GWX knights cross installation issues

[propbeanie]

Originally Posted by konekivääri

I have followed the guide by wolfpack 345, but when I run it, it says: Error, cannot initialise 3d engine.
Can anyone help?

In addition to what Hooston says, you do need a valid install of SH3 on your machine, else the DirectX v9.0c library and codecs are not installed. Also, you might have to adjust the SH3.exe "Compatibility" settings in the "Properties dialog for the file. You could try the Compatibility Troubleshooter to help there. Also, be sure and either empty the current Save folder (C:\Users \UserName \Documents \SH3) or use MultiSH3 and create a new Save folder, such as KC1 or whatever you want to name it.

[Hooston]

Originally Posted by propbeanie

In addition to what Hooston says, you do need a valid install of SH3 on your machine, else the DirectX v9.0c library and codecs are not installed.

..err no. I installed it on my new Windows 11 home machine with an Nvidia 4070 which has never seen SH3 or other games of that vintage. It ran fine. i think directX 9 calls and codecs were all handled by the Nvidia drivers. Other drivers may differ but I expect they generally still support the old stuff.
Compatibility mode has to be Windows 7 i tried Windows XP 64 and got a crash to desktop after about 5 minutes game time.
Of course you MUST own a copy of SH3 to appease Ubisoft and the gods of copyright.


edit - tried running it without "run as administrator set" and it runs fine. So it's just compatibility mode to windows 7 and install outside of Program Files.