Strange problem reloading saved games

[Samwolf]

I'm running GW1.1a andhave not added any new mods lately, I never ran into the problem before yesterday. During a career I saved the game and exited SH3 , when I reload the game, my sub sinks to the bottom as soon as the load screen is done and will not respond to any commands. The career ends when I hit crush depth and says I died due to a collision. There were no ships or land in sight when I saved. I restarted the mission from the beginning and played fine for a while. When I saved again this afternoon the same problem occurred when I loaded the last saved game.

Anyone else ever run into this? I'm guessing that somehow my save game file is being corrupted, it's frustrating to lose all the time I put into the game because of this.

Any ideas?

Tia.

[Badger Finn]

yep...try using the save and exit patrol only...not the save game...worked for me

others suggest only saving whilst on the surface with clear seas eg as u said no ships around...

[Samwolf]

yep...try using the save and exit patrol only...not the save game...worked for me

others suggest only saving whilst on the surface with clear seas eg as u said no ships around...

Thanks. I usually do use save and exit but I'm not sure if I did the last times this happened.

[bigboywooly]

Yes its a bug that can pop up from time to time
Some never get it
Always try to save on the surface and not to close to ports/convoys and the like
I know this is not always possible

If I am faced with making a save in those conditions I usually make a save and then do a save and exit
If the last fails at least I stand a chance of the previous one working

[THE_MASK]

Just a side note. I once saved and typed CON (which was short for convoy) then continued then saved and exited with CON again . NEVER TYPE THIS IN . Ended up with some programming language or something in the place of the save game .

[Samwolf]

Yes its a bug that can pop up from time to time
Some never get it
Always try to save on the surface and not to close to ports/convoys and the like
I know this is not always possible

If I am faced with making a save in those conditions I usually make a save and then do a save and exit
If the last fails at least I stand a chance of the previous one working

Thanks. I remember having the problem way back when I first bought SH3 but it hasn't popped up since. I forgot what the "solution" was. You reminded me, I saved and exited the game, continued for 5 game minutes and saved and exited again.