Buying From Steam

Gargamel · 02-25-11, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Well who doesn't?

AFAIK the one downside to buying from Steam is that you are limited to one game installation. Which means if you install GWX over it, for instance, you no longer have the stock version, and have to do a complete uninstall/reinstall if you ever want to go back to it or try out non-GXW mods.

Disclaimer: I don't have the Steam version, I'm going by what I recall other Steam users have said about it.

That's one of the minor downsides I've found with my steam install, I would like to have a running install, and a Test install. But it's no biggy, using JSGME it's not hard to revert.

The only real downsides are the lag that is induced between SHC launching SH3 via steam. SHC launches SH3, SHC then closes. The steam engine then tries to connect to steam, and that can take a while if your ISP is flaky like mine, and for some reason SHC opens up again before the actual SH3 gets launched. Therefore, if I have auto-rollback enabled, Everything that was optioned in SHC gets undone. So I have to be careful using rollback, and my changes to the cfg files.

Frontier359 · 02-25-11, 10:25 PM

Owned a Steam copy of SH3 for a number of years now. Swapped all kinds of mods in and out of it. Works as advertised, can't complain.

postalbyke · 03-03-11, 05:52 PM

I got mine from the Ubisoft website, already upgraded to v1.4b or whatever. $10 or so and quick download, i've re-installed it several times, and you don't need the internet on startup

steamviper · 03-06-11, 11:11 AM

mmm, I cant get my Steam version to load Gwx and I cannot see where it has stuck the files or folder if it indeed has. Wish I had a Hard copy disc as SH5 that I have looks totally differant on my drive

Sailor Steve · 03-06-11, 11:15 AM

You can get a hard copy of SH3 from Amazon real cheap these days, and if you go through the link in my sig Subsim will get a cut as well. Unless the 'SH5' in your post is a typo, don't expect SH3 to look anything like SH5. If it was a typo, GWX will make a difference in how the game looks, but there are also add-on mods that change it dramatically.

steamviper · 03-06-11, 11:29 AM

I meant how it looks in its folder on my drive rather than IN the actual game,sorry for my bad typing/explanation mate.

Gargamel · 03-06-11, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by steamviper

mmm, I cant get my Steam version to load Gwx and I cannot see where it has stuck the files or folder if it indeed has. Wish I had a Hard copy disc as SH5 that I have looks totally differant on my drive

Did you try using the search feature?

02-25-11, 10:25 PM	#2
Frontier359 Sailor man Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 44 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Owned a Steam copy of SH3 for a number of years now. Swapped all kinds of mods in and out of it. Works as advertised, can't complain. __________________ Let's Play SILENT HUNTER 3

03-03-11, 05:52 PM	#3
postalbyke Chief Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: In the past... Posts: 321 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 1	I got mine from the Ubisoft website, already upgraded to v1.4b or whatever. $10 or so and quick download, i've re-installed it several times, and you don't need the internet on startup __________________ God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. -Voltaire

03-06-11, 11:15 AM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	You can get a hard copy of SH3 from Amazon real cheap these days, and if you go through the link in my sig Subsim will get a cut as well. Unless the 'SH5' in your post is a typo, don't expect SH3 to look anything like SH5. If it was a typo, GWX will make a difference in how the game looks, but there are also add-on mods that change it dramatically. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-06-11, 11:11 AM	#4
steamviper Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 7 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	mmm, I cant get my Steam version to load Gwx and I cannot see where it has stuck the files or folder if it indeed has. Wish I had a Hard copy disc as SH5 that I have looks totally differant on my drive

03-06-11, 11:29 AM	#6
steamviper Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 7 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I meant how it looks in its folder on my drive rather than IN the actual game,sorry for my bad typing/explanation mate.