Windows 7? - Page 3

Red Heat · 11-29-09, 03:01 PM

Good choice mate...i did the same thing when i buy it my new machine in last January.

VirtualVikingX · 12-01-09, 03:05 PM

Anybody have any luck on setting custom resolutions for SHIII on Win7?

zx81 · 12-03-09, 07:35 AM

just registered to say thanks for the info

got silent hunter 3 on the recent steam sale and was getting tha 3d error, and getting really annoyed

running the lower resolution just now as a work around, will try new catalyst drivers install later to see if I can get native resolution

system is p5q deluxe with q9450, and ATI 4770 crossfired, runing win7 x64

hellas1 · 12-03-09, 05:33 PM

Hello all,

It is I hellas1, revisiting everyone from unterseeland.

I have problems:
I'm running Win 7/64 bit w/Nvida 260 GTX card w/latest drivers.

My audio codecs are updated as well.

I am able to get to the loading screen of SH3 and then my system crashes.

I want to play the game I payed for, 4 yrs. old or not.

Incidentally, I am using a No DVD crack but I DID pay for SH3 btw.

help me...
hellas1....oh my...something I forgot

:r ock:

Red Heat · 12-04-09, 05:32 AM

For now the dual boot sistem serving me well...i just give up to try to run sh3 under win7 64 bits!

Mischa · 01-10-10, 03:04 PM

I'm using Win7 64bit Prof and SH3 is running perfect ! I also use the SH3_XPSP2_Res_Fix_for_1.4b on a widescreen with a resolution of 2520x1600.

You need the DirectX 9 Codecs from the original installation and you have to install as administrator!

My Mods :

TMT V2
LifeBoatsDebris_v4
OLC's Modified Searchlight Beams for GWX3
GWX_3.0G_Water_Stream_for_Uboats_V21
OLC 'Gold' MkIIc
OLC_Gold_MkIId_Update
WBNN Mission Orders Lite

Good hunting,
Michael

Kaleun Cook · 01-10-10, 05:07 PM

It's important to notice the difference between Win-7-Users with the old CD-Version of SH3 and Win-7-Users with a newer Steam-Version. Hence, the different "Damn, it won't work" and "Dunno what you mean, works fine here" posts.

The first won't work because the copyright protection program (Starforce) won't run on Win-7. There's a statement somewhere on the Starforce-site stating: "Sorry, it wont work, ask the game developer for a patch." As long as there is no such patch, the only solution seems to be a crack or to buy the game again.

karamazovnew · 01-11-10, 04:51 AM

Windows 7 64 bits on Nvidia GTX275...
Old SH3 original disk: Can not initialize 3d engine
Pirate version with crack for 1.4: Can not initialize 3d engine
Changed my screen resolution to 1024x768: no more errors, works great.

01-11-10, 09:16 AM

For the "Cannot initialize 3D engine" error, it's very simple. The game cannot start at refresh rate of 59 MHz. For instance, change your resolution to whatever you want and your refresh rate to 70 or 75 MHz and the game will start in Windows 7 32 or 64 without any problem.

dbf574 · 01-13-10, 06:28 PM

I, too, had problems as I posted earlier after loading Windows 7 64Bit Home

. One day I decided to try installing SHIII one more time and to my surprise, it loaded with no problem

. I then realized that I had not changed the default destination. I then loaded GWX 3.0 (did not need to load 1.4, seems that it was included in the disc that was part of the SHII/SHIII pack which I purchased for about $10.00 via Amazon) and it worked great

. Uninstalled and tried to install on different destination and it wouldn't load, but it did when loading to default destination. I don't know why, but am very glad that I finally got it to load (as well as getting it to work flawlessly)

Damn the torpedos, full steam ahead

tomfon · 01-14-10, 07:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikbear

Also,what is the correct procedure to install SH3/GWX using Win7

I really don't know if there is a ''correct'' procedure. It seems quite obscured for the time being and for the most part everyone tries to make the game work on his own. I, for example, run Win7 x64. I have two hards disks installed. I installed SH3, GWX3 and SH3Cmdr on the one where the OS isn't installed. Thats all. Though it works fine i consider myself lucky i haven't faced a serious problem. I only face a minor sound issue which probably has to do with hardware acceleration but i found a way to reduce its effect.

TarJak · 01-28-10, 07:13 AM

I found some info here: http://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-c...2-59hz-30.html

About the 59Mhz problem. There is a kind of solution but so far it isn't working for me. The game loads but I get a blank screen instead of the loading screen and then I hear the music but get no video.

Still trying to find a way of making this work. Any ideas are welcome.

Bad news, guys: NVIDIA knows about this 59Hz problem and they say that it is up to Microsoft to fix it.
Yes, and Microsoft says that this is a feature - not a bug.

Check out the Nvidia Release Notes for Driver Vesion 196.21

(See Windows 7 Limitations under page 17)

and Microsoft's KB2006076.

SeaWolf U-57 · 01-28-10, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TarJak

I found some info here: http://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-c...2-59hz-30.html

About the 59Mhz problem. There is a kind of solution but so far it isn't working for me. The game loads but I get a blank screen instead of the loading screen and then I hear the music but get no video.

Still trying to find a way of making this work. Any ideas are welcome.

I take it you read this thread

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=159599

TarJak · 01-28-10, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeaWolf U-57

I take it you read this thread

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=159599

Yes it won't display whatever the res settings.

Interestingly when I Alt+Tab out of the game and back again I can see the menu but there is an ugly rectangular splodge in the middle of it and I have no cursor at all in game. Cursor is working when I Alt+Tab out to another screen.

sabretwo · 01-28-10, 08:34 PM

I'm not trying to encourage anyone to buy a game again that they already purchased before. That said, if you really want a version of SH3 that loads and plays without hiccups on Windows 7, get the download version from Direct2Download.

I misplaced my disk a few years back and bought the game again online. The D2D version loads onto Windows 7 and plays just fine. The D2D version seems to be missing whatever stuff is conflicting with Windows 7.

No problems at all.

11-29-09, 03:01 PM	#31
Red Heat Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 1,093 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	Good choice mate...i did the same thing when i buy it my new machine in last January. __________________ "There is three kinds of man: the living, the death, and those who are at Sea." Plato

12-01-09, 03:05 PM	#32
VirtualVikingX Captain Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Bergen, Norway Posts: 262 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	Windows 7 and custom resolution Anybody have any luck on setting custom resolutions for SHIII on Win7?

12-03-09, 07:35 AM	#33
zx81 Bilge Rat Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 1 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	ty just registered to say thanks for the info got silent hunter 3 on the recent steam sale and was getting tha 3d error, and getting really annoyed running the lower resolution just now as a work around, will try new catalyst drivers install later to see if I can get native resolution system is p5q deluxe with q9450, and ATI 4770 crossfired, runing win7 x64

12-03-09, 05:33 PM	#34
hellas1 Bosun Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 68 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Regarding Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit & Nvidia cards Hello all, It is I hellas1, revisiting everyone from unterseeland. I have problems: I'm running Win 7/64 bit w/Nvida 260 GTX card w/latest drivers. My audio codecs are updated as well. I am able to get to the loading screen of SH3 and then my system crashes. I want to play the game I payed for, 4 yrs. old or not. Incidentally, I am using a No DVD crack but I DID pay for SH3 btw. help me... hellas1....oh my...something I forgot :r ock:

12-04-09, 05:32 AM	#35
Red Heat Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 1,093 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	For now the dual boot sistem serving me well...i just give up to try to run sh3 under win7 64 bits! __________________ "There is three kinds of man: the living, the death, and those who are at Sea." Plato

01-10-10, 03:04 PM	#36
Mischa Swabbie Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Aachen / Germany Posts: 7 Downloads: 309 Uploads: 0	I'm using Win7 64bit Prof and SH3 is running perfect ! I also use the SH3_XPSP2_Res_Fix_for_1.4b on a widescreen with a resolution of 2520x1600. You need the DirectX 9 Codecs from the original installation and you have to install as administrator! My Mods : TMT V2 LifeBoatsDebris_v4 OLC's Modified Searchlight Beams for GWX3 GWX_3.0G_Water_Stream_for_Uboats_V21 OLC 'Gold' MkIIc OLC_Gold_MkIId_Update WBNN Mission Orders Lite Good hunting, Michael

01-10-10, 05:07 PM	#37
Kaleun Cook Chief Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: ger Posts: 313 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	It's important to notice the difference between Win-7-Users with the old CD-Version of SH3 and Win-7-Users with a newer Steam-Version. Hence, the different "Damn, it won't work" and "Dunno what you mean, works fine here" posts. The first won't work because the copyright protection program (Starforce) won't run on Win-7. There's a statement somewhere on the Starforce-site stating: "Sorry, it wont work, ask the game developer for a patch." As long as there is no such patch, the only solution seems to be a crack or to buy the game again.

01-11-10, 04:51 AM	#38
karamazovnew The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 1,403 Downloads: 151 Uploads: 0	Windows 7 64 bits on Nvidia GTX275... Old SH3 original disk: Can not initialize 3d engine Pirate version with crack for 1.4: Can not initialize 3d engine Changed my screen resolution to 1024x768: no more errors, works great.

01-11-10, 09:16 AM	#39
Gunnodayak Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	For the "Cannot initialize 3D engine" error, it's very simple. The game cannot start at refresh rate of 59 MHz. For instance, change your resolution to whatever you want and your refresh rate to 70 or 75 MHz and the game will start in Windows 7 32 or 64 without any problem.

01-13-10, 06:28 PM	#40
dbf574 Mate Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Kapolei, Hawaii Posts: 56 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Possible fix? I, too, had problems as I posted earlier after loading Windows 7 64Bit Home. One day I decided to try installing SHIII one more time and to my surprise, it loaded with no problem. I then realized that I had not changed the default destination. I then loaded GWX 3.0 (did not need to load 1.4, seems that it was included in the disc that was part of the SHII/SHIII pack which I purchased for about $10.00 via Amazon) and it worked great. Uninstalled and tried to install on different destination and it wouldn't load, but it did when loading to default destination. I don't know why, but am very glad that I finally got it to load (as well as getting it to work flawlessly)Damn the torpedos, full steam ahead __________________ ETC(SS)(ret.) DBF Last edited by dbf574; 01-15-10 at 04:12 PM. Reason: left out the 64bit part for OS

01-28-10, 07:13 AM	#42
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	I found some info here: http://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-c...2-59hz-30.html About the 59Mhz problem. There is a kind of solution but so far it isn't working for me. The game loads but I get a blank screen instead of the loading screen and then I hear the music but get no video. Still trying to find a way of making this work. Any ideas are welcome. Bad news, guys: NVIDIA knows about this 59Hz problem and they say that it is up to Microsoft to fix it. Yes, and Microsoft says that this is a feature - not a bug. Check out the Nvidia Release Notes for Driver Vesion 196.21 (See Windows 7 Limitations under page 17) and Microsoft's KB2006076. Last edited by TarJak; 01-28-10 at 07:42 AM.

01-28-10, 08:34 PM	#45
sabretwo Frogman Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 295 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	I'm not trying to encourage anyone to buy a game again that they already purchased before. That said, if you really want a version of SH3 that loads and plays without hiccups on Windows 7, get the download version from Direct2Download. I misplaced my disk a few years back and bought the game again online. The D2D version loads onto Windows 7 and plays just fine. The D2D version seems to be missing whatever stuff is conflicting with Windows 7. No problems at all.