Does this mean I have to reinstall?

[Syxx_Killer]

I was re-enabling some mods after making a few changes to the Roster>Names file. All of a sudden I little error message pops up saying some files are corrupt. Here is a shot...



Does this mean I have to reinstall yet AGAIN? Ever since installing SH4, I have run JSGME, Disk Defrag, and the uninstall/reinstall program more times than it seems I played the game. If I have to reinstall yet again, I'm not sure I want to keep going through this again and again. Part of me just wants to uninstall SH4 for good and be done with it; the other just wants to leave it stock and not bother with messing around with countless files anymore (I'm always tweaking or changing something. I can't help it. ). I don't really want to run Chkdsk because that stupid thing takes forever. Why can't these damn computers just work?

[THE_MASK]

Just a little question , do you have a seperate sound card or onboard sound .

[Syxx_Killer]

I'm curious, how would that affect anything? I've always wondered if my setup would be considered onboard or not. My motherboard is an Abit Fatal1ty AN8 that has a daughter card that I have used. It does use Realtek Audio drivers, which is why I am confused about it. I know most onboard sound uses Realtek Audio.

[Wilcke]

Originally Posted by Syxx_Killer

I'm curious, how would that affect anything? I've always wondered if my setup would be considered onboard or not. My motherboard is an Abit Fatal1ty AN8 that has a daughter card that I have used. It does use Realtek Audio drivers, which is why I am confused about it. I know most onboard sound uses Realtek Audio.

Now, now take a deep breath. Unload all the mods and then have JSGME do compare game files to snapshot. If the snapshot is clean of problems or maybe it picks up some changes to a file that you did .... you are good to go. I would delete the MOD from the MOD folder and install a fresh one just in case it was corrupted.

Just for these occasions I keep a nice fresh copy of 1.5 hidden in a special folder just copy and go.

Happy Hunting!

[Syxx_Killer]

*Takes a deep breath*

Ok, I undid all the mods and then did a snapshot comparison. This is what comes back:

C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacific\Data\Shaders\Filters\CloudShadowPS.fx 1/31/2007 12:20:36 PM no longer exists!

C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacific\Data\Shaders\Filters\CompoundFilterPS.fx 1/12/2007 12:27:08 PM no longer exists!

How can they just disappear?

Originally Posted by Wilcke

Just for these occasions I keep a nice fresh copy of 1.5 hidden in a special folder just copy and go.

lol I had done that with SH3 for what seems like forever. I guess I didn't think I needed to with SH4 because JSGME would handle that.

[Wilcke]

Originally Posted by Syxx_Killer

*Takes a deep breath*

Ok, I undid all the mods and then did a snapshot comparison. This is what comes back:

C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacific\Data\Shaders\Filters\CloudShadowPS.fx 1/31/2007 12:20:36 PM no longer exists!

C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacific\Data\Shaders\Filters\CompoundFilterPS.fx 1/12/2007 12:27:08 PM no longer exists!

How can they just disappear?

lol I had done that with SH3 for what seems like forever. I guess I didn't think I needed to with SH4 because JSGME would handle that.

Most of the environmental mods have those files in them. I just took those two files out of my install and it loaded just fine. Your install should run and if you use PE3 those two missing files are included. There you go. I would install another instance of SH4 and tuck it away for insurance. Have a good one!