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[S3F] - Silent Hunter III-Front-End - the NEW way to go
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All of my tools are FREE FOR EVERYONE and AVAILABLE WITHOUT ENFORCED REGISTRATION.
I am willing to help rather than only talk hot air or do some bloody "welcome, welcome, donate here please"-
doodle, but leave users out in the rain, if only they donate...
All I ask is to stop donating to those who delete my work and only seem to collect money for their new motor bike/ranch/mower.
Think about it! STOP DONATING TO SABOTEURS! Rather donate to those who actually DO the work to facilitate players.
Ask yourselves, folks: Who has programmed this? Whose tool are you using FOR FREE? And? Why not spend that guy a pizza and a beer?!
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HERE YOU CAN GET EVERYTHING FOR FREE AND WITHOUT ENFORCED REGISTRATION! AND WITHOUT SUBSIM'S MONEY-BEGGING!
What is SuSi's money-begging?
They accuse you of mail spamming when 1 member gets 2 invitations during 1 whole year, but they themselves spam you with their money-begging at least the same amount of time. Also their welcome-comitee does nothing else than spamming each and every thread with "welcome, please donate here, see the benefits" - without relating or remotely bothering to answer the true question of the thread at all.
* How it all began...
* Highlights & Key-Features at a Glance (S3F allows you to...)
* Short Instructions
* Icon-Descriptions (current menu)
* Installation of Multiple Versions of SH3, see also Multiple Installs with GWM
* SH3 Commander with Multiple Installs
* Version History
* Upcoming/NEW Features for next versions
* CHANGE-LOG, NEW FEATURES & FiXED BUGS
* Known Bugs / If You Want To Report A Bug
* FAQ
* Format of S3F.ini
* Download current version
REV_BL!TZKR!EG:
Please allow me to show you something that you will love: my newest program. "S3F" stands for Silent Hunter III-Front-End and is an all-purpose-tool for our beloved #1 U-Boot-simulation: SH3. It is available FREELY for everyone and FREE of charge. Here in this very thread you will find everything you need. I sincerely hope my tool will enhance game fun and reduce installation woes for you folks! The background-idea of S3F was born when I was working for the LSH-DEV-TEAM. The whole story is included with the release-version - so long story short here:
Have you ever thought...
...that there are way too many different tools for SH3 to handle out there?
S3F uses all you need!
...that the copying and configuration of multiple installations is not intuitive enough?
S3F does just that for you!
...that patching and configuring mods in multiple locations is "too hard, too heavy", too?
S3F solves just that!
...that "H.sieing" takes too much handwork?
S3F now includes "automated H.sie"!
...that installing "Stiebler" takes too much handwork?
S3F soon includes "Stiebler"!
...that you would eventually like to have a "all-in-one-box-lovely-solution"?
S3F is just that!
I believe S3F eases life of every SH3-player and replaces many tools used before with new functions in an ALL-IN-ONE-solution. I am open to new ideas and constructive feedback. Interesting to know is that as time went by, more than one member of LSH joined the efforts of S3F - some open and officially, some undercover because they feel they would get into trouble with their self-declared LSH-spokesman... well that guy is dead now anyways. Not worth mentioning.
Bookmark this thread and see that I regularly update it with new releases, ideas and I also keep a transparent change-log which is thus open to be viewed by everyone.
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Highlights & Key-Features at a Glance:█ = COMPLETED
█ = IN THE WORKS, WITH RESULTS ALREADY VISIBLE
█ = NOT BEGUN WITH SO FAR
[*] █ has been tested working on Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8/8.1, and 10.
[*]█ works with all known Mega-Mods for SH3 (GWX, NYGM, WAC etc.)
[*]█ scans ALL fixed harddisks installed in your computer
[*]█ scans a particular area that you may select
[*]█ seeks files pertaining to SH3
[*]█ recognizes which Mega-Mod(s) you have installed
[*]█ replaces (=includes!) with new code:
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[*]█ 4GB-Patch dependent on what Proc_Architecture you are running - FINISHED 20140411
[*]█ S3M is a complete recode of MultiSH3 V1.0.1.0 plus copy-function (!) - FINISHED 20140419
[*]█ APi-File-Data V0.9 (=SH3 Version-Check) - FINISHED 20140412
[*]█ S3H is a recode that completely applies the H.sie-patch - FINISHED 20141218
[*]█ S3S is a recode of the 4C-Code-Addon by Stiebler
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- █ recognizes and MD5Sum-validates previously installed versions of:
[*]█ JSGME V2.6.0.157 - FINISHED 20140326
[*]█ S3C V3.2.0.203 - FINISHED 20140326
█ Enforce S3C-ROLLBACK
█ Verify that S3C has completely rolled back
[*]█ SH3-MissionEditor - FINISHED 20140326
[*]█ SH3-MissionEditorX2 - FINISHED 20140326
[*]█ H.sie-OptionsSelector - FINISHED 20140326
[*]█ Stiebler-OptionsSelector - FINISHED 20141220
[*]█ SetKeys V1.3 - FINISHED 20140412
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With this ONE found version for every tool listed here, S3F is able to run any SH3-installation. Not more than only ONE version each is necessary and S3F provides code for that. S3F only uses MD5Sum-validated versions, i.e. unchanged and current versions as listed above. Outdated versions of the tools listed above are ignored.
This especially applies for users of the good, but old GWX 3.0 Gold: This mega-mod has an outdated JSGME included. So if you want S3F to recognize JSGME, update to the latest version of JSGME and do not ask this over and over again - it is LOGIC!
S3F allows you to... █ = COMPLETED
█ = IN THE WORKS, WITH RESULTS ALREADY VISIBLE
█ = NOT BEGUN WITH SO FAR
[*]█ ...scan your system and find every installation of SH3...
[*]█ ...auto-detect a number of well-known tools/add-ons and lets you use them...
[*] █ ...make as many copies as you want...
[*] █ ...configure them...
[*] █ ...patch them...
[*] █ ...configure mods...
[*] █ ...upgrade your SH3-installation to V1.6B1 automatically...
[*]█ ...soon even up to V1.6B1-4C
[*] █ ...and play SH3 without fiddling with dozens of files, outdated resources and broken download-links...
[*] █ ...and run all that from only ONE DYNAMICALLY BUILT MENU...
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In short: S3F itself is actually very intuitive and straight-forward-easy to handle. It finds what you have and brings everything onto ONE screen.
Simply select one of your SH3-installations and then choose which program to run for that selection.
ENJOY that you now can have everything that you need for SH3 in the palm of your hand...
S3F does what one of SuSi's favourite programmers, JScones, had dreamed of:
Source: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=358360&postcount=43
...S3F does just all that...and more...read on!
module_SFSF lets you:
█ = COMPLETED
█ = IN THE WORKS, SOME RESULTS MAY ALREADY BE VISIBLE
█ = NOT BEGUN WITH SO FAR
* █ SFSF synchronizes with our |DEF|-server and tells you if there is another updated version available.
* █ SFSF creates a short report for debugging and puts it on our |DEF|-report-server.
* █ SFSF displays the user if i am online, so we can have a chat and I can give you live assistance on TS3.
* █ SFSF allows you to connect to our TEAMSPEAK3-Server, where you can discuss the results with others.
* █ SFSF automatically applies the 4GB-Tuning
* █ SFSF automatically configures your SH3.exe to run in compatibility-mode
* █ SFSF lets you configure to have the silly LSH2015-installer recognize your installation
* █ SFSF lets you configure to have the silly LSH2020-installer recognize your installation
* █ SFSF-code integrated into S3F
You need an own legal copy of SH3. Accordingly, you select which FiX you wish to apply, it is really not difficult:
If you installed your game from any DVD -> apply the Starforce-Fix
If you downloaded your game from Steam -> apply the Steam-Fix
If you downloaded your game from Uplay/Ubiconnect -> apply the Steam-Fix
If you got your game from any other NON-DVD-source -> apply the Steam-Fix
[STARFORCE-FiX]
"STARFORCE-FIX - why it is necessary, what it does and how to use it": showStarForce (DVD only)
The information that you are reading just now replaces all earlier threads which come up when you search...
* http://lmgtfy.com/?q=steam%20starforce%20SH3%20%53%46%53%46
* https://de.lmgtfy.com/?q=SH3+%53%46%53%46+No+DVD
* https://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/442645-How-to-play-Silent-Hunter-III-without-the-DVD-in-the-DVD-Drive
* How to play Silent Hunter III without the DVD in the DVD Drive...
The background of the StarForce-issue has been very well explained by our deceased leader, good old LaufenzumZiel:
Ubisoft didn't want to pay the upgrade cost for any StarForce updates available with Vista supporting the "old" SH3 software. If you run Vista or any later Windows operating system the original StarForce drivers won't be compatible, while any up to date StarForce drivers won't be compatible with the game.
The error is "Error: This application can only be launched with a release version of Miscrosoft Windows 95 OSR2.1/98/ME NT 4.0/2000/XP/ Server 2003 only." and you can NOT fix that by running the game as administrator, that is nonsense because the driver itself is the problem.
The good news: The drivers won't install as long as you don't start the game.
To get you aboard you'll have to install the game NOT into the default path but something like C:\games\... - or whatever UAC unprotected path you think fits.
IMPORTANT: It is common knowledge of 15+ years experience with SH3, that you NOT install SH3 to...
* locations that Windows UAC (Vista and newer Windows-versions) such as c:\Programs or any location in "x86"
* the very same location where it already is (I thought that is obvious and logic, but SuSi-members...you know...)
* anywhere else in Windows's reach.
Don't start the game, don't install any 3rd party software provided with your DVD.
Check the installation directory for the SH3.exe and rightclick it.
Select Properties and the tab "Details" to read the version number of your SH3.exe.
If it reads 1.4.0.1 you have a patched and in 50% of the cases StarForce-free installation.
To check that, remove the DVD and try to start the game. If it works, you are good to go - otherwise: PATCH USING SFSF!
If it is 1.0.0.0 you have the original, unpatched, starforced version. Starting the game will install the incompatible StarForce drivers and you've messed it up. SO DO NOT FUCKING DO IT! DO NOT START THE GAME! You'll have to patch to 1.4b and PATCH USING SFSF to get rid of the game checking for StarForce and the DVD. It doesn't have any consequences with other starforced software, as long as you didn't install the old drivers and have to remove the StarForce crap with the SFSF-tool. Only this will interfere with any other StarForce protected game installations.
Furthermore, the old removal-tool is no longer needed. SFSF is the better choice and does more than that old tool. You may want to read more about StarForce. After using this STARFORCE-Fix, you can install any mods to SH3 easily and without conflict.
█ SFSF lets you apply the AUTOMATED STARFORCE-FiX:
* █ players can now install their old DVD under Win7-10.
* █ players can now play SH3 without the DVD in the drive.
* █ the patched result can now be patched with H.sie (S3H), Stiebler(S3S), Tycho, Fader.
* █ all SF-driver-files are removed from your system. The old tool 'sfdrvrem' is no longer needed!
* █ all SF-registry-entries are removed from your system. The old tool ' sfdrvrem' is no longer needed!If you want to apply the STARFORCE-FiX to a DVD-version of SH3 please make sure that you
* close and exit all parts of SH3. Also close all its folders and open files!
* Once again: Make sure NO file or folder of SH3 is opened in Windows!
* provide a valid installation-path → That is the path of the installation you want to apply this fix to
(SFSF tries to find what you have by attempting to read the Windows-Registry and displays that as default)
Note: The destination-path is only needed for the STEAM-FiX, because it moves a STEAM-SH3-installation "out of Steam's access"
and out of the UAC-controlled directories that many players apparently cannot stop installing to.Verify once more...and GO!
[STEAM-FiX]
"STEAM-FIX - why it is necessary, what it does and how to use it =": show
STEAM
The information that you are reading just now replaces all earlier threads which come up when you search...
* STEAM and other Download-Versions of SH3 (censored on SuSi)
* http://lmgtfy.com/?q=steam%20starforce%20SH3%20%53%46%53%46This tool called module SFSF() replaces all earlier tools such as...
* the SteamMover. SteamMover only moves the files, SFSF does much more, specifically for SH3!
* the StarForce Removal Tool. That tool only removes the SF-drivers, SFSF does much more, specifically for SH3!The socalled STEAM-SH3-version has its flaws, but certainly its PROs, too, which I am trying to summarize briefly here:
PRO:
* very cheap, I saw it for 2,49 one day!
* easy to install
* it is already updated to V1.4b, you do NOT need to run any Ubisoft-patches
* works with every Windows-version out of the box - but! only! stock!
* you can circumvent all the CONs by use of parallel installs and only or add mods to those backups after running the STEAM-FiX.Once more: If you are using a STEAM-SH3-VERSION, you do NOT need to update that one, it is already up to date.
Ignore the b/s that the SuSi-guys are talking, you need NOT verify your STEAM-SH3-version! It needs no V1.4b patch anymore!
What you must do though is make a couple of adjustments - or simply run the STEAM-Fix, that does all that automatically for you.
After using the STEAM-Fix, you can install any mods easily and without conflict.
CON:
* STEAM does not allow modifications of the SH3.exe (H.sie (S3H), Stiebler(S3S), Tycho, Fader - all not possible).
SOLUTION: MOVE SH3 OUT OF STEAM'S REACH! USE SFSF!
* STEAM games are installed to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common,
i.e. you will run into problems with patches such as S3H, S3S etc.
SOLUTION: MOVE SH3 OUT OF STEAM'S REACH! USE SFSF!
* you are tied to STEAM's DRM and STEAM must be running in the background when you play.
SOLUTION: MOVE SH3 OUT OF STEAM'S REACH! USE SFSF!
* Known issues with STEAM and GWX installer: You will get an install error when installing GWX using the STEAM version of
SH3. The GWX installer is looking for SH3.exe. STEAM has renamed that file to something that is not the default.
Consequently the GWX-installer does not find what it seeks and then throws a cryptic and confusing error message
(It is, Jeff Groves, you have failed there!).
SOLUTION: MOVE SH3 OUT OF STEAM'S REACH! USE SFSF! Then simply point the installer there.
SOLUTIONS/WORKAROUNDS:
* Do NOT run SH3 using STEAM-Launcher again! NEVER! Use the best Multi-SH3-launcher: S3F!
* By all means change the installation-path to something OUTSIDE C:\Program Files (x86) as it brings up UAC-issues that you do not want.
* By all means always setup your mods OUTSIDE Steam's folders. THIS IS MANDATORY!
SOLUTION: MOVE SH3 OUT OF STEAM'S REACH! USE SFSF!
Why is such a fix for STEAM-SH3 necessary at all?
Modders have fixed most/all the issues and created a useful/fun game. None of these patches can be applied to the STEAM-SH3-version since the modders had to actually modify the .exe files to get the game to work properly. STEAM's DRM often packages the .exe files up and decodes them when you launch, preventing patches from modifying the .exe. In other words: All these patches fix bugs made by the game-developers by directly patching the EXE, and you can't use such as long as you leave the control to STEAM launcher. Modding the STEAM-SH3-version was abandoned some time ago. So they thought. Nowadays STEAM-SH3 is run using a launcher, the STEAM-launcher, which verifies what STEAM thinks to be "integrity" of files. The STEAM-Fix solves this. And SFSF does much more to help you...
If you want to be able to run all mods and patches out there with Steam's SH3, you must apply the Steam-Fix. If you neglect do that you will have the constantly recurring issues that regularly (almost on a weekly basis) appear in the discussions, following a few examples:
- GWX cannot be installed. Says it finds modded files.
- Game crashes on load at 95%.
- CrashToDesktop
- LSH3 install problem! [no valid SH3.exe]
- Application Load Error
- Black Screen after intro movie
and so on and so on.
The STEAM-Fix in the SFSF-package solves all of those problems!
█ SFSF lets you apply the AUTOMATED STEAM-FiX:
* █ the patched result can now be patched with H.sie (S3H), Stiebler(S3S), Tycho, Fader.
* █ players can now "mod & patch" their STEAM-SH3 to their liking and it will work.
* █ moves the selected SH3-installation where you choose, BUT out of
* █ Programs (X86)
* █ STEAM's directoriesIf you want to apply the STEAM-FiX please make sure that you
* close and exit all parts of STEAM (and its launcher!) and also all parts of SH3. Also close all their folders!
* Once again: Make sure NO file or folder of SH3 is opened in Windows!
* provide a valid installation-path → That is the path of the installation you want to apply this fix to
(SFSF tries to find what you have by attempting to read the Windows-Registry and displays that as default)
* provide a valid destination-path on the same partition (C: stays C:) → That is where the "STEAM-SH3-installation" is going to be moved to
→ once again: CHANGE the default installation-path so you do NOT install to anywhere in the default path "Program Files (x86)".
Guide to a custom path that is NOT controlled by Windows/UAC, for example C:\SH3-stock or D:\games\SH3\stock or alike.
→ once again: out of STEAM's reach, out of WIN/UAC's reach, but on the same harddrive partitition, cannot be so hard to do!Verify once more...and GO!
From this moment you can mod and patch all parts of the game without the Steam Launcher attempting to 'repair' what you want changed.
REV_BL!TZKR!EG:
[DOWNLOAD & INSTALL:]
[*]Download the latest version.
[*]Unpack using 7-Zip to
- ANYWHERE OUTSIDE your SH3-game-folder and neither in its sub-folders!
- ANYWHERE OUTSIDE areas that Windows controls with its 'UAC'!
Simply overwrite existing files, if you are upgrading to a newer version!
[*]Run the S3F.exe-file - AS ADMINISTRATOR
[*]Allow it through your security-software (Defender? Avast? Norton? AVG? Firewall?). :))
[*]Inspect your U-Boot means "let S3F scan your system." That takes time. Be patient. Simply let it run!
[*]S3F will then display a list of all found SH3-installations and SH3-tools that you can use (=everything it has found).
[*]Select one of your installed SH3-installations.
[*]Click on one of the program-icons below to run THAT program with THAT SH3-installation.
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You figure the idea and how easy it is? Enjoy... :Thumb up:
Ah yes and as for the question "Why no installer?"
I share the opinion of Oleh Yuschuk, the programmer of Ollydbg: "No installation means also no trash in registry and system directories."
So yes, it runs right out of the box and from almost anywhere (as said above!).
(:))) IMPORTANT is that you deactivate your Anti-Virus-Software for the moment when running it, so set to OFF or IGNORE. Otherwise you will run into problems: Your free or cheap AntiVirus-Software (AVAST! AVG! All that!) will hoax you into thinking S3F is a trojan. Reason: To accomplish the process of patching, we need to directly write into the target SH3.EXE. Consequently, patches are changes to the actual code of an executable file, so AntiVirus-Kits will be irritated and 'think' there is a trojan running, while it is not. So there is no way around this step. It must be done.
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