Can't install patch 1.4. (FIXED)
 

I have just upgraded to SH 4 after playing SH3 to death! However having just installed the game I proceeded to try to install Patch 1.4, which then tells me that

"The setup has detected that no version of Silent hunter 4 Wolves of the Pacific is installed.

This update requires that a previous version of the application be installed."

Is it just me or is that error message particularly unhelpful? Could it be that it is looking for the game in a different directory to what I installed it to (though I did not change it from default). Does it make a difference because i am running Vista.

I am confused!! Please help!

SciFi25

Ahhh, never mind. I think I may have just discovered what has gone wrong. It is indeed a Vista issue. Because I launched the install from the auto play flash screen the UAC did not ask me for a administrator password. This meant that the game was installed to a really rather randon path as C:\Program Files is protected from editing. I am now running the setup as an administrator and hopefully that will solve the problem!! :D

Or, simply install it anywhere else but Program Files. UAC protection only applies to Program Files and its subdirectories. I have SH3 and SH4 in an UbiSoft directory in my user space's Games directory, and I'v never had a problem with patches or using JGSME for mods.

Lol!! I never thought of that! :D Oh well, live and learn!