Help Needed! sh3+gwx+mylaptop

shibbyuk29 · 10-01-11, 07:14 PM

hey guys, firstly i love sh3, but i want more!

i spent alot of effort to track down this game and buy it in order to play the gwx mod but i'm having some trouble.

my laptop specs

1.66 dual core cpu (rated at 2.5 or something)
1gb ram
128mb(maybe 256mb) nvideo geforce go 7400 graphics card

the laptop is fairly old but able to run many games full speed such as morrowind full of mods, resident evil 4 hd, and some not so fast but playable like starcraft 2.

i finally obtained silent hunter 3 from an exchange shop and downloaded the gwx mod. however upon running it i was greatly disheartened. long LONG load times, 5 minutes is outrageous. secondly the game often stutters and is unplayable for 10-30 secnds upon loading. a quick rotation of the camera in the boat will stutter as the game loads each detail onto my screen. my question is what do? i have 1.5gb free space. memory allocation is already tweaked with cacheman to speed up a different more modern game. is there no ini tweak for the loading ala killing floor(reducing 5mins to 30seconds)

what can i do, stock sh3 runs perfectly with minor niggles namely at 1024 compression. gwx at 1024 constantly locks up and is a struggle to reduce. often the music skips but i already have dxsound to basic acceleration which sped up another game. ay help would be appreciated, my birthday was yesterday and all i wanted was to install and play this game but its just no joy every step.

Gerald · 10-01-11, 07:34 PM

I would imagine that your ram is low, and that the video card is low Also, to run SH3 + GWX ... you can do some upgrades?

Fish In The Water · 10-01-11, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by shibbyuk29

...long LONG load times, 5 minutes is outrageous. secondly the game often stutters and is unplayable for 10-30 secnds upon loading. a quick rotation of the camera in the boat will stutter as the game loads each detail onto my screen. my question is what do?

Your best bet to reduce loading times would be to install a reduced campaign layers mod. Basically what it does is only load 'traffic' for areas you're actually going to be in rather than for the whole world. Not only does this reduce load times, but it also improves frame rate by easing the load on the CPU.

The mod can be downloaded here:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1536

Hope it helps and enjoy!

Fish In The Water · 10-01-11, 08:47 PM

Another thing you can try for the 'stuttering' issue is a DX anti-lag mod. What it does is limit the amount of frames that can be pre-rendered thereby helping smooth out game play.

Available here:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=2871

Are you just running GWX? If not you may need to disable any other mods that are draining system resources. Try temporarily disabling anything above and beyond GWX (except for the two I've recommended) and try a test run.

If after that you still have issues, then I'd be looking at shutting down background apps and services and if necessary hardware upgrades. Good luck!

Sailor Steve · 10-01-11, 10:03 PM

If you're running GWX that would account for the load times. It's not outrageous when a supermod adds so many new ships and other things to the game.

You need more ram. You need a better video card. SH3 was never certified for laptops. It will run on them, but the devs said right up front that they wouldn't guarantee that. I'm currently running a desktop with 3 GHz, 4 GB RAM and a 1 GB video card, and I still have problems.

A couple of things you can try are EndItAll http://enditall.en.softonic.com/ and Game Booster http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html. These are free programs that shut down background processes to free up operating space. SH3 takes up a lot of that.

shibbyuk29 · 10-02-11, 05:40 AM

hi guys, thanks for the advice, i'll try it out and report back.

my gripe was that i was understanding that if you have the recommended to play sh3, gwx should be fine. it was ok yesterday on a single mission besides the loading, but the standard campaign just doesnt want to work, probably due to the fact that the whole world where i'm never going to, is loaded.

think i need the mod to limit the ship sighted compression pauses too, leaving port is a nuisance, besides that this game is fantastic isn't it :p

HW3 · 10-02-11, 07:13 AM

GWX comes with a lite harbor traffic mod which should help out.

10-01-11, 07:14 PM	#1
shibbyuk29 Nub Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 4 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Help Needed! sh3+gwx+mylaptop hey guys, firstly i love sh3, but i want more! i spent alot of effort to track down this game and buy it in order to play the gwx mod but i'm having some trouble. my laptop specs 1.66 dual core cpu (rated at 2.5 or something) 1gb ram 128mb(maybe 256mb) nvideo geforce go 7400 graphics card the laptop is fairly old but able to run many games full speed such as morrowind full of mods, resident evil 4 hd, and some not so fast but playable like starcraft 2. i finally obtained silent hunter 3 from an exchange shop and downloaded the gwx mod. however upon running it i was greatly disheartened. long LONG load times, 5 minutes is outrageous. secondly the game often stutters and is unplayable for 10-30 secnds upon loading. a quick rotation of the camera in the boat will stutter as the game loads each detail onto my screen. my question is what do? i have 1.5gb free space. memory allocation is already tweaked with cacheman to speed up a different more modern game. is there no ini tweak for the loading ala killing floor(reducing 5mins to 30seconds) what can i do, stock sh3 runs perfectly with minor niggles namely at 1024 compression. gwx at 1024 constantly locks up and is a struggle to reduce. often the music skips but i already have dxsound to basic acceleration which sped up another game. ay help would be appreciated, my birthday was yesterday and all i wanted was to install and play this game but its just no joy every step.

10-01-11, 07:34 PM	#2
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Welcome to SubSim shibbyuk29! I would imagine that your ram is low, and that the video card is low Also, to run SH3 + GWX ... you can do some upgrades? __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

10-01-11, 08:47 PM	#4
Fish In The Water Prince of the Sea SUBSIM Welcome Committee Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Watching over U-253 Posts: 3,527 Downloads: 98 Uploads: 2	Another thing you can try for the 'stuttering' issue is a DX anti-lag mod. What it does is limit the amount of frames that can be pre-rendered thereby helping smooth out game play. Available here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=2871 Are you just running GWX? If not you may need to disable any other mods that are draining system resources. Try temporarily disabling anything above and beyond GWX (except for the two I've recommended) and try a test run. If after that you still have issues, then I'd be looking at shutting down background apps and services and if necessary hardware upgrades. Good luck! __________________ "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people are so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell.

10-01-11, 10:03 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	If you're running GWX that would account for the load times. It's not outrageous when a supermod adds so many new ships and other things to the game. You need more ram. You need a better video card. SH3 was never certified for laptops. It will run on them, but the devs said right up front that they wouldn't guarantee that. I'm currently running a desktop with 3 GHz, 4 GB RAM and a 1 GB video card, and I still have problems. A couple of things you can try are EndItAll http://enditall.en.softonic.com/ and Game Booster http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html. These are free programs that shut down background processes to free up operating space. SH3 takes up a lot of that. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-02-11, 07:13 AM	#7
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,584 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	GWX comes with a lite harbor traffic mod which should help out. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

10-02-11, 05:40 AM	#6
shibbyuk29 Nub Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 4 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	hi guys, thanks for the advice, i'll try it out and report back. my gripe was that i was understanding that if you have the recommended to play sh3, gwx should be fine. it was ok yesterday on a single mission besides the loading, but the standard campaign just doesnt want to work, probably due to the fact that the whole world where i'm never going to, is loaded. think i need the mod to limit the ship sighted compression pauses too, leaving port is a nuisance, besides that this game is fantastic isn't it :p