Silent Hunter III
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Developers | |
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Ubisoft Romania | |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 15, 2005 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 90 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
Controls | Direct control, Menu-based |
Genres | Action, Simulation, Strategy, Vehicle combat |
Vehicles | Naval/watercraft |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Historical, World War II |
Series | Silent Hunter |
Silent Hunter | |
---|---|
Silent Hunter | 1996 |
Silent Hunter II | 2001 |
Destroyer Command | 2002 |
Silent Hunter III | 2005 |
Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific | 2007 |
Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic | 2010 |
Silent Hunter III is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person action, simulation, strategy and vehicle combat game in the Silent Hunter series.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | StarForce 3.4.71.19 DRM[Note 1] | |||
Epic Games Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
Ubisoft Store | Included with Ubisoft+. | |||
GamersGate (unavailable) | ||||
Green Man Gaming (unavailable) |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Monetization
Type | Notes |
---|---|
One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Subscription gaming service | Available via Ubisoft+. |
Essential improvements
Patches
Unofficial expansions
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\SH3\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15210/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\SH3\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15210/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Epic Games Launcher | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud | ||
Ubisoft Connect |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | See the WSGF entry, and this other trick. If you own a AMD GPU, you may use the Catalyst Control Center to set the screen format you want. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Czech | Fan translation, download. U-Boat Battle in the Mediterranean. | |||
French | Unofficial patch, download. | |||
German |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Local play | ||||
LAN play | 8 | Co-op |
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Online play | The official multiplayer service was shut down in February 2013.[3] |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Problems with launching the game
- With some modern PCs, there have been problems launching this game. If the game refuses to load or loads to a black screen, one possible workaround is to set your desktop resolution to 1024x768 (the game's default resolution).[citation needed]
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 1.4 GHz AMD Athlon 1.4 GHz |
Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon 2.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible | 128 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.[1][2] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (15210) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.