Suddenly started Crashing to desk top now

[lonewulph]

I suddenly can't get SH5 to run anymore for unknown reasons. I've been happily playing for months and I'm now in the western approaches theater and it crashes as soon as I click on the full size navigation map. Sometimes it crashes immediately after the game finishes loading.
I see Uplay has changed, I make sure I'm off line before I start the sim.
I haven't added any mods or made any changes, don't know what the heck is going on. Any one else? :/\\!!



Generic Mod Enabler - v2.6.0.157
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stoianm realistic color exterior mod (high color)v1
stoianm upgrade available mod stock file

[Howart]

Try (any of the) Historical Missions see if it loads and works...

[Dogfish40]

I suddenly can't get SH5 to run anymore for unknown reasons. I've been happily playing for months and I'm now in the western approaches theater and it crashes as soon as I click on the full size navigation map. Sometimes it crashes immediately after the game finishes loading.
I see Uplay has changed, I make sure I'm off line before I start the sim.
I haven't added any mods or made any changes, don't know what the heck is going on. Any one else? :/\\!!



Generic Mod Enabler - v2.6.0.157
[F:\silenthunter5\MODS]

FX_Update_0_0_19_ByTheDarkWraith
MoraleMod
No Damn Bubbles, No Damn Halo Mod
NDB,NDH OM#1 - No Dialog Indicator
No Logo Intro Menu_Animation v. 01.00 by AvM
Nauticalwolf's_Damage_and_Torpedo_UI(b)_Mod_v1.1
Enhanced FunelSmoke1.2_by HanSolo78
IRAI_0_0_30_ByTheDarkWraith
MightyFine Crew Mod 1.2.1 Alt w beards
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TheDarkWraith_DC_Water_Disturbances_v2_0_SH5
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MCCD_1.04_MFCM_1.2.1_compatible
one ship, one torpedo v1.00
stoianm realistic color exterior mod (high color)v1
stoianm upgrade available mod stock file

Another Kaleun posted yesterday that his game was crashing unexpectedly after he reloaded the launcher.
Did you go through the steps such as having to enter your password and go online ect? You probably did.
I've been running "offline" and actually had better performance to some degree, but no crashing yet.
If it continues the best thing to do when there is no other answers is to reinstall your game. First, try reinstalling and cleaning out your mod folder. This means physically taking out the mods and deleting the mods folder, then placing the mods back into a new one. Reinstall JSGME if you need to, this doesn't take very long but it will get rid of corrupted hidden files in the mods folder.
If that doesn't work, reinstall the game. It's very possible that the ubisoft launcher doesn't like something in there. If you go online before you reinstall your games will be backed up, (I think that's still there anyway).
I hope all this jabbering helps in some way and good luck to you.
D40 :salute:

[lonewulph]

Another Kaleun posted yesterday that his game was crashing unexpectedly after he reloaded the launcher.
Did you go through the steps such as having to enter your password and go online ect? You probably did.
I've been running "offline" and actually had better performance to some degree, but no crashing yet.
If it continues the best thing to do when there is no other answers is to reinstall your game. First, try reinstalling and cleaning out your mod folder. This means physically taking out the mods and deleting the mods folder, then placing the mods back into a new one. Reinstall JSGME if you need to, this doesn't take very long but it will get rid of corrupted hidden files in the mods folder.
If that doesn't work, reinstall the game. It's very possible that the ubisoft launcher doesn't like something in there. If you go online before you reinstall your games will be backed up, (I think that's still there anyway).
I hope all this jabbering helps in some way and good luck to you.
D40 :salute:

Yes you nailed it. I spent a few hours screwing with my graphics card, in game graphics settings (because it would crash as soon as I clicked on the full screen 2d map), I even rolled back my Geforce driver.
I removed all mods and restarted the game from an old save in the bunker, it was funny to see those damn halos again.
Then went back out and reloaded mods then restarted the old 'in bunker' saved game. Exited then tried to reload my latest in progress saved game, no dice. I exited again and loaded up an auto saved game a few days prior to the most recent.
It loaded properly and I have simply restarted playing from that point without issue now. Anything save at the time of the Uplay update was corrupt it seems.

[lonewulph]

Might have spoken too soon. As it turns out all pre-saves are now only playing up to a certain point consistantly. Going to uninstall and reinstall, oh yay

[Viper37]

I am having the same issue after the update, let us know if the uninstall/reinstall works.

[Dogfish40]

Might have spoken too soon. As it turns out all pre-saves are now only playing up to a certain point consistantly. Going to uninstall and reinstall, oh yay

Another rule that sometimes flies by and we forget, (especially me) is not to save underwater, or save too close to land (in harbor), or other ships, or too soon after a big sinking (this is the same as too close to ships) and on and on.
I will some times corrupt my saves by doing one of these. Though it usually results in mods cancelling out, it can result in other glitches like crashes or UI problems.
Ayway, I hope a simple reinstall works for you. Also, you should probably forget those saves just in case. Delete'em. No matter how good your game was going as soon as you try and drop that old save in there you're right back where you started.
Good Luck lonewulph.
D40 :salute:

[lonewulph]

Another rule that sometimes flies by and we forget, (especially me) is not to save underwater, or save too close to land (in harbor), or other ships, or too soon after a big sinking (this is the same as too close to ships) and on and on.
I will some times corrupt my saves by doing one of these. Though it usually results in mods cancelling out, it can result in other glitches like crashes or UI problems.
Ayway, I hope a simple reinstall works for you. Also, you should probably forget those saves just in case. Delete'em. No matter how good your game was going as soon as you try and drop that old save in there you're right back where you started.
Good Luck lonewulph.
D40 :salute:


Wise words sir and thank you. The last 'Western Approach' save I'm trying to reload was well out into open water, on surface, no targets sunk or alive on map, in conning tower, heading back in for refit.

I wish I had good news to report after the reinstall.

-I deactivated all mods and uninstalled SH5, retained My mods folder and saved games.
-Reinstalled and started the sim.
-Exited and patched to latest version, restarted computer, restarted sim, Uplay updated itself here.
-Completed tutorial, received briefing in Kiev and selected mission, started mission, saved game in bunker, exited.
-Activiated half of the below listed mods, stopping before Open Horizons.
-Loaded saved game in Kiev bunker. All looked good, saved and exited.
-Activated the rest of the below listed mods, started sim and loaded Keiv bunker save. Looks good. Exited to main menu.
-Selected Western Approaches saved game, after progress bar goes to blank screen, there's a pause then CTD.

Damn might have to let those other saves go, bummer I was doing so good. Was looking forward to seeing the Mediterranean. :arrgh!:

Only solution left it to deactivate all mods, load one at a time, start sim, and keep going until I get to the mod crashing the sim. Dunno

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stoianm upgrade available mod stock file
Speech fixes and additions (english version)
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[volodya61]

You should start a new campaign with the OHII installed, and then skip the tutorial.
And don't use OHII base v1.7 + OHII enviro v1.7 + OHII New Ships v1.7 together. You should use the OHII full...

[lonewulph]

Ok got the saved missions back and so far proceeding without crashes and solid fps.
I did the sh5.exe 3gb switch operation as well as the DOS command, also I went back and made sure I activated the mods not just while in the bunker, but while outside of the boat. :|\\

I'm assuming the Uplay update somehow possibly affected .exe 3gb switch, or one or some of the mods. I'm not sure but the full reinstall and remodding proceedures
from step one finally addressed the issue and this thing is running like an ape on fire on my particular system. Thanks again for the input mates.

[lonewulph]

You should start a new campaign with the OHII installed, and then skip the tutorial.
And don't use OHII base v1.7 + OHII enviro v1.7 + OHII New Ships v1.7 together. You should use the OHII full...

Ah just noticed that, thanks I'll make the adjustment! :up:

[THE_MASK]

The morale was fixed in patch 1.2 which was about 2 years ago .