Silent hunter IV/U-Boat missions on vista

Doolittle81 · 03-01-08, 01:47 PM

SH4 runs flawlessly with all bells and whistles max'ed out on my Rig. With VISTA, install SH4 (and any other similar Games/programs) into a folder other than C:\Program Files

ASUS P5N32-E
Dual core E6700 Cpu
2GB OCZ PC2 8800 (1100Mhz) RAM
BFG 8800GTX Graphics card 768MB
Audigy2 ZS
4 Seagate 400GB hard drives in a 0+1 RAID array
24" Widescreen LCD Monitor 1920X1200 native resolution
Windows VISTA 32bit

skwasjer · 03-01-08, 04:22 PM

Running Vista x64 for almost one year without problems. SH4 (and addon) runs perfectly fine at max settings, and no problems with mods/UAC if you follow Doolittle81's suggestions.

Your configuration may indeed suffer a bit, but only way to find out is try

schurem · 04-14-08, 05:19 PM

It runs like utter crap on my box after i upgraded to vista. The game is fine, untill something blows up real good. When that happens, my rig just doesn't seem to be able to cope. Either the screen blacks out for a bit, or the game crashes. Heck I've even had my PC do cold reboots after hitting a cruisers' ammo magazines. This utterly devastates the game for me

Running Trigger Maru Overhaul and 1.5 on a core2duo6600, gforce 8800GTS320 and audigy rig.

Valantine · 04-14-08, 11:02 PM

Runs like a dream for me, running Trigger Maru Overhaul and 1.5 on a quad core 3.2GHZ, 4GB 800mhz RAM, 2x 8800GTX in SLI, 2x 500GB SATA HDDs, 1000whz ultra cool psu with Vista 32bit.
I DID have some graphics driver issues with the 8800s in SLI about 8 months ago, but other then that my system has been really reliable and runs perfectly, unlike my old XP system!

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schurem · 04-15-08, 07:17 AM

Well... I just had the mogami in the torpedo training blow up without rebooting the box... What i did was, i turned off the IDE controller that's on the mainboard in the bios setup menu, and i turned off vsync in sh4. That controller has given me grief before, and i'll just turn it on again when i need it, which is seldom. I hope this is a definitive fix. the mainboard is an asus P5K

Khourieat · 04-15-08, 10:52 AM

It's the RAM folks, bring up your RAM usage before and while the game is running.

Vista on IDLE eats up over 1 gig of RAM just to sit there and look pretty, it's awful (I know, I'm using Vista 64 with 4 gigs of RAM).

After I kick up SH4 I regularly watch my ram usage go into 60%, running stock 1.4 game. Granted, I have EVERYTHING turned to max, and the game never stutters, but I can't even imagine running SH4 with 2 gigs of RAM...

During my initial set up (Vista 64 won't boot if you have more then 3 gigs, I think, theres a stupid hotfix I needed to apply first), just running Vista on 2 gigs wasn't pleasant...running a graphics heavy game on it will probably be pretty slow.

It'll run, but you'll need to turn as much off in the bells department as possible, and it'll probably still chug in places, but that's because the OS is eating half your RAM just to sit there

A good GPU will help obviously.

Khourieat · 04-15-08, 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valantine

Runs like a dream for me, running Trigger Maru Overhaul and 1.5 on a quad core 3.2GHZ, 4GB 800mhz RAM, 2x 8800GTX in SLI, 2x 500GB SATA HDDs, 1000whz ultra cool psu with Vista 32bit.
I DID have some graphics driver issues with the 8800s in SLI about 8 months ago, but other then that my system has been really reliable and runs perfectly, unlike my old XP system!

V

4 gigs of RAM on a 32 bit OS? Isn't it not using all of the RAM?

Valantine · 04-15-08, 12:38 PM

Nope, my idle is just over 512mb as I have cut some of the pretty crap that I don't use. It runs perfectly for me. I initially had some problems with it only using 3gb but I fixed it with a simple bios fix so now it runs all 4gb with no problems.

On my 64bit Vista machine though I have nothing but problems with games, same spec just different OS, yet nothing wants to run properly - as such that is the "work" machine now and my 32bit is my games baby!

Khourieat · 04-15-08, 01:45 PM

That's strange, I remember in my undergrad CS days mention that a 32 bit OS wouldn't be able to make use of the RAM because it can't address it all.

I wonder how that is possible, and if it's actually using that RAM rather then just recognizing that you have that much.

I haven't had any issue yet, although SH4 and WoW are the only games I've tried running on it so far, I don't generally play computer games.

03-01-08, 01:47 PM	#1
Doolittle81 Commodore Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 624 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	SH4 runs flawlessly with all bells and whistles max'ed out on my Rig. With VISTA, install SH4 (and any other similar Games/programs) into a folder other than C:\Program Files ASUS P5N32-E Dual core E6700 Cpu 2GB OCZ PC2 8800 (1100Mhz) RAM BFG 8800GTX Graphics card 768MB Audigy2 ZS 4 Seagate 400GB hard drives in a 0+1 RAID array 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor 1920X1200 native resolution Windows VISTA 32bit __________________ Flight Sim Movies .............................................. .........................View "Faith, Hope, and Charity" movie

03-01-08, 04:22 PM	#2
skwasjer The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,549 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 3	Running Vista x64 for almost one year without problems. SH4 (and addon) runs perfectly fine at max settings, and no problems with mods/UAC if you follow Doolittle81's suggestions. Your configuration may indeed suffer a bit, but only way to find out is try __________________ S3D - Silent 3ditor (v0.9.9) - S3D homepage - Open sourced S3D file parser API's - SUBSIM thread SH5 mods: Speech Recognition for SH5 \| Digital UI Clock Tutorials: [TEC] Import/export 3D models to/from game using S3D [TEC] How to work with the model viewer in S3D - VIDEO

04-14-08, 11:02 PM	#4
Valantine Planesman Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 193 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Runs like a dream for me, running Trigger Maru Overhaul and 1.5 on a quad core 3.2GHZ, 4GB 800mhz RAM, 2x 8800GTX in SLI, 2x 500GB SATA HDDs, 1000whz ultra cool psu with Vista 32bit. I DID have some graphics driver issues with the 8800s in SLI about 8 months ago, but other then that my system has been really reliable and runs perfectly, unlike my old XP system! V __________________ ARMA 3 Co-Op Battalion Recruiting Worldwide http://www.iijg53.com

04-15-08, 12:38 PM	#8
Valantine Planesman Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 193 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Nope, my idle is just over 512mb as I have cut some of the pretty crap that I don't use. It runs perfectly for me. I initially had some problems with it only using 3gb but I fixed it with a simple bios fix so now it runs all 4gb with no problems. On my 64bit Vista machine though I have nothing but problems with games, same spec just different OS, yet nothing wants to run properly - as such that is the "work" machine now and my 32bit is my games baby! __________________ ARMA 3 Co-Op Battalion Recruiting Worldwide http://www.iijg53.com

04-14-08, 05:19 PM	#3
schurem Loader Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 90 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	It runs like utter crap on my box after i upgraded to vista. The game is fine, untill something blows up real good. When that happens, my rig just doesn't seem to be able to cope. Either the screen blacks out for a bit, or the game crashes. Heck I've even had my PC do cold reboots after hitting a cruisers' ammo magazines. This utterly devastates the game for me Running Trigger Maru Overhaul and 1.5 on a core2duo6600, gforce 8800GTS320 and audigy rig.

04-15-08, 07:17 AM	#5
schurem Loader Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 90 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	Well... I just had the mogami in the torpedo training blow up without rebooting the box... What i did was, i turned off the IDE controller that's on the mainboard in the bios setup menu, and i turned off vsync in sh4. That controller has given me grief before, and i'll just turn it on again when i need it, which is seldom. I hope this is a definitive fix. the mainboard is an asus P5K

04-15-08, 10:52 AM	#6
Khourieat Helmsman Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NYC, USA Posts: 110 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It's the RAM folks, bring up your RAM usage before and while the game is running. Vista on IDLE eats up over 1 gig of RAM just to sit there and look pretty, it's awful (I know, I'm using Vista 64 with 4 gigs of RAM). After I kick up SH4 I regularly watch my ram usage go into 60%, running stock 1.4 game. Granted, I have EVERYTHING turned to max, and the game never stutters, but I can't even imagine running SH4 with 2 gigs of RAM... During my initial set up (Vista 64 won't boot if you have more then 3 gigs, I think, theres a stupid hotfix I needed to apply first), just running Vista on 2 gigs wasn't pleasant...running a graphics heavy game on it will probably be pretty slow. It'll run, but you'll need to turn as much off in the bells department as possible, and it'll probably still chug in places, but that's because the OS is eating half your RAM just to sit there A good GPU will help obviously.

04-15-08, 01:45 PM	#9
Khourieat Helmsman Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NYC, USA Posts: 110 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That's strange, I remember in my undergrad CS days mention that a 32 bit OS wouldn't be able to make use of the RAM because it can't address it all. I wonder how that is possible, and if it's actually using that RAM rather then just recognizing that you have that much. I haven't had any issue yet, although SH4 and WoW are the only games I've tried running on it so far, I don't generally play computer games.