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neilbyrne · 11-01-08, 05:53 PM

I had this problem so bad that I did a clean install, destroying a career in which I already had two CMOH and it was only the end of '42.

I have subsequently tried to stay within the guidelines above about always saving from the nav screen and not while in time compression.

Another thing that I have seen work best is that you have to let the program run until it's happy to stop. What I mean is if something big is happening, like you're taking damage/sinking, and you just want to abort and re-load, don't do it. Let it run out and then re-load. The few times that I've just jumped out, I've had problems loading a save thereafter.

No need to reinstall either. When the problem does occur, it appears to clear at the end of that patrol.

I'm now on the 11th patrol of this career in SEP '44. The only save issue since the beginning of this career has cropped up in the last two patrols. If I load a save from when the boat was at sea, a reddish plume of smoke appears emanating from the sub or directly above if submerged. You can move away from it, and it disappears after 7-10 minutes of game time, but it will definitely draw flies if you are near any escorts.

Usually, I keep my last entering & leaving port saves and not more than the two other most recent ones named with date time groups. As said this has worked well except for the recent smoke issue.

11-01-08, 05:53 PM	#25
neilbyrne Torpedoman Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 118 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	I had this problem so bad that I did a clean install, destroying a career in which I already had two CMOH and it was only the end of '42. I have subsequently tried to stay within the guidelines above about always saving from the nav screen and not while in time compression. Another thing that I have seen work best is that you have to let the program run until it's happy to stop. What I mean is if something big is happening, like you're taking damage/sinking, and you just want to abort and re-load, don't do it. Let it run out and then re-load. The few times that I've just jumped out, I've had problems loading a save thereafter. No need to reinstall either. When the problem does occur, it appears to clear at the end of that patrol. I'm now on the 11th patrol of this career in SEP '44. The only save issue since the beginning of this career has cropped up in the last two patrols. If I load a save from when the boat was at sea, a reddish plume of smoke appears emanating from the sub or directly above if submerged. You can move away from it, and it disappears after 7-10 minutes of game time, but it will definitely draw flies if you are near any escorts. Usually, I keep my last entering & leaving port saves and not more than the two other most recent ones named with date time groups. As said this has worked well except for the recent smoke issue. __________________ Cordially, Neil CAPT USN (Ret.)