Windows 8 and crashing

[Johnfb]

Hi All, and seasons greeting

I was wondering if anyone else has had issues of crashing with windows 8.

My set up is:
Installed on D drive away from suggested path by the game itself.
Modded with my old set of mods....so nothing out of the ordinary there.
SH3 Commander and cfg files
JSGME

I installed the game and played no problems.
Used commander after first mission and it crashed...lets me get as far as the barracks and into the map to begin my mission but crashed to desktop before fully loaded the game. Red bar was about 3/4 way full.

Played new game, and new career. Worked fine for 2 sessions but then crashed again to desktop at the same barracks point.

Tried loading a short time ago and crashed, tried with new carter and crashed without getting past the barracks and command room.

Anyone have this type of issue before????


John

[Johnfb]

Looks like I may have sorted it out

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Johnfb

Looks like I may have sorted it out

If so post a bit of info and that may help others in the future.

[Johnfb]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

If so post a bit of info and that may help others in the future.

Yeah sorry.
We'll it looks like there was a clash between sh3 and gwx and or sh3 commander.
I tried fresh uploads with and without gwx and commander but no joy.

In the end I installed a fresh sh3 without any gwx sh commander or patches and the game ran fine so I knew the game itself was okay, I then manually put all the mods I wanted into the files with copy and paste ....took about a half hour to do it but the game runs smoothly now with my mods and cfg files doing fine.

Some slight issues with the slide out dial from left hand side of screen only showing the needles but I can get that info from the nav officer anyway.

I put the pull down knovoy maps etc in the nav screen and they are fine so are music menus etc.

So there ya go.... Took some time but got there all mods manually copied and pasted but at least it's running.

[Jimbuna]

I'm pleased your up and running but there are one or two out in the community running SH3 + GWX + SH3 Commander without any problems, I think it may be associated with the new OS.

[Johnfb]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

I'm pleased your up and running but there are one or two out in the community running SH3 + GWX + SH3 Commander without any problems, I think it may be associated with the new OS.

I agree

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Johnfb

We'll it looks like there was a clash between sh3 and gwx and or sh3 commander.

Originally Posted by Johnfb

I agree

That's good, because I've run the three together for at least six years now and never had a problem.

[Johnfb]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

That's good, because I've run the three together for at least six years now and never had a problem.

The three ran perfectly on my old windiws xp os for many years too ,but not so good on windows 8

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Johnfb

The three ran perfectly on my old windiws xp os for many years too ,but not so good on windows 8

That is why I suggested it may be an OS issue.