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MidnightTempest

12-02-09 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flakmonkey (Post 1212392)

Only port i could think of that even came close to whart you typed was southampton, just checked it out, no crashes or problems of any kind. In fact its a port in name only, there are no 3d docks or ships present.

If this is the port you were referring to i can see no reason for a ctd, although there did appear to be quite a lot of land units on the shore so perhaps if you have low system ram <1Gb this could cause issues loading all those building/tree models.

Nope.

My specs are:

Vista 64 bit
Intel Quad Core 2.33 GHZ
4G RAM

My graphics card is a bit outdated, GeForce 9500 GS, but for a 2005 game it's more than adequate.

So I don't think the crash is caused by my system.

MidnightTempest

12-02-09 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wreford-Brown (Post 1212330)

Which port are you talking about? If you can let us know then we can do some testing to see if we're also having problems or whether it's unique to your system. We'll also need a fairly precise location for where you suffer the CTD. My system sometimes crashes when I hit a mine at high TC. It's a fault caused by my computer specs rather than any of the mods I've got installed and, although annoying, I've learned to live with it.

We'll also need the date that you're suffering the CTD, as some problems are time/date specific.

With a little more info we can do some more investigation and try and help you out.

The exact name of the port is Southampton, it is directly west of Portsmouth, grid BF31.

I don't forget the exact date, but it was early October to mid-October, it was a night between 0000-0400.

The location of where I crash every time is the small passage in between Portsmouth and Southampton, i was heading NWW towards Southampton.

Hope these info helps.

MidnightTempest

12-02-09 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by danlisa (Post 1212324)

WTF, I have time to spare.:)

Harbour entrance depth:

When striving for realism (in as far as possible within game constraints) GWX focused on the RL activities of the majority of UBoat operations. This obviously focuses on the Atlantic, North Sea, Pacific, Med and Indian Ocean theaters, not the unhistorical aspects of harbour raiding. While it is possible to alter the sea floor depth using a terrain tool, it was considered unnecessary as all UBoat commanders knew that raiding was a coffin nail.

As for the traffic you found and without checking the campaign files, I would suggest that, while they are sinkable, they are only eye candy. They will only spawn as docked items. Note that Stock SH3 had significantly less harbours and nearly no harbour traffic.

That sucks.........I was hoping to find some larger <10k ton ships to sink in ports rather than trying to find them out in the ocean.

Military naval history in WWII isn't my forte, but didn't Gunther Prien sneaked into Scapa Flow and sank the Royal Oak?

I still wish they give you the option to raid docks.

Besides Portsmouth, several other docks I foud plagued with the impassible depth level are: Loch Ewe, Portland, and Ullapool.

The only one I managed to raid succesfully is Lerwick and Scapa Flow. Lerwick also has the impassible depth floor, but I did some exploring and found a small passage that subs can pass through.

Scapa Flow has no impassible depth level. :yeah:

MidnightTempest

12-02-09 05:40 PM

Another two bugs I found that I must mention:

The attack periscope ship identification system is almost DOWNRIGHT BROKEN at night against stationary ships. I can see the docked ship plain and clear as it is no more than 500 meters away, and yet my periscope fails to recognize it as a ship at all. In a stormy weather at night, I can be literally 10 meters away from a docked ship and my periscope still won't identify it as a ship.

However, when I surface my ships on the exact spot, my watchers always inform me of warships being close by, and enemy ships will attack me in kind, thus ruling out the fact that they may be merely decoration objects.

Second bug is that whenever I reload a save while submerged in the water, my sub will always be at the 11 m depth, semi submerged but my watchers are at duty on the bridge....:06: And even when I set it to silent mode in the save, after loading the save the sub will be in non-silent mode. Pretty annoying.....

AVGWarhawk

12-02-09 07:57 PM

Quote:

Second bug is that whenever I reload a save while submerged in the water, my sub will always be at the 11 m depth, semi submerged but my watchers are at duty on the bridge....:06: And even when I set it to silent mode in the save, after loading the save the sub will be in non-silent mode. Pretty annoying.....

This bug came with the game. Do not save submerged or by other vessels. :up:

FIREWALL

12-02-09 08:36 PM

R.T.F.M. SH-3 and GWX aren't the problem.

It's the DA users. :haha:

Torplexed

12-02-09 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MidnightTempest (Post 1212679)

Military naval history in WWII isn't my forte, but didn't Gunther Prien sneaked into Scapa Flow and sank the Royal Oak?

And that was about the only time it ever happened. Early in the war before Allied harbour defences were properly strengthened. Aside from laying mines, most U-Boats kept well away from the shallow waters of busy harbours.

frau kaleun

12-02-09 10:05 PM

Ya and even then he had to squeeze his way very carefully through a small gap in the underwater defenses. Had the planners of the mission not discovered the gap, I don't think anyone would've ever tried it.

Oneshot/Onekill

12-03-09 12:47 AM

Apart from Prien's harbour penetration, there wern't any other U-boat penetration attempts.

The Italians and the British on the other hand, used experimental craft to make harbour penetrations throughout the war.

TarJak

12-03-09 01:08 AM

Can we get this thread back OT? My cat ate my dog then regurgitated it's half eaten head in my garage after I installed GWX.:D

Weiss Pinguin

12-03-09 01:15 AM

lol this is fun :smug:

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/6634/atemahbaby.jpg

Sailor Steve

12-03-09 03:06 AM

Adding to the Prien discussion, the mission was planned by Doenitz himself after much study of aerial photographs and much planning. It really was a one-time event.

JScones

12-03-09 03:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danlisa (Post 1212413)

Sorry, but that has been attributed to SH3 Commander.:D

It's a known bug and JScones is currently in talks with SMEG trying to discover the file incompatibilities.

We think SMEG will install a auto roll-back button next to the chill dial.

Yes. In the meantime I have had to withdrawal support for owners of smeg fridges. Fortunately for Westinghouse owners though, their latest Ovens now come with a compatible file set "built in", so owners should no longer see their chicken pies come out tasting like beef...

Wreford-Brown

12-03-09 04:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MidnightTempest (Post 1212675)

The exact name of the port is Southampton, it is directly west of Portsmouth, grid BF31. I don't forget the exact date, but it was early October to mid-October, it was a night between 0000-0400. The location of where I crash every time is the small passage in between Portsmouth and Southampton, i was heading NWW towards Southampton.

IIRC there is a minefield in the passage between Portsmouth and Southampton that may be causing your problems. I'll have a look tonight and see if that may be causing you the problems, or maybe someone can do it today.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MidnightTempest (Post 1212688)

The attack periscope ship identification system is almost DOWNRIGHT BROKEN at night against stationary ships. I can see the docked ship plain and clear as it is no more than 500 meters away, and yet my periscope fails to recognize it as a ship at all. In a stormy weather at night, I can be literally 10 meters away from a docked ship and my periscope still won't identify it as a ship.

Have you tried pressing 'L' to lock your periscope onto the ship? If you can see the ship and press 'L' it should lock the periscope onto the ship and recognise it.

frau kaleun

12-03-09 09:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TarJak (Post 1212851)

Can we get this thread back OT? My cat ate my dog then regurgitated it's half eaten head in my garage after I installed GWX.:D

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...&pictureid=878

AVGWarhawk

12-03-09 09:10 AM

GWX gave me hemorroids. :shifty:

frau kaleun

12-03-09 09:34 AM

pics or it didn't happen

FIREWALL

12-03-09 10:38 AM

I left the room for a minute while playing GWX.

When I got back my Sub Sandwich was missing. :shifty:

Jimbuna

12-03-09 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk (Post 1213036)

GWX gave me hemorroids. :shifty:

Oooh...nasty :o

http://www.hemroidharry.com/blog/wp-.../2008/12/5.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7mKbUwPIn3...0597suffer.gif

AVGWarhawk

12-03-09 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun (Post 1213057)

pics or it didn't happen

Oh my, not sure if you really want pics of the piles. :hmmm:

http://www.waterventures.net/pile-protection2.jpg

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