Hello to all and a couple questions from a new guy..

[SIcane]

thanks for the input, it is an X-1 game so I wont even bother.

I wound up installing the SH3 commander but, I would go to periscope, left click and look around but when I left clicked again it would launch a torpedo...couldnt figure out why this was happening, if I had a tube selected it was firing a torpedo. I then tried to install GW3 and it said something about a Jonesoft.txt file being corrupt.

Reluctantly I uninstalled everything (thinking commander and GW3 were not compatable) and fresh intall, patched to 1.4 and tried again to install GW3 and got the same exact error. When I tried to skip this file every file after that had some kind of error.

What am I doing wrong here? Am I gonna have to go thru the whole academy thing again before I start another career now?

[Cybermat47]

WELCOME
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[Herr-Berbunch]

SH3+Commander+GWX3 all work wonderfully together, the jonesoft.txt file I would guess is from the mod enabler - JSGME - as it's just the text file I'd ignore it but now you seem to have made it worse.

If it was me at this point I'd uninstall everything (sh3+mod wise, including stuff in My Docs. folder), then run a registry cleaner and install fresh. Read through the install details for SH3 (get rid of StarForce! - see the installing on Win 7 thread), JSGME and GWX, follow them to the letter and you shouldn't have any more problems.

Once you're up and running with GWX I don't think (but will no doubt be corrected if I'm wrong ) that you need to do the academy stuff again.

If your native resolution is 1920x1080 and the game is fine with that why try for another resolution, especially one your monitor wasn't designed for? (Edit, just read Pisces' post above. Ignore me.)

Very important - bin the X-1 stuff! Don't let anyone else get their mitts on it.


Finally, for now, welcome aboard

[u crank]

Welcome to SUBSIM SIcane.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

the jonesoft.txt file I would guess is from the mod enabler - JSGME -

It's also possible that you haven't installed the Commander compatability file that GWX needs. There is a link above Jimbuna's signature that will lead you to that file.

Take H-B's advice about reinstalling everything. If your copy of SH3 is older (earlier than 2008) then you will need to run the StarForce removal, as advised. If it is 2008 or newer then it doesn't have StarForce and you're okay.

Once you're up and running with GWX I don't think (but will no doubt be corrected if I'm wrong ) that you need to do the academy stuff again.

If the entire game is uninstalled and the My Documents and registry cleaned you will have to do the Academy again. Trust me, I've reinstalled dozens of times. The bad news is that GWX makes parts of the Academy harder. The good news is that you only have to do the Navigation Course to get the full 1500 starting renown.

And yeah, the torpedo firing problem is a resolution thing.

[Jimbuna]

Welcome to SubSim SIcane and the link for theGXWX3_SH3 Commandercfg file:

http://www.mediafire.com/?c4oakjnc3tynwk5

[Red Heat]

Welcome!

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

It's also possible that you haven't installed the Commander compatability file that GWX needs. There is a link above Jimbuna's signature that will lead you to that file.

That had completely escaped me.

[SIcane]

I think I have a corrupt GW3 file. I did a fresh install, patched to 1.4 then tried to install GW3 and before it begins to load the first file (file mentioned above) I get the error. If I ignore that file, every file after that gives me an error too. I am not sure what this Starforce is but I am running XP so not sure if it applies to XP. One of the files I am telling to ignore is, data/air, which is trying to install Stuka airplanes. I don't see an air file in data at all. Is GW3 creating this file?

I recently got a virus a I am afraid to download anything at this point. But it definitely seems like I need a new GW3 file.

As far as the resolution goes, I decided on 1680 x 1050 and had no problems. Doesn't look as good as 1920 x 1080 but at least it is working correctly.

Thanks again for all your help, I really want to get this resolved.

[Sailor Steve]

StarForce was a security scheme that came with certain games (including SH3). It had the unfortunate side effect of deciding that certain disc drives were pirated and shutting them down. I never had the problem, but for some it was quite serious.

As I said, look on the box the game came in. If it's 2008 or newer, you're safe. If not, use the removal tool or get a newer copy.

As for your GWX problems, it may well be corrupted. Where did you get it from? You might want to download it again, preferably from Jimbuna's sig link.

[*Starwolf*]

Originally Posted by SIcane

As far as the resolution goes, I decided on 1680 x 1050 and had no problems. Doesn't look as good as 1920 x 1080 but at least it is working correctly.

Look this post, that guy posted a solution that can solve the problem, with that fix I can play at 1920x1080 without accidentally firing torpedoes.

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

That had completely escaped me.

I think you've been flying too long. I have the same problem. I havent played SH3 in months because of a periscope issue i never solved.

I started up yesterday and fixed it. Ive died twice of the 2 times ive been in the Atlantic.

Maybe i'll just stick to my trusty Bf-109....

[SIcane]

ok, this is getting beyond frustrating. Let me tell you what is going on over here...

1. Removed everything.

2. Ran CCleaner and repaired registry.

3. Installed SH3.

4. Ran Starforce removal which then told me to restart.

5. After restart, I ran SH3 and first thing that pops up is "protection system" (Is this Starforce?) "Application installed successfully. Reboot computer to complete installation". It then asked to continue. If I say no, it does nothing so I say yes and it restarts my computer again.

6. Run SH3, says checking disk still but game starts.

7. Install Patch 1.4. Start SH3 and protection system application installed successfully again. Same as 5. So I restart again. And same crap, seems like the starforce is still there. Still can't install GWX3 and just out of ideas.

Is there a zip file containing GWX3? I tried changing EXE extension to ZIP which has worked in some cases but not this case. What am I doing wrong?

Sorry so many questions but I have dozens of games with dozens of mods attached to them and have never encountered any problems like this game is causing me.

[Pisces]

Originally Posted by SIcane

I wound up installing the SH3 commander but, I would go to periscope, left click and look around but when I left clicked again it would launch a torpedo...couldnt figure out why this was happening, if I had a tube selected it was firing a torpedo. I then tried to install GW3 and it said something about a Jonesoft.txt file being corrupt.

Reluctantly I uninstalled everything (thinking commander and GW3 were not compatable) and fresh intall, patched to 1.4 and tried again to install GW3 and got the same exact error. When I tried to skip this file every file after that had some kind of error.

What am I doing wrong here? Am I gonna have to go thru the whole academy thing again before I start another career now?

It's a widescreen issue. Because the GUI gets squished and stretched into a wider screen the cursor location get's misinterpreted or something. I have not use the ResFix mod myself, but this has been a common quirk with them. I don't know if this can be fixed.