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If it's the starforce downloads you want then follow trojanfoe's advice. If it's a starforce free SH3 full game download then type 'steam' into google and take it from there. I believe there may be a small issue with this download covered by another thread. There is a starforce free edition of the game available from the Subsim US store. Unfortunately this is not available through Subsim's UK store link. And the best of luck! U2222
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So if I have the old DVD version of the game when it was first released I can forget about getting SH3 to work on Vista 64?
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I gave up all together and went back to running it on an xp machine.
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Well I haven't use XP in years. Going back isn't and option. Win7 or vista x64 doen't work with starforce...
SH3 alone does work.. Starforce is blocking access.. I've even check SF site. http://www.star-force.com/support/users/windows7/ There are some help there but it don't work. They're drivers only support win7 beta. Not RC-1 or RTM. So your out of luck. Other option is doing the alt method but I won't say that here. To buy SH3 again? Isn't going to happen! Sorry I already payed for the game. So I'll leave it up to you honest owners what to do to fix your game.. If you need help send me a PM... |
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Some good news. I can confirm that the Steam version of the SH III works perfectly on a Vista 64 system. I did not need to do any tweaks or special settings in order to get it to work either. It worked from the moment it finished downloading.
Now I just need to download the massive GWX files and SH Commander and I will be all set. So if there is anyone out there who like me has 64 bit Vista and was upset that you could not get your old DVD version to work, there is at least one answer. It means buying the game again, but the price worked out to be around $10 USD which is pretty much a drop in the bucket for how much I get out of the game. I wonder what the SH IV situation is? I never played it much since out of the box the game was boring and the mod community seemed to be slow to develop. Are there any mods of GWX quality for SH IV? |
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That's good to hear FJ88
Please let me know how you get on with GWX3 with this
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Okay.. Today I watched one episode of a program called "Atlantic Convoys" or smth like that and that made me want to play SH3 again. So I dig up my old SH3 disc, fire it up, some minor problems with install..
a) I'm using Windows 7 x64 Professional (RTM release version, NOT RC or beta) and first trouble was that every time I wanted to change install dir it would crash.. -> Solved this by running setup.exe from the disc manually with XP SP2 compatibilty mode. The game installed fine.. b) Next I try to launch the game for one before patching to 1.4b to get starforce crap to install.. I get the error that my OS is not supported. I find myself here, becuse I knew that this is THE place for SH3 community and I would certainly get the help I need from here. So I start reading this thread and quite quickly realize that the problem is with SF and x64 version of my OS. c) took me 15 minutes to find myself in star-force.com and this page: http://www.star-force.com/support/users/group3.php scroll down to the x64 OS support part. I checked the version of SF in my install folder: 3.04.72 (I have the original UBI release disc). So SF themself say it will NEVER WORK ON x64! Unless UBI will release some fixed files to us with a newer sh3.dll (thats the starforce .dll file) or a official no-cd patch YOU WILL NEVER (legally) GET (your original) SH3 WORKING ON x64 OS's! (read up more to get the ifs) So all of you who are saying you got it working in Vista are either using 32bit version (as you can see from the link I posted the earlier versions are working with 32bit OS) OR bought a new version from D2D, Steam or the newer disc versions. But in my opinion, even though I love SH3 and SH4 THIS IS WRONG to make us buy a game AGAIN just to play nowadays! There was one guy who said that he'd gotten some files from Ubi support that enabled him to play with 64bit os, which were meant for XP x64. WHY DOESNT UBI RELEASE THESE FILES PUBLICALLY?!?! Because they are greedy to the point that is SICK! They dont care about having the customers needs or wants fulfilled. All they care about is how to screw more money out from you! So to sum it up on HOW TO MAKE IT WORK on Windows 7 x64 (aka 64bit): IF and only if you are using a 64bit OS AND have the original SH3 WITH SF protection your only option is to use no-cd patch which you can find from google. a) run setup.exe from the disc manually and use XP SP2 Compatibility mode to change the install directory (like posted here before, installing outside program files is your best choice to avoid problems later). b) after the game has installed, install 1.4b patch c) get the no-cd patch (google) d) install all the rest you want to add to your game (GWX, SH3CMDR etc) e) enjoy your game! Sorry about the ranting but stuff like this makes me mad. Thank you Ubisoft for making me support piracy (by downloading the no-cd patch), a thing I really dont want to do, but you leave me with no choice. |
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Already posted (link). Also, it's not piracy if you own the game.
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Also your post suggests that you went for the no-cd patch straight away since there is some irregularity about your post. First, you cannot get past the "Error: your OS is not supported" -error to get to the crash in msvcr71.dll unless you've been trying different cracks in the first place. Also the reason its not asking for your cd-key is that the key is used only with the SF protection, so you have to have it installed first to use they key. Also your post is the typical "This is how _I_ did it" without any explanation to why or how. Do not get me wrong though, I'm not saying youre wrong or anything, I'm just saying for anyone who is still looking for any option other than using a no-cd patch or buying a new version that there is NO hope without Ubisoft help. Secondly, your post and all others are simply speculating on the issues, one says Vista works, the other says Vista doesnt work etc. I bring you hard fact from SF itself; SF will not work on x64 systems with such old version of itself. Lucky for you 32bit users it is just "new" enough to have support with the driver update. And from what I've experienced, what works in Vista works in 7 too. And third; I do not WANT to use the no-cd patch, since I never fully trust that they do a 100% job. And I do NOT want to support piracy and their affiliates by having to visit a site where I can find the no-cd. ONLY because the company that made the game are too GREEDY to give a damn and too LAZY to do the "free re-protection for versions 3.07.xxx and earlier"!!!! I petition all you who allready own the original version to email Ubisoft to provide us with either an official no-cd patch OR an updated version of SF protection. !!!DO NOT SUPPORT UBISOFT GREED BY PURCHASING A SECOND COPY!!! Email them instead to get off their lazy fat ass to FIX IT! The game is only 5 years old for gods sake! |
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SH3 works in any OS. Starforce doesn't it blocks it on purpose.
Starforce is the one who is limiting SH3 from working... The tactic to force people to spend money on a game they already own.. again. Sorry that doesn't work for me. They do that in the music industry too. At least the quality of the sounds improved... BUT PC world the game is the old same... Why should I have to pay again? This is why I like egosoft. they remove there protection over time after they have made a decent profit... Ubisoft could easily update there starforce with a patch or remove it. But they don't' care. Emailing them won't change nothing... Not in every country its illegal to alter what you own Hotti. I don't support piracy.. I also don't support greedy companies... |
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