[OM] A victim of the "Turmumbau-desaster"

skidman · 05-23-13, 07:07 PM

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Hi there,
I've been lurking around subsim for a couple of months, mosty playing 1.5 stock and TMO. A few weeks ago I decided to give OM a shot and really liked it a lot. But now I'm stuck. My career as a Kaleun has turned into a three act tragedy:

Act 1:

Mods used:
OM705, Update720, Patch5
OMEGU300, Patch7
OM-OMEGU deutsch
OM Nav Map Makeover
DBSM_SH4, Speech Fix

Joined the 1. Flotille in Kiel, got a IIb, became the menace of the Thames estuary, IIc and IId followed, sneaked into Scapa Flow and sank some big ones. In 1941 we moved to Brest and I got a shiny VIIb and later that year a VIIc to patrol the "western approaches".

Act 2:

In spring 1942 I returned to Brest after a fruitful patrol and got a message saying my boat would get a new conning tower, and the upgrade was successful. Two AA platforms, but my boat would not move forward, or backwards, instead a "cannot comply" message was displayed no matter what speed I ordered. This "bug" has been described by TLAM Strike in post #2904 of the OM-thread but no solution or workaround has been posted there (yes, I have read the whole thread, all 3141 posts). A similar problem described by othr (see Post #1687 in the OM-thread for reference) has been addressed by lurker by the release of Hotfix1 for OM V715 (post #1704). Though this hotfix should be included in OM V720 it apparently does not eliminate all flavours of the "lack of propulsion" issue.

Act 3:

I desperately wanted to continue my career, and the only fix I could find on subsim was a very rough workaround proposed by othr (in post #1693):

"Instead I made a new campaign starting in Aug 1943, copied the ActiveUserPlayerUnits.cfg from there to my save directory. Cost me my crew but at least it lets me play while you figure it out."

At first glance this method seemed quite suitable: My medals, rank, tons sunk etc. were kept, my well trained crew was gone. OK. I spent a enjoyable week in the Irish Sea and got me some fat tankers, returned to Brest. Got a new objective, left the base and saved the game. But now

- none of the saved games of the present patrol can be opened (ctd)

- none of the saved games of the previous patrol can be opened (ctd, BUMMER)

I restored the saved games from backup to exclude file corruption, deactivated all mods except the basic OM-files, reinstalled SH4 from scratch - no joy. It seems that a promising Fregattenkapitän has been put out of business, not by depth charges, shells or hedgehogs, but by a nasty bug in SH4 or OM.

Two questions:

Is there another workaround or fix to circumvent or avoid the Turmumbau-desaster?

Has anybody managed to play a continuous career from 39 to 45 in OM? If the answer is no there is no point in playing OM for me.

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05-23-13, 07:07 PM	#1
skidman Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Near the Dutch mountains Posts: 1,147 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	[OM] A victim of the "Turmumbau-desaster" <firstpost> Hi there, I've been lurking around subsim for a couple of months, mosty playing 1.5 stock and TMO. A few weeks ago I decided to give OM a shot and really liked it a lot. But now I'm stuck. My career as a Kaleun has turned into a three act tragedy: Act 1: Mods used: OM705, Update720, Patch5 OMEGU300, Patch7 OM-OMEGU deutsch OM Nav Map Makeover DBSM_SH4, Speech Fix Joined the 1. Flotille in Kiel, got a IIb, became the menace of the Thames estuary, IIc and IId followed, sneaked into Scapa Flow and sank some big ones. In 1941 we moved to Brest and I got a shiny VIIb and later that year a VIIc to patrol the "western approaches". Act 2: In spring 1942 I returned to Brest after a fruitful patrol and got a message saying my boat would get a new conning tower, and the upgrade was successful. Two AA platforms, but my boat would not move forward, or backwards, instead a "cannot comply" message was displayed no matter what speed I ordered. This "bug" has been described by TLAM Strike in post #2904 of the OM-thread but no solution or workaround has been posted there (yes, I have read the whole thread, all 3141 posts). A similar problem described by othr (see Post #1687 in the OM-thread for reference) has been addressed by lurker by the release of Hotfix1 for OM V715 (post #1704). Though this hotfix should be included in OM V720 it apparently does not eliminate all flavours of the "lack of propulsion" issue. Act 3: I desperately wanted to continue my career, and the only fix I could find on subsim was a very rough workaround proposed by othr (in post #1693): "Instead I made a new campaign starting in Aug 1943, copied the ActiveUserPlayerUnits.cfg from there to my save directory. Cost me my crew but at least it lets me play while you figure it out." At first glance this method seemed quite suitable: My medals, rank, tons sunk etc. were kept, my well trained crew was gone. OK. I spent a enjoyable week in the Irish Sea and got me some fat tankers, returned to Brest. Got a new objective, left the base and saved the game. But now - none of the saved games of the present patrol can be opened (ctd) - none of the saved games of the previous patrol can be opened (ctd, BUMMER) I restored the saved games from backup to exclude file corruption, deactivated all mods except the basic OM-files, reinstalled SH4 from scratch - no joy. It seems that a promising Fregattenkapitän has been put out of business, not by depth charges, shells or hedgehogs, but by a nasty bug in SH4 or OM. Two questions: Is there another workaround or fix to circumvent or avoid the Turmumbau-desaster? Has anybody managed to play a continuous career from 39 to 45 in OM? If the answer is no there is no point in playing OM for me. </firstpost>