[REL] Silent Hunter 4 Corruption Management System (SH4CMS)

Rockin Robbins · 01-22-17, 08:05 PM

Announcing!

SH4CMS v1.5 is hereby released! Some goodies I've added:

It can now make or fix an Op Monsun installation
It can make or fix a We Dive at Dawn installation
It makes or fixes a custom ModTest installation
It can now repair your original Wolves of the Pacific directory, since many players use that exclusively
I have substituted MultiSH4 v1.5 for the old version formerly used.

Enjoy everyone and thank you for all the great suggestions!

Rockin Robbins
2/13/2017
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This project is the result of a long conversation between THEBERBSTER, Webster, the FOTRSU Mod Team, Ducimus (in absentia, but a vital part), and some others. With my previous thread, Tutorial: Make an SH4 lockbox and independent game installations, I had worked out the theory of handling mod soup. But the longer the thread got, the more complicated it got, to the point that a few good friends asked me whether it was worth the effort to document something of use to only a few advanced computer users.

And it hit me: what if everybody could use the tools, and those with an interest could also find out how and why it worked? I began working on a collection of scripts that could take a newly installed Silent Hunter 4 installation, make a protected lockbox of pristine game files and use those to eliminate ANY game corruption from ANY SOURCE and ANYBODY could use it! I announced what I was working on and then wondered how I could possibly do that.

So here it is! The Silent Hunter 4 Corruption Management System, SH4CMS for short. Instructions are in the Subsim Download area and complete instructions are in a PDF file included in the download. Read carefully. This is a very powerful system and that means that it gives you the power to do great harm especially if you modify the script files. But it's the end of Silent Hunter 4 game corruption, no matter what the nature, no matter what the cause, mod soup or otherwise. You don't have to understand what went wrong. You don't even have to care. In 10 minutes you load up your last save and continue playing with a guaranteed completely fixed game and as if nothing had ever happened.

Why is it here and not in the mods forum? Well, probably because SH4CMS is not a mod. It's a utility toolkit which does not become part of the game as a mod does. That makes it appropriate to publish the toolkit in this forum in order to avoid confusion.

THEBERBSTER · 01-23-17, 07:41 AM

Excellent work as usual from RR.

Highly recommended

Easy to understand and works like a dream.

Peter

Rockin Robbins · 01-23-17, 09:12 AM

I give Peter a lot of credit for this tool. His incessant carping

and noticing obvious things that I somehow couldn't see made a flawed toolbox into a polished and smooth running one. Because of Peter, the first release out of the box works great and the instructions are clear.

Rockin Robbins · 02-08-17, 01:33 PM

I'm just amazed at the lack of any response for what I think is the single most important contribution I've ever made: something that deserves to stand beside JSGME as a cornerstone of how we play the game.

Want to make a protected game file repository? One keypress.
Want to make an independent game installation for GFO? One keypress.
FOTRSU? One keypress.

Your game screwed up, no matter how? Uninstall your mods. One keypress! Reinstall mods, load save and play AS IF NOTHING HAD EVER HAPPENED in less than 10 minutes.

Thread after thread about game corruption. Thread after thread on how to use Large Address Aware and MultiSH4. Well, JSGME, MultiSH4 and Large Address Aware are in this package, installed automatically when you make a new game installation.

The answer to the hundreds of threads on corrupted games is SH4CMS. No responses, user experiences, jeers or attaboys in this thread. A total of 30 downloads, some of which have been my own making sure everything works.

Everybody can now do what a few power users could two months ago and nobody seems to care. It's very entertaining. You gotta just laugh. Well, I enjoy using SH4CMS.

Next place it goes is the SH3 community, after I get some things out of the way.

gutted · 02-08-17, 01:36 PM

Honestly, I just dont see the point.

I have a clean copy of the game stored on backup drive. If i have problems i just delete everything in my SH4 folder leaving the MODS folder and JSGME, and just copy over the clean one. No muss, no fuss.

Rockin Robbins · 02-08-17, 02:34 PM

You're the exception that proves the rule. SH4CMS just automates what you and I have been doing for years. Now people don't have to understand the process in order to use it.

Baxder · 02-02-25, 03:36 PM

Heyo! I'm coming back to the game after a LONG hiatus, but simply must play it on any new PC, and I have one.

Anywho, this seemed like a good tool for the likes of me so I'm trying it, but when I press the "any" key after opening the .bat, the window just closes. Running on W11. For full disclosure, I did launch the game and the nav tutorial just to make sure it worked before running the bat, but I can't imagine this doesn't still count as a "virgin" install.

Changed the game folder name to just "Wolves of the Pacific," to match the error message that I just took for a reminder. Voila. The following still applies!

As an aside, it'd be great to get some guidance on which available version I should go with. I would not like to die a lot, but increased fidelity/realism/traffic in almost every other regard. And readable text/guages/etc. at 4k.

I'll be genuinely shocked if anyone is still around for this conversation, so thanks to anyone who is!

Aktungbby · 02-02-25, 06:48 PM

Baxder!

Baxder · 02-02-25, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Baxder!

Um, hi! Nice to be remembered, sorry to say I can't return the kindness.

I've managed to get GFO running but can't get through the torpedo tutorial due to ctd's.

But I'm sorta managing to remember how to target things one step at a time inbetween.

Baxder · 02-04-25, 08:29 AM

Did a clean install and don't have any ctd's playing without CMS.

01-22-17, 08:05 PM	#1
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	[REL] Silent Hunter 4 Corruption Management System (SH4CMS) Announcing! SH4CMS v1.5 is hereby released! Some goodies I've added: It can now make or fix an Op Monsun installation It can make or fix a We Dive at Dawn installation It makes or fixes a custom ModTest installation It can now repair your original Wolves of the Pacific directory, since many players use that exclusively I have substituted MultiSH4 v1.5 for the old version formerly used. Enjoy everyone and thank you for all the great suggestions! Rockin Robbins 2/13/2017 ----------------------------------------------------------------- This project is the result of a long conversation between THEBERBSTER, Webster, the FOTRSU Mod Team, Ducimus (in absentia, but a vital part), and some others. With my previous thread, Tutorial: Make an SH4 lockbox and independent game installations, I had worked out the theory of handling mod soup. But the longer the thread got, the more complicated it got, to the point that a few good friends asked me whether it was worth the effort to document something of use to only a few advanced computer users. And it hit me: what if everybody could use the tools, and those with an interest could also find out how and why it worked? I began working on a collection of scripts that could take a newly installed Silent Hunter 4 installation, make a protected lockbox of pristine game files and use those to eliminate ANY game corruption from ANY SOURCE and ANYBODY could use it! I announced what I was working on and then wondered how I could possibly do that. So here it is! The Silent Hunter 4 Corruption Management System, SH4CMS for short. Instructions are in the Subsim Download area and complete instructions are in a PDF file included in the download. Read carefully. This is a very powerful system and that means that it gives you the power to do great harm especially if you modify the script files. But it's the end of Silent Hunter 4 game corruption, no matter what the nature, no matter what the cause, mod soup or otherwise. You don't have to understand what went wrong. You don't even have to care. In 10 minutes you load up your last save and continue playing with a guaranteed completely fixed game and as if nothing had ever happened. Why is it here and not in the mods forum? Well, probably because SH4CMS is not a mod. It's a utility toolkit which does not become part of the game as a mod does. That makes it appropriate to publish the toolkit in this forum in order to avoid confusion. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS Last edited by Rockin Robbins; 07-11-17 at 06:16 PM. Reason: release of v1.5

01-23-17, 07:41 AM	#2
THEBERBSTER Growing Old Disgracefully Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Hythe - Southampton Posts: 9,609 Downloads: 1133 Uploads: 0	Excellent work as usual from RR. Highly recommended Easy to understand and works like a dream. Peter __________________ LSH3-2015 <> TUTORIALS <> ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW <> ALL IN ONE PLACE SH4 <> TUTORIALS <> HOW TO DO IT <> INFORMATION <> DOWNLOAD LINKS SH5 <> TUTORIALS <> HOW TO DO IT <> INFORMATION <> DOWNLOAD LINKS Always Here To Help A Fellow 'Subber' \| Need An Answer to A Question Just Send Me A PM

01-23-17, 09:12 AM	#3
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	I give Peter a lot of credit for this tool. His incessant carping and noticing obvious things that I somehow couldn't see made a flawed toolbox into a polished and smooth running one. Because of Peter, the first release out of the box works great and the instructions are clear. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

02-08-17, 01:33 PM	#4
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	I'm just amazed at the lack of any response for what I think is the single most important contribution I've ever made: something that deserves to stand beside JSGME as a cornerstone of how we play the game. Want to make a protected game file repository? One keypress. Want to make an independent game installation for GFO? One keypress. FOTRSU? One keypress. Your game screwed up, no matter how? Uninstall your mods. One keypress! Reinstall mods, load save and play AS IF NOTHING HAD EVER HAPPENED in less than 10 minutes. Thread after thread about game corruption. Thread after thread on how to use Large Address Aware and MultiSH4. Well, JSGME, MultiSH4 and Large Address Aware are in this package, installed automatically when you make a new game installation. The answer to the hundreds of threads on corrupted games is SH4CMS. No responses, user experiences, jeers or attaboys in this thread. A total of 30 downloads, some of which have been my own making sure everything works. Everybody can now do what a few power users could two months ago and nobody seems to care. It's very entertaining. You gotta just laugh. Well, I enjoy using SH4CMS. Next place it goes is the SH3 community, after I get some things out of the way. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS Last edited by Rockin Robbins; 02-08-17 at 02:32 PM.

02-08-17, 01:36 PM	#5
gutted The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA. Posts: 1,379 Downloads: 487 Uploads: 11	Honestly, I just dont see the point. I have a clean copy of the game stored on backup drive. If i have problems i just delete everything in my SH4 folder leaving the MODS folder and JSGME, and just copy over the clean one. No muss, no fuss. __________________ Solution Solver 2.3.2 - Visual Targeting Tools & Aids

02-08-17, 02:34 PM	#6
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	You're the exception that proves the rule. SH4CMS just automates what you and I have been doing for years. Now people don't have to understand the process in order to use it. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

02-02-25, 03:36 PM	#7
Baxder Seaman Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 40 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 0	Anyone still around? Heyo! I'm coming back to the game after a LONG hiatus, but simply must play it on any new PC, and I have one. Anywho, this seemed like a good tool for the likes of me so I'm trying it, but when I press the "any" key after opening the .bat, the window just closes. Running on W11. For full disclosure, I did launch the game and the nav tutorial just to make sure it worked before running the bat, but I can't imagine this doesn't still count as a "virgin" install. Changed the game folder name to just "Wolves of the Pacific," to match the error message that I just took for a reminder. Voila. The following still applies! As an aside, it'd be great to get some guidance on which available version I should go with. I would not like to die a lot, but increased fidelity/realism/traffic in almost every other regard. And readable text/guages/etc. at 4k. I'll be genuinely shocked if anyone is still around for this conversation, so thanks to anyone who is! Last edited by Baxder; 02-02-25 at 04:08 PM.

02-02-25, 06:48 PM	#8
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,979 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Welcome back!...again Baxder! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

02-04-25, 08:29 AM	#10
Baxder Seaman Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 40 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 0	Did a clean install and don't have any ctd's playing without CMS.