Silent Hunter III locks computer

Telstar · 01-26-14, 09:35 AM

Hey guys,

after a few years without playing SH3, I suddenly felt the need to dive into the sea again and sink some large ships with a torpedo strike

I had never even played the Grey wolves expansion, so I felt extremely eager to pick up my game again. I have a laptop computer from a few years old with only an integrated Intel HD graphics card, but I'm pretty sure the game worked on it before and I also easily exceed the system specs. The game should thus work properly. My pc has windows 7 64 bit, 4GB of Ram and an intel i3-processor.
I installed the game from the disk (it's a version that has already been patched up to version 1.4) and tried to start the game without the Grey wolves expanion first. To my astonishment, the game immediatelly locks up my computer. Two times, the intro movie played for a few seconds before freezing, but most of the time I only see a black screen. The only solution is to reset the computer. I searched for solutions of the internet, but I didn't seem to find any similar cases. I thus assumed that the problem was related to my pc or to the windows version I was using. To check this, I tested the game on my father's desktop, which has better system specs and uses windows vista. The result was completely the same however. The pc just shows a black screen and the only remedy is to press the reset button. I have often encountered problems with video games, but normally I find similar cases on the internet. This time however, I am totally clueless. I hope that someone on this forum has a suggestion to solve my problem.

01-26-14, 09:35 AM	#1
Telstar Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Belgium Posts: 5 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Silent Hunter III locks computer Hey guys, after a few years without playing SH3, I suddenly felt the need to dive into the sea again and sink some large ships with a torpedo strike I had never even played the Grey wolves expansion, so I felt extremely eager to pick up my game again. I have a laptop computer from a few years old with only an integrated Intel HD graphics card, but I'm pretty sure the game worked on it before and I also easily exceed the system specs. The game should thus work properly. My pc has windows 7 64 bit, 4GB of Ram and an intel i3-processor. I installed the game from the disk (it's a version that has already been patched up to version 1.4) and tried to start the game without the Grey wolves expanion first. To my astonishment, the game immediatelly locks up my computer. Two times, the intro movie played for a few seconds before freezing, but most of the time I only see a black screen. The only solution is to reset the computer. I searched for solutions of the internet, but I didn't seem to find any similar cases. I thus assumed that the problem was related to my pc or to the windows version I was using. To check this, I tested the game on my father's desktop, which has better system specs and uses windows vista. The result was completely the same however. The pc just shows a black screen and the only remedy is to press the reset button. I have often encountered problems with video games, but normally I find similar cases on the internet. This time however, I am totally clueless. I hope that someone on this forum has a suggestion to solve my problem.