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How Do I Know Which Silent Hunter III to Buy?

This information refers only to English language discs.

You can still buy new dvd’s for SHIII made by Encore.

These come in two versions.

Silent Hunter II + Silent Hunter III (2 discs)

Silent Hunter III

The Encore version is Canadian but can be easily purchased from the USA or through Subsim.

Although these are new the main problem with the Encore version is that it will only install in the default program (x86) folder in the main drive C:


Second hand discs can be purchased from places like Ebay and also from Amazon through their third parties.

It is important when purchasing these discs that you get a Starforce Free Version.

The dvd you are looking for will be showing ESS632.

The Starforce Free Version will be Black at the Bottom and White at the Top.

A typical File Version showing in Properties is 8.2.160.0

Product Version 1.4.0000

Date modified 18/08/2006

Do not be misled by the silver band at the top of the Dvd case that says Games in white letters which is irrelevant.


The Starforce Version will be Black at the Bottom and Silver at the Top.

These have a Product Version showing in Properties of 1.00.0000

This version does not have the latest patch and has copy write protection.


Just ask the seller if the disc is White at the Top and if yes, you will be ok.

Oh, and yes, it is Windows 7 friendly.