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Originally Posted by drmeaty
Hello everyone. I played alot of SH3 back in the day and really enjoyed it. However, when I built a new computer with Vista, I didn't want to deal with the Starforce DRM on my new system so I never reinstalled SH3.
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Tell you what bubba ... I have Vista and a long time ago in a galaxy far away [insert Star Wars music here] - in other words ... about a year ago - I installed SH3 on Vista. When you install SH3 for the first time it STOPS and says:
"Hey, bubba, the Starforce driver is NOT compatible with Vista. Click this link to get the Vista version" - no worries mate once you click the link in the install process!
The evil past issues don't come with it [Starforce] to your new Vista rig. Apply all the patches after that to SH3 to get to 1.4b version [I forget the EXACT number and letter]. Then, if you are smart, start SH3 and make sure it works
AFTER a reboot. Then, retire it [vanilla SH3] by installing the latest GWX 3.0 mod for SH3 ... I think it is called GWX 3.0 Gold not sure of the EXACT name and version.
Once you have that [GWX 3.0 mod] , it makes vanilla SH3 look like something out of the Stone Age.
Regarding the SH4:
I'd be buying the online 1.5 version [known as the U-Boat Missions] and get the "non-Steam" version. There is no solid logic behind that. I realize you are new here, but there was a group of people about 9 months ago to a year ago that had big issues installing mods if their SH4 was Steam purchased - I could be totally wrong about this - so don't rip me a new one - I simply can not remember the EXACT problems/issues - so ELIMINATE the potential problem area by buying a DVD version or a on-line version of 1.5 of SH4 is my advice.
Once you get all the above, or some of the above installed, it should keep you ENJOYING for hundreds of hours [maybe a thousand or two?] putting them dirty rats on the bottom of the sea where they belong.
Oops, forgive my rudeness, drmeaty, ... welcome to SubSim and light up a cigar!
