'Call Bill' saves [Archive] - SUBSIM Radio Room Forums

beresford

01-27-13, 07:10 AM

Playing GWX on XP and just had my second painful 'Call Bill' corrupted save in a few days. These always seem to happen just after you've had a successful patrol and saved (at sea) in order to re-enter real life. Has anybody ever established how to avoid these?

Jimbuna

01-27-13, 07:20 AM

I can only repeat the advice given by so many on so many occasions....never save whilst submerged or within rendering range of land or any other vessels (approx. 50km).

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u crank

01-27-13, 07:53 AM

^ Good advice.

Welcome to SubSim beresford. :salute:

beresford

01-27-13, 09:40 AM

Thanks guys. Guess I won't save while in the Kiel canal then. :)

HW3

01-27-13, 10:38 AM

One more piece of advice, do not add/remove any mods while at sea, only between patrols while in your home port. Welcome aboard!

:Kaleun_Salute:

Singed

01-27-13, 01:43 PM

I salvaged one that wouldn't load last night by disabling nearly everything that changed the environment, loading the save, traveling a while then re-saving.

Left the game, re-enabled the mods I took out, reloaded and continued my patrol.

Pain in the rear end, but worth it for a good save. I'm now following a policy of keeping a couple of running saves so I wont lose as much should it happen. I also save as soon as I clear datum (>50k, surfaced, clear horizon) after a sinking.