[jericho791]

I'll throw this out there so that all can see.

I originally bought SHIII as soon as it was released. So I have version 1.0.0 with all the starforce crap. Anyway, I haven't had it installed in quite some time, what with the release of SHIV and SHV. Granted they each have their own failings, but I just don't find it necessary to use up hard drive space on older games if the updated versions of them work just fine. Anyway, my son first started playing sub sims (mainly SHIII) when he was only 6. So SHIII is his favorite game. Well, now he's 11, and he really wanted me to re-install SHIII. So, I did, and I encountered all the same problems everyone else did when trying to run it on Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate edition. I followed all the instructions from all the different posts on the solution to the problem, but alas, I couldn't make it work. The best I could do was get to the loading screen upon which the game would crash as soon as the red bar was complete.

I know many people got the fixes to work, or they would get it working with one fix or another. Some people said they did the same thing 3 or 4 times and it finally worked, which is kinda silly actually, but I digress.

What finally worked for me.... I had to re-purchase the game through steam. It only costs $9.99 USD, and it comes patched to 1.4 and it works fine. Yeah, I didn't want to pay for a game I already own again, but I blow $10 a day on cigarettes, so I figured it wasn't really that bad since my son really wanted the game to work.

Cheers mates, and I hope it all works out for you.