Problem with double installation of SH3

Fahnenbohn · 09-21-15, 12:21 PM

Hello everyone,

Here is my problem : I have 2 installations of SH3 on my hard disk. The first is the stock game ("vanilla", as we like to say here), and the second is the GWX 3.0 version. When I launch GWX, i can't play a career or a single mission. There is an error message saying "Too many officers ! Go to barrack".

Here is the screen before trying to launch a patrol in a career :

Does anyone have a solution to that ?

Thanks in advance.

F.

Sailor Steve · 09-21-15, 02:12 PM

The picture only shows that all your crew are exhausted. I don't know why it would show that before starting a patrol.

As for "Too many men!", just go to the barracks screen. You'll see a notice that you are only allowed so many men of each type, and that you have one too many of one type or another. Simply dismiss one of those men and try again.

It's been my experience that this happens when using SH3 Commander's "Realistic Crew" function when starting a new career. This gives one or two more of one type or another, which when starting without Commander means that you have more than the stock game allows.

Fahnenbohn · 09-21-15, 02:32 PM

But in my case, the game allows me to have ... 0 men ! See on my screenshot.

GT182 · 09-21-15, 07:25 PM

I say there's a conflict between the 2 installations. Try renaming your vanilla install to Silent Hunter 3 Vanilla. Do you have SH3 Commander installed? That needs the path set to your GWX 3.0

Vanilla SH3 is just the basic broken sim that we had to play until the patches came out and them the mods to "fix" the game. Most everyone will tell you to just keep the vanilla as a backup install, and play GWX or one of the other mega mods. You'll enjoy SH3 even more.

Sailor Steve · 09-21-15, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Fahnenbohn

But in my case, the game allows me to have ... 0 men ! See on my screenshot.

Oh, yeah. I didn't catch that the first time. Odd.

HW3 · 09-21-15, 11:25 PM

I assume you used multi sh3 to keep both installs completely separate, so they do not influence each other.

Fahnenbohn · 09-22-15, 04:18 AM

I think I've found the problem : there isn't the basic.cfg file in data/Cfg.

So I have added it, and now, when launching a single mission, there are 11 error windows with this message :

Then, the game crashes.

I'm stuck....

Zosimus · 09-22-15, 06:57 AM

What's the problem? I don't get it.

Since only GWX is screwed up, just erase all of that, copy vanilla over GWX, and then redownload GWX and install it.

Fahnenbohn · 09-22-15, 09:54 AM

I've made the copy of the stock game with Silent Front End (S3F), and it has created a file in My Documents called GWM. For my stock game, the file is SH3 in My Documents.

By re-installing GWX, I think i'm going to loose the link between GWX and the folder GWM in My Documents.

All the problem is that question : how to link one installation with one folder in My Documents in order to save careers and single missions ?

Fahnenbohn · 09-22-15, 10:33 AM

@ Blitzkrieg :

Sorry, but I'm just trying to understand how this is working. I don't pretend to be an expert, otherwise I would not ask questions. I'm not blaming your work, I'm not saying that you have mad a bad tool. I simply like to know how something is working before using it. I hate to follow instructions and not understanding what is happening. That's my right.

Maybe your explanations are not precise or clear enough. So let some other people explaining me what's wrong.

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Originally Posted by BL!TZKR!EG

Nonsense. S3F does not create such thread. From where do you take that information?

So, there is a folder in My Documents called GWM, I didn't create it. And when copying the stock game with S3F, it has asked me a name for a new folder, and I called it GWM.

So maybe it is SH3.exe which has created it. But I couldn't know this !

Fahnenbohn · 09-22-15, 10:35 AM

So, now, i'm going to operate as Zosimus is advising. We will see ...

Fahnenbohn · 09-22-15, 10:52 AM

By the way, I don't have the answer to my question :

Why is there a folder called GWM in My Documents ?

Or maybe didn't I read enough again ??!! (!) ((?))

And remember : english is NOT my first language.

Fahnenbohn · 09-22-15, 11:32 AM

9. S3M - Silent Hunter III MultiSH3Copy - new: in "Settings"
Select the installation that you want to run this routine with and then you can make a copy of that very installation and have it installed so that the "MultiSH3"-functions are applied, i.e. that your "My Documents\SH3"-path is changed from SH3 to whatever you like - it only has to be a THREE-DIGIT-long combination of chars/numbers, i.e. GWX, NYG, LSH, 123, 999, ...

So, why are you saying that S3F doesn't do that ?? the Multi-Copy function is a part of S3F, isn't it ?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fahnenbohn

I've made the copy of the stock game with Silent Front End (S3F), and it has created a file in My Documents called GWM. For my stock game, the file is SH3 in My Documents.

You answered :

Quote:

Originally Posted by BL!TZKR!EG

Nonsense. S3F does not create such thread. From where do you take that information?

Moreover, the SH3 folder has not been changed into GWM, but a new folder GWM has been created next to the SH3 folder.

Fahnenbohn · 09-22-15, 11:43 AM

You said me to read before asking. I'll say you to think before writing. And make a synthesis, instead of multiplying the links in all directions.

All the best,

F.

Fahnenbohn · 09-23-15, 05:17 AM

1. So, I have re-installed GWX. Now, I still have the 11 windows with the error message, but the game is not crashing anymore. Does anyone have an idea on where this problem comes from ?

2. And, as I was thinking, I've lost the link with the GWM folder situated in My Documents. So, I'm asking : what is the file which allows to do the link with GWM in My Documents ?

09-21-15, 12:21 PM	#1
Fahnenbohn Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: France Posts: 1,072 Downloads: 155 Uploads: 0	Problem with double installation of SH3 Hello everyone, Here is my problem : I have 2 installations of SH3 on my hard disk. The first is the stock game ("vanilla", as we like to say here), and the second is the GWX 3.0 version. When I launch GWX, i can't play a career or a single mission. There is an error message saying "Too many officers ! Go to barrack". Here is the screen before trying to launch a patrol in a career : Does anyone have a solution to that ? Thanks in advance. F.

09-21-15, 02:12 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	The picture only shows that all your crew are exhausted. I don't know why it would show that before starting a patrol. As for "Too many men!", just go to the barracks screen. You'll see a notice that you are only allowed so many men of each type, and that you have one too many of one type or another. Simply dismiss one of those men and try again. It's been my experience that this happens when using SH3 Commander's "Realistic Crew" function when starting a new career. This gives one or two more of one type or another, which when starting without Commander means that you have more than the stock game allows. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 09-21-15 at 02:18 PM.

09-21-15, 07:25 PM	#4
GT182 Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Castle of Delaware Posts: 3,231 Downloads: 658 Uploads: 0	I say there's a conflict between the 2 installations. Try renaming your vanilla install to Silent Hunter 3 Vanilla. Do you have SH3 Commander installed? That needs the path set to your GWX 3.0 Vanilla SH3 is just the basic broken sim that we had to play until the patches came out and them the mods to "fix" the game. Most everyone will tell you to just keep the vanilla as a backup install, and play GWX or one of the other mega mods. You'll enjoy SH3 even more. __________________ Gary No Borders, No Language, No Culture =s No Country I'm a Deplorable, and proud of it.

09-21-15, 11:25 PM	#6
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	I assume you used multi sh3 to keep both installs completely separate, so they do not influence each other. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

09-21-15, 02:32 PM	#3
Fahnenbohn Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: France Posts: 1,072 Downloads: 155 Uploads: 0	But in my case, the game allows me to have ... 0 men ! See on my screenshot.

09-22-15, 04:18 AM	#7
Fahnenbohn Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: France Posts: 1,072 Downloads: 155 Uploads: 0	I think I've found the problem : there isn't the basic.cfg file in data/Cfg. So I have added it, and now, when launching a single mission, there are 11 error windows with this message : Then, the game crashes. I'm stuck....

09-22-15, 06:57 AM	#8
Zosimus XO Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Chorrillos, Lima, Peru Posts: 401 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	What's the problem? I don't get it. Since only GWX is screwed up, just erase all of that, copy vanilla over GWX, and then redownload GWX and install it.

09-22-15, 09:54 AM	#9
Fahnenbohn Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: France Posts: 1,072 Downloads: 155 Uploads: 0	I've made the copy of the stock game with Silent Front End (S3F), and it has created a file in My Documents called GWM. For my stock game, the file is SH3 in My Documents. By re-installing GWX, I think i'm going to loose the link between GWX and the folder GWM in My Documents. All the problem is that question : how to link one installation with one folder in My Documents in order to save careers and single missions ?

09-22-15, 10:35 AM	#11
Fahnenbohn Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: France Posts: 1,072 Downloads: 155 Uploads: 0	So, now, i'm going to operate as Zosimus is advising. We will see ...

09-22-15, 10:52 AM	#12
Fahnenbohn Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: France Posts: 1,072 Downloads: 155 Uploads: 0	By the way, I don't have the answer to my question : Why is there a folder called GWM in My Documents ? Or maybe didn't I read enough again ??!! (!) ((?)) And remember : english is NOT my first language.

09-22-15, 11:43 AM	#14
Fahnenbohn Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: France Posts: 1,072 Downloads: 155 Uploads: 0	You said me to read before asking. I'll say you to think before writing. And make a synthesis, instead of multiplying the links in all directions. All the best, F.

09-23-15, 05:17 AM	#15
Fahnenbohn Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: France Posts: 1,072 Downloads: 155 Uploads: 0	1. So, I have re-installed GWX. Now, I still have the 11 windows with the error message, but the game is not crashing anymore. Does anyone have an idea on where this problem comes from ? 2. And, as I was thinking, I've lost the link with the GWM folder situated in My Documents. So, I'm asking : what is the file which allows to do the link with GWM in My Documents ?