Thank you for the reply...
I installed the 'main' Steam files to my C drive; C:/Gaming Files/Steam main Screen. Not the (x86) just cause of past experience with Silent Hunter 3 stuff. The actual games I have saved on an external hard drive; my E drive E:/Gaming Files/Steam games.
I did get the U boat expansion...so technically I have 2 copies, the original (ver 1.3 I assume) which is the US career/etc and then a 2nd copy of the game which is the original plus the additional U boat missions (ver 1.4 I assume)
So if I read your 3rd paragraph correctly, instead of just 'copying' the full game file, you took everything from inside that file and made a zip file of it (have to re-read my notes from SH3 on how to do that lol). Could I copy and paste those files into another directory? (say SH4Mod) or would that move the licensing stuff with it? Not quite clear on how you accomplished that
The other issue I can't seem to resolve, is that the new copy (since I can't get multiSH4 to work) still shares the same save file location, if I drop a different MOD into the game, will it play the changes?
So as I type I have the original SH4, which I ignore as it is ver 1.3, I have the U boat add-on version of SH4 which I am playing with a few minor mods (gold watch/sub skin/plankton) and I have a 3rd copy called SH4 Mod1 which I want to use for a large mod (not sure which one yet). Does it matter if the 2 versions share a save file location? Just to confirm, both copies are in the Steam common folder, and I have added (and tested) the Steam shortcut to play the game on both...if I am thinking this through correctly I just need to sort out the save file issue and I have 2 copies to play
Thank you again for your help!
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