Thanks for replying. The first time I lost all save game data I was in the middle of the oceans with 3 different saved levels I had been rotating. I don't remember if I was near any ships, but I was not near land. Not only did I lose my last save, but the other two as well. I had saved and restarted dozens of times before without incident. I did not reinstall. However, I did install GWX after that. Wow, is that great, although I endured a period of doubt when the additional escorts and better skills on their part made my life miserable
for awhile. I learned not to shoot deck guns at armed transports. I learned not to advertise myself to escorts and some evasion skill. I learned aggression is a limited tool. lol Then I started a second career. It actually vanished after I had entered port at the end of my first patrol with 20,000 tons under my belt. I actually motored into my slip before entering port. Now I know that's unnecessary if I'm within 30 miles or so. But I was a sad puppy for sure when all three saved game levels vanished.
I'll bet this bug is costing them big money because for every person like me who looks for a solution, there are ten who just write the game off as a loser. They aren't candidates for new releases, so Ubisoft hits themselves in the pocket. You'd think they would fix their game. Why go through all the work of producing the best simulation of anything anywhere and then fail to do the basic easy stuff that absolutely has to work to have a viable product? I was going to spring the $50 for Wolves of the Pacific but now I know I can just wait until someone gets shafted by bugs and pick it up for $15 on Half.com. lol
Hey, is anybody else having success with underwater evasion by reducing speed to 1 knot under silent running? That's working really well for me when the escorts get on top of me. All ahead slow seems nowhere near as stealthy.