Silent Hunter 5 and the .NET Framework 4.0

[Seeadler]

Originally Posted by severniae

Strange, because I thought that all new versions of dotnet contained backwards compatibility for previous dotnet releases.

.NET yes, all my .NET apps works with also with this new 4.0 release but I assume the IronPython.dll or the IronMath.dll used by SH5 did not

The devs of IronPython released a newer version last month which has the compatibility with 4.0

Originally Posted by IronPython website

April 12, 2010
IronPython 2.6.1 Final was released, supporting both .NET 2.0 SP1 and .NET 4.0 RTM.

Originally Posted by severniae

Do you get any particular errors with the CTD?

No only the a windows message box which tells me that "Silent Hunter 5 no longer works"

[SubV]

@Seeadler

Recently, I tried the new Visual Studio 2010 (which is bundled with .NET Framework 4.0 and updated Visual C++ runtime libraries).

I've got the same problem as yours, CTD when loading save game or starting a single mission. So I tried to investigate this problem and finally found what causes the CTD. It's not .NET 4.0 itself, but Visual C++ 2008 redistributable 9.0.30729.4974.

Uninstall it via Control panel, and everything will work fine again.

[Seeadler]

Originally Posted by SubV

It's not .NET 4.0 itself, but Visual C++ 2008 redistributable 9.0.30729.4974.

thanks for this info, I will investigate this at the weekend if some of my customers apps also installs these redistributables.

[Seeadler]

@SubV
You are right, it's the Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable 9.0.30729.4974 that caused the crash. One of the Apps I had to test installed the new runtime files alongside to the .Net 4 framework.

[harag]

HI

I've just been having the crashing problem and after unintalling the c++ file above all worked fine...

The problem is I am planning on getting VS 2010 when it comes out over here in the UK so will the problem return or am I safe to uninstall it again?

Thanks

[Decoman]

I find NET Framework install packages annoying, because I never know which one is needed, or what update is needed.

[kylania]

Just bumping this for others since I just got caught by it when I installed VB 2010 Express. Uninstalling Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable 9.0.30729.4974 did magically fix my game.

[Raven_2012]

I know this is an old thread, but its a very important one. I seem to be getting minor crashes with minor mods. I know over the years with other program install they add .Net Framework stuff, I am wondering if any of this would cause problems.

I've deleted to old one that was causing problems years ago.

But I notice this:




SH5 installed x86 9.0.21022 & x86 9.0.30729.17
while my computer already has x64 versions.

Would these two cause problems with each other?

I want to uninstall the x64 version to see if I wouldn't have problems.

[VIIC_Commander]

I uninstall all the old ones and only have the MS visual c++2012 redis. x86 and 64 installed. Sim is much more stable