Hello
 

New Member here. Just got SHIII not too long ago. My Opa was on a German U-boat in WWII so I was instantly interested in this game.

Been coming here a lot lately for tips. First started the game and immediatly jumped into 100% Realism. To feel as close as I could to how the Uboat Captains felt. Thanks already for all the help.

So after literally days of learning how to track my target on the map, and setting up a firing position (using the resources provided on this forum of course). Restarting campaigns over and over again so that my first patrol ends in a ship sunk. I FINALLY bag my first ship using the methods taught on here.

So I finish the mission, exit and return to port. First I noticed whenever I choose to exit and return to port automatically after completing the patrol my option for returning to port says "Abandon Career" which I've found must be a bug because it doesn't really effect my career. Although when loading the career it says I'm dead under the saved games.

So I start my 2nd patrol, save the game and exit. Come back to it, and it's not in the saved games list. So I'm presuming while I can start my 2nd patrol, and my kills are recorded - as far as the saved games go - I can longer save any further in my campaign because it says I'm "Dead." Even though I'm not.

So I try deleting an old saved game, and it completely wipes all of my saved games - all that hard work tonight for nothing :damn:. You can imagine I was cursing quite a bit for a few minutes. I almost just said "******* this game" and shut it off completely, but it's just too addicting.

Needless to say I've restarted my campaign, and won't be able to play until two days from now. I read somewhere on here that it's a known issue that there are a few bugs with saving games. So I'm just going to start beginning and ending patrols and have the game automatically save my progress that way, because it seems saving the game manually is too bugged.

By the way I'm using the newest version of Real U-boat. 1.41 I think? Is the "Abandon Career" thing or the messed up saves a known issue with this MOD??

Welcome to the community!

If you play on 100% realism, then you probably won't mind sailing all the way back home, as most of us here do. This will surely minimise the risk of such bugs and lets you dock at the actual port.

If you play at 100% realism you have to return to within 30KM of home port before you get the option to dock at your home port. You can not delete previous saves without wiping out all saves made after them. The game warns you of this when you try.

Welcome, herr kaleun!:D

Welcome!

May I ask whether your Opa told you of his experiences and whether you would care to share them with us?

Kind regards,

Eichenlaub

'Allo, mate. Welcome aboard.:ping:

Welcome Kaleun :arrgh!:

Hello from UK
 

Welcome aboard from another newcomer, Lets hope the Old Man enjoyed his shore leave and is in a good mood when we join our crew. ;)
Danny

ah a new captain....welcome mate, talk to the other boys they have a wealth of knowledge.

U-657

Thanks all for the welcomes. My grandpa was only a cook :cool: Although I don't discredit the awesome experience he must have had. Unfortunately I rarely speak to him - he lives in Wales, and we're here in America. I should get on it that though, and ask him what it was like to live aboard one of those things. I do know he was captured towards the middle of the war, and placed in a POW Camp in Britain, and later America. He actually met his future-wife while being imprisoned believe it or not in Britain - which is why he's in Wales now.

I'll remember the 30k thing, and I did remember the game saying something, but I was in such a bad mood I just clicked without thinking, or reading. Bad move. I've learned my lesson, and after work tonight cannot wait to get back in the control room.

Yes you should. I had two uncles serve in the navy during the war (my dad was just too young) and possibly a couple more in the army. One of the navy ones was at Pearl Harbor. I never got to talk to either one about their experiences, and now they're long gone.

Don't lose the chance.

Considering I leave for the Navy in 3 months I may just do that :cool:

I also had two uncles serve in the Royal Navy during WWII. The eldest joined up in 1939 at the beginning of the war and was put on a destroyer protecting the convoys across the North Atlantic. The second eldest was called up in 1943 and was put on submarines based in Australia fighting the Japanese in the Pacific. They both never really spoke much about their war experiences. I remember my uncle who was on subs mention that his selection for submarine duty went like this: "I was in a line up of newly recruited sailors and the officer in charge asked for volunteers for the submarine service. When no one volunteered the officer went along the line and picked out the sailors that were to be put on subs". My uncle was one of them. He also said that when the the Americans were in the process of fighting for the islands in the Pacific he was given the opportunity to look through the periscope at the American forces landing on the beaches. After witnessing this bravery he vowed never to say a bad word about an American again.

Nemo