Game crashes on career or single mission load

Hooston · 05-28-24, 04:15 AM

Running the training missions but crashing during career smells like running out of usable memory because of Windows limits on 32 bit programs. This has always been solved in SH3 by the "4Gb patch" which actually lets the program access more than 2Gb and up to a theoretical maximum of 4Gb..

Onealex is too much for my graphics chip, but I understand the OneAlex modsoup includes the HSie/Steibler patch, which also does the 4Gb thing.
So what's going on? Has Onealex messed up? In that case try downloading a different build of his supermod. i think that's why the Russian version works OK. If he has made a mistake none of the HSie/Steibler features will be working. The Steibler patch updates the version number displayed in the bottom right corner of the initial selection screen from something like "1.4b" without the patch to "v 1.6b1" (in my case).

Or, god forbid, have we now hit 4Gb for this tiny little 32 bit application?

JohnCarterOfMars · 05-29-24, 03:05 PM

I find that after starting the game and before doing anything else, starting the Naval Academy Convoy training and then immediately quitting it will load much of the routines that are needed for the game.

After quitting the convoy training, then start your career or load your saved game and see if it now starts up.

05-28-24, 04:15 AM	#1
Hooston 中国水兵 Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 277 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Smells like 4Gb to me Running the training missions but crashing during career smells like running out of usable memory because of Windows limits on 32 bit programs. This has always been solved in SH3 by the "4Gb patch" which actually lets the program access more than 2Gb and up to a theoretical maximum of 4Gb.. Onealex is too much for my graphics chip, but I understand the OneAlex modsoup includes the HSie/Steibler patch, which also does the 4Gb thing. So what's going on? Has Onealex messed up? In that case try downloading a different build of his supermod. i think that's why the Russian version works OK. If he has made a mistake none of the HSie/Steibler features will be working. The Steibler patch updates the version number displayed in the bottom right corner of the initial selection screen from something like "1.4b" without the patch to "v 1.6b1" (in my case). Or, god forbid, have we now hit 4Gb for this tiny little 32 bit application?

05-29-24, 03:05 PM	#2
JohnCarterOfMars Loader Join Date: Jul 2023 Posts: 86 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	I find that after starting the game and before doing anything else, starting the Naval Academy Convoy training and then immediately quitting it will load much of the routines that are needed for the game. After quitting the convoy training, then start your career or load your saved game and see if it now starts up.