Request for SH assistance

Onkel Neal · 06-01-10, 11:05 AM

Yes, this is for SH2, and I will move this thread into the Classic Subsims forum.

A friend asked me for help, he is reinstalling SH2 on an office computer (windows XP, service pack 3) and finds it has garbled text, gauges, etc. He reinstalled, and did the patch 1.1, but same problem. Anyone out there have any ideas? Thanks!

Neal

Buddahaid · 06-01-10, 11:51 AM

That problem happened to me after I upgraded my graphics card to Nvidia and there is no solution other than buying the newer SH2/SH3 combo pack (I think).

EDIT: BTW the problem will also effect DC in the same way.

Sailor Steve · 06-01-10, 03:46 PM

Mine is in storage so I can't load it up and see if I have the same problem. I also have XP and SP3.

Hitman · 06-02-10, 08:43 AM

That's definately the old SH2/DC engine problem with NVidia cards. I heard that newer driver packs had solved it, but using the latest ones on my NVidia card it still appears

Buddahaid · 06-02-10, 11:26 PM

Well I just tried the "new" SH2 that comes in the SH2/SH3 combo pack and the corruption is still there. So Nvidia drivers or a newer card may work since SH2 works fine on my newer win 7 system with a newer Nvidia GTX 260 card.

Gryffon300 · 12-10-10, 09:10 AM

Am just rloading a lot of older games on a new computer (Windows XP). Had no problems with SHII with motherboard graphics, but SHIII GWX 3.0 showed watch crew with no binoculars (very weird look) and other graphics slow issues.
So.. installed GeForce 210 and SHIII fixed, but text graphics on SHII gone to hell. Arghh!! Trying nvidia upgrade patches, but am feeling like its gonna be a rock and a hard place....

06-01-10, 11:05 AM	#1
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,293 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	Request for SH assistance Yes, this is for SH2, and I will move this thread into the Classic Subsims forum. A friend asked me for help, he is reinstalling SH2 on an office computer (windows XP, service pack 3) and finds it has garbled text, gauges, etc. He reinstalled, and did the patch 1.1, but same problem. Anyone out there have any ideas? Thanks! Neal __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

06-01-10, 11:51 AM	#2
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,572 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	That problem happened to me after I upgraded my graphics card to Nvidia and there is no solution other than buying the newer SH2/SH3 combo pack (I think). EDIT: BTW the problem will also effect DC in the same way. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie Last edited by Buddahaid; 06-01-10 at 05:30 PM.

06-01-10, 03:46 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Mine is in storage so I can't load it up and see if I have the same problem. I also have XP and SP3. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-02-10, 08:43 AM	#4
Hitman Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 6,099 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 2	That's definately the old SH2/DC engine problem with NVidia cards. I heard that newer driver packs had solved it, but using the latest ones on my NVidia card it still appears __________________ One day I will return to sea ...

06-02-10, 11:26 PM	#5
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,572 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	Well I just tried the "new" SH2 that comes in the SH2/SH3 combo pack and the corruption is still there. So Nvidia drivers or a newer card may work since SH2 works fine on my newer win 7 system with a newer Nvidia GTX 260 card. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

12-10-10, 09:10 AM	#6
Gryffon300 Engineer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 213 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	NVidia & SHII Am just rloading a lot of older games on a new computer (Windows XP). Had no problems with SHII with motherboard graphics, but SHIII GWX 3.0 showed watch crew with no binoculars (very weird look) and other graphics slow issues. So.. installed GeForce 210 and SHIII fixed, but text graphics on SHII gone to hell. Arghh!! Trying nvidia upgrade patches, but am feeling like its gonna be a rock and a hard place....