Windows 7 64 bit and SH4

02-26-10, 02:53 PM

Has anyone managed to install SH4 v 1.4 onto Windows 7 64 bit. If you have, did you have any issues and if so what did you do to overcome these issues. A new player over at Ubi Forums is struggling to get his game to run and is in need of some advice. The game has installed with no reported errors, but when he launches the gme the cursor spins and then just returns to the desktop.

Thanks in advance

Maverick

ERPP8 · 02-26-10, 02:59 PM

My only issue was a black screen and I couldn't see the game.
Search around fot the solution.

Fincuan · 02-26-10, 03:01 PM

Based on the description it could be anything, there's just too little to work with. Also there's already a numbers of threads on Windows 7 +SH3/4, a combination which by default should work 100% without any special measures. A search will probably be the swiftest way to get an answer.

02-26-10, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fincuan

Based on the description it could be anything, there's just too little to work with. Also there's already a numbers of threads on Windows 7 +SH3/4, a combination which by default should work 100% without any special measures. A search will probably be the swiftest way to get an answer.

Yeah thanks have now found them....didn't show up the first time I searched??...will point him in that direction

Cheers

Maverick

Capt.Warner · 02-26-10, 06:25 PM

I have it on Windows 7 Professional 64 bit and I have no problems at all.All I did was install the games and my mods and it worked 100%.

Morpheus · 02-26-10, 06:37 PM

Win7 64bit - no probs here

clayp · 02-26-10, 06:55 PM

Win7 64bit Ultimate - no probs here...Knocks on head....

ETR3(SS) · 02-26-10, 08:46 PM

Win7 Pro 64bit here, no problems. I even have multiple installs of the game, including a 1.4 version.

Herr Graf · 02-27-10, 07:18 AM

Win 7 64bit no issues.

Installed on my E drive and was the download version from D2D.
1.5 with TMO and RSRDC mod's

Mikemike47 · 02-28-10, 03:54 PM

No problems here. I have Professional 64-bit. I installed the SH4 program in another folder by choice, not the default directory.

Greentimbers · 03-01-10, 11:40 PM

Windows 7 / 64

Installed into C:Games

No problems at all

Version 1.5 (DVD)

Ciscokyd · 06-19-15, 06:21 PM

I installed in a new folder at root of C - worked great until Microsoft updates then it stopped working. Have tried to reload it a few times - get that annoying circle (like the hour glass of XP) and then that disappears. Microsoft says it isn't compatible yet it worked initially.
I still use XP on another machine - not as high end as my Win 7 Pro 64 bit.
Any ideas?

Aktungbby · 06-19-15, 07:47 PM

Ciscokyd!

iambecomelife · 06-19-15, 10:58 PM

I had a similar problem with SH3 until I purchased an online version from Amazon.com instead of using my old SH3 DVD. Although it's annoying to buy it twice, have you tried a downloadable version? Amazon has SH4 for $5.99; evidently, whoever put together the downloadable SH3 resolved whatever compatibility issues there were with new OS's. The same should be true for SH4.

CCIP · 06-19-15, 11:55 PM

I think with the SH3 DVD, the problem was the Starforce DRM - there's no problem with the game itself, but Starforce is not 64-bit compatible (and an awful piece of software to boot). SH4 never shipped with that type of DRM though, so you'll be fine.

02-26-10, 02:53 PM	#1
LtCmdrMaverick Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Windows 7 64 bit and SH4 Has anyone managed to install SH4 v 1.4 onto Windows 7 64 bit. If you have, did you have any issues and if so what did you do to overcome these issues. A new player over at Ubi Forums is struggling to get his game to run and is in need of some advice. The game has installed with no reported errors, but when he launches the gme the cursor spins and then just returns to the desktop. Thanks in advance Maverick

02-26-10, 06:25 PM	#5
Capt.Warner Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean Posts: 262 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	I have it on Windows 7 Professional 64 bit and I have no problems at all.All I did was install the games and my mods and it worked 100%. __________________

02-26-10, 06:55 PM	#7
clayp The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,554 Downloads: 340 Uploads: 0	Win7 64bit Ultimate - no probs here...Knocks on head.... __________________ clayp

02-26-10, 08:46 PM	#8
ETR3(SS) Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between test depth and periscope depth Posts: 3,021 Downloads: 175 Uploads: 16	Win7 Pro 64bit here, no problems. I even have multiple installs of the game, including a 1.4 version. __________________ USS Kentucky SSBN 737 (G) Comms Div 2003-2006 Qualified 19 November 03 Yes I was really on a submarine.

02-28-10, 03:54 PM	#10
Mikemike47 Grey Wolf Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NY Posts: 995 Downloads: 1078 Uploads: 6	Windows 7 and SH4 No problems here. I have Professional 64-bit. I installed the SH4 program in another folder by choice, not the default directory.

02-26-10, 02:59 PM	#2
ERPP8 Commodore Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: My House Posts: 608 Downloads: 161 Uploads: 0	My only issue was a black screen and I couldn't see the game. Search around fot the solution.

02-26-10, 03:01 PM	#3
Fincuan Admiral Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Suomi, sauna, puukko, perkele Posts: 2,346 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Based on the description it could be anything, there's just too little to work with. Also there's already a numbers of threads on Windows 7 +SH3/4, a combination which by default should work 100% without any special measures. A search will probably be the swiftest way to get an answer.

02-26-10, 06:37 PM	#6
Morpheus Ensign Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 234 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Win7 64bit - no probs here

02-27-10, 07:18 AM	#9
Herr Graf Mate Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 52 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Win 7 64bit no issues. Installed on my E drive and was the download version from D2D. 1.5 with TMO and RSRDC mod's

03-01-10, 11:40 PM	#11
Greentimbers Helmsman Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 107 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Windows 7 / 64 Installed into C:Games No problems at all Version 1.5 (DVD)

06-19-15, 06:21 PM	#12
Ciscokyd Nub Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Mill Bay, British Columbia Posts: 3 Downloads: 233 Uploads: 0	Win 7 64 bit I installed in a new folder at root of C - worked great until Microsoft updates then it stopped working. Have tried to reload it a few times - get that annoying circle (like the hour glass of XP) and then that disappears. Microsoft says it isn't compatible yet it worked initially. I still use XP on another machine - not as high end as my Win 7 Pro 64 bit. Any ideas?

06-19-15, 07:47 PM	#13
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,021 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	welcome aboard! Ciscokyd! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

06-19-15, 10:58 PM	#14
iambecomelife Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 4,706 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	I had a similar problem with SH3 until I purchased an online version from Amazon.com instead of using my old SH3 DVD. Although it's annoying to buy it twice, have you tried a downloadable version? Amazon has SH4 for $5.99; evidently, whoever put together the downloadable SH3 resolved whatever compatibility issues there were with new OS's. The same should be true for SH4. __________________ https://www.facebook.com/WolvesoftheKaiser/

06-19-15, 11:55 PM	#15
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I think with the SH3 DVD, the problem was the Starforce DRM - there's no problem with the game itself, but Starforce is not 64-bit compatible (and an awful piece of software to boot). SH4 never shipped with that type of DRM though, so you'll be fine. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)