SHIII gets unstable ?

submariner · 06-21-06, 12:11 PM

Hey all. I have been playing SHIII since release, at 92% realism, have had 26 patrols, and made it from '39 to early '43 (I do reload when killed until I get through the war at least once). I had one 100K patrol.

I have played Silent Service on the Commodor 64, and upgrades on the Atari ST, and SHIII is by far a stunning and beautiful sim, despite some bugs and shortcomings (thank God for all the mods out there!).

Now the problem ..... for over a year, no big problems or crashes. I tried the DX-Tweaker last week. Now, crashes to desktop or reboots 5 times in the last 2 days!

I suspect a Tweak did this, but I have deleted the SHIII profile, and made DX-Tweaker "inactive", but still the crashes come.

Anyone have SHIII go unstable? DX-T supposedly operates as a 'plug-in' via .NET1.1, but I have no idea what has been altered.

I have no idea what to do, except possibly a reload of SHIII and maybe Nvidia drivers?

I have an Nvidia 5500 w/256, but my mobo only supports 4X AGP, so I work with a bottleneck. Get about 20-30 fps on external/bridge views.

There have been several times I was so stunned playing this thing I said WOW out loud .... with my wife and family just shaking their heads.... LOL. Once was watching three escorts look for me at night with searchlights ..... awesome! Another was finding my first convoy. Another was plowing through a massive storm with thunder booming through the subwoofer!

I wish I had a better rig so I could load the really big mods ..... maybe for SH IV ...

06-21-06, 12:11 PM	#1
submariner Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 13 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	SHIII gets unstable ? Hey all. I have been playing SHIII since release, at 92% realism, have had 26 patrols, and made it from '39 to early '43 (I do reload when killed until I get through the war at least once). I had one 100K patrol. I have played Silent Service on the Commodor 64, and upgrades on the Atari ST, and SHIII is by far a stunning and beautiful sim, despite some bugs and shortcomings (thank God for all the mods out there!). Now the problem ..... for over a year, no big problems or crashes. I tried the DX-Tweaker last week. Now, crashes to desktop or reboots 5 times in the last 2 days! I suspect a Tweak did this, but I have deleted the SHIII profile, and made DX-Tweaker "inactive", but still the crashes come. Anyone have SHIII go unstable? DX-T supposedly operates as a 'plug-in' via .NET1.1, but I have no idea what has been altered. I have no idea what to do, except possibly a reload of SHIII and maybe Nvidia drivers? I have an Nvidia 5500 w/256, but my mobo only supports 4X AGP, so I work with a bottleneck. Get about 20-30 fps on external/bridge views. There have been several times I was so stunned playing this thing I said WOW out loud .... with my wife and family just shaking their heads.... LOL. Once was watching three escorts look for me at night with searchlights ..... awesome! Another was finding my first convoy. Another was plowing through a massive storm with thunder booming through the subwoofer! I wish I had a better rig so I could load the really big mods ..... maybe for SH IV ...