Silent Hunter 5 & Windows 10 - Page 9

TBird9595 · 11-15-22, 07:40 PM

Hi KaleunMarco,

I had tried setting it to 1920x1080 but as I said, it just ran in a very small window. However, after reading your reply I had another go and realised that I had not unchecked the 'Run in windowed mode' box. I did that, and now it looks fine!

Thanks again

KaleunMarco · 11-16-22, 12:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TBird9595

Hi KaleunMarco,

I had tried setting it to 1920x1080 but as I said, it just ran in a very small window. However, after reading your reply I had another go and realised that I had not unchecked the 'Run in windowed mode' box. I did that, and now it looks fine!

Thanks again

that's excellent news!
sometimes, we old Kaleuns forget about some of the less sophisticated options.

Onkel Neal · 11-16-22, 09:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TBird9595

Hi KaleunMarco,

I had tried setting it to 1920x1080 but as I said, it just ran in a very small window. However, after reading your reply I had another go and realised that I had not unchecked the 'Run in windowed mode' box. I did that, and now it looks fine!

Thanks again

You know, sometimes people make a post requesting help and they learn what the problem is and how to fix it, but they reply with "nevermind, I fixed it" without sharing what they discovered worked.

You sir, are not one of those people.

Nominated

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Cmndrgray · 02-25-23, 11:35 AM

I haven't played SH5 for sometime now, when I went to play it today it says please enter activation code, however I can't find my box or user manual with my activation code.

Is there anyway to bypass this so that I'm able to play.

I've contacted the UBISoft help desk but no reply so far.

Many thanks

Michael

Yolo911 · 02-25-23, 12:46 PM

This MOD stuff is REALLY hard to understand. (SH5 Twos major mod)I finally have it running. I started my first patrol through Steam. I saw the KSD ICON and clicked on it but it didn't make any sense to me at all. I couldn't even sure of it's purpose.

So after all I went though all of the gyrations to install everything I didn't have time to finish the patrol. And when I exited partway to the initial destination it said the patrol was over.

Now I haven't gone back into the program again . I thought I would explore KSD first. I suspected it was a way to start the game. After trying several different logins(it doesn't specify what I am logging into, It accepted the Steam login. At this point nothing progresses. I tried many combinations of the various boxes but nothing happens.

ANy idea how this thing works? OR can I skip all of this and just go through Steam again to start my game? I know that these mods have a big problem with saved games and that there is a ritual that must be performed before loading a save or advancing to another level. Which I can't figure out either.

Thanks

Nevermind. I just tried to start it on Steam and all I get are errors. It isn't worth the frustration. i'm deleteing it.

GreekMantanis · 03-02-23, 01:33 AM

hey guys i recently bought SH5 in Uplay but everytime i click on new campaign it crashes i have no mods ive tried many times reinstalling the game but it dont works i tried disabling fullscreen ive tried all compatibility mods but it always crashes when i click new campaign i have Windows 11 Pro

Any help will be much appreciated

Aktungbby · 03-02-23, 03:32 AM

GreekMantanis!

When it comes to playing SHV on WIN 11...."it's all Greek to me" too!

propbeanie · 03-02-23, 08:45 AM

GreekMantanis, SH5 is just like SH3 and SH4 on the 'modern' Windows OS, in that the game was designed with WinXP DirectX v9 internals (the game engine). In that regard, you have to tell Windows not to help with the game's display. To do that, you need to navigate to the game folder where you have SH5 installed. Find the SH5.exe file, right-click on it and choose "Properties" from the bottom of the list. Then click on the "Compatibility" tab and then change some of the settings. Depending upon your computer, video card and display, you might have to change one, or several of the settings. Win11 is similar to Win10 in that regard and SH3, 4 & 5 are basically the same. Here is a picture from SH4 on my Win11 laptop, and the choices I had to make to get SH4 displaying properly:

Your computer might require the same, but most likely different settings. That upper "High DPI Settings..." Window comes up after you click on the "Change high DPI settings" button of the window below, which is the actual "Properties" window. You might not need the Compatibility Mode change, and you might not need the Administrator setting tick mark, but you almost certainly will need the "Disable fullscreen optimizations" ticked, as well as that "High DPI scaling override" with "Application" set from the "Change high DPI settings" button. On my laptop, I had to click that upper button on the "High DPI settings for..." window, since the computer wants to "scale" everything on my display to 125% for whatever reason, and when it does that with the game, some of the game's interface goes outside the displays boundary, of course...

Anyway, try those settings (less the "scaling" change) and see what you get.

If you are going to eventually use the TWoS mod, and you installed the game to the "default" path, you are in "C:\Program Files (x86) \Ubisoft \Battle for the Atlantic..." or whatever the name of the SH5 folder is (I don't have it installed on this computer), Windows will rollback any alterations attempted in that folder. You will have move the game to a folder outside of a Program Files folder. If you create your own "Games" folder on the C drive and then install to that folder, any modding attempts will function correctly. vdr1981 mentions that in a pdf that comes with his mod.

TheNolan · 07-14-23, 05:58 PM

No Windows 11 sticky so I thought I'd post here. Just installed TWoS on Windows 11 with a Steam SH5 install and it worked perfectly. 2 big things are to make sure SH5 and the install program are run as an administrator and to install outside of the porgram files/program files (x86) directories.

I'm also launching via uConnect. uConnect keeps giving me an error when I open it but if I go into offline mode and launch SH5 from there it works fine.

Weps674 · 07-29-23, 04:55 PM

Thanks

Aktungbby · 07-30-23, 12:25 AM

Weps674!

back on the surface after 7 year's 'silent running'.

Katalo · 11-08-23, 06:57 PM

Saludos comandantes... hace mucho que no juego al SH5, en parte por los muchos problemas que tengo al usar ordenadores más modernos o sistemas operativos, ni Windows 10 ni windows 11... he leído varias soluciones, que cuando tenga tiempo, intentaré probar a ver si funcionan...

Es una lástima que UBISOFT dejara tirada esta gran saga... sería de agradecer que alguno de los genios que crean los Mods para este simulador, pudieran mejorar muchos aspectos que se han quedado obsoletos con el paso del tiempo, me refiero a mejorar por ejemplo, los gráficos y diálogos, poder hacer una remasterización de los gráficos del submarino, las explosiones, burbujas, interiores del uboot, la propia tripulación, que parecen robots en vez de personas... y aparte, si se abriera un hilo para comentar qué mejoras le harías al simulador, seguramente muchísimos comandantes participarían con sus ideas... otra cosa es que a nivel de programación fueran posible realizar las mejoras e ideas que se propongan... aparte también, supongo que también estará el problema de los derechos de UBISOFT, que intuyo no permitiría que se manipule su juego.
En fin, una lástima que esta grandísima saga la hayan abandonado...
Siento no escribir en inglés, también sería de agradecer que tuvierais SUBSIM con la opción en idioma español.

Muchas gracias y buena caza.

Aktungbby · 11-08-23, 09:31 PM

Katalo!

Katalo · 12-27-23, 06:30 PM

The problem is that about a month ago, when I load a saved game, the screen stays locked, and I have to go to the Windows desktop and restart the PC. If I start a new campaign, I play without problems, but as soon as I save the game and I want to restart it after a while or later or whenever, the image freezes and it does nothing, not even the mouse, I have to exit to Windows and restart the pc, as always, there is no way to continue any saved game... I have a Windows 10 pro, and the game is an original disc. When I have done a clean install, it installs without problems and all the requirements are green. I have tried some solution that I have seen to create a folder and rename the one to install the 1.2 update, and I have followed all the steps, but the problem continues... Any ideas? any solution? Thank you. I don't know whether to install Open Horizons or Wolves of Steel to see if the problem goes away or if it stays the same. I need your help.

Katalo · 12-28-23, 07:52 AM

Sorry for not saying hello first.
Before exposing my problems, education comes first, and the first thing is to say hello.
So, just to tell you that you do a great job, and that you are great, keep up the good work!!!!

02-25-23, 12:46 PM	#125
Yolo911 Watch Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Woodland, CA Posts: 29 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	KSD This MOD stuff is REALLY hard to understand. (SH5 Twos major mod)I finally have it running. I started my first patrol through Steam. I saw the KSD ICON and clicked on it but it didn't make any sense to me at all. I couldn't even sure of it's purpose. So after all I went though all of the gyrations to install everything I didn't have time to finish the patrol. And when I exited partway to the initial destination it said the patrol was over. Now I haven't gone back into the program again . I thought I would explore KSD first. I suspected it was a way to start the game. After trying several different logins(it doesn't specify what I am logging into, It accepted the Steam login. At this point nothing progresses. I tried many combinations of the various boxes but nothing happens. ANy idea how this thing works? OR can I skip all of this and just go through Steam again to start my game? I know that these mods have a big problem with saved games and that there is a ritual that must be performed before loading a save or advancing to another level. Which I can't figure out either. Thanks Nevermind. I just tried to start it on Steam and all I get are errors. It isn't worth the frustration. i'm deleteing it. Last edited by Yolo911; 02-25-23 at 03:51 PM.

03-02-23, 01:33 AM	#126
GreekMantanis Bilge Rat Join Date: Mar 2023 Posts: 1 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	SH5 Crashes hey guys i recently bought SH5 in Uplay but everytime i click on new campaign it crashes i have no mods ive tried many times reinstalling the game but it dont works i tried disabling fullscreen ive tried all compatibility mods but it always crashes when i click new campaign i have Windows 11 Pro Any help will be much appreciated

03-02-23, 03:32 AM	#127
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,051 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	welcome aboard! GreekMantanis! When it comes to playing SHV on WIN 11...."it's all Greek to me" too! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

03-02-23, 08:45 AM	#128
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 10,106 Downloads: 451 Uploads: 2	GreekMantanis, SH5 is just like SH3 and SH4 on the 'modern' Windows OS, in that the game was designed with WinXP DirectX v9 internals (the game engine). In that regard, you have to tell Windows not to help with the game's display. To do that, you need to navigate to the game folder where you have SH5 installed. Find the SH5.exe file, right-click on it and choose "Properties" from the bottom of the list. Then click on the "Compatibility" tab and then change some of the settings. Depending upon your computer, video card and display, you might have to change one, or several of the settings. Win11 is similar to Win10 in that regard and SH3, 4 & 5 are basically the same. Here is a picture from SH4 on my Win11 laptop, and the choices I had to make to get SH4 displaying properly: Your computer might require the same, but most likely different settings. That upper "High DPI Settings..." Window comes up after you click on the "Change high DPI settings" button of the window below, which is the actual "Properties" window. You might not need the Compatibility Mode change, and you might not need the Administrator setting tick mark, but you almost certainly will need the "Disable fullscreen optimizations" ticked, as well as that "High DPI scaling override" with "Application" set from the "Change high DPI settings" button. On my laptop, I had to click that upper button on the "High DPI settings for..." window, since the computer wants to "scale" everything on my display to 125% for whatever reason, and when it does that with the game, some of the game's interface goes outside the displays boundary, of course... Anyway, try those settings (less the "scaling" change) and see what you get. If you are going to eventually use the TWoS mod, and you installed the game to the "default" path, you are in "C:\Program Files (x86) \Ubisoft \Battle for the Atlantic..." or whatever the name of the SH5 folder is (I don't have it installed on this computer), Windows will rollback any alterations attempted in that folder. You will have move the game to a folder outside of a Program Files folder. If you create your own "Games" folder on the C drive and then install to that folder, any modding attempts will function correctly. vdr1981 mentions that in a pdf that comes with his mod. __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayers" - Jimbuna

07-30-23, 12:25 AM	#131
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,051 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Welcome back! Weps674! back on the surface after 7 year's 'silent running'. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

11-15-22, 07:40 PM	#121
TBird9595 Nub Join Date: Nov 2022 Location: Co. Donegal, Ireland Posts: 3 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Hi KaleunMarco, I had tried setting it to 1920x1080 but as I said, it just ran in a very small window. However, after reading your reply I had another go and realised that I had not unchecked the 'Run in windowed mode' box. I did that, and now it looks fine! Thanks again

02-25-23, 11:35 AM	#124
Cmndrgray Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kettering, England Posts: 7 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I haven't played SH5 for sometime now, when I went to play it today it says please enter activation code, however I can't find my box or user manual with my activation code. Is there anyway to bypass this so that I'm able to play. I've contacted the UBISoft help desk but no reply so far. Many thanks Michael

07-14-23, 05:58 PM	#129
TheNolan Seaman Join Date: Nov 2021 Location: Canada Posts: 32 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	No Windows 11 sticky so I thought I'd post here. Just installed TWoS on Windows 11 with a Steam SH5 install and it worked perfectly. 2 big things are to make sure SH5 and the install program are run as an administrator and to install outside of the porgram files/program files (x86) directories. I'm also launching via uConnect. uConnect keeps giving me an error when I open it but if I go into offline mode and launch SH5 from there it works fine.

07-29-23, 04:55 PM	#130
Weps674 Watch Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 15 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Thanks

11-08-23, 06:57 PM	#132
Katalo Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 8 Downloads: 279 Uploads: 0	Saludos comandantes Saludos comandantes... hace mucho que no juego al SH5, en parte por los muchos problemas que tengo al usar ordenadores más modernos o sistemas operativos, ni Windows 10 ni windows 11... he leído varias soluciones, que cuando tenga tiempo, intentaré probar a ver si funcionan... Es una lástima que UBISOFT dejara tirada esta gran saga... sería de agradecer que alguno de los genios que crean los Mods para este simulador, pudieran mejorar muchos aspectos que se han quedado obsoletos con el paso del tiempo, me refiero a mejorar por ejemplo, los gráficos y diálogos, poder hacer una remasterización de los gráficos del submarino, las explosiones, burbujas, interiores del uboot, la propia tripulación, que parecen robots en vez de personas... y aparte, si se abriera un hilo para comentar qué mejoras le harías al simulador, seguramente muchísimos comandantes participarían con sus ideas... otra cosa es que a nivel de programación fueran posible realizar las mejoras e ideas que se propongan... aparte también, supongo que también estará el problema de los derechos de UBISOFT, que intuyo no permitiría que se manipule su juego. En fin, una lástima que esta grandísima saga la hayan abandonado... Siento no escribir en inglés, también sería de agradecer que tuvierais SUBSIM con la opción en idioma español. Muchas gracias y buena caza.

11-08-23, 09:31 PM	#133
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,051 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Bienvenido Capitano! Katalo! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

12-27-23, 06:30 PM	#134
Katalo Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 8 Downloads: 279 Uploads: 0	The problem is that about a month ago, when I load a saved game, the screen stays locked, and I have to go to the Windows desktop and restart the PC. If I start a new campaign, I play without problems, but as soon as I save the game and I want to restart it after a while or later or whenever, the image freezes and it does nothing, not even the mouse, I have to exit to Windows and restart the pc, as always, there is no way to continue any saved game... I have a Windows 10 pro, and the game is an original disc. When I have done a clean install, it installs without problems and all the requirements are green. I have tried some solution that I have seen to create a folder and rename the one to install the 1.2 update, and I have followed all the steps, but the problem continues... Any ideas? any solution? Thank you. I don't know whether to install Open Horizons or Wolves of Steel to see if the problem goes away or if it stays the same. I need your help.

12-28-23, 07:52 AM	#135
Katalo Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 8 Downloads: 279 Uploads: 0	Saludos comandantes Sorry for not saying hello first. Before exposing my problems, education comes first, and the first thing is to say hello. So, just to tell you that you do a great job, and that you are great, keep up the good work!!!!