead of "regular" if you do not have it, so I recommend GWX3.

Here is a links for GWX,
 

http://www.thegreywolves.com/

http://www.filefront.com/user/JimbunaGWX2/

You are very kind for this help. Thank you I will look at downloading the links into my game

Cheers

John

:yeah::up::salute:

You're welcome! But do not forget that you need to have a clean install of SH3, and one piece of advice is that you clear the deleted files and folders from SH3 from my document /the partition C, use CCleaner (free), or reg vac cleaner free trial :up:

Links for clean your hard drive,

http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/

http://www.regvac.com/fregvac.htm

Excellent!!!!!

:yeah:

Thank you once again!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let us know, if you encounter any question why along the installation process :yep:

Hi Vendor

I have gone to the GWX download site and am presented with 8 files to download from a master called Conning Towers,...the last being a tribute file :
http://www.gamefront.com/files/user/ConningTower


Do I download ALL of these, and are they just the file needed and broken down into each section...or do I just download a SINGLE file, if so which one do you suggest.

Is the patch just a normal over-ride patch and is just placed in the SH3 file and accepted to over-ride the existing file?


Ohh and I just treid the SH3 game now and the null base is still there but the game is ok to play....I just wont pick that base and all should be ok....thanks again for your help on that.

Thanks for now
John

Your problem may be simpler to solve than you anticipate.
This type of thing used to happen to me, often.

Try cleaning any dust from inside your computer.
Special attention to the graffik card, memory sticks, fans, and power supply.
SH3 is fairly demanding of resoursed. A-little dust can hurt a-lot.

Feel for built up heat problems.
You may want to play with the side panel off, for better ventilation.

You don't need the mpeg file, but download GWX3-1.bin through to GWX3-7.bin and download GWX3.exe (install program). Then put em all in the same directory and run the GWX3 install program. Point it in the direction of your Silent Hunter 3 install and make sure your Silent Hunter 3 is clean and unmodded. The rest will be automatic.

edit: Oh, and make sure your Silent Hunter 3 is the latest 1.4b version. You can get the 1.4b patch from the downloads section of subsim if you need it.

Thanks for all the help guys :yeah:

Okay so I have DL the GWX files and am about to set up.

Should I completely uninstall SH3 use CC cleaner to get rid any extra files in the HD and then reinstall SH3 as new and then run GWX ?

Do I need to clean out reg filesd too?

I have my SH3 file now modded with some mods from here and the installer too.

The v1.4 patch is in the file destination now but I can reinsert it with a new install.

Thanks in advance guys


John