Getting SH3 to run on a old Laptop

blackswan40 · 11-22-20, 06:55 PM

Getting SH3 to run on a old Laptop Windows 8 Laptop

I have aquired a old Windows 8 Laptop upgraded to Windows 10 and ram from 4 to 8 gig.
I put in a 250 gig ssd installed SH3 and it would only work in windowed mode even tried setting it to the lowest resolution then clicking on full screen applying then changing resolution back to 1366 x 768 even after upgrading graphics driver still in windowed mode grrrr!.
So i had a look on youtube and found this tried it and it works happy chappie swanny link to video below

John Pancoast · 11-22-20, 09:46 PM

Maybe a Win 10 thing; I play it on a Win 8 laptop full screen without having to do anything.

Hooston · 10-28-22, 04:49 AM

Put Linux on your old machine and run SH3 using Wine. It works fine. And it's all free. https://ubuntu.com/ or https://getfedora.org/ for example.

You could put Linux on a memory stick along with Wine and SH3 , then just boot from the memory stick when you want some retro-action.

A note of caution - some of the more recent SH3 mods place heavy demands on graphics, which can result in unacceptable frame rates on old laptops with "integrated" graphics. This was always a problem with SH3 when it first came out and why I only came back to it a few years ago.

11-22-20, 06:55 PM	#1
blackswan40 GWX - KC Crash Test Dummy Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: IN THE STEEL SHARKS VIRTUAL OCEAN Posts: 2,782 Downloads: 612 Uploads: 31	SH3 Running on a old Laptop Getting SH3 to run on a old Laptop Windows 8 Laptop I have aquired a old Windows 8 Laptop upgraded to Windows 10 and ram from 4 to 8 gig. I put in a 250 gig ssd installed SH3 and it would only work in windowed mode even tried setting it to the lowest resolution then clicking on full screen applying then changing resolution back to 1366 x 768 even after upgrading graphics driver still in windowed mode grrrr!. So i had a look on youtube and found this tried it and it works happy chappie swanny link to video below __________________ Someone Had to Make the Tea Last edited by blackswan40; 11-22-20 at 08:23 PM. Reason: getting text to fit

11-22-20, 09:46 PM	#2
John Pancoast Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Minnysoda Posts: 3,211 Downloads: 501 Uploads: 4	Maybe a Win 10 thing; I play it on a Win 8 laptop full screen without having to do anything. __________________ "Realistic" is not always GAME-GOOD." - Wave Skipper

10-28-22, 04:49 AM	#3
Hooston 中国水兵 Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 279 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Old hardware Put Linux on your old machine and run SH3 using Wine. It works fine. And it's all free. https://ubuntu.com/ or https://getfedora.org/ for example. You could put Linux on a memory stick along with Wine and SH3 , then just boot from the memory stick when you want some retro-action. A note of caution - some of the more recent SH3 mods place heavy demands on graphics, which can result in unacceptable frame rates on old laptops with "integrated" graphics. This was always a problem with SH3 when it first came out and why I only came back to it a few years ago.