Installation Problems

askalex · 06-15-08, 11:16 PM

Hi,

I cannot install the game. Or to be more precise, install it in a way that it is playable. Bought the software-download version. When I install it, the game is at version is at 1.0. Upon start I finally, after the two movies and the splash screen (the one with the burning battleships and the planes with the red bar beyond them) I get into a menu which, in hardly readable print, offers me "Exit to Windows" as only option. On the right of it runs a movie with misc. Jap ships, the lower half of the screen is black.

When I patch the game to 1.4 it freezes after the aforementioned splash screen. The screen is just pitch black.

I did uninstall and re-install as adviced here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=133290

However, strange thing is I don't have that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall{{0D005F09-A5F4-473B-A901-5735C6AF5628} key in my registry, just the Ubisoft folder, which I deleted each time. The game does not ask for the unblock key though, it did only during the very first install. I figure this info must still be in the registry despite my deleting the Ubisoft folder.(?)

My sys specs:

Dual core 3.6GhZ
1GB RAM
WinXP
RADEON X600 Pro

Help very much appreciated.

Thx,

askalex

Hylander_1314 · 06-15-08, 11:26 PM

Yes you need to run regedit or another program like Reg Cleaner to find the registry key. You can then delete the SH4 entry.

askalex · 06-15-08, 11:39 PM

I had regedit search the whole registry, the key was not found. I don't think that's the problem though, I think it's graphics-related.

Fincuan · 06-15-08, 11:48 PM

Have you installed any large codec packs and/or ffdshow? If yes, search the forum with "ffdshow" and you'll find several threads dealing with the problem.

edit: Oh yeah, you don't have to necessarily uninstall anything. Codec Tweak Tool is the way to go

askalex · 06-16-08, 01:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fincuan

Have you installed any large codec packs ...

Thx mate, you're a genius. I uninstalled a codec pack, rebooted and that did it. Games runs fine.

ReallyDedPoet · 06-16-08, 07:31 AM

Welcome to SUBSIM askalex

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06-15-08, 11:16 PM	#1
askalex Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 6 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Installation Problems Hi, I cannot install the game. Or to be more precise, install it in a way that it is playable. Bought the software-download version. When I install it, the game is at version is at 1.0. Upon start I finally, after the two movies and the splash screen (the one with the burning battleships and the planes with the red bar beyond them) I get into a menu which, in hardly readable print, offers me "Exit to Windows" as only option. On the right of it runs a movie with misc. Jap ships, the lower half of the screen is black. When I patch the game to 1.4 it freezes after the aforementioned splash screen. The screen is just pitch black. I did uninstall and re-install as adviced here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=133290 However, strange thing is I don't have that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall{{0D005F09-A5F4-473B-A901-5735C6AF5628} key in my registry, just the Ubisoft folder, which I deleted each time. The game does not ask for the unblock key though, it did only during the very first install. I figure this info must still be in the registry despite my deleting the Ubisoft folder.(?) My sys specs: Dual core 3.6GhZ 1GB RAM WinXP RADEON X600 Pro Help very much appreciated. Thx, askalex

06-15-08, 11:26 PM	#2
Hylander_1314 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2006 Location: 5 Miles Inland West Of Lake Huron Posts: 1,936 Downloads: 139 Uploads: 0	Yes you need to run regedit or another program like Reg Cleaner to find the registry key. You can then delete the SH4 entry. __________________ A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law. -John Marshall Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ---------------------

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06-15-08, 11:39 PM	#3
askalex Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 6 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I had regedit search the whole registry, the key was not found. I don't think that's the problem though, I think it's graphics-related.

06-15-08, 11:48 PM	#4
Fincuan Admiral Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Suomi, sauna, puukko, perkele Posts: 2,346 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Have you installed any large codec packs and/or ffdshow? If yes, search the forum with "ffdshow" and you'll find several threads dealing with the problem. edit: Oh yeah, you don't have to necessarily uninstall anything. Codec Tweak Tool is the way to go