Help with U-Boat War Ace please....
 

I am playing Uboat War Ace campaign files yet now, and i have a problem.

Some times i experienced some CTD, it happens at port, at mission start up, and when under air attack.

When the enemy planes appears in sight, CTD... i play the mission many times and always the same.

It happens with Liberator bombers....

Finally i can let port being at my Conning tower, i note the CTD only occurs when i was at the map....

May be it is related to a plane icon error or some other texture at map ?

Do anybody experienced the same ?

Any help is welcome.... :up:

Yes I have experienced it too Red and from the map
Never noticed it with aircraft tho
I found I got a CTD as I rounded Denmark - every time
Had some just now close to coastline near Lisbon - moved course further away and no CTD so not sure what it is
Not sure which version you have but I always got CTD in mission ed when looking at milchcows - as soon as I clicked on their properties it CTD
Ummm this one I think NSS_Uboat9d1_10b

Many thanks for response Bigboy, well, it happens at the map, i was able to continue the mission at my conning tower, i am attempting to replace some Liberator files, i start up with the map icon, and will follow with others.

The version i am testing now is v1.8, in this versions Milk Cows are not sub as you wrote NSS_Uboat9d1_10b, in this version Milk Cows are ships....

I think I have read about such bugs reported by people who do not use U-boat War Ace. Possibly, the bugs are not specifically connected to this mod-campaign.

Are you using U-boat War Ace 2? Only this version includes NSS_Uboat9d1_10b subs. Maybe, it is a conflict with some other new units/models/ships you use in your SH3 installation. Have you tried to clone NSS_Uboat9d1_10b to see what will happen?

OK thanx Red
Maybe I am getting mixed up with the uboat war ace 2
So many different things been playing with lately not sure :rotfl:

I´ve installed GW 1.1a and UBoat War Ace Campaign 1.8
And have had only one CTD...this have been only one time as I´ve klicked on the surface drive mode on the Crew Management Screen...but how already said only one time :)...but I´ve to say I also had this in the stock version of the game more than one time.

I installed it in that way to make it GW compatible

In German from Originally posted by BenQ-the-Hawk out of the German Silent Hunter III Ubi Forum:


Erst Uboat war ace in einen seperaten orden entpacken...

- Loesche den menu ordner
- In den Roster ordner... loesche defside.cfg
- Im Sea Ordner... entferne alle schiffe die schon in Grey Wolves vorhanden sind (einfach vergleichen)
----Jetzt bleiben nur noch die neuen schiffe
----Oeffne die Grey Wolves (schon im spiel) englishnames und germannames dateien(im Sea ordner). Oeffne die neuen (Uboat war Ace) englishnames und germannames dateien.
Kopiere alle namen der neuen schiffe in die originalen Grey Wolves dateien (alle namen die noch nicht da drin stehen).
Die ubout war ace german/englishnames dateien kannst du dann mit den neuen kombinierten datein ueberschreiben.

- Enferne den textures ordner
- entferne Zones.cfg und Scene dat

Translation to english:

First extract UBoat WA Campaign to a seperate folder
- delete menu folder
- in the roster folder ...delete defside.cfg
- in the sea folder...delete all ships already included in GW - then only the new ships from WAC1.8 will remain
- open the GW germannames and englishnames files (in sea folder) + the same files from UBoat WAC 1.8 and copy the names of the new ships from UBoat WAC1.8 into the GW files. Then overwrite the GW files with the ones including additional ships.

- Delete the Texture folder
- Delete the zones.cfg and scene.dat

(tried my best in this translation :) )


(I personally copied all Files to one folder then after I´ve made all changes described above, enabled the combined mod with the mod enabler, and game works fine. I´m now on my 18th Patrol and have had only the one CTD, this have been on 2nd Patrol). No probs if Airplanes sighted and so on :)...btw just sunk the rodney :D

Hope this helps, if this has been the problem :)

Good hunting
WOD

Many thanks Bigboy, Sergbuto and Wod..... :up:

Sadly i was killed later in this mission, and i forget to save the mission before enter in combat, then i was enforced to start up a new time this mission.

This time i go directly to the conning tower, but no way.... i suffered 2 CTD, the CTD happens when the B-24 Liberators appears.

It seems to be the air raid wich generate the CTD.

At the third attempt i was able to continue mission, may because i shot down 2 of the Liberators.

May be it is related to some weapon drooped by the liberators, in example depth charges or bombs.... may be i have the lack of some one texture or some thing ?

And when the bombers launch the weapon i have the lack of some file or texture and then i have the CTD ?

The matter is, the CTD is linked to the Liberator enter into scene.

Any suggestion ?


@ Bigboy...

Iunderstand now, you had installed the v2.0, i was confused about that too, the v2.0 is the "U-Boat War Ace Wolfpack V2.0", in the other way is the "U-Boat War Ace Campaign v1.8" wich is the one i am using now.

Yes but I have both anyway :oops:
Best thing for you to do if you are sure its the Liberators is remove them from over your ports
Use mission ed and load your scr and zoom to area over your port and look for the Liberators
Click on the Liberator so its highlighted and press delete on your keyboard - gone
Save your scr and they shouldnt appear - use save scr as command
Might be best to make a back up first in case of any problems

If when you leave port there are no liberators and the game doesnt CTD then that was the problem

Many thanks... i will attempt it. :up:

Yeah. Likewise. I'm sure I read that it's related to placement of a city in the area.

May be diferent situation but may be the same reason...

May be due to the lack of one object or texture of one object wich enter into the mission ?

I my case it happens when Liberators apperas, but may be due to a weapon they have... where are the textures for the bombs and depth charges ?

I attemp to put another B-24 files, where it has diferent loadout, i put the mos complete one... and the same.

If this is any help-----i use the GW1.1a+compatible UWAC 1.7 +sh3commander2.6 and sh3 generator---have lower end system (only 512 ram and 256 nividea vid card)--only have got to the norway operations (6th patrol with IIa) but no ctds.. it momentarily lags when starting in harbor and starting into multi-ship battles but no other probs....even used external view on stuka and followed it around as it zipped around and bombed the danzing port (no lag or ctds).
have not seen a liberator yet but if i get same ill let you know.

Many thanks for interesting in to help U-sanfu....:up:

I am using the v1.8, and have some FPS problems too with a PIV 3.4, ATI X800XT PE 256mb and 3 GB Ram, in same situations like you, when at port, ships battles and when attack big convoys and there are explosions and particles.
When at night i have a little problem to run at 2048X, and some little problems at strom too.
Ocasionally i have low FPS when run 2 or 3 missions without to reboot the PC.
I use it to detect convoys, in example, when i run at 2048x and my icon strat to jump i know there are some units near... then i submerge and hear with the hydrophones....
I am closing my antivirus and other background programs in last days using "End It All" and it seems to help.

But the low FPS are not related to the CTD i suffer, it happens always when Liberator appears and become into visual range, it not happens when my crew detect its radar emissions, it happens after the plane icons appears on the map, due to this i think it may be related to a plane weapon, in example when it operate a weapon as a bomb or depth charge, may be i have the lack of some file or texture or some thing, i have not skill with the weapon nodes and those things....

Any idea and help is welcome..... :up:

I would suggest to save your current game in port and do a complete new install of SH3+Patch1.4 and War Ace Campaign 1.8!
Often there are problems coming up if you install and uninstall several mods in one installation with jsme. Actually I experienced that!

Many thanks for help HanSolo ! :up:

I do not use JSME, any way i have a personalized install, i dont use all the changes made by V1.8, specially those graphic changes. In example i like my own camos and contact book, and many other textures, plus i like my own AI sensors and sensors.

I made it with other mods and no problem was present.

I fresh install is not an option, because i have stored my omplete SH3 folder, i made a fresh install and then erase the SH3 folder completelly and replace it by my own.

Normally the game crashes when in the mission, it call for a unit you have not installed... due to that i was thinking in some Liberator weapon...

I never experienced a CTD in SH3 in the past...

But i have installed the sea, air and land units of the 1.8 mod... any way i attempt changing liberator files by another files from many mods and is the same.

I was able to let the port after play the mission many times, if i reach to shot down some Liberators, then there is not a CTD.

Do you think it is due to the saved game bug ?

Then a fresh install may help sue to the complete replacement of the files into "My Documents" folder.