I'm glad you're going better again! Now, these can be difficult concepts to wrap one's head around, but you can try a few things here to help you in the future:
Silent Hunter 4 Corruption Management System (thread)
and
MultiSH4 (download)
I cannot find a release thread for MultiSH4, but there is a bit of a ReadMe with it. The whole idea of MultiSH4 is to change the default Save folder name on a given SH4 install...
After you've made your initial of Silent Hunter 4, you use Rockin Robbins' CMS to create a "pristine" back-up, and other desired installs. Each of the installs only creates another full copy of the game on your computer. You then use MultiSH4 run in each particular game copy folder, so change the Save folder, such that your "Stock" game has a folder "SH4". You can make a TMO install and using MultiSH4, a "TMO" save folder. Make a GFO install, use MultiSH4 to make a GFO save folder. That way, things don't get as messed-up as easily, and when they do, you just use CMS to restore another copy of the game...
But there is a lot of reading and understanding to get through first. Also, I'm not so certain how well your Steam would do with it... I'll try to experiment with my Steam SH3, and try to get back with you sometime next week about that. I've got quite a bit going on over the next few days, and I get to spend lots of money I don't have on vehicle repairs...
