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Revision as of 07:30, 29 October 2022
Developers | |
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Ubisoft Romania | |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 15, 2005 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 90 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
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] | |||
GamersGate | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Steam | ||||
Ubisoft Store | Included with Ubisoft+. |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Patches
Expansions (Unofficial)
- The grey wolves (Freeware)
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 |
---|---|---|
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud | ||
Ubisoft Connect | [3] |
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 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 |
---|---|---|
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 | ||||
French | Unofficial patch. | |||
German |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
LAN play | 8 | Co-op |
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Online play |
Issues fixed
Problems 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 |
---|---|---|
Direct3D |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
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.
References
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Cloud save support for games available on Ubisoft+ - last accessed on 2021-09-18