Desperate for assistance with weir technical hitch, please help someone

[rascal101]

Hi to all,

I have been a long time SH3 & 4 player; recently I had reason to reformat my hard drive, so for a while I have had the pleasure of reinstalling everything on my PC.

Now here's the thing, I'm having real difficulties reinstalling all my old favorite games.

After numerous attempts with SH3 I decided perhaps my disk was too beat up so I bought a new game, just reinstalled and went to patch it, no dice, I get the following error
c/program files\ubisoft\silenthunterIII\anim.act:unknown version, Can some one help.

Then with SH4 I reinstall, then install the patches, no problem except when I open the game it shows vers 1, and the U-boat missions disk doesn’t work either I cant patch to vers5 and cant therefore play U-boat missions.

Another favorite game Medieval Total war, I cannot patch this either, and it keeps crashing.

So my question is, after a complete reformatted hard drive, and a completely virgin registry, and a new windows XP install, and everything running and in perfect order, it seems none of the games I have enjoyed for so long will play or can be patched.

Does any one have any ideas?

Rascal

[rong]

Try this:

Unistall SH4 (or any one of the other games) and then check the location where you installed the game. You will probably find that there are still some Folders and files still remaining that the unistall (and reformatting) did not remove. Delete all Folders related to that game and then reinstall. If that solves the problem for one game then repeat for the others.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by rascal101

After numerous attempts with SH3 I decided perhaps my disk was too beat up so I bought a new game, just reinstalled and went to patch it, no dice, I get the following error
c/program files\ubisoft\silenthunterIII\anim.act:unknown version, Can some one help.

SH3 comes patched already. It can't read the patch it already has.

[banjo]

Rong is right. You must go into My Documents and Local Disc/Program Files/Ubisoft and delete all references to SH3/4.

[simsurfer]

Umm, he reformatted the HDD, that alone would clear the MBR,, and there would be no past references to anything on the newly formatted HDD.

The problem he is having is something else.

[Segwin]

Originally Posted by simsurfer

Umm, he reformatted the HDD, that alone would clear the MBR,, and there would be no past references to anything on the newly formatted HDD.

The problem he is having is something else.

Yea but he has installed the games on the new formatted hd so all the folders etc are there.

I'd remove all the games via add remove programs, then delete all folders associated with the programs and last but not least I'd do a regedit and delete all registry keys associated with the games. A word of caution: If you've never used the regedit function you can really bugger up your puter so always make a backup of the registry before tinkering. After that go to a DOS cmd prompt and do a "chkdsk /r" and reboot your puter - this will take a while depending on the size of the HD.

After that try to install one game at a time and work out the bugs before installing multiple games that won't run. Perhaps if you stick to one game you're trying to install the help here can nail down the problem.

Good luck!

[rascal101]

I think your both right, I understand how to remove a game completely, I'm quite familiar with goinmg into regedit and taking out every last little detail.
I even removed the Ubisoft folder and all it contained, and the SEGA folder for Medieval Total War as well though that game is not my big concern here.

I read somewhere that taking out the CMOS for a minute or two also works. I've noticed on a couple of games forums where people are having a similar difficulties as myself.

I wonder if the disks themselves have some sort of cut off, like a specific number of installations beyond which they cannot be reinstalled. I seem to be having an inordinate number of problems with games even though my machine is only about a year old and has all the latest sound and video drivers.

Somewhere else I heard that I'd be better with a dedicated sound card as opposed to the inbuilt sound card on my mother board, does any one have anything to say to this?

Originally Posted by simsurfer

Umm, he reformatted the HDD, that alone would clear the MBR,, and there would be no past references to anything on the newly formatted HDD.

The problem he is having is something else.

[simsurfer]

Removing the battery from the CMOS will only serve to reset your BIOS. You then have to reinstall your BIOS.

As far as the CDs are concerned, you can reload those all you want, there is no limit on those.

[edjcox]

Go to Microsoft and download and install the latest DX files.

That which came with the disc is old..

[Segwin]

Originally Posted by rascal101

Somewhere else I heard that I'd be better with a dedicated sound card as opposed to the inbuilt sound card on my mother board, does any one have anything to say to this?

Video and sound cards are best if they are they type you install yourself. Onboard video and sounds cards will work but not as well. I doubt that this is your problem.

What are your computer specs?

Are you running Vista?

Have you tried to clear everything out and just install one game to begin with.

You did purchase these games correct?

Is it a multi-partition drive?

PM me if you'd like some "unofficial" help.

[rascal101]

Hi Sorry for the dalay replaying especially as you are trying to help. I have solved the problem with SH3, bought a new copy, whihc as it turns out is already patched to the latest, all I had to do was install GWX and away I go

Problem persists with SH4, totally clean install, no messages is a retail copy no pirated, and not played all that much thought bought when SH4 first hit the shelves

I use XP not Vista thank god, here are my system specs, remeber the problem is I cant patch it therefore cant install UBoat addon therefore cant mod to OPperation drumbeat which is the whole point of the exersise.

System Information
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Time of this report: 7/6/2008, 08:08:26
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp.080413-2111)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: GBT___
System Model: GBTUACPI
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2048MB RAM
Page File: 457MB used, 3482MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode

---------------
Display Devices
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Card name: Radeon X1950 Pro
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x7280)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7280&SUBSYS_E190174B&REV_9A
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6660 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)

Hope somthing might be obvious to you, maybe I should get a new copy of the game

Originally Posted by Segwin

Video and sound cards are best if they are they type you install yourself. Onboard video and sounds cards will work but not as well. I doubt that this is your problem.

What are your computer specs?

Are you running Vista?

Have you tried to clear everything out and just install one game to begin with.

You did purchase these games correct?

[rascal101]

HI there not sure if I have multi partition drive, I dont think so, perhaps take a look at my dxdiag set out in another replay later in this thread.

Not sure what is meant by unofficial help but any tips or hints could be good.

Originally Posted by Lynx2069

Is it a multi-partition drive?

PM me if you'd like some "unofficial" help.

[Segwin]

What happens when you try SH4?

Did you try it before you patched it?