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Originally Posted by RedHammer
Is there somewhere I can go to troubleshoot issues with the mod on more or less a live basis?
Been googling and searching but most I can find is outdated information from half a decade ago.
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We don't have anything set-up for that RedHammer, but we might attempt something like that in the future... I'll have to think of whether something like Discord would work for that, or what... with Discord, you can "stream" your game-play, and voice-chat, as well as text. Give us a few weeks to think that through, and what the ramifications are...
In the meantime, if you will, describe your issue as best you can. Some important information (besides describing the symptoms) would be some of your computer details, such as cpu type, the amount of RAM you have in the system, the video system and the Operating System (OS). As an example, this computer I am on now is an old Core2Duo quad core, running at 1.8GHz with 8 gig of RAM, with an nVidia GTX 560 Ti video card, going into a 1920x1080 ViewSonic 27" monitor, and running Windows 10 64-bit. You don't have to get into the details that much, but if you do know, great. Knowing the OS and whether it is 32-bit or 64-bit is important though. You can type "SysInfo" into the Windows Search bar, and it will load up way more than you would need, but it is all in there...
Next in importance is the game set-up itself. Of primary concern is "Where do you have the game installed?" The install routine of most versions of the game will put you into a "Program Files" folder on the computer, whether you do Steam with "C:\Program Files (x86) \Steam \SteamApps \common \Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacific", or Ubisoft's UPlay, with with their folder structure set-up, or the older disk versions where it went into "C:\Program Files (x86) \Ubisoft \Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacific", they all dump the program into what is a "protected" folder, of which Windows will rollback any attempts to "mod" the folder, and then you have a messed-up game. So let us know where it is installed, and which vendor you purchased from, and we can direct how to resolve that.
Of secondary importance is the Save folder. The game runs off of the information it deposits into the "C:\Users \UserName \Documents \SH4", yet the game will not update the info there after you activate a mod, and the folder has to be emptied to pull in the new info. Navigate into that "SH4" folder and delete everything below that, and the next time you start the game, it will re-create the folder with the new information for the mod. This will of course, delete any and all progress you've made thus far, and will re-set the video stream as well as other user-defined settings you may have made, taking you back to the Stock game's settings.
Let us know though, and someone will attempt to help you. You could also dig into the Support folder and consult a few pdf documents there ("ActivatingFOTRSU.pdf" or "Install Notes For the Various Versions of SH4 in Windows.pdf"), or refer to the first page and posts of this thread, or the download posting on SubSim, both of which have some basic info in them.