You cannot 'straight' start SH3 on a modern computer. What you need to do:
- Be aware that SH3 doesn't support widescreen, it's a Win XP game from 2005, so you want maybe to install one of the megamods immediately.
- You must right-click sh3.exe > Properties > Compatibility and set the compatibility to Win XP and Run As Admin.
- To start SH3, you need to go in your grafic card setup program, set the Scaling Options to Fullscreen and the 'Scaling with' to GPU.
Additionally, you may have to chose a lower resolution on your desktop first before starting the game.
I hope this gets you started, and...
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