Need Help on How to install SH-4 GOLD on Vista

FIREWALL · 08-16-08, 01:55 PM

Hi All

Did search to no avail.

Can some one give me a quick tutorial on how to get SH-4 GOLD to install and run on Vista ?

Digital_Trucker · 08-16-08, 02:22 PM

I know practically nothing about Vista (except to stay away from it

), but, whatever you do, don't install it into the "Program Files" folder. Other than that, it should install just like anything else.

FIREWALL · 08-16-08, 02:28 PM

Thx DT For your quick response.

Have done like you advised and it goes thru Intro then nothing but blackscreen.

Where as installed on XP I will get loading screen after the cloudes part of intro.

FIREWALL · 08-16-08, 04:06 PM

Still ain't haveing any luck.

A while back it seemed like every third new member asked " How do you install SH-4 on Vista."

Now useing search or posting everyone but DT and Jimbuna
went blank.

Jeesh. Lately it seems if I asked how many rivets on a VIIB conning tower I'd get 20 replys.:p

But ask something I kinda need a quick answer on and it's like pulling teeth.

Digital_Trucker · 08-16-08, 04:22 PM

Make sure you install DirectX9 (yes, even if you have DX10 installed). The game absolutely requires it and it will not work without it. Why M$ doesn't recognize a need for DX9 on Vista, I'll never know (OK, so I don't want to know either

)

snakeyez · 08-16-08, 05:32 PM

I had no trouble installing on Vista. Just put the disc in and go.

Did you let it install all the optional junk too? That helps.

Ripper · 08-16-08, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

Thx DT For your quick response.

Have done like you advised and it goes thru Intro then nothing but blackscreen.

Where as installed on XP I will get loading screen after the cloudes part of intro.

Try messing with your video settings. Sometimes when I'm tweaking things with nhancer, I get a black screen after the intro and I have to turn off antialiasing. I do manage to get it back after a while but I couldn't tell you how.

Fisherman · 08-17-08, 06:35 AM

Same experience as Ripper "...and I have to turn off antialiasing". This got me through the black screen problem. Also had a problem with fires and torpedo explosions slowing down the frame rates. I found that running in XP compatability mode (right click on your SH4 shortcut to find this) seems to have cured this problem.

Note I installed in the programs folder (yes, I know despite all advice to the contrary

) and haven't found the need to run as an administrator yet.

Best of luck,

08-16-08, 01:55 PM	#1
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Need Help on How to install SH-4 GOLD on Vista Hi All Did search to no avail. Can some one give me a quick tutorial on how to get SH-4 GOLD to install and run on Vista ? __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

08-16-08, 02:22 PM	#2
Digital_Trucker Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Peach State Posts: 4,171 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 10	I know practically nothing about Vista (except to stay away from it), but, whatever you do, don't install it into the "Program Files" folder. Other than that, it should install just like anything else. __________________ RSM-GIEP-Killflags-LV Tribute-Playable Elco __Peace be with you, Dave.

08-16-08, 02:28 PM	#3
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Thx DT For your quick response. Have done like you advised and it goes thru Intro then nothing but blackscreen. Where as installed on XP I will get loading screen after the cloudes part of intro. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

08-16-08, 04:06 PM	#4
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Still ain't haveing any luck. A while back it seemed like every third new member asked " How do you install SH-4 on Vista." Now useing search or posting everyone but DT and Jimbuna went blank. Jeesh. Lately it seems if I asked how many rivets on a VIIB conning tower I'd get 20 replys.:p But ask something I kinda need a quick answer on and it's like pulling teeth. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

08-16-08, 04:22 PM	#5
Digital_Trucker Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Peach State Posts: 4,171 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 10	Make sure you install DirectX9 (yes, even if you have DX10 installed). The game absolutely requires it and it will not work without it. Why M$ doesn't recognize a need for DX9 on Vista, I'll never know (OK, so I don't want to know either) __________________ RSM-GIEP-Killflags-LV Tribute-Playable Elco __Peace be with you, Dave.

08-16-08, 05:32 PM	#6
snakeyez Last Man Down Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mississippi, USA Posts: 242 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I had no trouble installing on Vista. Just put the disc in and go. Did you let it install all the optional junk too? That helps. __________________ SUBMARINEMUSEUMS.ORG - These are the submarines in your neighborhood! Get involved, they need you. Doyle Blalock - the life of my WWII submarine veteran grandfather. Drum228.org - devoted to the Gato-class museum sub USS Drum (SS-228) complete with war patrol reports, historical info, and restoration progress.

08-17-08, 06:35 AM	#8
Fisherman Watch Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 16 Downloads: 185 Uploads: 0	Same experience as Ripper "...and I have to turn off antialiasing". This got me through the black screen problem. Also had a problem with fires and torpedo explosions slowing down the frame rates. I found that running in XP compatability mode (right click on your SH4 shortcut to find this) seems to have cured this problem. Note I installed in the programs folder (yes, I know despite all advice to the contrary ) and haven't found the need to run as an administrator yet. Best of luck, __________________ Fish