SH5 Singleplay Campaign Progress - Workaround

[vdr1981]

Prelude:

Due to broken OSI application which is slipped by Ubisoft to legitimate SH5 owners, many (if not all) SH5 players will experience problem which is manifested as game's inability to update gamesave Camaign.cfg file, the file which is really important for player's progress and campaign transfers.
The problem it self is best known and can be observed as infamous SH5 "tonnage bar bug"...
I have removed this distracting element from the game but even without arcade tonnage bar, the problem has another ugly side effect which is reflected in game's inability to update macro objective/campaign status. This means that upon reaching individual campaign ending date, campaign transfer will not be initiated and player will be doomed to continue without any side missions, objectives and with shipping/units settings characteristic only for early war...

However, there is workaround for this issue which will allow the player to continue campaign and which is IMO even more realistic that stock instant "jump" from patrol to bunker when final ending date of individual campaign is reached.

Before we start you should know that all SH5 gamesaves are stored in "My documents/SH5/data/cfg/SaveGames" folder and they are named something like "0000000d" or "00000001a" ect... In order to track down your gamesaves better, you should sort your gamesave folders by date modified and especially pay attention to time of gamesave creation because this is the best indicator which will help you to match your silly named gamesave folders to those shown in ingame save/load menu.
Just for info, you can confirm the actual title of the gamesave (what you typed in when you made the save) if you open "ReplayInfo.rep" file with notepad contained in that particular gamesave.


OK, so you have reached first campaign (Coastal Waters) ending date (1st June 1940), campaign transfer failed to initialize and you have lost all objectives visible in upper left corner of your navigation map. This is what you should do...

SH5 campaign progress workaround

1. Replacing files
- Make your best speed to your home port, end patrol there and make a manual gamesave when you enter the bunker. Note the time of gamesave creation, we will call this one "Last CW bunker save"...

- Then, exit to main menu and start new campaign in which you wish to continue your career using "silentotto" cheat (in this case Happy Times). Again, make a manual gamesave when you enter the bunker, we will call this one "New HT save"...Exit to main menu and minimize/alttab the game...

- Now, go to your SH5 SaveGames folder and locate your "New HT save". In it, you will find folder named "Campaign-2019-xx-xx_xxxx" with 4 files in it (sometimes there will be only 3 files in it):
Campaign.cfg
CampaignMission.mis
CampaignProgress.cfg
CampaignMission.tsr

- Copy these files from your "New HT save" and paste them to an equivalent location in your "Last CW bunker save", overwrite and replace all files.

Now, all necessary campaign files are replaced and we are almost done.
The only thing left to do is to edit our flotilla settings located in CareerTrack.upc file.
Note that flotilla settings are not necessary for Coastal Waters to Happy Times transfer because both campaigns features the same 2nd Flotilla (or for example PB to TP to FY transfer, 9th Flotilla)...




2. Flotilla settings
- Open with notepad CareerTrack.upc file located in your recently modified "Last CW bunker save" and you will find there these lines responsible for flotilla settings:

[CareerTrack 1]
ID=IDCareerTrack1

[CareerTrack 1.CareerStatusHeader]
ID=ID
UserPlayerNameDisplayable=Cpt.Kurtz
CareerOptionsDate=1939-08-31 13:00:00

[CareerTrack 1.CareerStatusLast]
ID=ID
Reason=CSS_LastStatus
NameDisplayable=NULL
CurrentDate=1939-09-29 17:36:57
UniqueID=3957285610582654
Title=NULL
Text=NULL
EntryStatus=0
PlayerRankAchieved=Captain-Rank-10
PlayerCurrentLastPromotionDateTime=1939-08-31 13:00:00
CurrentFlotilla=2ndFlotilla
CurrentFlotillaBase=F2Wilhelmshaven
CurrentSDepartureDescription=979352,6.42534e+006,1 80.777
CurrentUPCFlotillaUserPlayerUnitType=F2VIIA
CurrentDifficulty=Realistic
...
...



- Now depending on which campaign you wish to enter, you should edit your flotilla settings to match following (Click "Spolier"):


https://s6.postimg.cc/kgi1e1jzl/TWo_S_campaigns.jpg


for Mare Nostrum 15/03/41 - 01/12/41
CurrentFlotilla=23rdFlotilla
CurrentFlotillaBase=F8Kiel
CurrentUPCFlotillaUserPlayerUnitType=F8VIIC

for Western Approaches 20/03/41 - 01/12/41
CurrentFlotilla=6thFlotilla
CurrentFlotillaBase=F4Kiel
CurrentUPCFlotillaUserPlayerUnitType=F4VIIC

for Battle of the Mediterranean 15/12/41 - 01/09/42
CurrentFlotilla=29thFlotilla
CurrentFlotillaBase=F9Kiel
CurrentUPCFlotillaUserPlayerUnitType=F9VIIC

for Arctic Convoys 19/12/41 - 19/09/42
CurrentFlotilla=11thFlotilla
CurrentFlotillaBase=F7Bergen
CurrentUPCFlotillaUserPlayerUnitType=F7VIIC

for Operation Drumbeat 12/12/41 - 01/09/42
CurrentFlotilla=2ndFlotilla
CurrentFlotillaBase=F2Lorient
CurrentUPCFlotillaUserPlayerUnitType=F2VIIC

for Distant Waters 15/09/42 - 15/02/43
CurrentFlotilla=3rdFlotilla
CurrentFlotillaBase=F3Toulon
CurrentUPCFlotillaUserPlayerUnitType=F3VIIC

for The Black Pit 20/09/42 - 15/02/43
CurrentFlotilla=9thFlotilla
CurrentFlotillaBase=F6Brest
CurrentUPCFlotillaUserPlayerUnitType=F6VIIC

for Turning Point 01/03/43 - 15/06/44
CurrentFlotilla=9thFlotilla
CurrentFlotillaBase=F6Kiel
CurrentUPCFlotillaUserPlayerUnitType=F6VIIC41F

for Monsun Gruppe 01/03/43 - 15/06/44
CurrentFlotilla=7thFlotilla
CurrentFlotillaBase=F6LaPallice
CurrentUPCFlotillaUserPlayerUnitType=F6VIIC

for The Final Years 01/07/44 - 09/05/45
CurrentFlotilla=9thFlotilla
CurrentFlotillaBase=F6Wilhelmshaven
CurrentUPCFlotillaUserPlayerUnitType=F6VIIC41


- Save your changes and now you are ready to continue your career. Start the game, load your modified "Last CW bunker save" , request your secondary mission and patrol grid and happy hunting!

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[vdr1981]

Reserved

[Bera]

Good news are coming?? :yeah::yeah:

[YoYo]

Thank You again, it works :yeah: .
Good hunting!

[vdr1981]

For anyone having troubles with Mama's campaign progress solution, I have finished tutorial for this workaround which will work for sure...
Note that tutorial is optimized for TWoS/OHII users only because stock campaign is really not worth it.

Report any encountered issues here. I hope that tutorial is understandable enough...:subsim:

[THEBERBSTER]

MaMa's fix did not work for me but Vecko's Campaign work around did.

Peter

[Sjizzle]

i have found a really strange thing with SH5
the "modified" SH5 works without any problem the tonnage bar work perfectly..... u don't need to worry about mama's fix or this.
i hope u understand what i mean with modified version of sh5.... on this forum is not allowed to talk about this version of the game.

[vdr1981]

i have found a really strange thing with SH5
the "modified" SH5 works without any problem the tonnage bar work perfectly..... u don't need to worry about mama's fix or this.
i hope u understand what i mean with modified version of sh5.... on this forum is not allowed to talk about this version of the game.
Irony, isn't it? :03:

[Sjizzle]

Irony, isn't it? :03:

nope i did a test with that version .... i have Uplay legal version of the game but i did a test with that version too and worked very well .....

[gap]

i have found a really strange thing with SH5
the "modified" SH5 works without any problem the tonnage bar work perfectly..... u don't need to worry about mama's fix or this.

No surprise. The inability to progress in campaign is part of UBI's DRM copy-protection crap. The tonnage bar bug is caused by a process involved in this copy protection which is not being correctly loaded in memory.
Early no-DRM patches didn't take OSI.exe into account (once, when someone reported his campaign achievements not being recorded, you could be sure he had a cracked copy of the game), but the most recent no-DRM executables provide a perfect bypass to UBI's copy protection, thus fixing the tonnage bar bug for both, "cheaters" and legitimate game owners.

What's paradoxic, is that Ubisoft managed turning its complicated anti-piracy system into something which actualy encourages the circulation of a pirate versions of their software. :doh:

[vdr1981]

We'll all get banned here LOL...:haha:

http://i.imgur.com/O3DHIA5.gif

[gap]

We'll all get banned here LOL...:haha:

http://www.tunisian-journal.com/App_Images/HTMLEditor.icons/shutup.gif

[vdr1981]

http://www.tunisian-journal.com/App_Images/HTMLEditor.icons/shutup.gif

Haha, that's one heck of a smiley...:haha:

[mikaelanderlund]

Thanks to this important topic! According to me the best way to continue the campaign without any problems.

Mikael :salute:

[vdr1981]

Thanks to this important topic! According to me the best way to continue the campaign without any problems.

Mikael :salute:

:up::salute:

[THE_MASK]

When Ubisoft fixes there drm mess I will come back . Its just too messy for me to deal with .

[vdr1981]

When Ubisoft fixes there drm mess I will come back .

This probably means never...

p.s.
what DRM ??:O:

[Cybermat47]

Didn't you find a way to completely remove the tonnage bar from the campaign, vdr? I distinctly remember seeing no tonnage bar or campaign points in TWoS. Mind sharing the secrets of miracle work with us mere mortals?

[vdr1981]

Didn't you find a way to completely remove the tonnage bar from the campaign, vdr? I distinctly remember seeing no tonnage bar or campaign points in TWoS. Mind sharing the secrets of miracle work with us mere mortals?

No miracles here, I just removed damn thing and made few campaign cfg tweaks to support the changes...

[Koranis]

I'm getting a headache because of all this "conspiracy talk" :P :hmmm:

Is the tutorial provided on the first page for the "vanilla" SH5 or the "modified" SH5. And I hope you understand what I mean by "vanilla". Or "modified". lol. :D

[THEBERBSTER]

Hi Koranis
It states quite clearly in the post 1 heading TWOS.
Vanilla and the one we do not mention can use the tonnage bar.
Any modded version of the game needs Vecko's fix to go forward to the next campaign.
Peter

[Koranis]

Hi Koranis
It states quite clearly in the post 1 heading TWOS.
Vanilla and the one we do not mention can use the tonnage bar.
Any modded version of the game needs Vecko's fix to go forward to the next campaign.
Peter

It wasn't quite clear to me, that's why I asked. Thanks.

EDIT: And who is Vecko, by the way? :)

[THEBERBSTER]

Vecko is the TWOS modder vdr1981.

[palmic]

This approach doesn't work.
I am trying to move from Coastal waters to Happy times, i just copy that 4 files into right target (i am 100% sure its right save folder) and Last CW save remains at CW. Where exactly could the game remember it?? :hmmm:
(when i load first HT save everything is ok and i could start there, but the ****ing last CW is still at CW..).

Do you want me to upload it?

[vdr1981]

This approach doesn't work.
I am trying to move from Coastal waters to Happy times, i just copy that 4 files into right target (i am 100% sure its right save folder) and Last CW save remains at CW. Where exactly could the game remember it?? :hmmm:
(when i load first HT save everything is ok and i could start there, but the ****ing last CW is still at CW..).

Do you want me to upload it?

I can not say what did you do wrong but the workaround should work 100%, tested several times...

Load your gamesave before 1st June 1940 and try this method first...http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2355001&postcount=274

[palmic]

I can not say what did you do wrong but the workaround should work 100%, tested several times...

Load your gamesave before 1st June 1940 and try this method first...http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2355001&postcount=274

I dont have save before 1.6., at worst case i start again from HT with new profile.
Is it theoretically possible to merge that saves into HT one?

Thanks for response :up:

[vdr1981]

I dont have save before 1.6., at worst case i start again from HT with new profile.
Hmm, bad decision...:hmm2: Never delete few recent gamesaves...


Is it theoretically possible to merge that saves into HT one?

Thanks for response :up:

Of course, that's what this thread is all about and if it works for one, it should work for all...:yep:
Go once again trough thread instructions and repat the procedure...It has to work...

EDIT
Maybe you have edited your last AutoEnterBunker save by mistake? Try to load that gamesave...:hmm2:

[palmic]

Well, i was west of Ireland when i found, campaign will not transfer. Long way to home - many saves were saved again :)

Its strange you know, because HT save is at HT campaign, but overwriting that files in CW does not move it to HT.
I try to play with it a little.

- I dont know what exactly means AutoEnterBunker, it does not seams to me like feature which would raise realism, so i would definitely not switch it on :)
But i play TWOS via KSD, so maybe some option there could do that?

[vdr1981]

Its strange you know, because HT save is at HT campaign, but overwriting that files in CW does not move it to HT.
I try to play with it a little.
I'm not following you? :06:

- I dont know what exactly means AutoEnterBunker, it does not seams to me like feature which would raise realism, so i would definitely not switch it on :)
But i play TWOS via KSD, so maybe some option there could do that?

Autoenterbunker save is an automatic gamesave which game creates when you end your patrol in your home base...Nothing realism related here...

EDIT
If you can't make your way through, upload your last bunker gamesave from CW campaign...

[palmic]

Its strange you know, because HT save is at HT campaign, but overwriting that files in CW does not move it to HT.
I try to play with it a little.

- means that "first Happy times" save is at HT campaign, but "last Coastal waters" isn't even after overwriting that files from HT save like you describe at first post.
I checked that in text editor - it should be at Happy times campaign. This have to be some tiny little ****-up what i did as always :) .

- to be sure i overwriten all my CW saves files after previous backup.

I try to solve it myself or i'll upload it maybe tomorrow.

Thanks! :up:

[palmic]

Finally made it.
Of course t'was my mistake - i've chosen wrong directory :oops:

Thanks for your time again! :yeah:

[palmic]

When exactly I'll be rebased to Lorient?

I have 1940-07-06, France is blue, but I'm still starting from Wilhelmshaven.


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[vdr1981]

When exactly I'll be rebased to Lorient?

I have 1940-07-06, France is blue, but I'm still starting from Wilhelmshaven.


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:up:

At the end of the month IIRC...:yep:

Happy Times 15/06/40 - 01/03/41
Flotilla 2nd
Bases - Wilhelmshaven (01-10-1939 to 31-06-1940) Lorient (01-07-1940 to 31-08-1944)

[palmic]

hmm after few hours at Wilhelmshaven Harbour waters i can see now my base is at Lorient - perfect :salute:

[vdr1981]

Its not working . It still says coastal waters and I have no secondary missions .
It wasn't 01/07/1940 yet so I clicked on the end patrol button twice . Now I am in Lorient but I don't have enough victory points to continue .
How do I change that ?

Victory points are irrelevant...

The easiest way to trigger campaign transfer is to use Mama's Osi.exe tweak (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2355001&postcount=274) and to load gamesave just before midnight 05/31/39.
This workaround is 2nd alternative and it has to work...

You have probably made same mistake like Palmic did...

Upload your last CW bunker save if you can't work your way trough...:yep:

EDIT:
Sry...05/31/40

[vdr1981]

No Sober...Campaign transfer should be triggered exactly on midnight between 31/05/40 and 01/06/40. I guess your screens are made sometimes after that date, right?
Do you still have any gamesaves from before 31/05/39?

If you dont want to use Osi.exe tweak, then you have to "enhance" your last bunkers save with 4 files described in the first post.

This is your last CW bunker save...04-04-2016. Patrol #7. 6/1/1940http://il2cg.il2sturmovik.net/KSDService/Site/Images/Captains/334.jpg (http://il2cg.il2sturmovik.net/KSDService/site/default.aspx)
-------------------------------------------------------
Patrol #7
-------------------------------------------------------
Mission Debriefing:
-------------------------------------------------------
Task force sighted 14/05/1940...904am naut...47.46N...11.24W
-------------------------------------------------------
4/23/1940 5:57:51 PM - Out on patrol from the base Wilhelmshaven
5/3/1940 7:07:00 PM - Destroyed European Composite Medium Freighter, 4723 tons, Long 11° 15' W, Lat 54° 14' N
5/5/1940 10:53:00 AM - Destroyed Liberty Cargo, 7172 tons, Long 11° 41' W, Lat 50° 33' N
5/5/1940 11:02:00 AM - Destroyed Large Merchant Ship, 7784 tons, Long 11° 42' W, Lat 50° 32' N
5/14/1940 12:49:00 PM - Destroyed Medium Old Tanker, 4995 tons, Long 11° 28' W, Lat 48° 01' N
5/14/1940 1:21:00 PM - Destroyed Large Merchant Ship, 7720 tons, Long 11° 26' W, Lat 48° 04' N
5/14/1940 2:10:00 PM - Destroyed Hog Island Medium Freighter (War supplies), 4071 tons, Long 11° 26' W, Lat 48° 08' N
6/1/1940 9:48:07 AM - Completion of a patrol in the base Wilhelmshaven
Torpedoes launched - 11
Impact - 6
Missed - 5
Sinking tonnage - 36,465
Merit - 1230
Patrol time - 39 days
-------------------------------------------------------
6/1/1940 - The new rank is Kapitanleutnant
6/1/1940 - The new award is Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
6/1/1940 - Nominated to the command boat type VIIA
6/1/1940 - Appointment commander U-46 type VIIB

[vdr1981]

The latest save I have now is 31/05/1940 10.22 outside Wilhelmshaven .

Excellent...Just start SH5, alt/tab the game and set your OSI.exe priority to real time, load that gamesave and wait for midnight...Camp. transfer should be initiated correctly...

[Sjizzle]

Unfortunately its june 1st 6am and nothing has happened .


did u tried this (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2385201&postcount=94)
for me worked very well and it's still working now

[vdr1981]

Unfortunately its june 1st 6am and nothing has happened .

Windows 10?

Try sjizzle's suggestion...
If not, workaround from this thread HAS to work...:yep:

[vdr1981]

Unfortunately my computer is always adjusted for background services .
I think the campaign change works using post#1 but I am stuck because of the game ending because of not enough victory points .

Once again , victory points are irrelevant because of No tonnage bar addon.
So, will you upload your last CW bunker save already or you're planning to quit campaign because of simple 4 files replacement?:hmm2::D

[THE_MASK]

I finally worked it out .
Happy Times
http://i68.tinypic.com/jiet5d.jpg

[vdr1981]

:up::up:
But, as always, the solution was right there in the first post...:03:



Before we start you should know that all SH5 gamesaves are stored in "My documents/SH5/data/cfg/SaveGames" folder and they are named something like "0000000d" or "00000001a" ect... In order to track down your gamesaves better, you should sort your gamesave folders by date modified and especially pay attention to time of gamesave creation because this is the best indicator which will help you to match your silly named gamesave folders to those shown in ingame save/load menu.

[Evinton]

Oyoy :salute:,

I, like many others, had the tonnage bar glitch and a failed campaign transfer. I followed the guide to the letter, pasted the files (3 in my case) into the proper directory, popped into the game and nothing. Tried 3 more times, nothing. :/\\!! I observed that the Coastal Waters campaign repeated itself, along with the mission selection glitch (which doesn't start if you normally start Coastal Waters). Almost as if the campaign starts over again... So I overwrote the files once more but kept them open to see how they'll change.
And I got results. Whenever I overwrite the files, by a force of nature, black magic or at the behest of the Old Gods, the NameId of the campaign, which at the start was Happytimes40, reverts back to TotalGermany39. Weird.

I do have OH II installed along with some other mods, i'll try the procedure without those on and get back with my findings. Shame such a wonderful game is plagued by such game-breaking bugs.

[Aktungbby]

Evinton!:Kaleun_Salute:

[THEBERBSTER]

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[Jimbuna]

Welcome to SubSim Evinton :sunny:

[vdr1981]

I followed the guide to the letter...
Well, obviously you did not...:03:

...pasted the files (3 in my case) into the proper directory, popped into the game and nothing.
You are probably using wrong path for gamesaves...Check my previous post.

[Cthulhus]

You are my hero ! Thank you again, it works !!

[kevinsue]

Before we start you should know that all SH5 gamesaves are stored in "My documents/SH5/data/cfg/SaveGames" folder and they are named something like "0000000d" or "00000001a" ect... In order to track down your gamesaves better, you should sort your gamesave folders by date modified and especially pay attention to time of gamesave creation because this is the best indicator which will help you to match your silly named gamesave folders to those shown in ingame save/load menu.

Just for info, you can confirm the actual title of the gamesave (what you typed in when you made the save) in the "ReplayInfo.rep" file contained in that particular gamesave.

[vdr1981]

Just for info, you can confirm the actual title of the gamesave (what you typed in when you made the save) in the "ReplayInfo.rep" file contained in that particular gamesave.

Very useful info Kevin! :up:

[skin-nl]

Mama's fix one didn't work for me (win10) Mama's fix two works perfect!!!

I think the reason the game ends a couple of days after the deadline is :

http://i1253.photobucket.com/albums/hh581/Skin-NL/SH5Img2016-10-23_12.54.18.png (http://s1253.photobucket.com/user/Skin-NL/media/SH5Img2016-10-23_12.54.18.png.html)

Look at the date in the game : it's 19 december

http://i1253.photobucket.com/albums/hh581/Skin-NL/SH5Img2016-10-23_12.55.19.png (http://s1253.photobucket.com/user/Skin-NL/media/SH5Img2016-10-23_12.55.19.png.html)

Then i exit the game.........and it's 16 december!!!

Michael

[vdr1981]

Mama's fix one didn't work for me (win10) Mama's fix two works perfect!!!
:up:


I think the reason the game ends a couple of days after the deadline is :

Look at the date in the game : it's 19 december

Then i exit the game.........and it's 16 december!!!

Michael
Strange indeed...Never had anything similar in my game. Do you have any idea what can case this? Are you sure that you skipped stock game tutorial when you were starting your campaign?

[skin-nl]

:up:
Are you sure that you skipped stock game tutorial when you were starting your campaign?

Yes i did everything what in the faq says to do.

It's not a problem for me vecko i know this now :up:
SH5 is now super stable thanks to the wolves of steel mods :yeah:

Michael

[Brett Sinclair]

Thanks for the tutorial, I experienced the same bug.
However, I have one problem: My save game is automatically synced with Ubisoft's cloud, despite having set my profile to offline mode and disabled safe game synchronisation in Uplay. So far, I do not seem to be able to change campaigns like in this tutorial, most likely due to the synchronisation.
How can I truly turn it off?
Thanks.

Best,
Brett

[Brett Sinclair]

Fixed the campaign now, I was editing the wrong save location.
However, I cannot change my boat from Typ VIIA to VIIB.
What do I do wrong?

Best,
Brett

[THEBERBSTER]

Hi BS
Changing from a VIIA to VIIB boat is done by the game as you progress through the missions.
When you have met the requirement you will be automatically be offered the VIIB.
You can start your campaign with the VIIB by adding the mod which comes with the TWOS additional mods.
Peter

[Brett Sinclair]

Thank you!

Best,
Brett

[LCQ_SH]

Hi.

I was wondering the following, my automatic transfer worked fine (end of Mare nostrum) However, i wanna go to drumbeat but it is not available (dunno why). If I use the silentotto thing, it becomes active, however I lose my current sub and crew. Isnthere a workaround so I can chose drumbeat without losing my current sub, crew and career?

Tnx a lot! :salute: