MultiSH3

[kylania]

Here's a copy of the PM I sent you in case anyone else is having issues. I have TWO installs of SH3, SH3 Commander, JSGME, MultiSH3 each. JSGME and MultiSH3 are installed in each of the base SH3 installs though so no problems there. SH3 and SH3 Commander are installed as described below:

Originally Posted by robj250

I am really having problems trying to get my two SH3 installs to work using CMDR 2.5 and I don't understand what you mean by shortcuts for your careers. Could you please explain. Robert

No problem at all!

Below you'll find a screenshot of the 10 shortcuts I have for SH3 and my two installs. I'll try to describe what each one does.

GW Install has 4 parts and 5 icons:

SH3 installed to: C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\GreyWolves
SH3 Commander installed to: C:\Program Files\SH3 Commander
Using MultiSH3 program I've set my career files to reside in My Documents\GW1 instead of My Documents\SH3
I've installed SH3Gen into C:\Program Files\SH3Gen

The five icons I have, 1 - 5 in the picture are links to each of these places.

The first is a link to my career files if I ever need to mess around with log files or view my personal web files that SH3 Commander makes.

The second is a link to the install folder for GW, where I can use my JSGME program to install new mods or view my screenshots.

The third link is to start SH3 itself, without using SH3 Commander.

The fourth link is to start SH3 Commander with a link to the GreyWolves install folder.

The fifth link is to SH3Gen, an optional "intelligence report" app.


NYGM Install has 4 parts and 5 icons:

SH3 installed to: C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\NYGM
SH3 Commander installed to: C:\Program Files\SH3 Commander NYGM
Using MultiSH3 program I've set my career files to reside in My Documents\TON instead of My Documents\SH3
I've installed SH3Patrol into My Documents\TON\data\cfg per it's install.

The five icons I have, 1 - 5 in the picture are links to each of these places.

The first is a link to my career files if I ever need to mess around with log files or view my personal web files that SH3 Commander makes.

The second is a link to the install folder for NYGM, where I can use my JSGME program to install new mods or view my screenshots.

The third link is to start SH3 itself, without using SH3 Commander.

The fourth link is to start SH3 Commander with a link to the NYGM install folder.

The fifth link is to SH3Patrol, an optional program to help with MilkCows and reassigning patrol grids.

I hope this clears up the multiple installs thing for you, please ask if you have any questions about it.


View Icons here.


So I actually have three installs of SH3 right now. Ubisoft\GreyWolves, Ubisoft\NYGM and Ubisoft\SilenthunterIII. I also have three career folders, MyDocs\GW1, MyDocs\TON and MyDocs\SH3. I however don't use the MyDocs\SH3 at all, and I don't use the Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII at all, other than to copy from when I need a fresh install.

I'd love to do a multi-install, but I have a wee problem. I bought SHIII online (direct2drive I believe). When I installed it I got a message along the lines of "number of authorizations remaining = 0". Worse, is that I have no idea where the original downloaded install file is at on my drives. --sighs--

What I'd love to be able to do is have a dual-install, with one for GW1.1a and the other for NYGM tonnage war. But without having the original install file (or knowing the name and trying to find it lurking buried on my HD) I don't think I can. As to the 'authorizations remaining' issue I think I can emal Ubisoft and explain and get another, yes? And once you've downloaded a game from an online company (sorry subsim, but I didn't know about you back then) can you redownload it again in case of a crash or lost file?

[kylania]

Yeah, you should be able to contact UbiSoft and get a new download key.

You can also simply copy the installed folder you already have and use that other copy. It won't be as good as using a fresh install, but should work if you can remove the mods you've applied safely.

Originally Posted by kylania

Yeah, you should be able to contact UbiSoft and get a new download key.

You can also simply copy the installed folder you already have and use that other copy. It won't be as good as using a fresh install, but should work if you can remove the mods you've applied safely.

Kewl. I couldn't remember if installing did anything to the registry or not. Basically I can just globally copy and paste the entire folder, then rename them seperate? For example, /GW and /NYGM? Following the examples here on running dual installs?

[kylania]

Exactly!

The only concern I'd have would depend on how you've installed any mods you're using. If you used JSGME the whole time, you should be mostly safe. I tried an uninstall from that before though and it ended up leaving some folders behind and I had really odd "errors". Actually turned out some of the errors was NYGM actually acting properly, (when before it hadn't!) but I digress.

I'd still contact Ubisoft and get a pristine install image again, or just go out and buy the game locally or online. It's $19.82 at Wal Mart, and $18 something at Amazon and Office Depot of all places. Some online retailers at Amazon even have it as low as $9.75!

Originally Posted by kylania

Exactly!

The only concern I'd have would depend on how you've installed any mods you're using. If you used JSGME the whole time, you should be mostly safe. I tried an uninstall from that before though and it ended up leaving some folders behind and I had really odd "errors". Actually turned out some of the errors was NYGM actually acting properly, (when before it hadn't!) but I digress.

I'd still contact Ubisoft and get a pristine install image again, or just go out and buy the game locally or online. It's $19.82 at Wal Mart, and $18 something at Amazon and Office Depot of all places. Some online retailers at Amazon even have it as low as $9.75!

I've only ever installed mods using JSGME so hopefully that won't be a problem. I did research that before dipping my toes in the mod-waters.

I might just re-buy a copy. Although I instinctively balk at that idea for two reasons: one being I hate paying for something twice and the other is that, up to now, I haven't ever seemed to suffer from a particular problem so many others have with installing the game due to 'accessory' :hmm: software bundled with it. I guess part of me is worried that starting from scratch again might be asking for trouble.

Still, there is a lot to be said for that I suppose. SHIII has been, so far, my first ever pc game. And along with that my first ever reason to explore online and find nice places like here to chat and talk with like-minded people, and slowly learning about mods to start with, and how to use them correctly. So, needless to say, it's been a somewhat jerky and rough start for me this last few months, and wiping the drive and starting a-fresh probably wouldn't hurt. I'd just want to make sure I back-up all the mod install programs first so I don't wind up having to d/l and decompress 'em all over again.

[kylania]

Originally Posted by Albrecht Von Hesse

Although I instinctively balk at that idea for two reasons: one being I hate paying for something twice

I once went out to buy Masters of Orion 3 again since I'd lost it in my room and it seemed easier to just buy it again than actually clean up.

My friend hit me for being a moron and I found the game install CDs the next night!

That actually was a very important night. Since the store I went to was sold out of MOO3, but I was in the mood to buy a game so I picked up "that old sub game" SH3 instead. Two weeks later I finally opened it!