Announcement: Tips and tricks sticky!

Hitman · 03-05-07, 10:07 AM

Since this is the forum for the classic sims and the main problem many users seem to have is running them in modern OS like Windows XP, I will try to collect all possible tips & tricks and make them sticky to answer the many questions that are repetedly asked here about them. If you have any useful info regarding that, post it here. Any tips about any classic naval sim will be wellcome and classified.

688i and XP
Another option to run old subsims (DOS) under XP

Thanks

Jeffg · 03-08-07, 12:44 PM

I have a Toshiba laptop running XP home and using Dosbox and Dfend V2 got SH2 running great.There is a thread thats takes you through the whole prossess here on this forum http://www.subsowespac.org/silent-hunter-dosbox.shtml
JeffG

PeteSnook · 03-21-08, 05:08 AM

Don't know much about PC's, but SH2 is running fine on my WinXP laptop ... just selected compatibility mode for Win 98.

Onkel Neal · 10-11-09, 08:46 AM

SH2: the hotkey to "secure from red?"

You rig/secure for red in the slide menu

Onkel Neal · 10-11-09, 08:47 AM

How to have separate installs of PA and SH2

Author : Hitman ( copied directly from his post)

You can have multiple installs of SH2 in the HDD, but they all will share just one registry entry. If you have already PA installed and do not want to deinstall it (Which would be the best procedure), the easiest way to go is as follows:

1.- Create a new folder and name it f.e. "Pacific Aces Dedicated Install", or anything different to what you had already

2.- Copy the whole content of your current PA folder into this new "Pacific Aces Dedicated Install" folder (Right click, Select all, copy, paste)

3.- Deinstall from your Windows control panel the SH2 and PA install. It will kill the old install, but since you have copied everything to your "Pacific Aces Dedicated Install", nothing is lost in reality

4.- Now reinstall SH2 from your CD, of course elsewhere of your "Pacific Aces Dedicated Install". The registry key created by this install will already work for PA, but note that you will not be able to select 1024 res in PA now unless you install the hi-res kit also to Sh2. The reason? In the registry key there is an entry for the available resolutions, and stock SH2 does not have that 1024. Also remember that using 1024 in PA and then starting stock SH2 will result in a crash, because SH2 will not be able to find a 1024 res when playing SH2.

ReallyDedPoet · 01-17-11, 09:31 AM

Welcome to SUBSIM Oxford

biosthetique · 08-28-13, 11:31 AM

I run Tom Clancy SSN with a dos box mod purchased on E-bay and it works perfectly on an OS Win7 64bit.

See post:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom//sho...d.php?t=206913

03-05-07, 10:07 AM	#1
Hitman Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 6,103 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 2	Announcement: Tips and tricks sticky! Since this is the forum for the classic sims and the main problem many users seem to have is running them in modern OS like Windows XP, I will try to collect all possible tips & tricks and make them sticky to answer the many questions that are repetedly asked here about them. If you have any useful info regarding that, post it here. Any tips about any classic naval sim will be wellcome and classified. 688i and XP Another option to run old subsims (DOS) under XP Thanks __________________ One day I will return to sea ... Last edited by Onkel Neal; 05-17-07 at 11:08 PM.

10-11-09, 08:46 AM	#4
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,365 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	SH2: the hotkey to "secure from red?" You rig/secure for red in the slide menu __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

10-11-09, 08:47 AM	#5
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,365 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	How to have separate installs of PA and SH2 Author : Hitman ( copied directly from his post) You can have multiple installs of SH2 in the HDD, but they all will share just one registry entry. If you have already PA installed and do not want to deinstall it (Which would be the best procedure), the easiest way to go is as follows: 1.- Create a new folder and name it f.e. "Pacific Aces Dedicated Install", or anything different to what you had already 2.- Copy the whole content of your current PA folder into this new "Pacific Aces Dedicated Install" folder (Right click, Select all, copy, paste) 3.- Deinstall from your Windows control panel the SH2 and PA install. It will kill the old install, but since you have copied everything to your "Pacific Aces Dedicated Install", nothing is lost in reality 4.- Now reinstall SH2 from your CD, of course elsewhere of your "Pacific Aces Dedicated Install". The registry key created by this install will already work for PA, but note that you will not be able to select 1024 res in PA now unless you install the hi-res kit also to Sh2. The reason? In the registry key there is an entry for the available resolutions, and stock SH2 does not have that 1024. Also remember that using 1024 in PA and then starting stock SH2 will result in a crash, because SH2 will not be able to find a 1024 res when playing SH2. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

01-17-11, 09:31 AM	#6
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,818 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Welcome to SUBSIM Oxford __________________ Back in the Day

03-08-07, 12:44 PM	#2
Jeffg Exec Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: ponte vedra beach,fl Posts: 229 Downloads: 1508 Uploads: 0	I have a Toshiba laptop running XP home and using Dosbox and Dfend V2 got SH2 running great.There is a thread thats takes you through the whole prossess here on this forum http://www.subsowespac.org/silent-hunter-dosbox.shtml JeffG

03-21-08, 05:08 AM	#3
PeteSnook Watch Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 15 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Don't know much about PC's, but SH2 is running fine on my WinXP laptop ... just selected compatibility mode for Win 98.

08-28-13, 11:31 AM	#7
biosthetique Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: SD Posts: 266 Downloads: 652 Uploads: 0	I run Tom Clancy SSN with a dos box mod purchased on E-bay and it works perfectly on an OS Win7 64bit. See post: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom//sho...d.php?t=206913