Deck Gun Stuck

[propbeanie]

I am not certain as to your issue orcisaac. You are not in a program files folder, so in theory, should be OK. Steam useed to automatically install the DirectX v9.0c library files and codec for the game's use, so you should not have that issue. Here is a video I did last night with the deck gun




If you do not get similar results, I do not know where to tell you to look, other than maybe the external drive is not fast enough? Perhaps you are mis-interpreting the use of the gun? Just be certain you crew the gun first (<F7> key), else it will take quite a while to load the ammunition, and it will move even slower than normal...

[orcisaac]

Originally Posted by propbeanie

I am not certain as to your issue orcisaac. You are not in a program files folder, so in theory, should be OK. Steam useed to automatically install the DirectX v9.0c library files and codec for the game's use, so you should not have that issue. Here is a video I did last night with the deck gun




If you do not get similar results, I do not know where to tell you to look, other than maybe the external drive is not fast enough? Perhaps you are mis-interpreting the use of the gun? Just be certain you crew the gun first (<F7> key), else it will take quite a while to load the ammunition, and it will move even slower than normal...

Thank you for all the help here, and for the video! I do seem to be using it correctly without mods installed no issue. Just once the FOTRSU mod is added it stops working. Sucks because i was pretty excited about playing the game with the mod. Oh well, i will tinker some more and hopefully get it figured out at some point.

[1Patriotofmany]

Shots in the dark here, but when you uninstalled Sh4, did you delete the SH4 folder in your documents? That doesn't get deleted I've found with an uninstall. Another thing are you using V1.5 of SH4?(wolves of the pacific uboat missions?

[boapiu]

Just a wild shot in the dark - did you man the deck gun?

[1Patriotofmany]

Also have you tried just the basic mod alone without all the others in the list and see if it works? Right in the download instructions to try just the basic mod first. Then add them one by one?

[goldmastersims]

I know I am necroposting, but I likely have figured out why this is happening.

I highly doubt that drive speed matters. I am using an external NVMe drive with about 1000MB/s read/write speeds. The deck gun is still stuck.

The deck gun code probably doesn't work as intended if the game is installed on external drives for some reason. I only copied and pasted my install to an internal SSD. With only FotRSU installed on both external and internal drives, I got the deck gun to work.

So to everybody who is experiencing this problem, only install SH4 with FotRSU on an internal storage device. It is not recommended to use any external storage device whatsoever. This particular part of the game code being unable to function properly while installed on external storage is the most likely cause.

[mazzi]

Originally Posted by goldmastersims

This particular part of the game code being unable to function properly while installed on external storage is the most likely cause.

Is the correct folder and drive for the game registered in the Windows registry?
Approximate location in the registry:
"hklm\software\WOW6432Node\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacific\GameUpdate"
"hklm\software\WOW6432Node\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 4 Wolves of the Pacific\GameUpdate"

Have you tried using symlink for your external hdd?
Console command as administrator: mklink /D с:\games\sh4 X:\sh4
X: this is your external HDD with the NTFS file system.

[propbeanie]

Originally Posted by goldmastersims

I know I am necroposting, but I likely have figured out why this is happening.

I highly doubt that drive speed matters. I am using an external NVMe drive with about 1000MB/s read/write speeds. The deck gun is still stuck.

The deck gun code probably doesn't work as intended if the game is installed on external drives for some reason. I only copied and pasted my install to an internal SSD. With only FotRSU installed on both external and internal drives, I got the deck gun to work.

So to everybody who is experiencing this problem, only install SH4 with FotRSU on an internal storage device. It is not recommended to use any external storage device whatsoever. This particular part of the game code being unable to function properly while installed on external storage is the most likely cause.

Originally Posted by mazzi

Is the correct folder and drive for the game registered in the Windows registry?
Approximate location in the registry:
"hklm\software\WOW6432Node\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacific\GameUpdate"
"hklm\software\WOW6432Node\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 4 Wolves of the Pacific\GameUpdate"

Have you tried using symlink for your external hdd?
Console command as administrator: mklink /D с:\games\sh4 X:\sh4
X: this is your external HDD with the NTFS file system.

Besides mazzi's excellent points above, the hard drive issue would be more of one concerning bandwidth, and not so much HD speed. Even a 5400rpm IDE drive supplies enough bandwidth on the ATA interface for the SH4 game. An external drive, with the necessary "interpretation" of the interface, is generally apparently "slower", no matter the interface, but especially USB2 or earlier.

@mazzi: Have you ever tried to use the Windows Path setting for similar reasons? We had put a batch file in an earlier FotRSU to set the player's path, but dropped it due to "user prompting" complications, and fears of trashing someone's computer settings. However, I have noticed "better" performance with the game's FotRSU folder on the path, though I do not know how to "test / compare" the difference between a registry setting from either an install, or use of SH Validator to re-set it, and having the registry point to an original install folder, while the path points to a modded copy of the game...