Well, it's gone from bad to worse. I tried to reload after uninstalling the program (including the SH3 folder in 'my documents'). I managed to relaod the program, but it won't allow me to successfully patch up to version 1.4b. I'm getting a '0x1a000008 menuID not found' error when I try to run the program after patching (successfully according to the patch). I re-downloaded the patch verifying it is the correct one for my SH3 version (US DVD). I then tried to 'bypass' the patch by copying over the contents of my 'data' folder from a prevous bach-up disc (done in April, when the gane was running OK, it includes the 1.4b patch, I
think, unless the patch modified files outside of the data folder). That allows me to open the game, and navigate to all the screens and make changes (like the language preferences), but when I try to open a single mission, the loading bar stops just prior to the end and the computer locks up, finally giving me an 'sh3' error message. I then copied over the entire menu folder from the 'clean' reload (which I made a copy of), but that also locks up trying to load a mission. Has anyone found a way past the 1.4b pact error message? What I don't understand is that I have successfully reloaded and patched the program using the same files before!
I have an old P4 2.5 GHz PC running XP SP2. 1G RAM and a ti4600 video card. It's old, but it has rn SH3 very well over the past 6 years. As far as mods go, there aren't any when I'm trying to patch a new relaod to 1.4b.