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Monadnock · 06-02-15, 07:22 PM

Hey guys,

Fairly new here, but this place is a wealth of information thanks to all of the hard work of everyone here. It is most appreciated.

I have the Steam version of SH5 (Yeah, I know...), and last year I had it working with mods really well. Only intermittent crashes, but was very playable as long as I saved often. I unfortunately had a drive failure and had to reinstall everything. My Steam folders were not backed up.

Anyway, I got around to reinstalling SH5 again, and I did so from Steam. Now the problems began. When I first got into the game, I intended to get to Kiel so that I could then save, exit, and then install some mods. Problem is, I can't actually "dock" at Kiel. Technically, I can, but I can't. Allow me to try to explain this: When I pull the sub into the pen at Kiel, the cutscene with the captain plays (where you get promoted), but the Captain is alone when he should be talking to the Admiral. The Captain talks, but the Admiral just isn't there. He's just invisible or something. So that scene finally ends with my sub crashing into the pen.

At that point, the yellow exclamation point saying "Dock at Kiel" is still there, as if the game never updated. Since the Admiral is playing Ghost, I can't actually do anything. I've done this upwards of ten times now, with the same result every time.

Another problem is character movement. When I'm outside on the conning tower, it's very jerky and doesn't seem to be the same as last year. As a matter of fact, the whole sub itself seems different. I don't remember the deck gun being a 20mm cannon, but rather an actual naval gun. Just seems strange.

I did try to install the update (even though Steam says that it's already v1.2), but as you all know, that doesn't work because it's looking for the box install path and not steam.

I then thought of generic patcher, but learned that it can't be used with Steam until recently. Thing is, I don't remember having to do that the first time around. It was fairly simple, but now it's just a nightmare. I have searched through subsim in an effort to help myself, but I'm not sure if I need to run the generic patcher through steam (Thanks TheDarkWraith, btw, you're awesome), or if I just need to hang up my sealegs for good.

Looking for a bit of advice, and it would be greatly appreciated.

Rock on, subsim, you guys are rockstars.

06-02-15, 07:22 PM	#1
Monadnock Swabbie Join Date: May 2014 Location: Indiana, United States Posts: 7 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	SH5 driving me bonkers! Hey guys, Fairly new here, but this place is a wealth of information thanks to all of the hard work of everyone here. It is most appreciated. I have the Steam version of SH5 (Yeah, I know...), and last year I had it working with mods really well. Only intermittent crashes, but was very playable as long as I saved often. I unfortunately had a drive failure and had to reinstall everything. My Steam folders were not backed up. Anyway, I got around to reinstalling SH5 again, and I did so from Steam. Now the problems began. When I first got into the game, I intended to get to Kiel so that I could then save, exit, and then install some mods. Problem is, I can't actually "dock" at Kiel. Technically, I can, but I can't. Allow me to try to explain this: When I pull the sub into the pen at Kiel, the cutscene with the captain plays (where you get promoted), but the Captain is alone when he should be talking to the Admiral. The Captain talks, but the Admiral just isn't there. He's just invisible or something. So that scene finally ends with my sub crashing into the pen. At that point, the yellow exclamation point saying "Dock at Kiel" is still there, as if the game never updated. Since the Admiral is playing Ghost, I can't actually do anything. I've done this upwards of ten times now, with the same result every time. Another problem is character movement. When I'm outside on the conning tower, it's very jerky and doesn't seem to be the same as last year. As a matter of fact, the whole sub itself seems different. I don't remember the deck gun being a 20mm cannon, but rather an actual naval gun. Just seems strange. I did try to install the update (even though Steam says that it's already v1.2), but as you all know, that doesn't work because it's looking for the box install path and not steam. I then thought of generic patcher, but learned that it can't be used with Steam until recently. Thing is, I don't remember having to do that the first time around. It was fairly simple, but now it's just a nightmare. I have searched through subsim in an effort to help myself, but I'm not sure if I need to run the generic patcher through steam (Thanks TheDarkWraith, btw, you're awesome), or if I just need to hang up my sealegs for good. Looking for a bit of advice, and it would be greatly appreciated. Rock on, subsim, you guys are rockstars.