Why I hate SHIV yet keep coming back

Freiwillige · 11-03-09, 06:36 AM

I am learning allot and I am loving this Sim and the Silent Service history I knew so little about.

Tonight I am 4 hours into my second patrol (Real Time) when I hit a real bad rain storm. Vis is terrible so I go under.

Long story short I pick up a convoy with two escorts on my hydrophone

Using stealth, Rain, Luck and Hydrophone I get in and send a tanker to the bottom.

Then a troop ship, Then another tanker!!!! One target left lining up the shot

(Were sorry silent hunter IV has encountered a problem and has to close)

I am really going to love learning this Sim If I don't end up snapping the DVD first!

Aramike · 11-03-09, 06:48 AM

I feel your pain, brother!

Rockin Robbins · 11-03-09, 07:16 AM

Are you sure you have the latest graphics drivers? Something isn't quite right with your computer or installation. Almost nobody has that crashing problem.

cwelt · 11-03-09, 10:40 AM

I did the same thing last night.. had like 10 ft swells.. stayed surfaced almost to 1500m from the convoy before submerging and taking my shots. The escorts were so confused they ran about 2nm from the convoy searching for me. it was like shooting fish in a barrell. The whole damn convoy went under and I told NO to resume course and speed as the escorts were STILL looking for me a few miles away. *BONG* CTD. The most exciting and productive patrol since (as you said) coming back to SH4 after a long break and all for nothing! GRRR!

For myself I know all drivers are up to date and things are good on the rig, but I am having trouble with the mod I have installed, some little quirks (shiop wont hold speed in TC, ship wont go to periscope until AFTER doing a crash dive... etc)... what mod (if any) are you running.. and what version of SH4. I am running v1.4 and added RFB for 1.4 and nothing else and since doing that I have had a few CTD, wondering if we are suffering the same issues??

jazman · 11-03-09, 01:16 PM

My worst thing was self-inflicted. Playing an Asiatic campaign in a pig boat, I found myself in perfect position to sink a carrier in the Java Sea. For those who haven't played the S-boats, you know that is rare great luck. Trouble is, I forgot to reload torpedoes in Surabaya (strange glitch in reload/rearm), so I had no weapons. This was a month ago, and I'm still in a state of shock.

Sailor Steve · 11-03-09, 01:36 PM

That's very strange to me. One of my greatest praises for SH4 is its stability compared to SH3. The only crash I've ever had was when I loaded conflicting mods, and then it went down right when I tried to load the career. I've never had SH4 crash during a game.

Not bragging, just wondering what the problem could be.

nikimcbee · 11-03-09, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

That's very strange to me. One of my greatest praises for SH4 is its stability compared to SH3. The only crash I've ever had was when I loaded conflicting mods, and then it went down right when I tried to load the career. I've never had SH4 crash during a game.

Not bragging, just wondering what the problem could be.

I've had it crash a few times, but I've also had the mod clash problem before. It was a bear figuring it out(lots of installing and un-installing

)

But it runs great now

AVGWarhawk · 11-03-09, 02:00 PM

I feel your pain. Usual a mod clashing problem like Niki stated.

SteamWake · 11-03-09, 02:13 PM

Just the other night I was playing when my wife 'had' to look up something on the internet.

Fine I will just shell out and fire up the browser, look it up, there... happy now?

I brought SH4 back up and continued to play. Not 20 seconds later boom back to desktop.

"Wow" I said to my wife "I cant remember the last time this game actually crashed on me !"

Fourtnatly my parnoia drives me to save early and save often so only a little bit of time was lost. No big deal.

But it did actually strike me as to how stable the game actually is on my system.

Freiwillige · 11-03-09, 04:31 PM

Yea I'm running GFO mod and thats it. Yea its pretty stable ....it was a fluke.

Radio · 11-05-09, 05:43 PM

Try disabling the 3d sounds in the main.cfg in your save game folder (change the entry: Max3DSounds=0) it helped on my PC, since then I did not have one crash. Crappy AC-97 onboard card here....

Akula4745 · 11-05-09, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

The only crash I've ever had was when I loaded conflicting mods, and then it went down right when I tried to load the career. I've never had SH4 crash during a game.

Same for me... only time I ever had a crashing problem was when I whipped up a batch of mod soup early on in my SH4 gaming. Never crashed during a game once I got that mess straight.

Hope you figure it out...

Rockin Robbins · 11-06-09, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Freiwillige

I am really going to love learning this Sim If I don't end up snapping the DVD first!

But there is nothing left of you but a sleep deprived, desperate, depraved Silent Hunter addict!

11-06-09, 12:48 PM

One thing I do appreciate about SH4 is that after many many hours, I've only ever had a few CTD's. All things considered, it's pretty dang stable.

Sudo · 12-16-09, 09:33 PM

Unfortunately I'm having a crashing issue with save games now. I'm running TMO 1.9 and RSRDC 5.04. I'm on my 4th patrol and it's been a very successful one but I can't load the last 4 or 5 save games that I did, not sure if I can load anything earlier than those save games. TMO/SH4 gets to the screen that says "Find Em, Chase Em, Sink Em" and that's where it hangs up. I ctrl-alt-del out and get the "sh4.exe is not responding". Ever seen this before?

Thanks
Sudo

11-03-09, 06:36 AM	#1
Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Why I hate SHIV yet keep coming back I am learning allot and I am loving this Sim and the Silent Service history I knew so little about. Tonight I am 4 hours into my second patrol (Real Time) when I hit a real bad rain storm. Vis is terrible so I go under. Long story short I pick up a convoy with two escorts on my hydrophone Using stealth, Rain, Luck and Hydrophone I get in and send a tanker to the bottom. Then a troop ship, Then another tanker!!!! One target left lining up the shot (Were sorry silent hunter IV has encountered a problem and has to close) I am really going to love learning this Sim If I don't end up snapping the DVD first!

11-03-09, 07:16 AM	#3
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Are you sure you have the latest graphics drivers? Something isn't quite right with your computer or installation. Almost nobody has that crashing problem. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

11-03-09, 01:16 PM	#5
jazman Commander Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Crush Depth Posts: 449 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	My worst thing was self-inflicted. Playing an Asiatic campaign in a pig boat, I found myself in perfect position to sink a carrier in the Java Sea. For those who haven't played the S-boats, you know that is rare great luck. Trouble is, I forgot to reload torpedoes in Surabaya (strange glitch in reload/rearm), so I had no weapons. This was a month ago, and I'm still in a state of shock. __________________ "The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." -- Chesterton

11-03-09, 01:36 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	That's very strange to me. One of my greatest praises for SH4 is its stability compared to SH3. The only crash I've ever had was when I loaded conflicting mods, and then it went down right when I tried to load the career. I've never had SH4 crash during a game. Not bragging, just wondering what the problem could be. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

11-03-09, 02:00 PM	#8
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,261 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I feel your pain. Usual a mod clashing problem like Niki stated. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-03-09, 06:48 AM	#2
Aramike Ocean Warrior Best of SUBSIM Chairman Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 3,207 Downloads: 59 Uploads: 0	I feel your pain, brother!

11-03-09, 10:40 AM	#4
cwelt Mate Join Date: May 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 52 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I did the same thing last night.. had like 10 ft swells.. stayed surfaced almost to 1500m from the convoy before submerging and taking my shots. The escorts were so confused they ran about 2nm from the convoy searching for me. it was like shooting fish in a barrell. The whole damn convoy went under and I told NO to resume course and speed as the escorts were STILL looking for me a few miles away. BONG CTD. The most exciting and productive patrol since (as you said) coming back to SH4 after a long break and all for nothing! GRRR! For myself I know all drivers are up to date and things are good on the rig, but I am having trouble with the mod I have installed, some little quirks (shiop wont hold speed in TC, ship wont go to periscope until AFTER doing a crash dive... etc)... what mod (if any) are you running.. and what version of SH4. I am running v1.4 and added RFB for 1.4 and nothing else and since doing that I have had a few CTD, wondering if we are suffering the same issues??

11-03-09, 02:13 PM	#9
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Just the other night I was playing when my wife 'had' to look up something on the internet. Fine I will just shell out and fire up the browser, look it up, there... happy now? I brought SH4 back up and continued to play. Not 20 seconds later boom back to desktop. "Wow" I said to my wife "I cant remember the last time this game actually crashed on me !" Fourtnatly my parnoia drives me to save early and save often so only a little bit of time was lost. No big deal. But it did actually strike me as to how stable the game actually is on my system. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

11-03-09, 04:31 PM	#10
Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Yea I'm running GFO mod and thats it. Yea its pretty stable ....it was a fluke.

11-05-09, 05:43 PM	#11
Radio Planesman Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 194 Downloads: 339 Uploads: 0	Try disabling the 3d sounds in the main.cfg in your save game folder (change the entry: Max3DSounds=0) it helped on my PC, since then I did not have one crash. Crappy AC-97 onboard card here....

11-06-09, 12:48 PM	#14
Sevrin Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	One thing I do appreciate about SH4 is that after many many hours, I've only ever had a few CTD's. All things considered, it's pretty dang stable.

12-16-09, 09:33 PM	#15
Sudo Helmsman Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Area 7 Posts: 110 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	Unfortunately I'm having a crashing issue with save games now. I'm running TMO 1.9 and RSRDC 5.04. I'm on my 4th patrol and it's been a very successful one but I can't load the last 4 or 5 save games that I did, not sure if I can load anything earlier than those save games. TMO/SH4 gets to the screen that says "Find Em, Chase Em, Sink Em" and that's where it hangs up. I ctrl-alt-del out and get the "sh4.exe is not responding". Ever seen this before? Thanks Sudo