trouble docking

[U-84]

little bit of a preoblem. My orders are to deport from fremantle, photo recon serobaja harbor in my S-30 and scoot like hell to deliver these precious photos to the chaps stationed in brisbane, only problem is, everytie i try to dock when it asks me, after accepting it, and hitting next, my game goes straight to SH4 encountered a problem...basically how do i fix this, i already tried a previous save, and even redid the mission starting from the end of my previous patrol (in base)...would reloading a save from towards the end of the previous patrol fix this?:06:

[Gambit]

Are you in TC when you click the dialog box?

[U-84]

no, i've even tried being in different parts of the sub don't know why but i thought it would work.

[SteamWake]

Brisbane still in allied hands?

By the way you dont have to return to base to complete that mission. Just radio in and you will recieve new orders. :salute:

[U-84]

im new to Sh4, but how do u radio in...also i never knew brisbane would fall also...i was under the assumption that all australian ports were mostly safe.

[SteamWake]

im new to Sh4, but how do u radio in...also i never knew brisbane would fall also...i was under the assumption that all australian ports were mostly safe.

Theres a button on the lower right of the screen looks kind of like a clip board. There are three tabs on the clipboard. One of em is ummm a phone home option.

As to the photo mission I believe that if you did it correctly you should have gotten a mission complete message (in the incomming part of the clipboard).

How to complete a mission

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=111509

[U-84]

anywho, i just tried gettng another objective, deploy to solomon islands, did that and sunk the required amount i guess of shippping, went back to dock at brisbane, this time no american or australian fleet stationed there, and i still got a Sh4 encountered a problem and exit out on me...:down:...is there anything that can fix this, because i read on the link u gave me another person was having the same problem, but there was no solution posted. ...just wondering if anybody knew how to fix this, cuz i don't realy want to restart another campaign.

[U-84]

sorry forgot to ad this to my above post, or can u dock at another harbor, becuz i tried at fremantle, but i could only refit.

[Platapus]

On your map, check the "anchor" icon of the port. It has happened to me that I was reassigned to a new port and I missed the message. The game won't allow you to dock at the "wrong" port.

Your home port has a "tilted" anchor.

Don't know if this is your problem but once I was sailing all over the place trying to find my home before someone told me about the anchor icons

[SteamWake]

Yes you can dock at any allied port to re-fit and re-fuel but you have to dock at your 'home' port to complete the tour.

The game often changes home ports and either forgets to tell you or it gets covered up in other message spam.

As said above look for the tilted anchor.

The crash is another matter Im not sure why it would crash when entering a port unless its trying to load and object/sound file which is corrupted.

Short of a re-install I dont know how to help you.

About the re-install even that has a few twists and turns here is a good thread on the topic

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=133290

[U-84]

ok thanks....one more question..does brisbane ever fall into japanese hands?

[Frame57]

No, only Cavite and Surabaya. So once you get either Fremantle or Brisbane that will be your permanent base unless you request a transfer when it becomes available to you.

[Highbury]

No, only Cavite and Surabaya. So once you get either Fremantle or Brisbane that will be your permanent base unless you request a transfer when it becomes available to you.

Interesting.. I haven't played a US Campaign that far, but I had assumed when the Allies started re-taking the islands some ports would be re-opened.

[Stealhead]

By 1944 there several places to stop for fuel and ammo.Even though they did get Cavite back in late 44 they never made it into home port for subs they still ported in Fremantle why rebulid a port when by this point they new the war would be over in another year or so? And they made Saipan an FOB but that was a Japanese base after WWI not ours until 1944 still is. By 1944 there will be several tenders/FOBs out there. Nothing in Australia will ever get taken by the Japs in SH4 it does not consider alternate history the war will end in Aug.1945 every time same goes for all the historic battles they will occur the same way in fact nothing on the strategic scale matters in SH4 the ships spwan randomly save your game when you spot a convoy even a ship see what they are then reload and look again odds are they will be diffrent) so you might encounter and sink the Yamato diffrent 16 times it wont matter at all.You could sink 0 tons or 100,000 it will have no real effect on the war You have to make belive that part.

[Galanti]

The OP is referring to a CTD which occurs whenver one clicks the Dock button and then "Next". I have very recently encountered this problem after nearly three years of CTD-free SH4 play.

I'm trying to track down whether it's Win 7 64-bit related, or mod-soup related. I'll keep you posted, U-84, as I plan to devote some time to figuring this one out.

Oops, just realized this thread is over six months old. Hope things turned out allright for you.