Another game save oddity.

ElAurens · 05-10-07, 10:21 PM

It is spring 1944, I am in command of USS Balao. My mission is to insert a spy on the Japanese Home Islands (forget the city). I make the drop without being detected and scoot back to Midway to re-fuel before deciding what to do next. (I was given no additional goal after completing the spy drop). It was late for me when I got to Midway, so I re supplied, saved the game and shut down and went to bed.

The next evening I loaded the save and much to my suprise I found that the 5"/20 bow mounted deck gun that I left Pearl with was now a 4"/50.

Honestly, issues with game saves are becoming a show stopper for me.

Duke_Wellington_1st · 05-11-07, 12:31 AM

At least your save games work.

the show stopped a month ago for me. Waste of money.

Tobus · 05-11-07, 06:09 AM

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Originally Posted by ElAurens

Honestly, issues with game saves are becoming a show stopper for me.

Same here, haven't played in over 2 weeks, since my saves (apart from the auto-ones in the base-office) won't load anymore. There goes 6 hours of play and 122k of tonnage. I don't need this aggravation with saves and all the other "features", gaming is supposed to be fun, reluctantly waiting for 1.3

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joea · 05-11-07, 07:28 AM

You guys following the SH3 (yup same with SH3) save game "rules"? No saves near ports (except auto-save between patrols) no saves near any other units, and on the surface oh and not anywhere near shift changes (for SH4).

GnarPow · 05-11-07, 08:03 AM

joea is right, i learned the hard way that underwater saves are NO NO, also I have saved near vessels and loaded fine but one thing you surely want to do is go to the tactical map to save and make sure time compression is at x1 and no more.

Kant Schwimm · 05-11-07, 08:28 AM

Yup has been posted many times before, save on the surface away from traffic and you should have no probs, never had a problem since I followed these two simple rules.

hope this helps.

ReallyDedPoet · 05-11-07, 08:40 AM

No problems here with saves, following SH3 rules

RDP

Ping Jockey · 05-11-07, 08:50 AM

I had the same thing with the 5"25 deck gun. It changes back to the 4" 50. SH4 is really a strange game.

banjo · 05-11-07, 09:35 AM

I have saved (dont recall if I did it "correctly") and when I came back into the game next time my 2nd objective--photo fleet in Rabaul--was gone. I proceeded back to base with several saves in between and it never came back. This exact thing happened to me twice.

05-10-07, 10:21 PM	#1
ElAurens A-ganger Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 76 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Another game save oddity. It is spring 1944, I am in command of USS Balao. My mission is to insert a spy on the Japanese Home Islands (forget the city). I make the drop without being detected and scoot back to Midway to re-fuel before deciding what to do next. (I was given no additional goal after completing the spy drop). It was late for me when I got to Midway, so I re supplied, saved the game and shut down and went to bed. The next evening I loaded the save and much to my suprise I found that the 5"/20 bow mounted deck gun that I left Pearl with was now a 4"/50. Honestly, issues with game saves are becoming a show stopper for me. __________________ " And the sea shall grant each man new hope, as sleep brings dreams of home." Christopher Columbus

05-11-07, 08:28 AM	#6
Kant Schwimm Electrician's Mate Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Spaghetti Junction - England Posts: 137 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yup has been posted many times before, save on the surface away from traffic and you should have no probs, never had a problem since I followed these two simple rules. hope this helps. __________________ *Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori "The old lie"*

05-11-07, 08:40 AM	#7
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,884 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	No problems here with saves, following SH3 rules RDP __________________ Back in the Day

05-11-07, 08:50 AM	#8
Ping Jockey Medic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Arizona, USA Posts: 159 Downloads: 294 Uploads: 0	I had the same thing with the 5"25 deck gun. It changes back to the 4" 50. SH4 is really a strange game. __________________ I joined the U S Navy in 1964. Saw the world and a lot more.

05-11-07, 12:31 AM	#2
Duke_Wellington_1st Watch Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 22 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	At least your save games work. the show stopped a month ago for me. Waste of money.

05-11-07, 07:28 AM	#4
joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	You guys following the SH3 (yup same with SH3) save game "rules"? No saves near ports (except auto-save between patrols) no saves near any other units, and on the surface oh and not anywhere near shift changes (for SH4).

05-11-07, 08:03 AM	#5
GnarPow Gunner Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 96 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	joea is right, i learned the hard way that underwater saves are NO NO, also I have saved near vessels and loaded fine but one thing you surely want to do is go to the tactical map to save and make sure time compression is at x1 and no more.

05-11-07, 09:35 AM	#9
banjo Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 762 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	I have saved (dont recall if I did it "correctly") and when I came back into the game next time my 2nd objective--photo fleet in Rabaul--was gone. I proceeded back to base with several saves in between and it never came back. This exact thing happened to me twice.