Mod from Onealex

[JohnCarterOfMars]

What about your graphics card? Is it NVidia? I know that OneAlex has suggested settings in his documentation for the NVidia control panel for the SH3.EXE.

Also, did you check your PC graphics settings to make sure that your PC is running the GPU and not the integrated graphics chip?

[jaxa]

I've got laptop Huawei Matebook D16 2024, with no additional graphic card, only Intel Iris Xe on board.

[propbeanie]

The Iris is capable of running the game easily, but your computer has 1920 × 1200 display, which is 16:10, and OneAlex is meant for a 16:9 1920x1080 resolution, if I'm not mistaking. You might have to tweak some SH3.exe Compatibility settings, plus, if you are using the default SH3 save folder in both GWX and OneAlex, you have different settings, so you might need to use MultiSH3 on one of your installs, or delete the Save folder when changing mods. You will lose all progress made so far doing that...

Edit: Yeah, that "1920 x 1200 display..." was supposed to say "NOT 16:9"...

[JohnCarterOfMars]

1920 x 1200 is 16:10, not 16:9.

I suppose he can change his graphics settings to display 1920 x 1080 and see if the game runs, but it won't be native to the computer and might have some performance issues. This should just have some letterboxing on the left and right edges.

Something else I've recommended for older games with memory constraints (like Civilization IV) is a small program called Process Lasso by Bitsum.com. This program manages the prioritization of processes that run in the foreground and background to try to optimize CPU performance by lowering the priorities of certain background processes in order to give the foreground process (the most visible to the user) a smoother experience. One feature of Process Lasso is "Trim" which will ask certain programs to release memory as available RAM gets tight.

Some programs (I suspect SH3 to be among them) use a lot of RAM at startup, and then that RAM sits allocated from now on. Process Lasso has another feature called "Process Watchdog" which monitors the performance of specific programs and can set triggers to perform certain actions. For SH3, I set Watchdog to monitor SH3.exe for virtual memory exceeding 3,200 Mb (3.2Gb) for 1 second and then Trimming SH3 memory.

The specific settings are:

Process Match: sh3.exe
for: virtual memory
Greater than: 3,200 megabytes
for: 1 seconds
then: trim virtual memory
Virtual memory metric to use: Working set

Then click on Add Rule.

If you're CTD is memory related, this might help free up memory while the program is loading, certainly while you're playing. I wonder if this might also address late game issues that I've read when lots of vessels might be loaded into memory.

[jaxa]

Hmm, in my opinion resolution and aspect ratio isn't the problem, because naval school works fine.
There is something wrong in another place. Looking at files structure I've noticed strange thing - I have installed GWX OneAlex Edition 1.53 to SH3 folder at system drive (C:\), but don't have specific save folder (after executing SH3.exe), only C:\Users\Jaxa\OneDrive\Documents\SH3\data\cfg folder, there is save.tmp file and other files. Shouldn't be there Save folder?

[propbeanie]

Originally Posted by JohnCarterOfMars

1920 x 1200 is 16:10, not 16:9...

WHOOPS - forgot the word NOT in that... corrected above. Thanks

Originally Posted by jaxa

Hmm, in my opinion resolution and aspect ratio isn't the problem, because naval school works fine.
There is something wrong in another place. Looking at files structure I've noticed strange thing - I have installed GWX OneAlex Edition 1.53 to SH3 folder at system drive (C:\), but don't have specific save folder (after executing SH3.exe), only C:\Users\Jaxa\OneDrive\Documents\SH3\data\cfg folder, there is save.tmp file and other files. Shouldn't be there Save folder?

I do not have OneAlex mod on this computer, but it seems to me it is a full install, which might include a FileManager.dll from his game, and could possibly point to another location. If MultiSH3 is not in your install, download that, run it, and see what it says the Save folder is. After running a fresh game, there will not be very many files in the Save folder, only the basics.

[JohnCarterOfMars]

Originally Posted by jaxa

Hmm, in my opinion resolution and aspect ratio isn't the problem, because naval school works fine.
There is something wrong in another place. Looking at files structure I've noticed strange thing - I have installed GWX OneAlex Edition 1.53 to SH3 folder at system drive (C:\), but don't have specific save folder (after executing SH3.exe), only C:\Users\Jaxa\OneDrive\Documents\SH3\data\cfg folder, there is save.tmp file and other files. Shouldn't be there Save folder?

Try this.

Normally, the instructions say to launch the game and then move to a safe place to save, then exit the game, then edit the patrol and career cfg to match the career start date. However, you can't get to that point because you can't launch to begin.

So...

How about starting with native GWX, create a save game, delete everything except the career folder from that save game, then start OneAlex with that career and see what happens.

[hauangua]

The problem is OneDrive
https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...postcount=2581

[jaxa]

I've just disabled OneDrive, but after unpacking and setup GWX Onealex Edition I have still SH3 folder with data/cfg files in OneDrive folder and CTD again.
How to force Windows 11 to create standard Save folder structure for SH3?

Using stock GWX and starting to play single missions or career I didn't notice that problem and had no CTD, even with OneDrive activated.

[JohnCarterOfMars]

Try right-clicking on the Onedrive game folder and set the folder to "always keep the files on this device". Maybe the game is crashing because it's waiting for Onedrive to download the files?

[jaxa]

Unfortunately, it didn't help. CTD.

[JohnCarterOfMars]

Here is a long-shot idea.

Try rerunning the h.sie/Stiebler options selector. The two pdf files explain the mods managed by this exe.

First, make a backup copy of the sh3.exe in the main folder.

Then open the Support folder then the Stiebler4C_V16B1 folder, and then copy the sh3.exe here.

Now run HsieOptionsSelector_V16B.exe. You should see all of the options already selected. Clicking OK will update the sh3.exe in this folder. You can also click on the Stiebler Mods button to open a second set of mods. Some of these mods won't be checked because they require additional files to be copied. Clicking Cancel will return to the main mods selector, clicking OK will update the sh3.exe again.

When you exit the selector app, copy the updated sh3.exe back to the main game folder and try running it again.

[jaxa]

The same, CTD

Museum doesn't work either.

[JohnCarterOfMars]

With OneAlex I've not gotten any CTD, but with GWX I got CTDs all the time.

Sometimes, I would start the game, get a CTD, start it again immediately, get another CTD, start it a third time and it would work.

I can't explain it.

[uboot556]

Hi sorry if I'm intruding,but i wanted to ask something
I installed the OneAlex super mod for SH3 and the game works on the one hand, but on the other there are several graphic errors like the ones I show you in these screenshots
I followed the entire procedure and I don't understand where the error could be
some idea?
Another problemi is with Stiebler4C for V16B1 patch, it is not clear how to instal it in the game
PS: I have windows 11