moving sh3 to different drive

Darth777 · 07-12-13, 02:30 PM

My C drive is getting full, is it possible to move the whole C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII to a different disc and just change the shortcut targets of JSGME and SH3 Commander?

VONHARRIS · 07-12-13, 11:15 PM

Not exactly but it can be done using Multish3 which allows you to have multiple copies of SH3 in a PC.

MultiSH3 can be found in the download section of subsim

irish1958 · 07-13-13, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Darth777

My C drive is getting full, is it possible to move the whole C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII to a different disc and just change the shortcut targets of JSGME and SH3 Commander?

Yes, it can be done; the drive must be fast with a good connection. I have run the game from an external eSata hard drive using windows 7 and am currently running both SH 3&4 from a thumb drive using USB 3.0 and windows 8.
I currently start the game from the drive, not by changing the shortcut; but when I used eSata on my old computer I did change the shortcut.

BigWalleye · 07-13-13, 08:37 AM

irish1958, did you do an install on the external drive or just a copy?

irish1958 · 07-13-13, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by BigWalleye

irish1958, did you do an install on the external drive or just a copy?

I copied it to my external hard drive with my old computer. On my windows 8, I installed it on my flash drive.
Placing the short-cut on your desktop should work on both installs;but I could never get it to work on windows 8.
To clarify: I can get SHCMRD to work with a short-cut on the desktop and start SH3 without any problem. Since I always start SH3 with CMDR this is no problem.
I suspect it is my anti virus that prevents SH3 from starting.
SH4 should also be able to start from the desktop, but I don't play it a lot so I always want to mess with the mods and I find it easier to just go to the thumb drive.

Darth777 · 07-16-13, 04:07 PM

I copied SH3 to a different hard drive, uninstalled SH3 Commander, and reinstalled to the same hard drive, and reset JSGME icon to target the new drive, and then disabled all mods. Then I tried to run SH3 one time per Commander instructions, and it starts to load but I get the error "failed to start because drawlib.dll was not found. I tried loading all the .dlls in system 32, but when I got to "binkw32.dll" the error said it was in the wrong place. Yikes!

I am trying not to reinstall because it was a real hassle last time moding the program to update to v.1.4 and then no disk.

irish1958 · 07-16-13, 08:26 PM

If you go to the SHIII folder on your new hard drive, can you launch SHIII from there by clicking on the SHIII icon (I.e., the exe file)?

07-12-13, 02:30 PM	#1
Darth777 Watch Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 16 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	moving sh3 to different drive My C drive is getting full, is it possible to move the whole C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII to a different disc and just change the shortcut targets of JSGME and SH3 Commander? __________________ SH3 GWX 3.0 Gold JSGME SH3 Commander Win XP Pro sp3

07-16-13, 04:07 PM	#6
Darth777 Watch Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 16 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I copied SH3 to a different hard drive, uninstalled SH3 Commander, and reinstalled to the same hard drive, and reset JSGME icon to target the new drive, and then disabled all mods. Then I tried to run SH3 one time per Commander instructions, and it starts to load but I get the error "failed to start because drawlib.dll was not found. I tried loading all the .dlls in system 32, but when I got to "binkw32.dll" the error said it was in the wrong place. Yikes! I am trying not to reinstall because it was a real hassle last time moding the program to update to v.1.4 and then no disk. __________________ SH3 GWX 3.0 Gold JSGME SH3 Commander Win XP Pro sp3 Last edited by Darth777; 07-16-13 at 04:39 PM.

07-16-13, 08:26 PM	#7
irish1958 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 3,250 Downloads: 320 Uploads: 11	If you go to the SHIII folder on your new hard drive, can you launch SHIII from there by clicking on the SHIII icon (I.e., the exe file)? __________________ Irish1958

07-12-13, 11:15 PM	#2
VONHARRIS Konteradmiral Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Greece Posts: 1,992 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	Not exactly but it can be done using Multish3 which allows you to have multiple copies of SH3 in a PC. MultiSH3 can be found in the download section of subsim

07-13-13, 08:37 AM	#4
BigWalleye Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: On the Eye-lond, mon! Posts: 1,987 Downloads: 465 Uploads: 0	irish1958, did you do an install on the external drive or just a copy?