"SH3Gen" Campaign enhancement (version 0.6.0)

[U-snafu]

dbf574,
shouldn't have to delete 0.6, i just loaded 0.7.1 over it and it works fine.

GlobalExplorer,
new version been working like a charm. many thnks for your continued effort

[NKVD-crazyivan]

I have finaly got SH3GEN to work..................

Global you might want to make this a sticky...........................

I was trying to play Matrix games new Panzer commander and i was getting the same fialed run time errror or later i got a exe fialed etc.....

i then went onto the matrixgames site and read this i followed the first step rebooted and not only does my game work but SH3gen does now as well

AHHHHHH the Arial Font isssue.
Some players have experienced a crash related to a font problem caused by an older game.(crash for panzer commander or in my case just a black screeen on load up then back to deck top)This bug seemed to be cuased by plaers that have installed an old build of Korson Pocket and uiinstalled.

Leaving the Arial font incorrectly set on your PC ther are two ways to fix.

1.From the control panel,select fonts.Find "Arial" and delete it.Reboot your PC and it should be restored.

2.Optionally,after deleting the font,you can DL a copy of ARIAL.TTF from the net(or from a local copy of windows)With in the fonts panel on one of the taps above is the "install new fonts....."browse for the ARIAL>TTF file and install it.re-run the game and it shoulfd work..

I dont no if this will help but im gussing other sub guys may also like playing war games as well and some of those old ones did stuff up the fonts a little all i know is it was busted but noe it works after step one........

[GlobalExplorer]

Originally Posted by U-snafu

dbf574,
shouldn't have to delete 0.6, i just loaded 0.7.1 over it and it works fine.

GlobalExplorer,
new version been working like a charm. many thnks for your continued effort

As U-snafu says, it will usually work.

But I recommend uninstalling the old version because sometimes not all files will be overwritten. This will especially be a problem if I change the structure of the installation, so you might end up with some files not removed by the uninstaller.

[GlobalExplorer]

Originally Posted by NKVD-crazyivan

I have finaly got SH3GEN to work..................

Global you might want to make this a sticky...........................

I was trying to play Matrix games new Panzer commander and i was getting the same fialed run time errror or later i got a exe fialed etc.....

i then went onto the matrixgames site and read this i followed the first step rebooted and not only does my game work but SH3gen does now as well

AHHHHHH the Arial Font isssue.
Some players have experienced a crash related to a font problem caused by an older game.(crash for panzer commander or in my case just a black screeen on load up then back to deck top)This bug seemed to be cuased by plaers that have installed an old build of Korson Pocket and uiinstalled.

Leaving the Arial font incorrectly set on your PC ther are two ways to fix.

1.From the control panel,select fonts.Find "Arial" and delete it.Reboot your PC and it should be restored.

2.Optionally,after deleting the font,you can DL a copy of ARIAL.TTF from the net(or from a local copy of windows)With in the fonts panel on one of the taps above is the "install new fonts....."browse for the ARIAL>TTF file and install it.re-run the game and it shoulfd work..

I dont no if this will help but im gussing other sub guys may also like playing war games as well and some of those old ones did stuff up the fonts a little all i know is it was busted but noe it works after step one........

The Arial font ?!?!

That is one of the most strangest things I have heard in a long time.

Thanks a lot for explaining that to other players, and hope you can enjoy the game now.

[GlobalExplorer]

Originally Posted by kapitanfred

Thanks for your continued support. I've installed NET 2.0, installed NET 2.0 version of SH3Gen, ran SH3Gen after I did an alt-tab out of SH3, absolutely nothing happens I'm at a loss. I don't receive the JIT debugger now but the SH3Gen.exe will not excecute meaning it does nothing. No screen comes up or anything.

If you have installed both versions of Sh3Gen plus the respective Frameworks, and the main form doesn't show up, something must be really wrong. This is just not normal behaviour, there is no explanation for the application not showing up.

Can it maybe have something to do with security?

You are clicking on the Sh3Gen desktop icon or Sh3Gen\Sh3Gen.exe , right?

Maybe you are just out of luck

Stay tuned.

[NKVD-crazyivan]

Hi Globale the Arial font is the main font used in windows some how the game Korsen pocket stuffed it up causing any other games that require the use of the font setting ie to show printed data to fail...
i know it wierd but it works now.........

What is the best way to use sh3gen do you wiat till you have completed a patrol.go to base then on your next patrol sail out aways then save game alt=tab-out then run your SH3gen then go back into the game.or am i best to save exit out run the program then restart my game.............

thanks so much for your great efforts and those ohters out there.

[NKVD-crazyivan]

Hay Kaptanfred have you ever played Korsen pocket or some older games like it.Try my fix i found for your windows fonts in my thred here it cant do any harm it seams you have the same problem i had first the debugger jit thing then i load Globles net 2.0 etc then it cured the debugger window but got the failed exe prob.Now it works .....

[GlobalExplorer]

Originally Posted by NKVD-crazyivan

Hi Globale the Arial font is the main font used in windows some how the game Korsen pocket stuffed it up causing any other games that require the use of the font setting ie to show printed data to fail...
i know it wierd but it works now.........

What is the best way to use sh3gen do you wiat till you have completed a patrol.go to base then on your next patrol sail out aways then save game alt=tab-out then run your SH3gen then go back into the game.or am i best to save exit out run the program then restart my game.............

thanks so much for your great efforts and those ohters out there.

You can generate anywhere and get an intelligence update that is valid approximately for the next 14 days from the current day (depends of course on intel setting).

It doesn't matter if you Alt-Tab and generate or exit ShIII completely and restart, this is a matter of circumstances and personal preferences. Some people can't Alt-Tab

GE

[kapitanfred]

Originally Posted by GlobalExplorer

If you have installed both versions of Sh3Gen plus the respective Frameworks, and the main form doesn't show up, something must be really wrong. This is just not normal behaviour, there is no explanation for the application not showing up.

Can it maybe have something to do with security?

You are clicking on the Sh3Gen desktop icon or Sh3Gen\Sh3Gen.exe , right?

Maybe you are just out of luck

Stay tuned.

I had uninstalled SH3Gen (for Net 1.1) b4 installing the Net 2.0 version and the desktop icon is the one I use which is generated when the prog is installed. Therefore only one SH3Gen progam installed. I'm just wondering if it has anything to do with having GW 1.1a installed as a mod rather then as a main installation?

[macstu23]

I like the sound of this mod and the feedback it's been getting. I havent installed it yet however, the only thing that makes me nervous is that my currrent install of SH3 (with GW 1.1 plus 16km Atmos mod light) is running pretty smooth, better than ever in fact, and I'd hate for it to mess up.

I already have Net 2.0 installed on my pc so I'll go for the SH3Gen 0.7.1 version that is compatible. Just wondering, has anybody had any issues with it using the above mentioned mods?

My only other question is, is it save to install while I'm docked at a Milkcow or should I go back to my home port first ?

Thanks in advance for all the work you've put into this Global, looks like a real winner.

[GlobalExplorer]

Originally Posted by macstu23

I like the sound of this mod and the feedback it's been getting. I havent installed it yet however, the only thing that makes me nervous is that my currrent install of SH3 (with GW 1.1 plus 16km Atmos mod light) is running pretty smooth, better than ever in fact, and I'd hate for it to mess up.

I already have Net 2.0 installed on my pc so I'll go for the SH3Gen 0.7.1 version that is compatible. Just wondering, has anybody had any issues with it using the above mentioned mods?

My only other question is, is it save to install while I'm docked at a Milkcow or should I go back to my home port first ?

Thanks in advance for all the work you've put into this Global, looks like a real winner.

Taken directly from Sh3Gen readme:

Sh3Gen is a standalone application, not a mod. Because of it's architecture (it is only reading data from Silent Hunter but not writing into it) it works with all types of mods, as long as they are working at all.

Even if Sh3Gen should create error messages, it will never mess up anything in Silent Hunter III or your mods.

Sh3Gen can be run alongside SHIII Commander 2.5 and upwards.

I guarantee ya you don't risk anything by trying it, especially as you already have the dotNET runtime installed.

Originally Posted by macstu23

My only other question is, is it save to install while I'm docked at a Milkcow or should I go back to my home port first ?

There is really no need to go back to port as far as Sh3Gen is concerned. As it says in paragraph 1, you are not installing a mod.

GE

[GlobalExplorer]

Originally Posted by macstu23

Thanks in advance for all the work you've put into this Global, looks like a real winner.

Thanks for the kind words. Mostly, the work I put into this was not wasted. I have already learned quite a few of things doing this, and found some solutions that are of professional value to me.

[GlobalExplorer]

Originally Posted by kapitanfred

I had uninstalled SH3Gen (for Net 1.1) b4 installing the Net 2.0 version and the desktop icon is the one I use which is generated when the prog is installed. Therefore only one SH3Gen progam installed. I'm just wondering if it has anything to do with having GW 1.1a installed as a mod rather then as a main installation?

No, it's certainly nothing to do with GW.

I am really sorry that you don't get it to run, but there is nothing else I can think of at the moment. If you look at crazyivans postings, for example, you see the problems and solutions are sometimes really weird. What it is for you, I don't know, but for me you seem to be having a problem with running dotNET applications in general.

[bigboywooly]

Originally Posted by GlobalExplorer

No, it's certainly nothing to do with GW.

I am really sorry that you don't get it to run, but there is nothing else I can think of at the moment. If you look at crazyivans postings, for example, you see the problems and solutions are sometimes really weird. What it is for you, I don't know, but for me you seem to be having a problem with running dotNET applications in general.

I installed 0.7.1 straight over the top of 0.6
Am running GW1.1A hybrid and have had no problems with it
Great program GE

[macstu23]

Originally Posted by GlobalExplorer

Sh3Gen is a standalone application, not a mod. Because of it's architecture (it is only reading data from Silent Hunter but not writing into it) it works with all types of mods, as long as they are working at all.

Even if Sh3Gen should create error messages, it will never mess up anything in Silent Hunter III or your mods.

Sh3Gen can be run alongside SHIII Commander 2.5 and upwards.

I guarantee ya you don't risk anything by trying it, especially as you already have the dotNET runtime installed.

There is really no need to go back to port as far as Sh3Gen is concerned. As it says in paragraph 1, you are not installing a mod.

GE[/quote]

Good show, thanks. That makes things much clearer. My apologies if I made you go over something already mentioned on this thread.