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Keycard, manual and map are all on file in sh3 installation folder under docuemntation, also they are compressed in cab files on image, at least in us version, as far the reloaded i am not sure if they ripped stuff or not
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Mar 2005 12:35 Post subject: GAME NOT WORKING PROPERLY WITH FIX ALERT! |
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found out, that Silent Hunter 3 includes a kind of fade in addition to StarForce 3. When playing with the crack the game is not playable in career mode there are almost no enemy ships, it takes endless time to reach you destination even with 1024x speed, ships are not destoyable and so on etc.
When playing with patch 1.1 installed and the original DVD the game runs like a charm.
So there are two possibilities:
1. Version 1.0 in generall is full of bugs and unplayable they made this to let all crackers crack an unusebale version and later fix the bugs with patch 1.1 wich will then be uncracked for a longer time
2. There is a kind of fade in the game wich detects that the .exe file is cracked and activated all these bugs
In any case the game is not playable useing the RELOADED crack.
I must point out that the above prose is not my post. I found it on GAME******LD. Personally, I bought this game last week, copied it to my Desktop and it ran fine without the cd. Being new to Sub Sims, I'm still getting to grips with the basics, so have not started the full Campaign yet. Whether the fix works properly or not could be hard to determine, as original owners don't have the downloaded version, and vice versa. I'll be Re-Installing Windows on Sunday, so I'm going to try and get a good scoping of the game. Then, when I Format and reload, I'll play from the original without the Reloaded fix (V1.0 obviously), and see if I can see any differences in the gameplay.
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Mar 2005 12:57 Post subject: Re: GAME NOT WORKING PROPERLY WITH FIX ALERT! |
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| tim73 wrote: | found out, that Silent Hunter 3 includes a kind of fade in addition to StarForce 3. When playing with the crack the game is not playable in career mode there are almost no enemy ships, it takes endless time to reach you destination even with 1024x speed, ships are not destoyable and so on etc.
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yeah.. same problem here..
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Serben
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Mar 2005 13:18 Post subject: |
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Well, i saw plenty of british destroyers in the English Channel on my second patrol. I was swarmed by 5 destroyers at once at one point. And i was able to sink a merchant. And i hit one of the destroyers with a torpedo, but it didn't sink. Dunno if it's because of this fade protection you're talking about or because they simply take more than 1 torpedo to sink.
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Mar 2005 13:33 Post subject: |
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this ain't a clonecd release so this might not work, but has anyone tried running the game with the original .exe and StarFuck?
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Mar 2005 13:39 Post subject: |
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I will try this later. By the way, the original without nodvd fix IS DEFINITELY a different game. No question.
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Mar 2005 13:40 Post subject: |
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| tim73 wrote: | | I will try this later. By the way, the original without nodvd fix IS DEFINATELY a different game. No question. |
how so?
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Mar 2005 13:58 Post subject: Re: GAME NOT WORKING PROPERLY WITH FIX ALERT! |
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| tim73 wrote: | found out, that Silent Hunter 3 includes a kind of fade in addition to StarForce 3. When playing with the crack the game is not playable in career mode there are almost no enemy ships, it takes endless time to reach you destination even with 1024x speed, ships are not destoyable and so on etc.
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Hmmm for me yes it takes endless amount of time , its even slower if your men are tired... I counted 7 enemy ships on my way up the west coast of england, 3 of them being destroyers and the rest being gunboats and merchants. I also encountered 14 Fighters , 1 convoy and 3 neutral ships.
I sank 1 torpedo boat , and 3 merchants on my own ... if this is indeed fade when does it kick in?
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Mar 2005 14:00 Post subject: |
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| DJSatane wrote: | | Keycard, manual and map are all on file in sh3 installation folder under docuemntation, also they are compressed in cab files on image, at least in us version, as far the reloaded i am not sure if they ripped stuff or not |
hehe thx for the hint  Well all this shit is on the DVD  |
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Mar 2005 14:04 Post subject: |
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We need the experiences of more people. So far only 1 person is claiming the existence of some sort of FADE protection.
Everyone else seems to be playing the game fine
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Mar 2005 14:08 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Mood of the topic. posted Thu March 24 2005 18:22
Ok, so I bought Silent Hunter III Sunday last or 4 days ago. I have played it every day since and I have a few gripes. Now, where to begin:
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I sit down at the PC and click on the Icon….Well, I have at least a 2 minute wait time JUST to get into the game! I have a Pentium 4, 2.5Ghz, with 1.5 Ghz RAM and an Invidia 6400 game card. That’s the first thing that REALLY bothers me!
Game Start: SO when I finally get all me settings down I go to begin the game. Well, It usually takes on average about 30 to 40 minutes just to get out to see. Since the time compression stays at 1 if you are close to land, Try beating my record of 25 minutes to sea from Lorient. NOT to mention you have to leave port from the bridge since the topography forgets to show you are in a port! If I wanted a “Submarine Driving Simulation” I would have bought one!
Finally at sea: I like games that are challenging. My last mission had me goto Map GR89 on your little supplied map book. Total time to get out of port and first contact….45 FREAKIN MINUTES REAL TIME!!!! I could have played 2 maps on Call of Duty!!!!
Attack: I finally find a ship to sink, get lined up, and fire 4 torpedoes ( One at a time ) first one…dud…second one….dud…third one…dud…fourth one…dud !!! This all on a reality setting of only 19% !!!! Eventually I sink the ship but now I’m out of ammo…Oh well, another hour REAL TIME back to port!!!!
Leaving the game: But no, I don’t want to go back to port, I just want to quit….Wait a sec, there isn’t just a quit button, I have to go through 3 or 4 screens to leave the freakin game!!!!
Summary:
I would like to thank you Ubisoft for the new colorful DVD coffee mug coaster I am going to have at work tomorrow. Since this is the only thing I can see that’s any good with this disk. Way I see it, you owe me $39.00 !!
Derek Kestner |
this game is fuckin buggy , thats all , lol @ 1.5 Ghz RAM and an Invidia 6400 game card
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Mar 2005 16:52 Post subject: |
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Can you tell me what are the objectives of the career mode ? Do you have to destroy certain amount of ships or all of them ? any requirements...promotions..how does that stuff works ?! Any rewards for your kills, kewl cut scenes... ?
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Mar 2005 18:15 Post subject: |
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First of all, I hear the RLD release you dont even get help menu when pressing F1 in game, something that works even in 1.0 DVD release( I know cause i bought the game) so this also leads me to believe RLD release is either non US or something weird...
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Mar 2005 22:38 Post subject: |
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so at the end of the day this fade rumor is bogus
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A-A
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| Posted: Fri, 25th Mar 2005 23:03 Post subject: |
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only thing is i've noticed F1 doesn't work in the game (which is supposed to bring up in-game help).
Also, in the first tutorial mission (navigation), you can't accelerate time for some time. Don't know if that's available in the non-cracked version
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| Posted: Sat, 26th Mar 2005 00:09 Post subject: |
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I can't comment on the Reloaded RIP, because I don't deal with stolen software, but the Retail version running as it should from the DVD is a much better game than when using the NODVD fix, so if the only difference between Reloaded version and Retail version are the 3 Crack files, then the game isn't cracked properly. END OF STORY)))))
To all those flaming me, why don't you spend less of your time thieving software, and go out and buy the game to see what I mean! I will post SPECIFIC errors with the cracked version when I've had a little more time to find them all. This is such an open ended game to cross-reference thoroughly, and also involves completely re-installing/Un-installing the 2 versions (If you can call them that).
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| Posted: Sat, 26th Mar 2005 00:35 Post subject: |
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u don;t need to reinstall it. all you need to do is rename the 3 files temporarily, and run the game with each respective .exe
takes only a few secs to do
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| Posted: Sat, 26th Mar 2005 01:19 Post subject: |
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Uh dude, running SH3 cracked v1.0 is great for me. It has almost no performance issues, I am seeing ships ALL the time, THEY DO ATTACK ME and I can DESTROY them. I dont know wtf you were smoking, but the cracked version definatly works fine. I sunk and got attacked by at least 8 destroyers while going through the english channel, and 1/4 of those were the "J Class" and the others were the V&W class. So I was definatly getting depth charged left and right. Thank god for aft torpedoes.
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Serben
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| Posted: Sat, 26th Mar 2005 15:10 Post subject: |
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Yeah, i too am able to sink ships and i see ships fairly regularly. However, i can't use the F1 key to bring up the help screen, which is mentioned in both the Commands_en.cfg and Commands_de.cfg files. According to those files (which store the key mappings) pressing the F1 key is supposed to bring up a help screen, which doesn't work. And then there's the random corruption of the save files, so you can't help but be a little suspicious...
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| Posted: Sat, 26th Mar 2005 15:40 Post subject: |
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I havent had a corrupted save file YET! , i havent needed to use F1
though i have noticed my CLEAR ROUTES icon doesnt seem to work.
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| Posted: Sat, 26th Mar 2005 15:43 Post subject: |
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| A-A wrote: | I havent had a corrupted save file YET! , i havent needed to use F1
though i have noticed my CLEAR ROUTES icon doesnt seem to work. |
Clear routes? You have a button like that?
I know there's the eraser, and the clear notes button (you know the lines, circles, markers, etc. you can place on the map.
Yes, yes I'm back.
Somewhat.
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| Posted: Sat, 26th Mar 2005 15:52 Post subject: |
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Sorry i meant Eraser.... thought describing it as clear all routes was better
the single eraser works fine, but clicking on the clear all eraser does nothing for me..
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| Posted: Sat, 26th Mar 2005 17:24 Post subject: |
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| A-A wrote: | Sorry i meant Eraser.... thought describing it as clear all routes was better
the single eraser works fine, but clicking on the clear all eraser does nothing for me.. |
Clear all only erases markers and lines you make with line tool, it will not erase course plotted. You need to use eraser to erase each course pottled point.
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