SH4 Stability Issues?

Gray Lensman · 04-03-16, 05:42 AM

I just installed SH4 via Steam in order to avoid the Starforce issues. Unfortunately, I seem to have frequent CTD's necessitating excessive situational saves. I was wondering if there might be anything that could be done to improve/reduce the CTD's. Does anyone have any tips that might be helpful?

My System specs:

Intel Core i7 CPU x980 @ 3.33GHz 3.33 GHz

Installed Ram 12.0 GByte

GPU Nvidia GT470M w 1536 MBytes GDDR5 using absolute latest NVidia drivers released just last month. (March 2016)

Gray Lensman · 04-03-16, 09:36 AM

Never Mind... I had corrupted career files... Started a new career and voila... Stability issues gone for now... Now if I only knew how the career files got corrupted in the first place!

Aktungbby · 04-03-16, 10:11 AM

Gray Lensman!

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Originally Posted by gray lensman

The Steam version is already patched to v1.5

and already giving sage advice

fireftr18 · 04-03-16, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Gray Lensman

Never Mind... I had corrupted career files... Started a new career and voila... Stability issues gone for now... Now if I only knew how the career files got corrupted in the first place!

The save file for SH4 is fairly complicated. Too many save overwrites will cause the file to get corrupted. It's best to save in a new file each time. I'll make a base save while still in the office, then each save I make while on patrol, I add a number to it. For instance, "fireftr,""fireftr1,"etc.

Gray Lensman · 04-03-16, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by fireftr18

The save file for SH4 is fairly complicated. Too many save overwrites will cause the file to get corrupted. It's best to save in a new file each time. I'll make a base save while still in the office, then each save I make while on patrol, I add a number to it. For instance, "fireftr,""fireftr1,"etc.

Ah... Nice to know... No Overwrites... That was probably my issue... I've started saving with the internal game date and time stamp as part of the save game name for info/tracking purposes

Thanks for the info.

04-03-16, 05:42 AM	#1
Gray Lensman Frogman Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: USA Posts: 308 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 0	SH4 Stability Issues? I just installed SH4 via Steam in order to avoid the Starforce issues. Unfortunately, I seem to have frequent CTD's necessitating excessive situational saves. I was wondering if there might be anything that could be done to improve/reduce the CTD's. Does anyone have any tips that might be helpful? My System specs: Intel Core i7 CPU x980 @ 3.33GHz 3.33 GHz Installed Ram 12.0 GByte GPU Nvidia GT470M w 1536 MBytes GDDR5 using absolute latest NVidia drivers released just last month. (March 2016)

04-03-16, 09:36 AM	#2
Gray Lensman Frogman Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: USA Posts: 308 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 0	Never Mind... I had corrupted career files... Started a new career and voila... Stability issues gone for now... Now if I only knew how the career files got corrupted in the first place!