CTD when sonar ranging

scar3tactics · 06-21-17, 12:28 PM

Greetings,

Just recently got back into SH4 and loving it all over again, but have run into an odd issue that I managed to reproduce, so I thought I'd ask here for answers:

I'm on patrol in the Sea of Japan in August 1943 with a Gato out of Midway. I came across a line merchant at night in rough seas and set up for an attack. With the waves bucking me around the stadimeter is more useless than normal. I'm trying to get a sonar range, so I use the orders bar to ask my sound guy for a check --- SH4 has stopped working, CTD.

Now I've used the sonar to get ranges multiple times, so I wrote it off. Reload the patrol the next day and try again. Sink a couple merchants (even manage to get a sound range from my sonar guy on one of them), when one dark and rough night I again come across a lone merchant. Same scenario, set up, ask for a range, ---- CTD.

Now, I tried to isolate the common factors: Both times it was night, rough waters, and I'm at PD. I ask for range from the orders bar, not by pinging myself. The second time it was a Ryun Maru (name is probably wrong but it's something similar, large fore and aft masts, dazzle camo job)

Mods:
TMO 2.5 and patch
RSRD 5xx and patch
TMO visuals for RSRD
C/D sonar fix
IJN Radar fix
Zero bomb load fix
ISE v3 for TMO/RFB

I should add, I'm also running the LAA patch

Any clue what's going on?

propbeanie · 06-21-17, 03:33 PM

Someone more familiar with the game will have to "spy" your mods, because I'm not familiar with a couple of them - but, you could back them off one at a time and try that same vessel with sonar ranging and see if it works. BUT (another "but"?? I'd say something, but I won't), since the ranging worked on one ship, but not another, there may be an issue with the ID of that particular vessel (Type= or Class= line in the MIS file or cfg files). If you put the external camera on, can you get close enough to visually identify the ship yourself? Did you ever get a "lock" or an "ID" in the periscope? If you do, and it didn't CTD, then that's not the issue...

Rockin Robbins · 06-22-17, 08:46 AM

The game is looking up that ship, finding nothing and crashing. Not really good error handling routines in SH4. But it does not allow us to ignore errors so that's a good thing!

Aktungbby · 07-11-17, 11:03 PM

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06-21-17, 12:28 PM	#1
scar3tactics Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 9 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	CTD when sonar ranging Greetings, Just recently got back into SH4 and loving it all over again, but have run into an odd issue that I managed to reproduce, so I thought I'd ask here for answers: I'm on patrol in the Sea of Japan in August 1943 with a Gato out of Midway. I came across a line merchant at night in rough seas and set up for an attack. With the waves bucking me around the stadimeter is more useless than normal. I'm trying to get a sonar range, so I use the orders bar to ask my sound guy for a check --- SH4 has stopped working, CTD. Now I've used the sonar to get ranges multiple times, so I wrote it off. Reload the patrol the next day and try again. Sink a couple merchants (even manage to get a sound range from my sonar guy on one of them), when one dark and rough night I again come across a lone merchant. Same scenario, set up, ask for a range, ---- CTD. Now, I tried to isolate the common factors: Both times it was night, rough waters, and I'm at PD. I ask for range from the orders bar, not by pinging myself. The second time it was a Ryun Maru (name is probably wrong but it's something similar, large fore and aft masts, dazzle camo job) Mods: TMO 2.5 and patch RSRD 5xx and patch TMO visuals for RSRD C/D sonar fix IJN Radar fix Zero bomb load fix ISE v3 for TMO/RFB I should add, I'm also running the LAA patch Any clue what's going on? Last edited by scar3tactics; 06-21-17 at 03:09 PM.

06-21-17, 03:33 PM	#2
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,742 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 2	Someone more familiar with the game will have to "spy" your mods, because I'm not familiar with a couple of them - but, you could back them off one at a time and try that same vessel with sonar ranging and see if it works. BUT (another "but"?? I'd say something, but I won't), since the ranging worked on one ship, but not another, there may be an issue with the ID of that particular vessel (Type= or Class= line in the MIS file or cfg files). If you put the external camera on, can you get close enough to visually identify the ship yourself? Did you ever get a "lock" or an "ID" in the periscope? If you do, and it didn't CTD, then that's not the issue... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna

06-22-17, 08:46 AM	#3
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,899 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	The game is looking up that ship, finding nothing and crashing. Not really good error handling routines in SH4. But it does not allow us to ignore errors so that's a good thing! __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

07-11-17, 11:03 PM	#4
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