MultiSH4

[SteveUK]

Hi all

Wonder if anyone can help me please.

Have got a new pc for christmas running Windows 7 and I'm trying to get the multiSH4 towork but all I get id Filemanager.Dll not found and it closes itself down.

Running 1.5 and want an install for both TMo and RFB.

Now I have read other posts regarding windows 7 and have installed the main SH4 folder not in program data but in a seperate folder on the C drive called my games.

Any help would be really appriciated it's driving me nuts

Thanks a lot all.

[Potoroo]

Originally Posted by SteveUK

Have got a new pc for christmas running Windows 7 and I'm trying to get the multiSH4 towork but all I get id Filemanager.Dll not found and it closes itself down.

Try this:

1. Create a temporary folder.
2. Copy MultiSH4 1.5 and FileManager.dll into that folder.
3. Run MultiSH4.

If MultiSH4 successfully patches FileManager.dll in that environment then the problem must lie elsewhere. Of course, you can now copy the patched FileManager.dll over the one in the game folder (remembering to back it up first).

Now I have read other posts regarding windows 7 and have installed the main SH4 folder not in program data but in a seperate folder on the C drive called my games.

MultiSH4 doesn't care where you install SH4 as long as you run MultiSH4 from the game's main folder. It hasn't been tested under Win7, but I wonder if it's hitting a UAC issue because it's attempting to modify a file in \Program Files, which Win7 protects by default.

[SteveUK]

Thanks Potoroo for the quick reply.

Tried that and it worked ok only thing is I cant find where the hell it has put my new folders!!

Thanks again

[Potoroo]

Originally Posted by SteveUK

Thanks Potoroo for the quick reply.

Tried that and it worked ok only thing is I cant find where the hell it has put my new folders!!

Thanks again

The new save game folder will be created when you run SH4.

[jeffgordonfan1]

Originally Posted by Potoroo

Try this:

1. Create a temporary folder.
2. Copy MultiSH4 1.5 and FileManager.dll into that folder.
3. Run MultiSH4.

If MultiSH4 successfully patches FileManager.dll in that environment then the problem must lie elsewhere. Of course, you can now copy the patched FileManager.dll over the one in the game folder (remembering to back it up first).


MultiSH4 doesn't care where you install SH4 as long as you run MultiSH4 from the game's main folder. It hasn't been tested under Win7, but I wonder if it's hitting a UAC issue because it's attempting to modify a file in \Program Files, which Win7 protects by default.

I'm trying to use multish4 with the steam version of the game but as soon as I try to open the second copy it says steam error and won't let th game run. Can anyone assist?

[BigWalleye]

Originally Posted by jeffgordonfan1

I'm trying to use multish4 with the steam version of the game but as soon as I try to open the second copy it says steam error and won't let th game run. Can anyone assist?

Only slightly. AFAIK, multiSH4 doesn't work with the Steam version of the game. I'm pretty sure you can not run multiple copies of the Steam version at all. As they say, it's an unadvertised feature. You can get the DVD at Amazon for six bucks (and if you use the link at the top of this page, SubSim gets a slice). Good choice. Then you will have your own copy of the game and can do anything you want with it.

10-4 24!

[jeffgordonfan1]

Originally Posted by BigWalleye

Only slightly. AFAIK, multiSH4 doesn't work with the Steam version of the game. I'm pretty sure you can not run multiple copies of the Steam version at all. As they say, it's an unadvertised feature. You can get the DVD at Amazon for six bucks (and if you use the link at the top of this page, SubSim gets a slice). Good choice. Then you will have your own copy of the game and can do anything you want with it.

10-4 24!

I figured out a way to do it!!! I just put my new copy of sh4 in the same folder as the original steam folder so if anyone else has this problem there is a workaround. E.g. For my system I put the new copy in computer/steamapps/common and put it with the rest of my steam downloaded games, ran multish4 and it works like a charm.