[REL] Dark Waters

rschilla · 02-26-21, 02:35 PM

Propbeanie, I am ready to go with that.

I have used the instructions you sent to alter my Steam default to my D drive and a file called D: Steam Games

I have the English speech file saved to the D Drive as well although to a separate directory I use to store original and modded files... along with the cut down messageGE file.

I was just waiting to see if Marco or M/M came up with any other ideas before ripping the whole thing out.

I have decided not to try to move the current steam files to the new drive. I'll uninstall/reinstall to D:

I have a new download of DW_6 standing by and all I need to do is make sure that JSGME is still in my downloads folder since at this point I can't be sure if that is functioning properly.

Texas Red · 02-27-21, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by rschilla

Propbeanie, I am ready to go with that.

I have used the instructions you sent to alter my Steam default to my D drive and a file called D: Steam Games

I have the English speech file saved to the D Drive as well although to a separate directory I use to store original and modded files... along with the cut down messageGE file.

I was just waiting to see if Marco or M/M came up with any other ideas before ripping the whole thing out.

I have decided not to try to move the current steam files to the new drive. I'll uninstall/reinstall to D:

I have a new download of DW_6 standing by and all I need to do is make sure that JSGME is still in my downloads folder since at this point I can't be sure if that is functioning properly.

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...d.php?t=245407

Maybe try my own thread on how to make a copy, maybe you will see something in there that you can use as a guide.

You did make another steam library folder using the link propbeanie gave you? I am sorry if I missed that, it is late and I am trying to get two copies of SH4 working and my brain is kaput.

rschilla · 02-27-21, 11:55 PM

So here is what happened. Nothing I tried worked. Moving files to a D: drive did nothing. In fact, that was worse. It would not even load the original game.

Which got me to thinking that something was critically wrong. In spite of having the mods activated when I did a local file validation scan on Uboat Missions it told me that precisely 1 file had failed to validate.

I went looking in the file and found that the intro movie was the old one. Then I looked in the DW_6 file which was still in my unzipped file and found that the movie was the new one.

Thus, it seemed to me that the problem was either that something was wrong with the DW download file OR something was wrong with my JGSME file. Tired of taking chances I reinstalled both files and Voila. It is running.
I suppose I'll never really know what the problem was but at this point I don't much care.

Once again,l sincerely appreciate all the suggestions but it really looks like I had at least one corrupted file and nothing was going to fix it.

KaleunMarco · 02-28-21, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by rschilla

Once again,l sincerely appreciate all the suggestions but it really looks like I had at least one corrupted file and nothing was going to fix it.

i hate living in a corrupted environment, but then, i live in Crook County, IL, so what should i expect!

Glad you figured it out!

Texas Red · 02-28-21, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by KaleunMarco

[COLOR="Orange"]i hate living in a corrupted environment, but then, i live in Crook County, IL, so what should i expect

Cook County is pretty far down the rabbit hole. I live in NWI Indiana and so I go up there every once in a while. Pretty messed-up place.

propbeanie · 02-28-21, 10:25 PM

Hey now! What about St Clair County?... That's another one on the up-and-up...

- I used to work in that county. 'Course, now that I think about it... Crook County wins, hands-down...

Texas Red · 02-28-21, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by propbeanie

Hey now! What about St Clair County?... That's another one on the up-and-up...

- I used to work in that county. 'Course, now that I think about it... Crook County wins, hands-down...

Crook county lol. Much, much more worse than just crooks. Last time we went up there had to be at least a year and a half ago. COVID has kept us out and plus it’s not a very safe place to be. The looting and rioting that happened back in May and June is proof of that enough.

02-28-21, 10:25 PM	#6
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 10,098 Downloads: 451 Uploads: 2	Hey now! What about St Clair County?... That's another one on the up-and-up... - I used to work in that county. 'Course, now that I think about it... Crook County wins, hands-down... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayers" - Jimbuna

02-26-21, 02:35 PM	#1
rschilla Seaman Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 36 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Propbeanie, I am ready to go with that. I have used the instructions you sent to alter my Steam default to my D drive and a file called D: Steam Games I have the English speech file saved to the D Drive as well although to a separate directory I use to store original and modded files... along with the cut down messageGE file. I was just waiting to see if Marco or M/M came up with any other ideas before ripping the whole thing out. I have decided not to try to move the current steam files to the new drive. I'll uninstall/reinstall to D: I have a new download of DW_6 standing by and all I need to do is make sure that JSGME is still in my downloads folder since at this point I can't be sure if that is functioning properly.

02-27-21, 11:55 PM	#3
rschilla Seaman Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 36 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	So here is what happened. Nothing I tried worked. Moving files to a D: drive did nothing. In fact, that was worse. It would not even load the original game. Which got me to thinking that something was critically wrong. In spite of having the mods activated when I did a local file validation scan on Uboat Missions it told me that precisely 1 file had failed to validate. I went looking in the file and found that the intro movie was the old one. Then I looked in the DW_6 file which was still in my unzipped file and found that the movie was the new one. Thus, it seemed to me that the problem was either that something was wrong with the DW download file OR something was wrong with my JGSME file. Tired of taking chances I reinstalled both files and Voila. It is running. I suppose I'll never really know what the problem was but at this point I don't much care. Once again,l sincerely appreciate all the suggestions but it really looks like I had at least one corrupted file and nothing was going to fix it.