Ahh, perfect. I figured as much. Did a clean install of SH4, then just used the Official 1.3 patch (from Ubisoft). Running WinXP SP2.
Everything went without a hitch. Started the game, new career....went on patrol....had to spend some time looking at those sunken ships and debris at Pearl.....after paying my homage off I went.
Found two (2) tankers manuvered in, got setup...perfect angle, shoot the lead tanker first....Fire 1, Fire 2, Fire 3....... torpedoes off and running....tracks are straight and true......looking good.....looking good, getting closer............just about to hit, BSOD (blue screen of death).
"A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer" Yada, yada, yada.
so, restart the computer.........get all booted up, restart SH4 1.3, nothing got saved....so restart my career....get another patrol, go out, find a small convoy, get lined up, good angle, close distance......hit lead ship, Fire 1, Fire 2..........torpedoes path is looking good, tracking true......about to hit amidships...... BSOD again.
Reboot and this time boot into my Vista Business install. Start the game, start my career, get my first mission.....go hunting the enemy. Played for hours and sank 5 ships, returned to base, medal, refit. Ready to go again. No errors, no problems....matter of fact.........SH4 1.3 runs as smooth as glass, hickup free and very FAST, much better and smoother than in Winxp. Go figure.
So the new patch definitely has some issues with my WinXP install, but runs PERFECT in Vista. Doh!
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