Need some help with my Win 8.1 install

Metalogic · 02-27-15, 04:53 PM

Okay, I received my "Revival" (2010) UK install disk today for SE3. As far as I can tell from the readme EMEA EN.txt file, this is patched to 1.4 (not sure if it means 1.4b or not) and doesn't seem to contain Starforce. It doesn't require the CD to be in the drive.

I haven't installed anything apart from the game itelf (no Codec files). When I run it from my Win 8.1 laptop, it starts up okay. If I go to "View Tutorial", it opens the video outside the game in Windows Media player (is this normal?).

When I start the tutorial, it sort of starts, but things freeze after a short while.

If I try to run the sh3.exe under Win XP compatibility settings, but it doesn't seem to help much, the game still locks up quickly.

I've installed the game into c:\Games\SilenthunterIII

I'm running Windows 8.1 64 bit. I have no mods installed.

The laptop has a 2.6Ghz i7 Quad Core CPU, an Nvidia 970M GPU with 3Gb VRAM, 16Gb RAM, and a 1Tb SSD

All the latest drivers are installed on the computer.

Does anyone have any ideas where I might be going wrong? I've worked in IT for more than 10 years, so consider myself reasonably techie!

02-27-15, 04:53 PM	#1
Metalogic Loader Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 81 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Need some help with my Win 8.1 install Okay, I received my "Revival" (2010) UK install disk today for SE3. As far as I can tell from the readme EMEA EN.txt file, this is patched to 1.4 (not sure if it means 1.4b or not) and doesn't seem to contain Starforce. It doesn't require the CD to be in the drive. I haven't installed anything apart from the game itelf (no Codec files). When I run it from my Win 8.1 laptop, it starts up okay. If I go to "View Tutorial", it opens the video outside the game in Windows Media player (is this normal?). When I start the tutorial, it sort of starts, but things freeze after a short while. If I try to run the sh3.exe under Win XP compatibility settings, but it doesn't seem to help much, the game still locks up quickly. I've installed the game into c:\Games\SilenthunterIII I'm running Windows 8.1 64 bit. I have no mods installed. The laptop has a 2.6Ghz i7 Quad Core CPU, an Nvidia 970M GPU with 3Gb VRAM, 16Gb RAM, and a 1Tb SSD All the latest drivers are installed on the computer. Does anyone have any ideas where I might be going wrong? I've worked in IT for more than 10 years, so consider myself reasonably techie!