Silent Hunter III crashes

-Romanus- · 12-20-08, 07:16 PM

I had Silent Hunter III, with GWX 2.0, installed...but it kept crashing as soon as I opened it. It would go through the first Ubisoft thing then it would crash to desktop with the "Silent Hunter III has encountered a problem ..." message. I uninstalled and deleted the folder, just to be safe, and reinstalled SH3, without GWX, but it's doing it again. This is the first time this has happened, does anyone know what the problem is?

bigboywooly · 12-20-08, 07:35 PM

Depends on the error

When the pop up appears after CTD click on the blue text " click here "

Problem highlighted below

Will go a long way to helping you out
As will your computer specs

-Romanus- · 12-20-08, 07:51 PM

Thats what I get, and my system specs should be fine, I mean I've run GWX for a while and I'm getting these crashes on both GWX and vanilla.

bigboywooly · 12-20-08, 11:52 PM

I believe that particular dll belongs to windows media player
Certainly not an SH3 dll

wowo668 · 12-21-08, 02:02 AM

I face the same problem when upgrade to GWX2.1 ! Before with my laptop, I can play the stock game perfectly. Don't know what happened !!??
Now I just could play at home, but avoid to upgrade to GWX2.1 !!! I afraid my home computer SHIII crash too because I already go into 'patrol 15' !!

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

Depends on the error

When the pop up appears after CTD click on the blue text " click here "

Problem highlighted below

Will go a long way to helping you out
As will your computer specs

Dekessey · 12-22-08, 12:44 AM

I'm running GWX 2.1, in the middle of a mission.
Games loads fine, career loads fine until I see the 'Not so long ago...', then just as I'm about to start, CTD.

Not sure if this will help.

Tried starting a new career, it worked. I guess my saved game is currupt?

bigboywooly · 12-22-08, 02:34 AM

May well be corrupt
You could try going back a save or two
Modname unknown - not seen that one before

Dekessey · 12-23-08, 11:44 PM

Nope.

Tried 2-3 previous saves, same crash.

I think my whole career might be scrapped.

I guess some mods make the game unstable...

jpm1 · 12-24-08, 04:23 PM

when you uninstalled did you get rid of the folders in Mydocuments and Program files

HotiBomba · 02-17-11, 07:46 PM

First, to say hello! I'm new here

Recently i started again new campaign, and so far managed to complete 38 patrols. Now on 39th i was on attack on Gibraltar managed to sunk few capital ships - but while i was causing havock there

i noticed few strange things - many smaller ships (destroyers, other escorts and patrol boats) sunk or run aground and few of them just dissapeared while normaly sailing trough the sea! In the end i managed to sneak out, made a save and went to work happily with 90.000+ tons sunked and 8 torpedoes left to finally try to reach 100.000 t.

But when i tryied to load - all went well until 'Not so long ago...' and just before game start it crashes

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: sh3.exe
Application Version: 1.4.0.1
Application Timestamp: 00000000
Fault Module Name: sh3.exe
Fault Module Version: 1.4.0.1
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 000ba5ea
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.4
Locale ID: 1050
Additional Information 1: cda8
Additional Information 2: cda8483c32154a9f3a892cb29fc2293d
Additional Information 3: 7e37
Additional Information 4: 7e37e074d90e8533915c18ce725512e6

I'm running game at: Windows 7 (32 bit)/ Pentium Dual Core 2.8 GHz/ 2GB RAM/ ATI Radeon HD 4600 - 1GB

I was reading somewhere (maybe here, can't remember) that when u make a save less than 50 km of some port that u can experience problems when u load - in aware of that i made a 150 km

and still cannot load the game.

Can anyone can help, or suggest something? Many thanks in advance!
Best wishes from Croatia!

Sailor Steve · 02-17-11, 09:15 PM

WELCOME ABOARD!

It's usually better to start a new thread rather than bring back one that is two years old.

There are probably people who can figure out what happened from your copy of the error messages, and they should be along soon. Sorry that I'm not one of them. Just wanted to say "Hi!"

HotiBomba · 02-18-11, 07:00 AM

Thank you Steve!

I also hope that someone will appear and help me with the problem, really like SH3

12-20-08, 07:16 PM	#1
-Romanus- Swabbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 6 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Silent Hunter III crashes I had Silent Hunter III, with GWX 2.0, installed...but it kept crashing as soon as I opened it. It would go through the first Ubisoft thing then it would crash to desktop with the "Silent Hunter III has encountered a problem ..." message. I uninstalled and deleted the folder, just to be safe, and reinstalled SH3, without GWX, but it's doing it again. This is the first time this has happened, does anyone know what the problem is?

12-20-08, 07:35 PM	#2
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Depends on the error When the pop up appears after CTD click on the blue text " click here " Problem highlighted below Will go a long way to helping you out As will your computer specs __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

12-20-08, 11:52 PM	#4
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	I believe that particular dll belongs to windows media player Certainly not an SH3 dll __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

12-22-08, 02:34 AM	#7
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	May well be corrupt You could try going back a save or two Modname unknown - not seen that one before __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

02-17-11, 07:46 PM	#10
HotiBomba Mate Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Croatia Posts: 54 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	Please help First, to say hello! I'm new here Recently i started again new campaign, and so far managed to complete 38 patrols. Now on 39th i was on attack on Gibraltar managed to sunk few capital ships - but while i was causing havock there i noticed few strange things - many smaller ships (destroyers, other escorts and patrol boats) sunk or run aground and few of them just dissapeared while normaly sailing trough the sea! In the end i managed to sneak out, made a save and went to work happily with 90.000+ tons sunked and 8 torpedoes left to finally try to reach 100.000 t. But when i tryied to load - all went well until 'Not so long ago...' and just before game start it crashes Problem signature: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: sh3.exe Application Version: 1.4.0.1 Application Timestamp: 00000000 Fault Module Name: sh3.exe Fault Module Version: 1.4.0.1 Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000 Exception Code: c0000005 Exception Offset: 000ba5ea OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.4 Locale ID: 1050 Additional Information 1: cda8 Additional Information 2: cda8483c32154a9f3a892cb29fc2293d Additional Information 3: 7e37 Additional Information 4: 7e37e074d90e8533915c18ce725512e6 I'm running game at: Windows 7 (32 bit)/ Pentium Dual Core 2.8 GHz/ 2GB RAM/ ATI Radeon HD 4600 - 1GB I was reading somewhere (maybe here, can't remember) that when u make a save less than 50 km of some port that u can experience problems when u load - in aware of that i made a 150 km and still cannot load the game. Can anyone can help, or suggest something? Many thanks in advance! Best wishes from Croatia!

12-20-08, 07:51 PM	#3
-Romanus- Swabbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 6 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thats what I get, and my system specs should be fine, I mean I've run GWX for a while and I'm getting these crashes on both GWX and vanilla.

12-22-08, 12:44 AM	#6
Dekessey Torpedoman Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 112 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	I'm running GWX 2.1, in the middle of a mission. Games loads fine, career loads fine until I see the 'Not so long ago...', then just as I'm about to start, CTD. Not sure if this will help. Tried starting a new career, it worked. I guess my saved game is currupt?

12-23-08, 11:44 PM	#8
Dekessey Torpedoman Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 112 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Nope. Tried 2-3 previous saves, same crash. I think my whole career might be scrapped. I guess some mods make the game unstable...

12-24-08, 04:23 PM	#9
jpm1 Captain Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 544 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	when you uninstalled did you get rid of the folders in Mydocuments and Program files

02-17-11, 09:15 PM	#11
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	WELCOME ABOARD! It's usually better to start a new thread rather than bring back one that is two years old. There are probably people who can figure out what happened from your copy of the error messages, and they should be along soon. Sorry that I'm not one of them. Just wanted to say "Hi!" __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-18-11, 07:00 AM	#12
HotiBomba Mate Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Croatia Posts: 54 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	Thank you Steve! I also hope that someone will appear and help me with the problem, really like SH3