merc4ulfate - thank you for that, so nice to know I am not the only one who has had this problem, and it confirms that it is to do with saving and reloading that is the issue
I had not thought of appending to the original leaving port autosave, so that is useful, and now, from what TorpX has said, I can see that it is probably overwriting old saves that causes the problem - I do that all the time! I have certain keywords that describe the action -
ATTACK
Creeping
beginpat
arrived
wardown
merchdown etc
when the occasion suits the descriptor, I overwrite - and except for this problem in TMO, it never has been a problem before. Guess I will have to change my ways
Torpx dear heart, yes to all your questions. I had taken TMO off some months back because of this problem, and on returning to SH4 a few weeks back wanted to reinstall that mod, so did all of those things and followed advice on what mods to include and what didn't oughta be there.
I think you and merc have identified the wrong-doing, and I shall have to change my ways - but not immediately! I have ( temporarily) removed TMO and am now running RFB and RSRDC in a new career, stationed in the Asiatic Fleet, and on my very first patrol, even before I have got halfway to my destination, I have run into THE biggest convoy, with the sillouhettes of several battle cruisers, all coming dead at me! Yay! I
gotta see that through first - but not today as two laptops to upgrade are the priority. Thank you for your help gentlemen, greatly appreciated.