Career CTD

[Weiss Pinguin]

So the last couple of weeks my careers have started crashing on me. The scenario: I'm in port, after finishing up my last patrol in August, and all is well... But as soon as September 1st rolls around, Wasserbomben! - my computer crash dives to desktop while loading the patrol. This started a couple of weeks ago - or atleast that's when I noticed it, as I hadn't been playing much until then. I also hadn't changed or added in any files, but I decided to try reinstalling SH3/GWX anyways. (Actually I just cleared out my GWX install and copied the files over from my virgin vanilla SH3 folder) Still no zigarre.

By then GWX 3.0 was so close to release that I decided to wait for that. Loaded it up, and all seemed well... Until of course I got to September 1st. (Wasserbomben! :lol:) I made a test career starting in September to see if my computer might implode, but all I got was another crash to desktop. I haven't tried starting later or skipping past September to see if that would work, just because GWX takes approximately 24 hours to load on my computer, and I don't have the patience to sit through several days of loading when I can just ask for ideas.

I tried searching, but, well, the search function goes kinda all over the place whenever 'crash' or 'career' are keywords.

Here's a screenshot of the error message, if it helps:
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/1395/sh3ctdbq4.jpg

Anyways, sorry for rambling on confuzzledlike, hopefully some of all that makes sense. :p

[Madox58]

You don't have malfunctions and sabatoge enabled do you?

[Weiss Pinguin]

I do, as a matter of fact. Could that be buggering it up? :hmm:

[Madox58]

Looking at all the changes I need to finish?
:hmm:

I'd say.........
Yep!!
:lol:

Also, don't randomize crush depth yet!!

[Weiss Pinguin]

Ah, 'kay, I'll try that out. I guess I'll random crush depths as well, while I'm at it. :lol:

If that all doesn't work I guess it's off to defrag and officially reinstall SH3. And then defrag some more.

[Madox58]

If it crashes now?
You can rename the SH3 folder in My Documents
and start over.

[Weiss Pinguin]

Well, just crashed on me again. :-j I've deleted the GWX folder in My Documents several times now, with each new career I tried and GWX 3.0 install to no avail. (Using MultiSH3) :(

[Madox58]

Did you Roll back Commander?

[bigboywooly]

Does your virgin install work ok ???

[Weiss Pinguin]

Did you Roll back Commander?
Does your virgin install work ok ???
Yes, and yes.

I decided to go ahead and do a full reinstall, right now I'm letting the hard drive defragment overnight. If the problem still pops up I think I might have to break something... :hmm:

[A Very Super Market]

I once rolled-back SH3 commander, and not uninstall it right after. It broke SH3 so bad, I had to re-download it from steam, which was an abnormal pain in the arse. Did you do anything like that?

[Weiss Pinguin]

Well, finished my first patrol with a clean 3.0 install with no problems, I'm going to skip ahead and see what breaks. :lol:

[bigboywooly]

Fingers crossed then
Glad you are sorted