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Originally Posted by propbeanie
A Steam installation does complicate things when it comes to SH3 & SH4. Read through Moving a Steam Installation and Games - but you have to get SH4 out of the Program Files folder. Dependent upon your computer and the Steam set-up you have, you might be able to select the game folder and copy it (Ctrl-C), and then make yourself a new folder, such as "C:\Game" and paste the folder in there. Then rename the folder to something like RFB_RSRDC or whatever you want. Use MultiSH4 in that folder and make you new Save folder, such as RFB, and play the game. Hopefully, the tops are shooting reasonably straight... but, you might have to do it the Steam Support way.
What happened to you is that Windows 'protected' you and your computer from yourself and your silly desire to alter data in the protected Program Files folder, resulting in Windows rolling back any changes to cfg, ini, dat and other files, but allowing non-essential files to keep the changes, you don't have RFB, and you don't have stock... it might not be long, and you'll start getting CTDs... |
I've followed your directions about setting up a new folder for Steam, but couldn't transfer the game there. I ended up uninstalling and reinstalling to the new folder.
I enabled LAA, but now the game won't start (stock). I'm on Win11. Any tips?
Update: I uninstalled and reinstalled again sans ISP, and things were working fine on the tutorials. When I went to start a new career, the game blackscreened then crashed to desktop.
Steps I followed:
1. Create new steam directory (C:\Users\Cunard\Documents\My Games\steamapps\)
2. Install base SH4 game (C:\Users\Cunard\Documents\My Games\steamapps\common\Silent Hunters Wolves of the Pacific)
3. Test to see if game ran. It did.
4. Enable Large Address Aware.
5. Test to see if game ran. It did.
6. Update graphics settings to match my monitor.
7. Install UBoat Missions DLC/patch
8. Test to see if game ran. It did.
9. Install JSGME (C:\Users\Cunard\Documents\My Games\steamapps\common\Silent Hunters Wolves of the Pacific)
10. Install RFB_2.0 using JSGME (C:\Users\Cunard\Documents\My Games\steamapps\common\Silent Hunters Wolves of the Pacific\MODS)
11. Install RFB_2.0_Patch_23April2010 using JSGME (C:\Users\Cunard\Documents\My Games\steamapps\common\Silent Hunters Wolves of the Pacific\MODS)
12. Install RSRDC_RFB_V575 using JSGME (C:\Users\Cunard\Documents\My Games\steamapps\common\Silent Hunters Wolves of the Pacific\MODS)
13. Install RSRDC_V5xx_Patch1 using JSGME ((C:\Users\Cunard\Documents\My Games\steamapps\common\Silent Hunters Wolves of the Pacific\MODS)
14. Test to see if game opened. It did.
15. Start new career. This worked fine.
16. Go through the briefings, and start outside of port
17. Crash to desktop.
Update #2
Looks like LAA unenabled itself. I reenabled it and the game is working again. Will update further if I run into any more issues.