Windows 7?

[Meadowfield]

Danke schön, kameraden! I will try Herr-Berbunch's suggestions.

A few questions:

1. If I have StarForce (I assume I do since I have an old DVD), why doesn't the removal tool detect anything? Will running the registry cleaner fix something that will allow the StarForce removal tool to work correctly?

2. Does my error message suggest that this is a StarForce problem? ("Protection System: Error: This application can be launched with a release version of Miscrosoft [sic] Windows 95 OSR2.1/ME/NT 4.0/2000/XP/ Server 2003 only.")

3. Lastly, every time I have installed so far, I have left the box "Windows Media 9 Codecs" unchecked. Should I install these, and would this have anything to do with the error message I'm receiving? If I do install them, will that screw up all my more modern games? If so, can I just reinstall a newer driver to counteract the ones from the SHIII installation?

Danke!

[HW3]

1. If you do not run the game before installing the noDVD files, StarForce is not installed.

2. I do not know

3. It should not hurt anything, it hasn't for me anyway.

[Herr-Berbunch]

1. I don't know, and running a reg cleaner will remove any left-over bits of previous installs that may affecting a clean install - some may be starfarce if it's on there.

2. Yes, I think so. (but could be wrong!)

3. Any media codecs from an eight year-old game, I hope, would be superceded many times over by the time Win 7 was released. Try it, by all means. Definitely don't install Gameshark or whatever it's called.

@Jim - I'm surprised, you normally mention reg cleaner first.

And I made a mistake, quite a big one. Forget Defraggler and Puran Defrag - replace with Piriform's CCleaner and Puran Utilities.

Mittelwaechter's post over on the Ubi forum is spot on - http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php...=1#post2102805

[moscowexile]

Originally Posted by gadflyjs

Love this game and just put it back to my pc. Tried all the resolution fixes and still couldn't make it work on 1920x1200. running win7, nvidia 8600GTS. Could run on window of 1027x768, when switch to full screen it crashed. Any idea?

Same here. Three years' absence and reloaded SHIII into my Windows 7 1920x1200. No luck. Tried all the fixes. Works on 1027x768 though. Just annoying having to change resolution before playing. Plays OK and have run GWX, LSH, WAC that I downloaded back in the days when I was running XP.

I'm running SHIII 1.4 from a Focus distributor group disk that I bought when last in the UK in 2010 and which doesn't have Starforce in it. I've been thinking about reloading without that windows codecs, though, just to see if that might do the trick.

[LeepII]

Hi all, got SH3 ver 1.4 loaded, crash everytime after the load screen. Resolution change no help, drivers up to date. Here is what the crash report says:

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: sh3.exe
Application Version: 1.4.0.1
Application Timestamp: 00000000
Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7601.18247
Fault Module Timestamp: 521ea8e7
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 000330bd
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: cda8
Additional Information 2: cda8483c32154a9f3a892cb29fc2293d
Additional Information 3: 7e37
Additional Information 4: 7e37e074d90e8533915c18ce725512e6

Ideas anyone?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by LeepII

Hi all, got SH3 ver 1.4 loaded, crash everytime after the load screen. Resolution change no help, drivers up to date. Here is what the crash report says:

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: sh3.exe
Application Version: 1.4.0.1
Application Timestamp: 00000000
Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7601.18247
Fault Module Timestamp: 521ea8e7
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 000330bd
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: cda8
Additional Information 2: cda8483c32154a9f3a892cb29fc2293d
Additional Information 3: 7e37
Additional Information 4: 7e37e074d90e8533915c18ce725512e6

Ideas anyone?

Welcome Aboard...have a look here

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixthe...a/ntdlldll.htm

[captain_noob]

Hi All,

Just downloaded Silent Hunter III from Steam, then downloaded the Grey Wolves Mod from here:

http://www.thegreywolves.com/

When I went to run the install .exe it said that my version was not compatible as it was already modded! It is a brand new steam install so I am not sure what I can do! What is the problem? Thanks to anyone that answers!

[TMoller]

I spent many hours trying to install SH3 on win 7 64 ultimate..
Thankfully I found hienz1 recipy and it works better than ever.

Just do as you told !!!! ( Yes that is difficult )

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by TMoller

I spent many hours trying to install SH3 on win 7 64 ultimate..
Thankfully I found hienz1 recipy and it works better than ever.

Just do as you told !!!! ( Yes that is difficult )

Welcome to SubSim

[Tonnage_Ace]

Originally Posted by supposedtobeworking

Oh my word, I got the bloody thing to work! with Greywolves and widescreen mods!!! here is what I did:

followed the instructions on this forum page in the first post - http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/t...7691096797/p/6

EXCEPT, here is the slight changes I made:

1. Uninstall SH3 if installed already
2. Run SFRemove
3. Reboot
4. Begin installation of SH3 as normal
***change setup.exe properties to Run as Administrator and change for all users. Afer that, Click Troubleshoot Compatibility and click Run with Recommended Settings (WinXP SP2). Now run setup.
***I also changed the installation directory to C:\games\ubisoft\silent hunter III\

5. When you get to Game Shadow cancel install
6. When you get to finish screen DO NOT press Finish. This IS crucial!
7. Install the 1.4 EU DVD patch with Run As Admin
****The EU Patch would not recognize my version, so I used the U.S. Patch. Again, I set it to run as administrator for all users and ran it under recommended compatibility mode.

8. ONLY after Patch has completed hit finish and the launcher screen runs to check system spec and reboot message appears. DO NOT reboot.
***No reboot message showed up for me.
9. Exit spec check. DO NOT choose Launch.
10. Overwrite the files with the NO DVD rld-sh14.rar
11. Run the game. Should now work.


I have no clue how or why this works, but after a few hours of troubleshooting and whining, I'm just happy it does. I did not buy a new copy, but installed from an old DVD with Starforce on it, but of course I didn't launch the game with the DVD so it never installed it. I don't have to change any video settings to make SH3 run, this was all I did, and I can install any mods via JSGME so far including GWX3 and Widescreen fix. I'm running it on a widescreen 18" with 1366x768 native resolution. ha, I was almost going to break down and buy Silent Hunter 5 to make me feel better, but now that SH3 is up and running Ubisoft isn't getting any more of my money.

THANK YOU!!

This worked for me. It runs after you set your desktop resolution to 1024x768, then once you're in the program, just go to graphics setting and set windowed mode. I've started and closed the program multiple times and it runs in a little box perfectly!

Now I just need to figure out how to run it in full screen with my native resolution(1900x1200)

Update: I just wanted to let you guys know that SH3 wants the game to be played in a 4:3 ratio. You don't have to put your desktop at 1024x768, it can be any resolution that is 4:3. If you put it into any other ratio you will get the 'Cannot initialize 3D engine' error. Here are a list of resolutions you can play in:

640x480-----4:3
800x600-----4:3
1024x768-----4:3
1152x864-----4:3
1280x960-----4:3
1400x1050-----4:3
1600x1200-----4:3
2048x1536-----4:3
3200x2400-----4:3
4000x3000-----4:3
6400x4800-----4:3

[Kip Chiakopf]

I'm keeping my fingers crossed, here. My old PC blew up. I just bought an iMac with OS 10.9 Maverick. It has Boot Camp for running Windows, but it does not support XP. However, it does support 7 and 8. I'm hoping I can run SHIII on my iMac using Boot Camp.

Does anyone know if this works?

[hunter301]

Originally Posted by Red Heat

I just format my pc yesterday...and today i update my video card drivers, everithing its udate in my sistem. A few minutes a go i make a fresh install of the sh3+patch 1.4 and gwx 3.0 after reboot between instalations i run the game and i recebe this message:

Error

This application can be launched with a release version of microsoft windows 95 osr2.1/98/me/nt4.0/2000/xp/server2003 only

****! works with everinthing and something else BUT dont work with my sistem! ****!!!!

I'm getting this same message when I just loaded SH3 onto my laptop with plenty of juice just running Windows 7. The game ran fine for me on my older desktop system with WinXP but now I'm getting the same message as you.

[Kip Chiakopf]

I added Windows 7 to my iMac in Boot Camp and SHIII runs just fine.

[ValoWay]

i got the steam version of SH3 with GWX3. Problem is that I've to set my resolution on desktop everytime to 1024x768 to force the game to start.

I was trying the "Silent Hunter Resolution Fix 1.4b" fix (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1092) but it didnt work out for me. Is this fix even working with WiN7 64 Home Premium?

What can I do to start the game without lowering my desktop resolution ? My native is 1280x1024, btw...

[desertstriker]

check your permissions in the steam folder (i find that is often the cause)
as for resolution you will need one of the resolution "mods"