[3Jane]

I followed all the steps for installing the latest patch, rolled back SHIII C and deactivated all active mods etc, and also installed the patch whilst in port. Started a new patrol and had four save points up the north sea and was crossing the top of Scotland. All was going well, no issues at all. Infact the frame rate in bad weather seems to have improved with the patch. However, when I tried to reopen the game later, all the files from the 'my documents' folder had disapeared, although the empty SHIII folder was still there. SHIII Commander wouldn't open of course and I was told to run the game once, as if it was a new install. The game loaded and all went well. I was once again ' in base before mission'. The mods I have reactivated are; officer icons, no medals on crew, late war sensors, ventores first u-boat skin, debris v 1.00, 16k atmos,integrated orders,special effects v 1.00. As I understand it, the dec 23rd corrections were contained in the new patch so it didn't need to be reactivated with the rest of the mods. Is this an experience anyone else has had. I am reluctant to begin a new patrol until I know if it's a patch issue or maybe I need a fresh install. Fortunately I had backed up my careers up to that point, so I haven't lost anything except a wasted trip up the north sea :P