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#SILENT HUNTER 3 GWX CRASHES INSTALL#
#SILENT HUNTER 3 GWX CRASHES DRIVERS#
#SILENT HUNTER 3 GWX CRASHES UPDATE#

#SILENT HUNTER 3 GWX CRASHES INSTALL#

Find and install the patch (probably named silent_hunter_3_dvd_1.4b_emea.exe).

Perform on a terminal wineboot just in case. If necessary reinstall in order to terminate your installation correctly. Towards the end of the install process you might get a request to install that "shadow" crap.ĭon't do that, and -unless you see a "no thanks" option- kill the shadow installer and see if you can finish your installation. 9 versions the periscopes will both crush wine and the simulation)

Browse the iso and launch setup.exe using a recent version of wine ( 1.1.13 for instance, with previous.

Get optionally the nice add-on for the mediterranean theater (see below).

#SILENT HUNTER 3 GWX CRASHES UPDATE#

Get the necessary update patch (probably named silent_hunter_3_dvd_1.4b_emea.exe).Get a iso of SH3 (buy second hand: 5 euro atm, or find on the web & download: aplenty places).The above reasons are good enough to play Silent Hunter 3. The slightly disgusting feeling of having to play as a U-boat commander for nazy germany -there are no other options- can easily be compensated playing (with cedega) the strategically and tactically marvelllous WWII simulation combat mission 2, barbarossa to berlin (CMBB) on the soviet side and blowing up all those nazi tanks in the snow with your strategical and tactical finesse.and your glorious KV1s and T34s One advantage is that so doing we avoid the "guinea pig trap" of all new games being released on the unaware zombieland in a very expensive and extremely buggy status: only after many years SH3 went mature enough, thanks to all the necessary patches that appeared long AFTER its original buggy release. Good games released for linux are still next to non-existant, so we must (still) stuck with the proprietary crap and the hassle to install a windows application if we want to satisfy our ludic instincts or at least months (not weeks, not days). This game is very captivating, has prima graphics, tactical überdepth and fascinating naval "atmosphere" and you'll probably enjoy it for years. In many aspects it surpasses the more recent -and more "hollywoodian"- Silent Hunter 4 (that cares more for the eggplant level "one shooter" morons). Silent Hunter 3 (SH3) is imho one of the best tactical simulations of submarine warfare you could find at the moment.

HISTORY/REASON/WHY THE HASSLE OF INSTALLING A 4 YEARS OLD PROPRIETARY GAME? (jump if you don't care) should you fail to find a second hand or "reminders" software shop near you) The necessary patches and add-ons for the game + the game itself (very cheap to buy and/or very easy to find on the web.A good GNU/Linux distribution (let's assume you use Ubuntu/Intrepid).The MOST RECENT version of wine (I'm using 1.1.13 at the moment), a older point.Note that if your graphic card or your CPU are not top notch this simulation might "stutter" no matter the OS we are using (see next post of mine below)

#SILENT HUNTER 3 GWX CRASHES DRIVERS#

A good graphic card and the correct drivers for it (compiz working, flxgears speedy enough, etc.

Here the necessary steps, if you follow exactly this how to, the game should work BETTER than in windows xp (and of course better as in vista), provided you have all the