Help getting sh3 to run
 

i have just purchased silent hunter 3 and i tried to run it on windows xp pro and it keepss telling me that the 3d engine could not be initiated.
what is wrong?i have more than satisfactory specs on the computer for this game.

Does this happen after the protection check? Then delete both wmv videos from sh3\data\movies\intro.

And what are this specification? Maybe you should update you gfx card drivers?

Do you have the latest version of DirectX installed?

If so, run DXDiag. Any errors reported?

Sounds like a conflict issue. What video card do you have?

LOL guys! Let's open up a medical clinic together. By the time the patient walks out, we will have invoiced him for everything we can imagine. :rotfl:

LOL too many cooks ruin the food- too many Docs kill the patient

great Job all.

have DirectX9c MUST also the WMP codecs MUST :D

the graphics card is Gforce g 200

the screen afdtwr first insrtall tells me i do not have certain other requirements but i do because i got the computer specifically for this game.

There is no Geforce G200. Do you mean Ti200? That would be an old card, but it supports Pixelshader 1.1, so it should work. Please look again and tell us the exact specifications of that card and the rest of your system.

specs are

3d card 256mb fx6200 agp
HD 150GB
Memory 512MB
cpu amd xp3400 64bit

Yeah, uhm... take a tylenol :yep:

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Looks good. What have you tried already? Do other games work? What was the error message of the installer?

it said as protection was completing that the 3d engine could not initialize
i was also told that hard drive was inadequate but it isnt according to specs on box.
:nope: :damn: :cry:

Do I understand this correctly, the 3D error came directly after the DVD copy protection check finished? If that is the case delete both wmv videos from sh3\data\movies\intro. Also try all the other suggestions in this thread.