all,
exiting SH4, relaunching it and reloading the game seems to have relieved the issue. equipment that was repairable was indeed repaired and stayed repaired.
thank you to those who reminded me that, when in doubt, save, exit SH4, re-launch, reload.
i have to say, in my defense, that in the past this cadence did not always work because the darn program would not reload the saved game. there are many reasons for this and i am sure you are aware of some of them:
- late in the mission with a large save file
- underwater
- underwater with enemy above
- underwater near a coastline/island
- all of the above at the same time

so...i have cured myself of saving under these conditions, especially the late-mission save.
KM
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there are only two things in the world: submarines and targets.
Fortis et stabilis et fidelis, semper



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Silent Hunter 4 1.5 Gold Edition on CDROM
LAA enabled
Dell XPS with 32 GB Ram running Win10