Silent Hunter 3 Blue Screen Crash

timman2112 · 02-21-16, 12:09 AM

Hey guys I'm new to the forums and to sub sims in general so I apologize if this isn't the right place for this question.

I bought Silent Hunter 3 during the latest Steam sale and I've been getting blue screen crashes about 15 to 45 minutes into gameplay.

I'm completely stumped because I have a pretty powerful laptop and all of my graphics/audio drivers are up to date.

Here are my system specs:
Windows 10
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3740QM CPU @ 2.70 GHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
8 GBs of RAM
64-bit

I've done some searching on the internet and I seem to be the only one with this problem so can anybody help me out? I also have the dump files of all of the crashes.

Thanks for the help.

Aktungbby · 02-21-16, 01:01 AM

timman2112!

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siege00 · 02-21-16, 03:28 AM

hey Timman,

Is this stock SH3, or have you added anything to it? If it's stock, what version of it are you running? Not sure I know what ails you, but that info may help anyone that may have any ideas.

adrians69 · 02-21-16, 03:38 AM

Hi there, what graphics chipset has your laptop got? Blue screens are almost always driver related and you may have an unsupported chipset.

Adrian

timman2112 · 02-21-16, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by siege00

hey Timman,

Is this stock SH3, or have you added anything to it? If it's stock, what version of it are you running? Not sure I know what ails you, but that info may help anyone that may have any ideas.

Yep stock SH3, no mods. I believe it's also updated to version 1.4.

Quote:

Originally Posted by adrians69

Hi there, what graphics chipset has your laptop got? Blue screens are almost always driver related and you may have an unsupported chipset.

Adrian

The chipset in my laptop is the Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000.

I've also tried running SH3 in compatibility mode with Windows XP (Service Pack 3) but that didn't work.

siege00 · 02-21-16, 12:38 PM

Very strange. Almost sounds like a heat issue. Is your laptop running very hot while playing the game? Do you play any other games on it? I know in the past I've run into items on laptops that peg the CPU or GFX cards and without good heat dissipation could result in bluescreens, but I'm not sure that's your problem. I haven't run into anything like that in years.

timman2112 · 02-21-16, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by siege00

Very strange. Almost sounds like a heat issue. Is your laptop running very hot while playing the game? Do you play any other games on it? I know in the past I've run into items on laptops that peg the CPU or GFX cards and without good heat dissipation could result in bluescreens, but I'm not sure that's your problem. I haven't run into anything like that in years.

Don't think it's a heat issue because I play more graphically intensive games that cause the computer fan to really crank and my computer never crashes when I play those games.

02-21-16, 12:09 AM	#1
timman2112 Watch Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 15 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Silent Hunter 3 Blue Screen Crash Hey guys I'm new to the forums and to sub sims in general so I apologize if this isn't the right place for this question. I bought Silent Hunter 3 during the latest Steam sale and I've been getting blue screen crashes about 15 to 45 minutes into gameplay. I'm completely stumped because I have a pretty powerful laptop and all of my graphics/audio drivers are up to date. Here are my system specs: Windows 10 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3740QM CPU @ 2.70 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M 8 GBs of RAM 64-bit I've done some searching on the internet and I seem to be the only one with this problem so can anybody help me out? I also have the dump files of all of the crashes. Thanks for the help.

02-21-16, 01:01 AM	#2
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02-21-16, 03:28 AM	#3
siege00 Officer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: USA Posts: 237 Downloads: 114 Uploads: 0	hey Timman, Is this stock SH3, or have you added anything to it? If it's stock, what version of it are you running? Not sure I know what ails you, but that info may help anyone that may have any ideas.

02-21-16, 12:38 PM	#6
siege00 Officer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: USA Posts: 237 Downloads: 114 Uploads: 0	Very strange. Almost sounds like a heat issue. Is your laptop running very hot while playing the game? Do you play any other games on it? I know in the past I've run into items on laptops that peg the CPU or GFX cards and without good heat dissipation could result in bluescreens, but I'm not sure that's your problem. I haven't run into anything like that in years.