Windows 7?

[The Munster]

Thanks Fish In The Water, the information from the link has given me a lot of food for thought.
Think I'll do a complete uninstall of everything sh3 using revo then start again with this as a guideline.
Cheers for this info.

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by The Munster

Thanks Fish In The Water...

You're very welcome, hope it helps!

[MrKWMonk]

I too have been struggling to get SH3 working on my new Win7 x64 PC.

As most have mentioned it works in 1024x768 if setup to run in window mode in the main.cfg file.

One thing I have found is if you edit your shortcut and set it to run Maximized (bottom of the shortcut tab in the shortcut's properties) it does run a stretched full screen. Just have to live with a title bar at the top of the screen.

I haven't seen this mentioned so thought I'd pass it on as a possible quick fix for other frustrated players.


SH5 is only $25 at the local EBGames... Is it as good as GWX3?


-kwm

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by MrKWMonk

SH5 is only $25 at the local EBGames... Is it as good as GWX3?

There's been a ton of threads (and opinions) on this since release, here's the latest one:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=186561

For me the answer is a resounding no, but that's just me.

[I-25]

Originally Posted by The Munster

Thanks Fish In The Water, the information from the link has given me a lot of food for thought.
Think I'll do a complete uninstall of everything sh3 using revo then start again with this as a guideline.
Cheers for this info.

did you ever get it running? because im having the same issue

[DirtyACE]

I'm another long time hunter just coming back (after more than a year) to this great game and of course the GWX mod.

I'm running a Windows 7 Pro system. I've read through this entire thread and have been able to get SH3+GWX3.0 Gold to run. I've simply installed everything into a custom folder outside the Program Files directory, then enabled SH3 to run in Win XP (Service Pack 3) mode. Works like a charm, however, I've noticed that the game is running in a somewhat low resolution, but in all honesty I don't really remember how it looked the last time I played it. Anyway, is 1024X768 its native resolution?

What's the best solution to get it to run in a higher resolution?

I've read of some sort of hi-res fix mod floating around here, will that help?

Thanks and happy to be back in the hunt!

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by DirtyACE

Anyway, is 1024X768 its native resolution?

Yes it is. For hi-res you can try this mod:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1092

Good luck and welcome back to the pack!

[DirtyACE]

Originally Posted by Fish In The Water

Yes it is. For hi-res you can try this mod:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1092

Good luck and welcome back to the pack!

Thanks Do you by chance know if this mod will enable SH3 to play in 1920x1080 resolution or is there some cut-off limit?

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by DirtyACE

Thanks Do you by chance know if this mod will enable SH3 to play in 1920x1080 resolution or is there some cut-off limit?

Yes it will run at 1920x1080, but some people have reported an issue with the torpedo button firing automatically when switching control back from the mouse to the keyboard.

It seems to be due to a slight 'stretching' of the display which causes the cursor to end up in the wrong place at the wrong time. There is a workaround solution, so if you use the mod @1920x1080 and run into this issue then you'll need to implement the fix.

Kindly see this thread for a full discussion on the matter:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show....php?p=1517019

Hope this helps and enjoy the hi-res!

[frau kaleun]

I'm pretty sure that res worked okay when I tried it with the Res Fix, but be aware that the game graphics were all designed to display at a 4:3 aspect ratio. If you run it with a widescreen res, you will probably notice that the 2D screens look somewhat stretched out which is necessary in order to make the graphics fill your entire (wide)screen. That was a dealbreaker for me but some people don't notice it and/or it doesn't bother them enough to be an issue.

Also be aware that the Res Fix reroutes the printscreen/screenshot function to your PrintScreen key and that many people have problems with the game freezing and/or crashing when trying to take a screenshot after enabling the Res Fix. This was never an issue for me with XP but when I switched to Win7 it popped up and nothing I've tried has alleviated the problem (including switching off a bunch of desktop stuff, themes, Aero, running in compatibility mode for earlier versions of Windows - you name it, I probably tried it).

Whether it's a problem for you, you won't know until you try - but if you really want to take screenshots of your game, I would suggest running the Academy tutorials or some single missions first with the Res Fix enabled and trying out the PrintScreen key there - that way if the game does crash on you, it won't be doing it in the middle of a career patrol.

[DirtyACE]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

I'm pretty sure that res worked okay when I tried it with the Res Fix, but be aware that the game graphics were all designed to display at a 4:3 aspect ratio. If you run it with a widescreen res, you will probably notice that the 2D screens look somewhat stretched out which is necessary in order to make the graphics fill your entire (wide)screen. That was a dealbreaker for me but some people don't notice it and/or it doesn't bother them enough to be an issue.

Also be aware that the Res Fix reroutes the printscreen/screenshot function to your PrintScreen key and that many people have problems with the game freezing and/or crashing when trying to take a screenshot after enabling the Res Fix. This was never an issue for me with XP but when I switched to Win7 it popped up and nothing I've tried has alleviated the problem (including switching off a bunch of desktop stuff, themes, Aero, running in compatibility mode for earlier versions of Windows - you name it, I probably tried it).

Whether it's a problem for you, you won't know until you try - but if you really want to take screenshots of your game, I would suggest running the Academy tutorials or some single missions first with the Res Fix enabled and trying out the PrintScreen key there - that way if the game does crash on you, it won't be doing it in the middle of a career patrol.

So if the stretching of the 2D images was a deal-breaker for you, have you found a way to run it in 4:3 aspect ratio on a wide screen monitor? I mean is there a way to stop it from trying to stretch the image to cover the entire screen?