SH5 Ubisoft Updater failing to connect

Madcowz · 12-19-19, 11:02 AM

Hi,

returning to SH5 and I've fallen at the first hurdle of running it.

I installed from my disk copy, ran C:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\Support\GameUpdater\gu.exe which successfully connected and downloaded the 1.2 update but now when I try to run the game by running C:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\sh5.exe I get an error trying to connect to UbiSoft during the update check phase.

A service is unavailable.
A Ubisoft service is unavialable at the moment. Please try again later.

I cleared out my hosts file.
Disabled Windows Firewall
Run as administrator
Run as Windows 7 mode
Changed all perms on C:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5 to BUILTIN\User FullControl
Created an any/any rule from my PC IP to WAN for any destination and service.

What have I missed?

Thanks,

Hedley

TLDR: I had to download UPLAY.

12-19-19, 11:02 AM	#1
Madcowz Sailor man Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 43 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	SOLVED: SH5 Ubisoft Updater failing to connect Hi, returning to SH5 and I've fallen at the first hurdle of running it. I installed from my disk copy, ran C:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\Support\GameUpdater\gu.exe which successfully connected and downloaded the 1.2 update but now when I try to run the game by running C:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\sh5.exe I get an error trying to connect to UbiSoft during the update check phase. A service is unavailable. A Ubisoft service is unavialable at the moment. Please try again later. I cleared out my hosts file. Disabled Windows Firewall Run as administrator Run as Windows 7 mode Changed all perms on C:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5 to BUILTIN\User FullControl Created an any/any rule from my PC IP to WAN for any destination and service. What have I missed? Thanks, Hedley TLDR: I had to download UPLAY. Last edited by Madcowz; 12-19-19 at 11:48 AM.