Windows 7?

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by pabbi

Finally able to get it to work, now i´m a happy SH3/SH4 player. Just love both games.

Great to hear, enjoy!

[DD*]

Originally Posted by Fixiwee

Hey there people. After a few years I decided to reinstall Silent Hunter 3 on Windows 7 (32 bit). After the usual problems I read through tons of threads and got it running in standard resolution.

I then proceeded to apply the high res fix and did everything the READ ME told me. But when I click on the SH3.exe the game crashes instantly with an APPCRASH. I have searched for this problem and found two threads here with identical problems but no solution. My question is, are there any solutions for this as of yet?

I hope this was specific enough. I'd love to play GWX.

I had the same problem. I was never able to get it to work if I put the resolution in the cfg file. However, I am able to play if I change my widescreen monitor to any 4:3 resolution - in my case, 1600 x 1200 and it is fat dumb and happy. Now I'm merrily running my first ever SH3 campaign with GWX installed.

Hope that helps...

[kuka]

Hi, I have windows 7 ultimate and I can not run the game in full screen, is there any solution? Please if anyone can help I appreciate it

[Tinman764]

Originally Posted by kuka

Hi, I have windows 7 ultimate and I can not run the game in full screen, is there any solution? Please if anyone can help I appreciate it

Hi Kuka, welcome to subsim. Some more info might help solve your problem, what happens when you try to run full screen? What are your system specs, etc.

[frau kaleun]

@kuka: you might want to check the settings for your graphics card to see if there is some option in there for rescaling or not rescaling the graphics when you are running games not designed for a widescreen resolution.

If it is set NOT to automatically rescale, it might cause the game to run at its native aspect ratio which would mean it doesn't expand to fit a widescreen monitor.

If OTOH you are unable to get the game to run except in windowed mode, then I got nothin'. Still worth checking the gfx card settings to see if there's some option there that needs tweaking though. That's assuming you have checked or unchecked the proper option in the game's options - there's one there that will cause it to run in a window but I think that is deselected by default.

[SNAKE1937]

New "rig" and have the same issue and error statement as "red Heat".

During the install it did not ask for the Install Key Code.

All of my drivers are up to date and playing older games such as CFS3 and the reworked WW1 game OFF BH&H. also LOCKON.

So, How do we work arround Win7 to enjoy SH3 and GWX3?

Thanks for your thoughtfull responce, SNAKE1937

[The Munster]

Been a couple of years since I've been here and trying to get back into sh3 but it's been a constant battle, all day yesterday trying to get the game to run with 7 ultimate, I kept getting the error message on the lines of only able to run on previous operating systems.
Have resorted to d/loading the no dvd fix and replacing files in the directory, patching sh3 with 1.4 (knew I still had a stock sh3 lurking around lol).
Now the game starts up right up to status bars finishing then a pop-up stating the game has stopped running. I am trying as an administrator which has produced a shield stuck on the sh3 exe file and clicked the compatibility with xp sp 3 box.
Apologies if this query has been posted previously but would grow a beard reading thru all the pages and I'm at my wits end with this and eager to return to the sea. Cheers.

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by The Munster

I am trying as an administrator which has produced a shield stuck on the sh3 exe file and clicked the compatibility with xp sp 3 box.

For the shield issue try turning off the UAC and also make sure your installation folder is outside of the 'C:\Program Files' directory.

For additional help/suggestions, please see this post:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...4&postcount=92

Good luck and happy hunting!

[The Munster]

Thanks Fish In The Water, the information from the link has given me a lot of food for thought.
Think I'll do a complete uninstall of everything sh3 using revo then start again with this as a guideline.
Cheers for this info.

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by The Munster

Thanks Fish In The Water...

You're very welcome, hope it helps!

[MrKWMonk]

I too have been struggling to get SH3 working on my new Win7 x64 PC.

As most have mentioned it works in 1024x768 if setup to run in window mode in the main.cfg file.

One thing I have found is if you edit your shortcut and set it to run Maximized (bottom of the shortcut tab in the shortcut's properties) it does run a stretched full screen. Just have to live with a title bar at the top of the screen.

I haven't seen this mentioned so thought I'd pass it on as a possible quick fix for other frustrated players.


SH5 is only $25 at the local EBGames... Is it as good as GWX3?


-kwm

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by MrKWMonk

SH5 is only $25 at the local EBGames... Is it as good as GWX3?

There's been a ton of threads (and opinions) on this since release, here's the latest one:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=186561

For me the answer is a resounding no, but that's just me.

[ramansel]

Gracias amigos.Pensaba que el SH3 era incompatible con W7

why would anyone still be playing sh3 when sh5 is out, is sh3 that good that someone would still be using it.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by alberto67

why would anyone still be playing sh3 when sh5 is out, is sh3 that good that someone would still be using it.

Some people think so. Others prefer SH5. Still others prefer SH4. It's all a matter of personal preference.

But SH3 is definitely not dead, many are still playing it exclusively or along with other games in the SH series. And it is still being modded, with new enhancements being added and discussed all the time.