Try this tutorial...What antivirus program do you use?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRnfsN4Er_Q&t=7s

Norton, but i have currently tried turning it off with no luck

this is a screenshot of ingame

https://imgur.com/a/wySUOnN?

DO you own full administration right over your main SH5 install directory? This is definitely an installation problem...

Yeah, i have full admin rights to the folder.

i also make sure to open as Admin on all the applications, so i really cant figure out what is making it do this

Can you see set of ***_Draggables.TDW files in your main SH5 install folder?

this is basically what it looks like in the main directory

https://imgur.com/a/abkoSqx

And did you apply permanent admin privileges in SH5.exe /compatibility tab?:hmmm:

Yeah that is checked off as well.

looks like it is one of the mods that isnt working properly.

these dialog boxes are unclickable

https://imgur.com/a/O1NMZAH

The mod is working properly but from some reason your system is preventing the game to create set of ***_Draggables.TDW files in your main SH5 directory and this is the cause of your problems. Those files should be created when you launch your modded game for the first time which here isn't the case...

The problem is occasionally reported mostly by new users, but I was never able to reproduce it in order to get better idea about specific system settings responsible for this issue... :hmmm:

Let's try this...:hmm2:

Take this archive and extract the files to your main SH5 install directory. Then start the game and see what will happen...

http://www.mediafire.com/file/siljzt...t+Hunter+5.rar

i will try a complete reinstall again, however i my hopes are not that high, i have tried to get it to work the last 3 days with no luck. i cant figure out if ubisoft launcher is interfering or its steam

Did you try my proposal from previous post?:hmm2:

I tried reinstalling the game numerous times, it's the same problem. No error messages during mod installation, running it as admin, full rights accorded to all users. Folder is not reading only.

yeah its the same, a big black box that i cant move.
any idea what is supposed to be in this box?

could it be a 16:9 issue? running the game in 1080p

No idea guys , sorry... It's hard to assist if I can not reproduce the very same problem. :(

@RustenSKE,
In the Steam > Silent Hunter 5 folder, select all files and folders, right-click the selection > Properties, and deactivate all read-only so that the selection square is white...Go see if it works, but I doubt...

If you use Steam, then get used to this: You can rarely use external mods in Steam with changed executables that launch the game...The mods have to be downloaded within Steam. That's because SH5 and other games if they are not free and must be played with the Steam interface, all such games are DRM-protected. What you can do is ask the 'Steam Support' to include TWoS mod to be downloadable as a Steam mod.

Than, how can you explain confirmed reports from the people who actually use TWoS despite the fact that they have Steam version of the game?? :hmmm:

It's a very lucky circumstance that your mod bypasses the Steam DRM, and it's good for Steam users when it works, but the bypass is not perfect.
In order to make SH5 or TWoS work flawlessly after the right installation, all Steam users must find the 'call it original' files from v.1.2.0 which are then changed with the Generic Patcher:

SimData.dll
Sh5.exe
Kernel.dll
SHCollisions.act
SHSim.act
EnvSim.act
CameraManager.act

Then, one could take all game files out of Steam interface and all works like a charm...:yep:

Can someone tell me if this Wolves of Steel mod is like the "Grey Wolves" mod for Silent Hunter 5? Was it done by the same modders? I'm trying to figure out which Silent Hunter would be the best to invest my time into.

SH3 and SH5 are 2 different games with roughly the same gameplay. If you have never played any SH game, then I advice you to start with SH3+GWX , then once comfortable with the game, also go play SH5+TWoS.

You could do the opposite, but you will have a 'harder' time to pass over all tutorials, docs etc, whereas the GWX mod gets you started almost immediately by overflying its 500+ pages manual. It's your choice.
With SH3, it's worth to read the game manual, with SH5 forget about the manual which makes everything much harder to understand.

GWX and TWoS are completly different, the only thing in common is: they are both 'Megamods'. And there is a tipo in you post, GWX is a mod of SH3, not SH5.