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zosX
01-30-2010, 01:08 PM
After trying steam out for a while and liking it, I decided to buy SH4. It was my impression that games on steam are patched to the latest versions, but that is not the case as the SH4 I got was 1.3. No problem, I'll just download the patch and run it.....then the patch reported that it could not find a valid install of SH4. Bummer. Then I copied the game over to its default directories (program files/ubisoft/silent hunter 4)....no dice, so I guess it looks for a registry key to determine installation. Care to share what key it is looking for? Also, since you sell your game on steam, it would be nice to at least put out the version that has been patched for over a year. Also, why does the Colorado class battleships have no texture? They appear as jet black. Very odd looking when you leave pearl harbor.....perhaps the installation files on steam are corrupted? Only the colorado class appears this way. It seems every other ship looks ok in the museum. I know I could just buy the expansion and get automagically updated to 1.5, but spending another $10 just to be able to patch a game seems kind of wrong.

zosX
01-30-2010, 02:52 PM
Ended up upgrading to the expansion. The problem still exists and other planes/ships are black now as well. Am I the only one to experience this?

freedomrock
10-09-2010, 08:25 PM
No you're not the only one. Mine keeps crashing now (vers 1.3 of course). Now that steam is getting popular they are making some mistakes as all arrogant well fed companies do. From now on I can't trust these guys with my money unless I have a guarantee that I will get the latest up to date game version available. This is the only reason I've been using steam, so taking that away, I'd rather go back to using disks.

tambor198
10-16-2010, 04:32 PM
Greetings

If you guys want to save both yourselves a lot of grieve, do a search on google and find a copy of SHIV, The Gold Edition on disk. That is the latest version of the game and geared to all the newest mods. Any questions, feel free to ask away. http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/25.gif