Save and exit

Kumando · 01-03-07, 07:55 PM

I noticed that this feature has ruined two campaigns of mine because when im going to load there is not one single save. Im using GWX does anyone noticed this?

RAM · 01-03-07, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Kumando

I noticed that this feature has ruined two campaigns of mine because when im going to load there is not one single save. Im using GWX does anyone noticed this?

I've done it quite some times, never found any trouble with mid-patrol save&exits...

Hope it doesn't happen to me now, as the patrol I've just saved has 29000 tons of merchants sunk and a southampton light cruiser I got in a convoy attack in the roughest of the seas...

mookiemookie · 01-03-07, 09:09 PM

I have never run across this problem. Are you sure you're giving your saves a name when you exit, and clicking "OK" instead of "Cancel"?

Herr Russ · 01-03-07, 09:26 PM

Playing Patched Vanilla...

This happened to me once... I started up SHIII the next day & my entire career was gone... Poof... I was told at the time that it was a glitch w/ the original SHIII. Hasn't happened since though..

01-03-07, 10:50 PM

It is a glitch with the stock game, GWX has nothing to do with it. I just had this problem the other day. The only way I was able to solve it was to go into C:\My Documents and Settings\<Logged on user name>\My Documents\SH3\data\cfg\Careers and rename the carrer folder in question. You then have to leave it that way and all the saves will be back (provided the .SAV files are in there in the first place).

Corsair · 01-04-07, 04:10 AM

Never happened to me but just in case I always make two saves when I exit game : one normal "save" function , then "continue" to get back in game, then make a second with "save and exit".

Kumando · 01-04-07, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Swany6mm

It is a glitch with the stock game, GWX has nothing to do with it. I just had this problem the other day. The only way I was able to solve it was to go into C:\My Documents and Settings\Brett\My Documents\SH3\data\cfg\Careers and rename the carrer folder in question. You then have to leave it that way and all the saves will be back (provided the .SAV files are in there in the first place).

You only have to rename the career folder? Not the saves names to?

Jimbuna · 01-04-07, 07:28 AM

As an insurance precaution you can always minimise your game and check the folder to see that your saves are being written/accepted :hmm:

Kumando · 01-04-07, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

As an insurance precaution you can always minimise your game and check the folder to see that your saves are being written/accepted :hmm:

The problem is they are there in the my documents folder but simply wont show up in the game load screen.

01-04-07, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Kumando

You only have to rename the career folder? Not the saves names to?

Correct, just the folder name.

Paajtor · 01-04-07, 12:00 PM

I remember the "war has finished"-bug, from a long time ago...not sure if it's related, but here is the fix:

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You need to go into your save files (in your "My Documents" folder, eg: "My Documents\SH3\data\cfg\Careers\<yourcareername>\) and look for the two files in your career called: "Careers.cfg" and "careers_0.cfg" .Open those files with notepad (or anyother document viewing program) then find the lines that read:

Finished=true
WarOver=true

...find these lines in both .cfg file and change them so they read:

Finished=false
WarOver=false

Jimbuna · 01-04-07, 12:03 PM

If the folder is called for example 'SH3' rename it 'SH3X' then put it in...then when it looks like everything is okay...give it the original name again

It's worked for me before

01-05-07, 12:10 AM

I've tried giving it the original name again and always end up losing the saves again so I just left it at what I renamed it. Then I ended up deleting the career anyways and started a new one and have yet to have the same problem

Jimbuna · 01-05-07, 04:44 AM

Sorry to hear that mate....good luck in future

LeafsFan · 01-05-07, 07:25 AM

Jeez, another stock bug??

HB

01-03-07, 07:55 PM	#1
Kumando Commodore Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Portugal Posts: 639 Downloads: 283 Uploads: 0	Save and exit I noticed that this feature has ruined two campaigns of mine because when im going to load there is not one single save. Im using GWX does anyone noticed this? Last edited by Kumando; 01-04-07 at 12:48 PM.

01-03-07, 09:09 PM	#3
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	I have never run across this problem. Are you sure you're giving your saves a name when you exit, and clicking "OK" instead of "Cancel"? __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

01-03-07, 10:50 PM	#5
Swany6mm Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	It is a glitch with the stock game, GWX has nothing to do with it. I just had this problem the other day. The only way I was able to solve it was to go into C:\My Documents and Settings\<Logged on user name>\My Documents\SH3\data\cfg\Careers and rename the carrer folder in question. You then have to leave it that way and all the saves will be back (provided the .SAV files are in there in the first place). Last edited by Swany6mm; 01-04-07 at 10:31 AM.

01-04-07, 04:10 AM	#6
Corsair Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toulouse France Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	Never happened to me but just in case I always make two saves when I exit game : one normal "save" function , then "continue" to get back in game, then make a second with "save and exit". __________________ NYGM 3.4A / Living SH3 V5.1 + SH3 Commander

01-04-07, 07:28 AM	#8
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,483 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	As an insurance precaution you can always minimise your game and check the folder to see that your saves are being written/accepted :hmm: __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-03-07, 09:26 PM	#4
Herr Russ Officer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Diego, CA. Posts: 246 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Playing Patched Vanilla... This happened to me once... I started up SHIII the next day & my entire career was gone... Poof... I was told at the time that it was a glitch w/ the original SHIII. Hasn't happened since though..

01-04-07, 12:03 PM	#12
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,483 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	If the folder is called for example 'SH3' rename it 'SH3X' then put it in...then when it looks like everything is okay...give it the original name again It's worked for me before __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-05-07, 12:10 AM	#13
Swany6mm Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I've tried giving it the original name again and always end up losing the saves again so I just left it at what I renamed it. Then I ended up deleting the career anyways and started a new one and have yet to have the same problem

01-05-07, 04:44 AM	#14
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,483 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Sorry to hear that mate....good luck in future __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-05-07, 07:25 AM	#15
LeafsFan Watch Officer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 332 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Jeez, another stock bug?? HB