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Old 04-07-22, 04:25 AM   #1
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Hey. I havn't been here for a long time, but this place seems to be the only place that has the 1.4 patch on the net. And when I try to download it, it just directs me to another site that doesn't have any downloads. Is the patch gone? I can't seem to find it anywhere.


I'm also trying to run the game under Windows 7, even under compatability mode for Windows XP. The scan it does claims that my computer meets all proper specifications, but a "Protection System" window pops up claiming that it's the wrong operating system. This is strange because I've gotten this game to run on this computer just fine before.



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Old 04-07-22, 04:52 AM   #2
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Hi Blacklight ive sent you a PM with download link to SH3 from my mediafire site the SH3 Download is already patched to 1.4 all you need to do is unpackit with 7zip place the SH3 Folder outside program files X86 and then play a single mission like the Happy Time then SH3 will make a SH3 Folder in your documents for all your carrer saves.
My SH3 is from this install already patched to 1.4 then i zipped it up with 7zip and uploaded it to my mediafire site its been downloaded a lot
Then Mod as you see fit
The SH3 Zipped Folder is 1.27gig if you dont have enough room on drive C:/ downloads then uninstall other programes on drive C that you have the dvd so you can reinstall them on drive D then once SH3 is downloaded move that zipped SH3 Folder to drive D unpack in and your up and running


Another option i send you a SH3 Copy on DVD that gives you the option to install it where you like i live in England DVD should take 3 weeks to get to your side of the duck pond pm your home address and ill post you the sh3 dvd






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Old 04-07-22, 06:21 AM   #3
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Hi Blacklight so SH3 from mediafire downloaded did you unpack with 7zip

if you dont have 7zip you need to download it when you have the SH3 zipped File move it to drive D then unpack it then open the unpacked SH3 Folder double chick on SH3.Exe




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Yes.. That’s exactly how I did it. I have 7zip. I sent you a PM reply that lists everything I tried. And now there’s a bit of a mystery with it. Check your PM’s
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Old 04-07-22, 02:31 PM   #5
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I think the issue is windows 7 due to no longer suported by microsoft does any of your laptops have window 10
You could try cleaning your registry with cc cleanner as well as deleting anything SH3 even mods ect and your SH3 Career Folder so there no fragments of SH3 on your System.
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Old 04-07-22, 06:26 PM   #6
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I think the issue is windows 7 due to no longer suported by microsoft does any of your laptops have window 10
You could try cleaning your registry with cc cleanner as well as deleting anything SH3 even mods ect and your SH3 Career Folder so there no fragments of SH3 on your System.
Then why does it run perfectly on the laptop that has the same, fully updated Windows 7 on it? And why did this game run fine on this computer maybe a year ago, long after I had fully updated it fully? And why does it no longer work on the Windows XP desktop?


The DVD version I'm using is one of the original releases. By all rights, this thing SHOULD be working. If it works on one system, then it should work on another system that has the exact same OS with the exact same service packs installed.



There's no mod packs or careers to remove either. Those got uninstalled when I initially uninstalled the thing.



You know. I seem to remember having this problem with the game back in the early 2000's. I have a vague memory of uninstalling it, and then going back to re-install it, and it not being able to run. I have this strange feeling that it's the same issue. The thing had bugs right off the DVD where the installer didn't like you installing the program into the default folder that it proposed on install. So I'm really convinced that this will work somehow, but that I'm dealing with a bug of some type. If it works on that laptop, with the same Windows 7 fully updated OS, it SHOULD be working on this desktop.


Question: I'm getting a new Windows 10 computer soon. Does SH3 run on Windows 10 at all? Or am I out of luck unless I can get the thing running on an old PC?
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SH3 Download is already patched to 1.4
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is the steam version already patched to 1.4?
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is the steam version already patched to 1.4?
Steam SH3 v1.4.0.1, & that's accrdingly to hovering the mouse over it's SH3.exe, there in the folder.

Have both Steam & Ubi access to SH3...




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