Technical Issue: Final patrol won't load

[Mios 4Me]

I'm in the midst of a spectacular final patrol in late June '45 but the file suddenly won't open. The splash screen shows it fully loading, then the "please wait" box comes up, then seems to time out after a minute or so, and disappears back to Windows. Rebooting makes no difference.



This is a 1.3 version I can't upgrade to 1.4 or 1.5 on this machine. I have 1.5 on another laptop but don't know if it will open if i transfer the career, however that's done, or if I will run into errors because of the number of officers aboard.


Any help would be appreciated. I'm really looking forward to the culmination of this patrol and the war, so this is very frustrating.

[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by Mios 4Me

I'm in the midst of a spectacular final patrol in late June '45 but the file suddenly won't open. The splash screen shows it fully loading, then the "please wait" box comes up, then seems to time out after a minute or so, and disappears back to Windows. Rebooting makes no difference.



This is a 1.3 version I can't upgrade to 1.4 or 1.5 on this machine. I have 1.5 on another laptop but don't know if it will open if i transfer the career, however that's done, or if I will run into errors because of the number of officers aboard.


Any help would be appreciated. I'm really looking forward to the culmination of this patrol and the war, so this is very frustrating.

first, welcome to Subsim and SH4.
second, more than likely you are running into a lack of memory problem. what version of windows are you running and how much RAM does it have? this issue is fairly consistent for captains who attempt to reload missions with extensive sinkings on a machine with limited memory or if they are not using the Large Address Aware utility. if your machine has at least 3 gig of RAM you should enable SH4 with LAA and try to reload one more time.
if you don't have 3 gig RAM then you are probably S-O-L.
here is the link for the 32-bit LAA. i could not find the 64-bit version. if you are running a 64-bit OS, repost and someone will have a copy.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=3634


good luck.

[Mios 4Me]

Thanks for the assist. I'm over fifty sinkings on this patrol, so your comment is probably spot on.



I have 4 GB RAM on Win 10 64-bit.

[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by Mios 4Me

Thanks for the assist. I'm over fifty sinkings on this patrol, so your comment is probably spot on.



I have 4 GB RAM on Win 10 64-bit.

do not despair. get a copy of large address aware and enable SH4 with it and try to re-load your mission. it.could.work.

[Mios 4Me]

I'll try it as soon as I find a reliable copy. Maybe someone will chime in here.

[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by Mios 4Me

I'll try it as soon as I find a reliable copy. Maybe someone will chime in here.

CapnScurvy's Windows10 Large Address Aware SH4 Install.
He has a link to the original thread where the fellow that wrote Large Address Aware (LAA) posted. It doesn't really matter though if the program used is 32-bit or 64-bit.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...35#post2452635

good luck!

[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by Mios 4Me

I'll try it as soon as I find a reliable copy. Maybe someone will chime in here.

i just received confirmation that either of the links that i posted will work.
LAA only comes as a 32-bit app so, no worries.

be sure to set SH3.exe Property Read-Only to OFF (unchecked).
then d/l LAA, run it in Beginner mode, browse to your install of SH4, set the indicator ON and save.
if you get to running multiple instances of SH4 be sure to run LAA for each instance.