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Originally Posted by MrHolmes
Hello everyone,
I have started playing Silent Hunter 3 recently and I am encountering constant crashes, sometimes while loading the game, sometimes right after starting a mission or career, sometimes when encountering a plane or a ship. I have tried running SH3 in Windows 7 and Windows XP compatibility modes, neither of which had any effect.
I will attach an image with a complete list of mods I am using if that would help.
Thanks in advance,
Holmes
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Originally Posted by les green01
i would say it is your mods i would remove some and try to run the game but i notice you have both black sea file and indin ocean one i would try to remove one of them first and try running the game again
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It is always recommended to do as blackswan40 recommends with the 4Gig Patch, but I think les green01 has it nailed. Remove all mods, and then start adding them back in one at a time, starting with the "GWX" mods (if you have installed GWX properly). As les points out, you only want to have one set of campaign files loaded, and that should be based upon which area you are playing the game in. By default, GWX loads the Atlantic theatre for you. You also have what looks to be a bunch of mods built for SH5, not SH3. Do not put those back in. I would leave the Alternate Flotillas out, unless specifically using them; the Axis Med Aircraft Skins, unless in the Med; the Black Sea Campaign Files, unless starting in the Black Sea; the Late War Sensors, unless in the late war period; VIIC41 Player Submarine, unless in the correct time period, and wanting to use it; and the Indian Ocean Campaign Files, unless specifically sailing in the Indian Ocean. In most cases of the previous, there are ReadMe files in the mod folders to read for their specific applications - or consult the GWX Manual, which is exemplary, and a font of knowledge...
Also, you do not show where you have the game installed, so I'll assume you have it in the "default" location. You should not have the game installed a "Program Files" folder, including if you have the Steam game and Steam (and the resultant Steam Library folder) are installed in that folder. If you have Steam, they now have a function in the Steam app on your computer to automatically move the game to another valid drive - if you have one. If you do not, then you'll have to do it the old-fashioned way, as found in the
Moving a Steam Installation and Games. If you have the Ubisoft download, you would have to re-install and choose a different place to install the game, such as "C:\Games", or any other folder you create yourself, that is not in a Windows 'protected' folder, of which "Program Files (x86)" is...
One last thing, after changing the mod configuration, you sometimes need to empty the Save folder, especially after activating a mod like GWX. That is "C:\Users \UserName \Documents \SH3" or similar. Or just use the short-cut in File Explorer. Another option is to use
MultiSH3 and make a new 3-character Save folder of your own naming...