SH5 on an old system-advice on mods please

Foxendown · 08-07-12, 07:55 AM

I've just got SH5 and after SH4 and SHIII it's a bit of a culture shock. :-), I'm running it on hardware listed below (new build planned for about 12 months' time).

Core 2 Duo 8400, Radeon HD4890 1Gb, 4 Gb DDR2 RAM (only about 3.6 Gb usable of course), OS Win XP Professional SP3 32 bit

This has been a great system for SH4 and vanilla SH5 (patched to 1.2) runs fine, though I haven't been into any busy harbours yet, just heading for Kiel after finishing the tutorial.

As someone who once so overloaded SH3 with mods it wouldn't even load, I've learned my lesson. The beginner's list of mods looks fine for me, but I want to avoid any that are likely to make the system fall over (I hate random CTDs, don't we all). So I'm guessing I should steer clear of the environment and FX mods (not sure which if any others are likely to be memory-hogs, though Open Horizons II looks like a heavyweight). If I remember rightly it's the lack of address space that creates the problems rather than memory per se, but it would be really helpful if someone who knows more than I do could comment (or if I could hear from someone who has got a nicely working set of mods on a system that's the same sort of vintage as mine.

As always I am amazed by and very grateful for the creativity and skill of the modders.

08-07-12, 07:55 AM	#1
Foxendown Bosun Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 68 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	SH5 on an old system-advice on mods please I've just got SH5 and after SH4 and SHIII it's a bit of a culture shock. :-), I'm running it on hardware listed below (new build planned for about 12 months' time). Core 2 Duo 8400, Radeon HD4890 1Gb, 4 Gb DDR2 RAM (only about 3.6 Gb usable of course), OS Win XP Professional SP3 32 bit This has been a great system for SH4 and vanilla SH5 (patched to 1.2) runs fine, though I haven't been into any busy harbours yet, just heading for Kiel after finishing the tutorial. As someone who once so overloaded SH3 with mods it wouldn't even load, I've learned my lesson. The beginner's list of mods looks fine for me, but I want to avoid any that are likely to make the system fall over (I hate random CTDs, don't we all). So I'm guessing I should steer clear of the environment and FX mods (not sure which if any others are likely to be memory-hogs, though Open Horizons II looks like a heavyweight). If I remember rightly it's the lack of address space that creates the problems rather than memory per se, but it would be really helpful if someone who knows more than I do could comment (or if I could hear from someone who has got a nicely working set of mods on a system that's the same sort of vintage as mine. As always I am amazed by and very grateful for the creativity and skill of the modders.