Preparing for a dangerous mission (seeking advice on Windows 7 jump-street install)

[Cybermat47]

Thassa loooot of text!

[VONHARRIS]

Albrecht Von Hesse,

Congrats on your new rig! I envy you for the 16 GB of RAM!

This is what I did on my new Win7 Ultimate 64bit

1. Installed Sh3 normally without any changes to install files on my C drive.
2. Used multi SH3 and created a copy on my D drive which I modded heavily GWX + Commander + V16B1 patch + V16B1 addon + MFM + other mods
3. Result : OK!

Good luck with your new adventure.
Keep us posted.

[HW3]

Be sure to put SH3 Commander in its own folder like your doing SH3. You will also want the 4GB Patch for SH3 to take advantage of all that memory. And be sure to add Steve's latest ship names file to the Cfg file in SH3 Commander.

Originally Posted by VONHARRIS

Albrecht Von Hesse,

Congrats on your new rig! I envy you for the 16 GB of RAM!

This is what I did on my new Win7 Ultimate 64bit

1. Installed Sh3 normally without any changes to install files on my C drive.
2. Used multi SH3 and created a copy on my D drive which I modded heavily GWX + Commander + V16B1 patch + V16B1 addon + MFM + other mods
3. Result : OK!

Good luck with your new adventure.
Keep us posted.

Thanks for the good wishes! And the advice!

Originally Posted by HW3

Be sure to put SH3 Commander in its own folder like your doing SH3. You will also want the 4GB Patch for SH3 to take advantage of all that memory. And be sure to add Steve's latest ship names file to the Cfg file in SH3 Commander.

Thanks for the advice!

I see I did mess up some of the steps. For instance, running the patch before running GWX Gold, and backing that EXE up before replacing it with the original SH3.exe before running h.sie's and Stiebler's patches.

I haven't ever used multi SH3 before, but it sounds like a good idea. I only have the one hard drive, however. IIRC the big problem with Vista, 7, etc., was placing game installs in the Program File folder was a big no-no. Will it be alright if, instead of using a separate HD I make sure to install in created folders? For instance, C:\Silent Hunter III\SHIII vanilla, C:\Silent Hunter III\SHIII GWX, etc.?

Regarding the 4G memory patch, I'm pretty sure both h.sie's and Stiebler's patches have that option included.

Now if my pc would finally get here!!

~Albrecht von Hesse

[VONHARRIS]

Originally Posted by Albrecht Von Hesse

I haven't ever used multi SH3 before, but it sounds like a good idea. I only have the one hard drive, however. IIRC the big problem with Vista, 7, etc., was placing game installs in the Program File folder was a big no-no. Will it be alright if, instead of using a separate HD I make sure to install in created folders? For instance, C:\Silent Hunter III\SHIII vanilla, C:\Silent Hunter III\SHIII GWX, etc.?

Regarding the 4G memory patch, I'm pretty sure both h.sie's and Stiebler's patches have that option included.

Now if my pc would finally get here!!

~Albrecht von Hesse

Yes , there is no problem so long you run SH3 from a created folder.
And yes , the 4GB patch is included in both Hsie's and Stiebler's patches.

[brett25]

congratulation, that's quite a machine, you should have no problems running SH3-make sure you get the resolution fix so you can run the game at higher resolutions!

ps ive been using windows 7 with no problems

[HW3]

Yes just create a folder and install there. I have SH3, SH4, IL2, and SH3 Commander installed in their own folders on my C drive using Windows 7, and all work just fine. One thing to be aware of, with MFM your game load time will increase, so be patient.