GWX 3.0, plus other mods, running problems

[Bakkels]

Originally Posted by Tinman764

Intergrated Orders, in my experiance does not play well with others - that would be my 1st suspect.

I always play with Integrated Orders and a loooong list of other mods. There are a lot of mods that will interfere with the menu_en.cfg file, and that can cause problems, but only in-game (some orders won't be carried out / can't be clicked). To my knowledge it can't cause a CTD.
I use Winmerge to keep my menu_en.cfg compatible, with any new mod that will change that file.

It also can't be a memory issue imo, since you're using only a few mods, none none of them are a heavy load on your memory. Accept maybe the Wilhelmshaven, Schluese & St. Naz mod. But I'm running way more mods on 2 Gig's of memory and am having no problems.

Maybe it's the GWX Open Hatch. I never use that one but Open Hatch mods seem to cause some problems on a regular basis.
What is the B25 Das Boot Green mod btw?

[overlord0108]

Finally solved the problem, so thanks for the help everyone turns out it was the system only using 2GB of RAM and needing to switch to 3GB, so I altered the BCDedit as advised.

Really can't thank you guys enough!

And to Bakkels, it's a mod that turns the Atlantic alone to a green colour, it says it conflicts with the GWX 16km environment mod, but it works fine for me.

[Jimbuna]

I presume you've installed the above list of mods.

In future addons only try one additional mod at a time and try loading the game before adding anything further.

This method can save you a lot of time and trouble.

[overlord0108]

Right, so it was working perfectly fine, with GWX and SH3 Commander.

I installed all the mods and it ran perfectly for a patrol, I sank 17,000 tons of shipping, saved and then exited the patrol. Went to my next patrol where it began to load up before it had another CTD, this time not even reaching the NOT SO LONG AGO screen.

I've used BCDedit to make Vista run with 3GB of memory and I've also tried running it without the integrated orders and open hatch mod being enabled, as suggested, but it still has a CTD.

If there is anything else that I could try it would be greatly appreciated, in the meanwhile I'm going to check my mods one by one as Jimbuna has suggested.

Thanks in advance guys.

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by overlord0108

...in the meanwhile I'm going to check my mods one by one as Jimbuna has suggested.

Oops, looks like I spoke too soon...

If you're going to start checking them individually, I'd start by disabling:

'GWX 3 Wilhelmshaven, St Naz, Schluese & xtra ships V6'

It's the most memory intensive from your list and has the greatest potential for possible conflicts and other (ill-desired) side effects. Good luck!

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Fish In The Water

Oops, looks like I spoke too soon...

If you're going to start checking them individually, I'd start by disabling:

'GWX 3 Wilhelmshaven, St Naz, Schluese & xtra ships V6'

It's the most memory intensive from your list and has the greatest potential for possible conflicts and other (ill-desired) side effects. Good luck!

No leave that in (I speak from experience).

Add all the mods that come with GWX and leave the mod BBW and I created.

I have personally ran the above and a boat load of others on 2GB RAM for quite a few years in the early days.

A PITA I know but I would uninstall everything including the SH3 folder in C\MyDocs, perform a registry clean with regvac (my choice) or crapcleaner then reinstall the SH3 game and GWX mod (installation advise available from the GWX website...click on my sig).

Enable the GWX mods plus the St Naz, Schluese & xtra ships V6 then ensure everything is stable and running fine.

After that, install one mod at a time and so on and so forth.

[overlord0108]

Thanks Jimbuna, that's the plan for tomorrow, fingers crossed it works.

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by overlord0108

Finally solved the problem, so thanks for the help everyone turns out it was the system only using 2GB of RAM and needing to switch to 3GB, so I altered the BCDedit as advised.

Great to hear you're sorted and welcome aboard!