[REL] FOTRS Ultimate Project

[CapnScurvy]

Originally Posted by KaleunMarco

this poor helmsman took it in the head from steam leak from an electrical panel.
he had to man his station like that for two weeks.

Thanks for the "optical illusion" picture...…...but the steam is coming from a panel several feet away from the helmsman.

Mark, do you have anything else to do??

[propbeanie]

Originally Posted by TommyAt94

Working on that atm and taking it very slowly indeed. I've broken other games "Mowas 2, and CoH 2 come to mind" totally with mods so I'm not rushing it.

Update: I tried using JSGME to install it but it keeps crashing instead of installing so I'm stumped.

FotRSU is a huge mod, and as such, may take quite a while to activate in JSGME, dependent upon your computer. Let it sit there about five minutes, and see if it doesn't activate. You don't want the game installed in a Windows Program Files folder though, so let us know where you have Silent Hunter 4 installed, if you will, and which OS you're using, your main computer specs, and vid card, if you have that info. Thanks.

[Frost1349]

Ahoy
my very first post here.
First of all, thanks for the good mod.
Unfortunately, I have a CTD.
I use Large Address Aware and it's stable.
I was transferred to Pearl Habour after the last patrol to take over a new boat.
After the briefing and start of Patrollie outside the port, there was a big graphic error and then CTD.
I loaded the last Patrollie and rejected the new boat. Now a new mission could be started. No CTD.

What did you do with the sonar guys ??? they are deaf.

[propbeanie]

Hello Frost1349! How 'bout some details for the CTD? Where did you start your career, and with which boat? Where were you, and which boat did you have when you were transferred to Pearl? What boat did you get? What were the dates involved for all of the above? Thanks!

As for LAA, have you double-checked that it is in fact enabled? To do that, open LAA again and load in SH4.exe file. If you're in the "Basic" mode, the little tick box will be checked already. If you are in "Intermediate" or "Advanced" mode, it will say under the "Current" column "True".

2nd to the last, but not least, which folder do you have Silent Hunter installed in, and what are your main computer specs, like cpu, amount of RAM, vid card & OS?

Lastly: "Welcome to SubSim!"

[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by CapnScurvy

Thanks for the "optical illusion" picture...…...but the steam is coming from a panel several feet away from the helmsman.

Mark, do you have anything else to do??

actually, i am just playing FOTRSU 8.0.

approx 1 patrol per day. sometimes less.

when i see these things, i have a good laugh. sometimes because of the poor programming and sometimes because it is just funny.
i am playing a game and enjoying myself.
and sharing these funny oddities with my forum-friends.
don't you think some of these things are funny?

[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by CapnScurvy

You ever play TMO? The infantry men in-port will walk off the docks!

yes, i have played TMO but no, i have not seen men "walk the plank".
does that happen in US ports, IJN ports or both? i want to check that out next time.

[fitzcarraldo]

Originally Posted by propbeanie

FotRSU is a huge mod, and as such, may take quite a while to activate in JSGME, dependent upon your computer. Let it sit there about five minutes, and see if it doesn't activate. You don't want the game installed in a Windows Program Files folder though, so let us know where you have Silent Hunter 4 installed, if you will, and which OS you're using, your main computer specs, and vid card, if you have that info. Thanks.

You need to put JSGME in WXP compatibility and administrator rights for no CTD in the app. JSGME is an oldie....

Regards.

Fitzcarraldo

[fitzcarraldo]

Many thanks for all the help with the AA graphic issue. I continue to test.

With 8x AA I have the gulf ball sun.

With the default Nvidia Control Panel settings I don't have any AA.

Only with the Diablo III AA compatibility I have AA 4xMultisampling but I can't use the glare effect (I'm playing with these settings but I want the glare effect....).

The all time recommended 0x2000000 AA compatibility doesn't work with W10 Creator and my Nvidia GC with the latest updates. No AA.

BTW SH5 works very fine with full AA and full graphics in my PC. There is a problem between SH4, Nvidia drivers and Inspector or Control Panel. Could be a problem with SH4.exe patched with LAA? In other times I used 4gb patch. In the latest installations I used LAA.

Best regards.

Fitzcarraldo

[Jeff-Groves]

LAA and the 4gig patch are the same thing.
It's just one byte changed in the SH4.exe
I do it by hand now days.

[propbeanie]

Originally Posted by KaleunMarco

yes, i have played TMO but no, i have not seen men "walk the plank".
does that happen in US ports, IJN ports or both? i want to check that out next time.

It's in one of the merchies that doesn't have a flying bridge, that the animated characters walk on the flying bridge...

Originally Posted by fitzcarraldo

Many thanks for all the help with the AA graphic issue. I continue to test.

With 8x AA I have the gulf ball sun.

With the default Nvidia Control Panel settings I don't have any AA.

Only with the Diablo III AA compatibility I have AA 4xMultisampling but I can't use the glare effect (I'm playing with these settings but I want the glare effect....).

The all time recommended 0x2000000 AA compatibility doesn't work with W10 Creator and my Nvidia GC with the latest updates. No AA.

BTW SH5 works very fine with full AA and full graphics in my PC. There is a problem between SH4, Nvidia drivers and Inspector or Control Panel. Could be a problem with SH4.exe patched with LAA? In other times I used 4gb patch. In the latest installations I used LAA.

Best regards.

Fitzcarraldo

Have you already tried, if an older driver (quasi a downgrade) works better?

[torpedobait]

Had to buy another copy (download) for SH4 Gold - lost mine when Win 7 had to be reinstalled. Stupidly had no backup. Fixed that this time!

When I reinstalled the SH4 Gold (v1.5) and reapplied FOTARSU v0.80 CR2, I also copied over my documents from a backup I had made, that included an SH4 folder. All my save games were still there, and they seem to operate flawlessly to my surprise.

So, after one more patrol in the Gudgeon, I was given a Balao. When fitting it out, I was disappointed to see the AA guns (now 2) were still .50 Cal machine guns. I would have thought by Jan. 11, 1943 I could have at least obtained a couple of 20mm AA guns.

Worse, although there are two AA guns, there is only one crew slot for those guns. Not that I would ever try to take on any aircraft with the .50 guns, but the count of slots per gun ought to be right

One other thing, I never did get a surface radar for the Gudgeon, even though my patrols took me well past the mid-July 1942 point. Perhaps it was because I was sailing out of Frematle?

EDIT: I went back and looked at the AA crew configuration - I was wrong. Both crew slots are present.

Better not use your memory on the new system.

By the way...

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=239617

[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by propbeanie

It's in one of the merchies that doesn't have a flying bridge, that the animated characters walk on the flying bridge...

i've seen that...in fact i posted that...here.
i havent seen anyone walk off a pier/dock though.
that is what scurvy noted.

[cdrsubron7]

Originally Posted by Frost1349

Ahoy
my very first post here.
First of all, thanks for the good mod.
Unfortunately, I have a CTD.
I use Large Address Aware and it's stable.
I was transferred to Pearl Habour after the last patrol to take over a new boat.
After the briefing and start of Patrollie outside the port, there was a big graphic error and then CTD.
I loaded the last Patrollie and rejected the new boat. Now a new mission could be started. No CTD.

What did you do with the sonar guys ??? they are deaf.

Ahoy Frost1349


Welcome aboard! Happy to have you with us.