reinstall, tech help!!!!

ivank · 07-14-08, 01:35 PM

im having some problems w/ SH4 w/ UBM and i i already reinstalled it, but all my files, from screenshots to lack of textures on ships, came back what do i do to fix this?

LeeVanSpliff · 07-14-08, 01:42 PM

I haven't had the same problem, but I've got a guess. The game files are placed in two places. After your uninstall you should look the places up and delete what you don't want to keep (dunno 'bout you but I like to hang on to screen shots ... they're like nerd vacation photos or something).

One of the places is the game directory - it's probably located under program files\ubi\silent hunter 4 or something similar (I mostly pick another directory so I'm not quite sure).

The other is in your documents folder, probably something like C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\My Documents\SH4 (if you run XP that is).

AVGWarhawk · 07-14-08, 03:12 PM

There is a folder also in MY DOCUMENTS. It has SH4 as the label. Delete that. Go into the program files and find UBI folder. Inside, there will be the SH4 folder. Although you deleted the game off the disc or add/remove program, these two files are left behind. So, remove the game, delete the folder in MY DOCUMENTS folder. Find the UBI folder in your programs folder. Open it and delete SH4 in there as well. Reinstall the game.

steinbeck · 07-14-08, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeeVanSpliff

I haven't had the same problem, but I've got a guess. The game files are placed in two places. After your uninstall you should look the places up and delete what you don't want to keep (dunno 'bout you but I like to hang on to screen shots ... they're like nerd vacation photos or something).

One of the places is the game directory - it's probably located under program files\ubi\silent hunter 4 or something similar (I mostly pick another directory so I'm not quite sure).

The other is in your documents folder, probably something like C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\My Documents\SH4 (if you run XP that is).

I use a small prog' called 'Gadwin Printscreen' this keeps all my screenshots in a folder in my 'MyDocuments'. I've used this always and never had any problems ever with it. Very good shots, it takes too.

steinbeck....

Doolittle81 · 07-15-08, 03:37 AM

Follow the Procedure, precisely step-by-step and including the several re-boots, described in this thread/link:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=133290

If you have VISTA, make all the installations into a folder other than "Program Files". I have two folders called "My Games" and "My Applications". With Vista, by default all files within the "Program Files" folder are generally Read-Only, so that as Games/Appplications such as SH try to write/update files, it doesn't work. (There's a way to overcome the default setup, but it's just as easy to create the separate new Folders).

Good Luck

07-14-08, 01:35 PM	#1
ivank The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Huntington, Long Island, New York Posts: 1,426 Downloads: 284 Uploads: 0	reinstall, tech help!!!! im having some problems w/ SH4 w/ UBM and i i already reinstalled it, but all my files, from screenshots to lack of textures on ships, came back what do i do to fix this?

07-14-08, 01:42 PM	#2
LeeVanSpliff Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 127 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I haven't had the same problem, but I've got a guess. The game files are placed in two places. After your uninstall you should look the places up and delete what you don't want to keep (dunno 'bout you but I like to hang on to screen shots ... they're like nerd vacation photos or something). One of the places is the game directory - it's probably located under program files\ubi\silent hunter 4 or something similar (I mostly pick another directory so I'm not quite sure). The other is in your documents folder, probably something like C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\My Documents\SH4 (if you run XP that is). __________________ "I'll rant as well as thou." Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 1

07-14-08, 03:12 PM	#3
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,274 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	There is a folder also in MY DOCUMENTS. It has SH4 as the label. Delete that. Go into the program files and find UBI folder. Inside, there will be the SH4 folder. Although you deleted the game off the disc or add/remove program, these two files are left behind. So, remove the game, delete the folder in MY DOCUMENTS folder. Find the UBI folder in your programs folder. Open it and delete SH4 in there as well. Reinstall the game. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

07-15-08, 03:37 AM	#5
Doolittle81 Commodore Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 624 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Follow the Procedure, precisely step-by-step and including the several re-boots, described in this thread/link: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=133290 If you have VISTA, make all the installations into a folder other than "Program Files". I have two folders called "My Games" and "My Applications". With Vista, by default all files within the "Program Files" folder are generally Read-Only, so that as Games/Appplications such as SH try to write/update files, it doesn't work. (There's a way to overcome the default setup, but it's just as easy to create the separate new Folders). Good Luck __________________ Flight Sim Movies .............................................. .........................View "Faith, Hope, and Charity" movie