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Old 06-19-09, 02:00 AM   #1
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LOL! Offtopic but Damn! Man! it would have been nice to have a CD that is starforce free. I bought my SH3 on ebay (EMEA) for 30$ when it came out. Unfortunately shipping was 20$ so it completely negated any gains I had on saving money. LOL! Anyways.... dang!!! Starforce is sooo annoying.
I have an older DVD version of SH3 and am now wondering what is starforce and why is it bad?
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Old 06-19-09, 02:22 AM   #2
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I have an older DVD version of SH3 and am now wondering what is starforce and why is it bad?
http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2006/01/6084.ars

The list goes on, and on and on.. google it sometime lol
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Old 06-19-09, 07:41 AM   #3
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If ever you have a choice, choose the option that avoids Starforce
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Old 06-19-09, 11:59 AM   #4
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how do u know if u have starforce or not?, i've never heard of it
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Old 06-19-09, 12:47 PM   #5
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Go for the latest GWX since that's what the comments are all about. I just did it and it is great.
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Old 06-19-09, 01:23 PM   #6
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another speedbump when i try to update my Sh3 to 1.4b, it says, word for word here

this program cannot update the installed version of silent hunter III EMEA DVD v1.0 to v.1.3 because of the following reason:
C:\program files(x86)\ubisoft\SilentHunterIII\data\Menu\de_me nu.txt:
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this is the same problem i had on my ancient IBM, how do i fix this? this sems to be the reason y ican't play GWX
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Old 06-19-09, 01:30 PM   #7
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When you uninstall your old copy of SH3, make sure you delete all of the folders it leaves behind. (including the one in your My Documents directory).

That will solve your problem.
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Old 06-19-09, 05:23 PM   #8
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another speedbump when i try to update my Sh3 to 1.4b, it says, word for word here

this program cannot update the installed version of silent hunter III EMEA DVD v1.0 to v.1.3 because of the following reason:
C:\program files(x86)\ubisoft\SilentHunterIII\data\Menu\de_me nu.txt:
unknown version


this is the same problem i had on my ancient IBM, how do i fix this? this sems to be the reason y ican't play GWX
Oops, jumped to a conclusion. Did you download the appropriate patch for your region. There are european (EMEA)and american (US) patches. Or are you sure the DVD isn't allready verison 1.4? Locate the exe in the game folder, right click on it, choose properties, open the detail tab and it should show a version number.

Back to my original reply. Just as valid. ...

You seem to have Vista. Re-install the game (and maybe Sh3Commander aswel) outside of the Program Files folder as Vista requires administrator consent if those files and (sub-)folders are modified. You could run as administrator but you'll have to do that every time you change mods with JSGME aswel. Simplest is to reinstall somewhere else.

P.S. you seem to have a space in the filename of that link. But it doesn't seem to be in the text that I quoted here(when editing). Strange!
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Old 06-19-09, 04:29 PM   #9
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how do u know if u have starforce or not?, i've never heard of it
Open the Device Manager, select "View-->Show Hidden Devices," then look under "Non Plug-and-play Drivers."
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