Silent Hunter III Warning

[Vulcan]

Originally posted by ALF
VULCAN



can you point me to thi sin a FAW, I cant locate it

Jezuz am I the only one who can use google around here?

http://www.star-force.com/protection.phtml?c=91&id=319

[Fishu]

Originally posted by Engine
Let's format together. We can use each other as emotional support and say goodbye to our original Tie Fighter 3.5 floppy save games.

If I find out how to assign the new hard drive as the C: drive and have the current windows on it...

I guess I have to make a temporary windows install on D: and use it to swap the letters and then fuxor the boot sector on the new HD.

[Engine]

Welllll, you can always install windows fresh to your new drive. That's what I did, have an OLDWindows directory somewhere on G:, hehehe

You shouldn't have problems making the new drive C: and keeping your current windows install on E: or something. If I were really helpful I'd find a link for you, but I'm at the girlfriend's house and short on time, sorry.

[Fishu]

Originally posted by Engine
Welllll, you can always install windows fresh to your new drive. That's what I did, have an OLDWindows directory somewhere on G:, hehehe

You shouldn't have problems making the new drive C: and keeping your current windows install on E: or something. If I were really helpful I'd find a link for you, but I'm at the girlfriend's house and short on time, sorry.

I just hate messing with all the programs which would need to be re-installed
Can only wonder why it wasn't made easier to move previously installed software into a fresh windows install... can't be that hard to make the program to re-create the registry, if it can't find it.

I don't know how to assign C: to the SATA drive outside of Windows and it of course doesn't let you to change its boot drive letter.
So I guess I'll install windows to D: and use it to swap the letters and setup the boot sector.

[ALF]

Originally posted by Vulcan
Jezuz am I the only one who can use google around here?

http://www.star-force.com/protection.phtml?c=91&id=319

Thanks....I goodgled the living crap outa it...and while the 'preview' looked right, it always defaulted to a main page dead end.

[Sandman]

I've been picking at this open sore. It's a shame. I really wanted this sim... but not in its present state. No way.

[Fishu]

Originally posted by Sandman
I've been picking at this open sore. It's a shame. I really wanted this sim... but not in its present state. No way.

What do you mean? the link leads to the general forum.
Some thread I guess?

[Wotan]

Originally posted by Sandman
I've been picking at this open sore. It's a shame. I really wanted this sim... but not in its present state. No way.

I have had no problem at all with this game right out of the box. I un-installed and re-installed after  I have updated to patch 1.1. I re-installed it out the box and ran the Starforce removal utility. I then grabbed the No-DVD fix and am Starforce free.

I haven't updated to patch 1.2 . I have yet to find a No-DVD fix for 1.1 or 1.2 so I can't comment on the impact of 1.2 but 1.1 was fine except for Starforce.

I think its one of the best releases in terms of bugs and issues of any game I have played in a long time.

I don't read the UBI forums because they are filled with 12 year olds complaining about stupid stuff like the lack of sea life (no fish etc...).

If you base any game purchase based on the opinions on the UBI forums you will miss a lot of them.

Try here:

Subsim Forums

or here

SimHQ SH3 forum

I owned both SH and SH2. After SH2 I swore I wouldn't buy another SH game. A few friends got it and said it was well done. I picked it up and have enjoyed it immensely.

[Sandman]

Originally posted by Fishu
What do you mean? the link leads to the general forum.
Some thread I guess?

Doh... Link

[Sandman]

Originally posted by Wotan
I don't read the UBI forums because they are filled with 12 year olds complaining about stupid stuff like the lack of sea life (no fish etc...).

I'm sure the game is great... it's the Starforce stuff I'm worried about. At this point, I'd rather not risk it.

[Boroda]

Originally posted by Fishu
If I find out how to assign the new hard drive as the C: drive and have the current windows on it...

I guess I have to make a temporary windows install on D: and use it to swap the letters and then fuxor the boot sector on the new HD.

Try using Norton Ghost or other disk-cloning utility. It's much easier and always works. The easiest way to copy your system disk to a new HDD.

[Fishu]

Sandman,

Honestly, the risks are overrated. It's just like the people in the game forums.. 12 y/o kids whining about everything from between the sea and the 7th heaven.
It won't break your hardware and veeeery unlikely affects your system.
Theres also a cleaner program, so if it somehow affects the software.

I'd say Norton Systemworks affects your system more ....  argh. *goes back to fight against the norton*

Originally posted by Boroda
Try using Norton Ghost or other disk-cloning utility. It's much easier and always works. The easiest way to copy your system disk to a new HDD.

Copying files is not really the problem :I
Changing H: to C: is the problem (H: = new SATA, C: = old IDE drive)

[Boroda]

Originally posted by Fishu
Copying files is not really the problem :I
Changing H: to C: is the problem (H: = new SATA, C: = old IDE drive)

Ok, you attach a new drive, boot from a CD with a Norton Ghost, copy old drive onto new, then adjust a boot sequence in BIOS setup - and that's all. Before cloning your system - in Device Manager change your IDE driver to "Standard IDE controller" to avoid problems with driver when system will boot up from SATA for the first time.

If you need a good "emergency" bootable CD - try to search for a "Hiren's boot CD" on the Net, it has almost everything you need to repair/check/clone your system.

Edit: Ghost fits on a 1.44 floppy with Win98 system files. If you need a Ghost executable - contact me on ICQ 4627619 or mail tengrie [at] gmail [dot] com