Windows 7?

[Talyllyn]

I get the same problem with SH3 on my new Window 7 system.
AMD Phenom II Quad core 3.2Ghz
ATI graphics 5750 1Gb
Windows 7 Home Premium

The problem occurs at the full resolution (1920 x 1080) but if i crank it down a notch to 1776 x 1000 it seems to work fine.

I have only tried the standard patched version so far, on to GWX3 next!

There is a link somewhere in the forum to a Microsoft page to download a patch to run virtual XP but it only applies to the higher versions of Windows 7.

[nikbear]

I'm wondering if its worth sticking with XP for the time being,then when SH5 comes out upgrade to Win7 then Does anybody have an idea when SH5's eta is?

[Greytop]

Glad it's not just me
I've got the same problem with Windows 7 (64bit) & SH3 GW3.0+screen res fix.
i.e difficulty initialising 3D graphics unless I reset my desktop res to 1600x1200 or lower (Dell 24" 1920x1200).
Radeon 4870 with latest drivers, P5Q-DeluxeMB and Quad 6600.

[Red Heat]

Hello

My solution was simple and fast...one computer two os...in the sata2 (1TB) hard disc i install the win7 64 bits...and in the another hard disc ide (80GB) i install the winxp 32 bits. In the startup the computer asks wich one i want to use...the games wich dont run in the win7 i install in the winxp those witch dont run in the xp or for beter performance needs more i...install in the win7!

What can i say...for me its the best of two Worlds!
and no more problems to run my dear SH3 GWX 3.0 Gold... lol

[nikbear]

I think I'm leaning towards a dual boot setup as well,at least until SH5 comes out

[sabretwo]

I'm not trying to encourage anyone to buy a game again that they already purchased before. That said, if you really want a version of SH3 that loads and plays without hiccups on Windows 7, get the download version from Direct2Download.

I misplaced my disk a few years back and bought the game again online. The D2D version loads onto Windows 7 and plays just fine. The D2D version seems to be missing whatever stuff is conflicting with Windows 7.

No problems at all.

[StarLion45]

Hi everyone

I've seen a lot of people having trouble with Win7 and Sh3
I had it too , StarForce , ProgramFiles ( if installed the Sh3 in this directory) and more .

I came over a post from Thaum and suddently my problems solved
And now my Sh3 runs like a charm , smooth , to be honest , I don't see any thing with the game , no problems at all . I have installed :

* Sh3 + patch 1.v4b
* GWX3.0 GOLD
* SH3Cmdr3.2
* the newest JSGME + several mods


Be sure to follow EXACTLY what's been written in the post .

My personal thanks goes to Thaum

Here it is :






" Ok, I've got it running through the following steps. Perhaps it might help anyone else with problems in windows7:

1. Remove sf from previous installation with the official removal tool.

2. Re-install sh3 but do not run it yet.

3. patch it to 1.4b (run as administrator otherwise it won't work)

4. My version of sh3 came with sf, so I ran the crack, as posted above in this thread.

5. Change the desktop resolution to 1024 x 768.

6. run sh3 without the Cd in the tray.

7. go to options and de-select full screen so it will run sh3 in its own window. Exit sh3

8. Change desktop back to my original resolution.

9. Install Grey Wolves.

sh3/grey wolves now runs but in its own small window which I have to squint at, but it's better than nothing.

The alternative is to change my desktop resolution to 1024 x768 everytime I want to run sh3/grey wolves in full screen mode.

Thanks everyone.

I should of course add that I do not advocate using cd cracks etc. I bought sh3 when it first came out and consider myself to be an honest customer. The above simply enables me to continue enjoying the sim, and I'll be queueing up to buy sh5 when it's released ".

Thaum


GOOD LUCK everyone

[dbf574]

I, too, had problems as I posted earlier after loading Windows 7 64Bit Home. One day I decided to try installing SHIII one more time and to my surprise, it loaded with no problem. I then realized that I had not changed the default destination. I then loaded GWX 3.0 (did not need to load 1.4, seems that it was included in the disc that was part of the SHII/SHIII pack which I purchased for about $10.00 via Amazon) and it worked great. Uninstalled and tried to install on different destination and it wouldn't load, but it did when loading to default destination. I don't know why, but am very glad that I finally got it to load (as well as getting it to work flawlessly)Damn the torpedos, full steam ahead

[Panser]

Greytop, the issue could be the high-res fix. A lot of the problems people seem to be having with Win7 seem to be related to game and/or native desktop resolution. The game works fine on both my x64 machines, but the high-res fixes make it very unstable and prone to crashing. If I play without them, the game is solid as a rock.

[TarJak]

I just set the game to be full screen at 1680 x 1050 in main.cfg not using the res-fix and it still runs in 1024x768 not the res set in the main.cfg. I can get the game to run in 1680x1050 with the hi-res fix installed.

For the "Cannot initialize 3D engine" error, it's very simple. The game cannot start at refresh rate of 59 MHz. For instance, change your resolution to whatever you want and your refresh rate to 70 or 75 MHz and the game will start in Windows 7 32 or 64 without any problem.

[mkj189]

when I play Silent Hunter 3 going into the black when I came past the intro to the game and have it load the game is played in black and I get an error message that says a program fault in the program was not working ....?

[clara2g]

Hello, I'm running SHIII+GWX3 Gold in Windows 7 64 bits.

Initially I was unable even to start the simulator, the solution for me was to copy an XP installation to Windows 7.

I thought it worked, the simulator starts and seems to work OK, I played all the Naval Academy missions, but, when I try to start the first missions of a new career or a single mission, the game crashes when the loading red bar is almost complete

Any ideas?

Thank you and sorry for my bad english

[Panser]

Originally Posted by clara2g

Hello, I'm running SHIII+GWX3 Gold in Windows 7 64 bits.

Initially I was unable even to start the simulator, the solution for me was to copy an XP installation to Windows 7.
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Any ideas?

Delete the SH3 folder in My Documents. You will lose any and all career saves but it may be a corruption in there causing an issue. Restart the game and see how it goes.



If that doesn't work...


Uninstall everything to do with the game, check to make sure the C:/Program Files/Ubisoft/Silent Hunter 3 folder (or whatever the original install path is), has gone.

Delete the SH3 folder from "My Documents"

Run something that'll clean the registry of old and broken links. Try CCleaner, it's freeware and pretty good.

Reinstall SH3, patch it to 1.4b and remove starforce following the guide available elsewhere on the site, if necessary.

When starforce is successfully removed (if you had it in the first place), run the game and see if it works now. If it does, quit and install GWX and happy hunting

[Pisces]

In addition to Panser's suggestion, when you reinstall, I suggest to not install it in the Program Files folder. Makes modding alot easier.