Sudden Strange Visual Bug

M.H.Corbett · 05-05-24, 07:30 PM

Greetings, Salutations,

Ive come looking for some help, because I’ve gotten SH4 on my pc perfectly before, but after I installed the u-boat add on and booted it up, it doesn’t run right. The game starts fine, and i can access the menus, start a campaign, and the cutscenes run, but trying to enter normal gameplay or the museum results in the game’s UI appearing over a black screen, I’ve reinstalled the game and messed sith my monitor settings but im at an impact, any insight on this?

KaleunMarco · 05-06-24, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by M.H.Corbett

Greetings, Salutations,

Ive come looking for some help, because I’ve gotten SH4 on my pc perfectly before, but after I installed the u-boat add on and booted it up, it doesn’t run right. The game starts fine, and i can access the menus, start a campaign, and the cutscenes run, but trying to enter normal gameplay or the museum results in the game’s UI appearing over a black screen, I’ve reinstalled the game and messed sith my monitor settings but im at an impact, any insight on this?

welcome.
into which folder did you install SH4?
if you used the default, which is Windows\Programs, you need to de-install and then reinstall into a non-windows-controlled folder. try something off of your c-drive like c:\Ubisoft\SilentHunter4

also, look into Large Address Aware (LAA). a copy should be in the MODS forum.

good luck!

propbeanie · 05-06-24, 12:39 PM

Besides making certain you are not installing into a Windows-controlled drive location as KaleunMarco says - which makes future modding next to impossible - you also want to set your SH4.exe "Properties" to properly work with your video card and display. Depending upon your set-up, it could possibly involve several of the settings being changed:

Another thing that could be a problem, is when you were installing the disk version of the game, that you neglected to install the DirectX v9.0c and Codecs from the disk. If you failed to do that, anything 3D in the game will fail. Try downloading it from Microsoft if that's what your issue is.

Aktungbby · 05-06-24, 12:42 PM

M.H.Corbett!

05-05-24, 07:30 PM	#1
M.H.Corbett Join Date: May 2024 Posts: 1 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sudden Strange Visual Bug Greetings, Salutations, Ive come looking for some help, because I’ve gotten SH4 on my pc perfectly before, but after I installed the u-boat add on and booted it up, it doesn’t run right. The game starts fine, and i can access the menus, start a campaign, and the cutscenes run, but trying to enter normal gameplay or the museum results in the game’s UI appearing over a black screen, I’ve reinstalled the game and messed sith my monitor settings but im at an impact, any insight on this?

05-06-24, 12:39 PM	#3
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,757 Downloads: 440 Uploads: 2	Besides making certain you are not installing into a Windows-controlled drive location as KaleunMarco says - which makes future modding next to impossible - you also want to set your SH4.exe "Properties" to properly work with your video card and display. Depending upon your set-up, it could possibly involve several of the settings being changed: Another thing that could be a problem, is when you were installing the disk version of the game, that you neglected to install the DirectX v9.0c and Codecs from the disk. If you failed to do that, anything 3D in the game will fail. Try downloading it from Microsoft if that's what your issue is. __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna

05-06-24, 12:42 PM	#4
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,892 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	welcome aboard! M.H.Corbett! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"