Help! SH3 won't load!

09-13-05, 05:12 AM

I installed SH3 and got a cd key from star force because, apparently, there was no key shipped with my game. Anyway, when I try to run SH3, it goes to the, "Checking disc" box, it completes the check, and then transitions to a black screen where it remains until I ctrl+alt+delete and manually shut down SH3.exe

I tried uninstalling/reinstalling the game but, interestingly enough, it did not ask me for my cd key during reinstall.

I have a 2.4ghz P4 with 768 ram, Windows XP, Nvidia 6600GT 128mb.

What's wrong?

McBeck · 09-13-05, 06:46 AM

Do you have the newest audio, graphics etc drivers?
Whats your version of DX?

The Avon Lady · 09-13-05, 07:06 AM

Make sure you've installed the latest version of Windows Media Player.

Gizzmoe · 09-13-05, 07:13 AM

That sounds like the well-known intro movie problem. I have the same problem and no update of any kind helped on my system.

Delete both wmv files from sh3\data\movies\intro.

09-13-05, 05:12 AM	#1
stormy652 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Help! SH3 won't load! I installed SH3 and got a cd key from star force because, apparently, there was no key shipped with my game. Anyway, when I try to run SH3, it goes to the, "Checking disc" box, it completes the check, and then transitions to a black screen where it remains until I ctrl+alt+delete and manually shut down SH3.exe I tried uninstalling/reinstalling the game but, interestingly enough, it did not ask me for my cd key during reinstall. I have a 2.4ghz P4 with 768 ram, Windows XP, Nvidia 6600GT 128mb. What's wrong?

09-13-05, 06:46 AM	#2
McBeck Admiral Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,027 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Do you have the newest audio, graphics etc drivers? Whats your version of DX? __________________ "I like subcommanders...they dont have time for bull**!" Proud member of the Subsim army of zombies Becks website

09-13-05, 07:06 AM	#3
The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Make sure you've installed the latest version of Windows Media Player. __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

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09-13-05, 07:13 AM	#4
Gizzmoe Silent Hunter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 3,668 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	That sounds like the well-known intro movie problem. I have the same problem and no update of any kind helped on my system. Delete both wmv files from sh3\data\movies\intro.