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Crooked

11-07-12 12:12 PM

Uplay launch difficulty

Hello gentlemen

So several years after purchasing silent hunter 5 via steam (fooled me once) I have returned with a new DVD version that fails to launch with the Uplay service (fool me twice).

I have patched to 1.2 however once I launch SH5 via Uplay the opening cinematic plays (without sound) in the upper left 40% of my screen. I am then returned to uplay for an after game report informing me if my total play time of 2 minutes. I cannot interact with SH5 in any other way.

I have searched both the forums and Google without m luck. My apologies if this has been answered elsewhere.

Thanks for your time.
Crooked

Targor Avelany

11-07-12 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crooked (Post 1958010)

Hello gentlemen

So several years after purchasing silent hunter 5 via steam (fooled me once) I have returned with a new DVD version that fails to launch with the Up lay service (fool me twice).

I have patched to 1.2 however once I launch SH5 via Uplay the opening cinematic plays (without sound) in the upper left 40% of my screen. I am then returned to uplay for an after game report informing me if my total play time of 2 minutes. I cannot interact with SH5 in any other way.

I have searched both the forums and Google without m luck. My apologies if this has been answered elsewhere.

Thanks for your time.
Crooked

Uninstall.
Remove SH5 Documents Folders.
Remove Ubi/Uplay Program folders.
Reinstall.
Patch.

See what happens. Hope it works. :)

Crooked

11-07-12 10:44 PM

Thanks for the suggestion. I wiped all trace of ubisoft and SH5 from my system and reinstalled; Same outcome. Hats off to Ubisoft! You sold me the same game twice and it hasn't worked either time.

Trevally.

11-08-12 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crooked (Post 1958244)

Hats off to Ubisoft! You sold me the same game twice and it hasn't worked either time.

:hmmm:
It works for the rest of us:arrgh!:

Targor Avelany

11-08-12 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crooked (Post 1958244)

Thanks for the suggestion. I wiped all trace of ubisoft and SH5 from my system and reinstalled; Same outcome. Hats off to Ubisoft! You sold me the same game twice and it hasn't worked either time.

what system/hardwear/configuration are you running it on???

Crooked

11-10-12 07:27 PM

AMD Phenom II x4 840
4GB ram

Windows 7 64bit

ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series

I've been out of PC gameing for a few years now, so thanks for the help. Let me know if I can provide any info.

Thanks for your time.

Targor Avelany

11-10-12 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crooked (Post 1959246)

Hmm. You have a very similar system as I do; except the processor - I have quad core intel. But my previous computer was AMD Athlon X2, so I can say that it should work.

How are you screen settings? What kind of monitor are you running it on and what settings in the ATI Control Panel do you have, because I can't really think of anything else affecting...

Crooked

11-10-12 08:12 PM

I am currently using a Panasonic Viera faltscreen
configuration is default.

1920x1080
ITC processing enabled

troopie

11-10-12 08:22 PM

G'day Crooked,

I had similar (yet a little different) trouble when I installed the game, I'll go through some old posts and see if I can find what worked for me.

troopie

11-10-12 08:44 PM

What did the detection tool say?

C:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\Support\DetectionTool

troopie

11-10-12 08:57 PM

Read this thread, this feller was having the same trouble:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=190965

Crooked

11-13-12 11:57 PM

Detection tools is green across the board. Ill see what I can do with the link provided, thank you.

Crooked

11-16-12 12:44 PM

Unfortunately that didn't work. I even tried re-installing Steam and the downloadable SH5 which used to work (prior to uplay) Now that doesn't work anymore either. Same error.

Thylacine

11-16-12 04:06 PM

After uninstalling did you check your registry for any SH5 entries?
Many stock 'un-install" programs are very lax when it comes to the registry.
hope this helps.

ed

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