Hi KaleunMarco,

I had tried setting it to 1920x1080 but as I said, it just ran in a very small window. However, after reading your reply I had another go and realised that I had not unchecked the 'Run in windowed mode' box. I did that, and now it looks fine!


Thanks again :03:

that's excellent news!
sometimes, we old Kaleuns forget about some of the less sophisticated options.

You know, sometimes people make a post requesting help and they learn what the problem is and how to fix it, but they reply with "nevermind, I fixed it" without sharing what they discovered worked. :(

You sir, are not one of those people. :Kaleun_Salute: Nominated


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I haven't played SH5 for sometime now, when I went to play it today it says please enter activation code, however I can't find my box or user manual with my activation code.


Is there anyway to bypass this so that I'm able to play.


I've contacted the UBISoft help desk but no reply so far.


Many thanks


Michael

KSD
 

This MOD stuff is REALLY hard to understand. (SH5 Twos major mod)I finally have it running. I started my first patrol through Steam. I saw the KSD ICON and clicked on it but it didn't make any sense to me at all. I couldn't even sure of it's purpose.

So after all I went though all of the gyrations to install everything I didn't have time to finish the patrol. And when I exited partway to the initial destination it said the patrol was over.

Now I haven't gone back into the program again . I thought I would explore KSD first. I suspected it was a way to start the game. After trying several different logins(it doesn't specify what I am logging into, It accepted the Steam login. At this point nothing progresses. I tried many combinations of the various boxes but nothing happens.

ANy idea how this thing works? OR can I skip all of this and just go through Steam again to start my game? I know that these mods have a big problem with saved games and that there is a ritual that must be performed before loading a save or advancing to another level. Which I can't figure out either.

Thanks



Nevermind. I just tried to start it on Steam and all I get are errors. It isn't worth the frustration. i'm deleteing it.

SH5 Crashes
 

hey guys i recently bought SH5 in Uplay but everytime i click on new campaign it crashes i have no mods ive tried many times reinstalling the game but it dont works i tried disabling fullscreen ive tried all compatibility mods but it always crashes when i click new campaign i have Windows 11 Pro

Any help will be much appreciated

welcome aboard!
 

GreekMantanis, SH5 is just like SH3 and SH4 on the 'modern' Windows OS, in that the game was designed with WinXP DirectX v9 internals (the game engine). In that regard, you have to tell Windows not to help with the game's display. To do that, you need to navigate to the game folder where you have SH5 installed. Find the SH5.exe file, right-click on it and choose "Properties" from the bottom of the list. Then click on the "Compatibility" tab and then change some of the settings. Depending upon your computer, video card and display, you might have to change one, or several of the settings. Win11 is similar to Win10 in that regard and SH3, 4 & 5 are basically the same. Here is a picture from SH4 on my Win11 laptop, and the choices I had to make to get SH4 displaying properly:

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pic...ictureid=12948

Your computer might require the same, but most likely different settings. That upper "High DPI Settings..." Window comes up after you click on the "Change high DPI settings" button of the window below, which is the actual "Properties" window. You might not need the Compatibility Mode change, and you might not need the Administrator setting tick mark, but you almost certainly will need the "Disable fullscreen optimizations" ticked, as well as that "High DPI scaling override" with "Application" set from the "Change high DPI settings" button. On my laptop, I had to click that upper button on the "High DPI settings for..." window, since the computer wants to "scale" everything on my display to 125% for whatever reason, and when it does that with the game, some of the game's interface goes outside the displays boundary, of course... :roll: Anyway, try those settings (less the "scaling" change) and see what you get.

If you are going to eventually use the TWoS mod, and you installed the game to the "default" path, you are in "C:\Program Files (x86) \Ubisoft \Battle for the Atlantic..." or whatever the name of the SH5 folder is (I don't have it installed on this computer), Windows will rollback any alterations attempted in that folder. You will have move the game to a folder outside of a Program Files folder. If you create your own "Games" folder on the C drive and then install to that folder, any modding attempts will function correctly. vdr1981 mentions that in a pdf that comes with his mod. :salute:

No Windows 11 sticky so I thought I'd post here. Just installed TWoS on Windows 11 with a Steam SH5 install and it worked perfectly. 2 big things are to make sure SH5 and the install program are run as an administrator and to install outside of the porgram files/program files (x86) directories.

I'm also launching via uConnect. uConnect keeps giving me an error when I open it but if I go into offline mode and launch SH5 from there it works fine.

Thanks

Welcome back!
 

Saludos comandantes
 

Saludos comandantes... hace mucho que no juego al SH5, en parte por los muchos problemas que tengo al usar ordenadores más modernos o sistemas operativos, ni Windows 10 ni windows 11... he leído varias soluciones, que cuando tenga tiempo, intentaré probar a ver si funcionan...


Es una lástima que UBISOFT dejara tirada esta gran saga... sería de agradecer que alguno de los genios que crean los Mods para este simulador, pudieran mejorar muchos aspectos que se han quedado obsoletos con el paso del tiempo, me refiero a mejorar por ejemplo, los gráficos y diálogos, poder hacer una remasterización de los gráficos del submarino, las explosiones, burbujas, interiores del uboot, la propia tripulación, que parecen robots en vez de personas... y aparte, si se abriera un hilo para comentar qué mejoras le harías al simulador, seguramente muchísimos comandantes participarían con sus ideas... otra cosa es que a nivel de programación fueran posible realizar las mejoras e ideas que se propongan... aparte también, supongo que también estará el problema de los derechos de UBISOFT, que intuyo no permitiría que se manipule su juego.
En fin, una lástima que esta grandísima saga la hayan abandonado...
Siento no escribir en inglés, también sería de agradecer que tuvierais SUBSIM con la opción en idioma español.


Muchas gracias y buena caza.:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

Bienvenido Capitano!
 

Katalo!:Kaleun_Salute:

The problem is that about a month ago, when I load a saved game, the screen stays locked, and I have to go to the Windows desktop and restart the PC. If I start a new campaign, I play without problems, but as soon as I save the game and I want to restart it after a while or later or whenever, the image freezes and it does nothing, not even the mouse, I have to exit to Windows and restart the pc, as always, there is no way to continue any saved game... I have a Windows 10 pro, and the game is an original disc. When I have done a clean install, it installs without problems and all the requirements are green. I have tried some solution that I have seen to create a folder and rename the one to install the 1.2 update, and I have followed all the steps, but the problem continues... Any ideas? any solution? Thank you. I don't know whether to install Open Horizons or Wolves of Steel to see if the problem goes away or if it stays the same. I need your help.

Saludos comandantes
 

Sorry for not saying hello first.
Before exposing my problems, education comes first, and the first thing is to say hello.
So, just to tell you that you do a great job, and that you are great, keep up the good work!!!!

Happy new year 2024
 

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024!!!!!

I'm having issues running stock SH5 on a fresh PC build through Steam, when run it brings up a Ubisoft splash screen saying 'Checking for updates' which then fails to a screen saying 'A SERVICE IS UNAVAILABLE'.

I'll keep checking through the forum threads but thought it was worth asking if this was a known issue?

more than likely you are starting the game launch with Uplay.
Uplay is no longer supported.
search in this thread and you will find the solution that relates to Steam-purchased-license, Uconnect, and SH5.
before you swear at me for not giving you a definitive answer, i do not play SH5 but i know that a solution has been posted.

good luck, Herr Kaleun.
:Kaleun_Salute:

:Kaleun_Wink:
https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...5&postcount=18

have you tried this method:
*1 I connect to steam
*2 I install my Silent hunter 5 I check the integrity of the files via steam
then I create a 'Backup' of the game in case there are problems when installing future mods....you'll see it's not luxury, you'll tell me thank you...lol
*3 I install UbisoftConnect I create an account or I log in if I already have it...
*4 I go to the UbisoftConnect options to adjust everything that needs to be
adjusted..namely give the path to your game so that it can be identified work...
*5 I check that the game works via steam start once but without playing it...by the way adjust your options via the in game option menu..then I stop the game
*6 I installed The Wolves of Steel v2.25 mods in accordance with the instructions provided in the Vecko PDF. I insist on this step which must be particularly respected, especially for steam..
I recommend that you disconnect from Steam when installing the mod
*7 I go to TWoS - OptionsFileEditorViewer in order to set what suits me in difficulty..
*8 I configure my soup of mods..pay attention to what each of them provides in game
read the documentation via PDF in the mod.. the same here I insist.. this avoids "stupid" questions
*9 I connect to Steam and UbisoftConnect I launch the game with the mods
*10 I play and I thank Vecko & Subsim...&Kal Maximus U669 :har::up::D:timeout:
I thank the modders who participated in this wonderful work...'if I mod my game'

I recommend that during any modification of the game or manipulation of folders or files, you be disconnected systematically, this is important...

Good luck in your work... take your time, there is no point in running otherwise you will be disappointed..
believe me your patience will be rewarded in game..

:Kaleun_Wink:https://www.ubisoft.com/fr-fr/ubisoft-connect/download