Problem Ending 2nd Patrol - GWX 1.03 Campaign

[Acorn Minor]

Hello fellow submariners,

I'm at the end of my 2nd patrol during a GWX 1.03 campaign. I've made it to Wilhelmshaven (my home port for the campaign), but now the "Exit Patrol" is greyed out. I've left the harbour and re-entered twice and nothing changes. I've just gone into Cuxhaven, and still the same thing happens.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Cheers,

Tim.

[GoldenRivet]

what realism settings? also you must be within 25 KM of any port in order to exit patrol at 100% real

[Acorn Minor]

Thanks for your reply, Golden Rivet. I'm on 100% - but the "Exit Patrol" was greyed out while I was actually inside (not just within 25 km of) Wilhelmshaven and Cuxhaven harbours!

[Jimbuna]

You can't teleport back to base at 100% realism setting

[Acorn Minor]

Thanks for your post Jimbuna, but I'm not trying to "teleport" ... I actually completed the assigned mission and afterwards reached Wilhelmshaven but then I experienced the problems described above.

In the interim, using the last saved game, I tried to end the mission within the 25 km radius, but outside the immediate vicinity of Wilhelmshaven harbour. It showed the "Exit Patrol" and I was able to do the awards, promotions, etc. However, after getting out of SH3 then re-entering it, the mission showed as "Dead" as if I had done a "teleport".

For some reason, it is like the game is not recognising Wilhelmshaven as the home end point, but treating me as I'm raiding an enemy port.

[danlisa]

What date are you currently at? Has Wilhelmshaven been captured and your home base been changed?

[Acorn Minor]

Thanks for your questions Danlisa - I'm in November 1939 and the start and finish bases are still shown as Wilhelmshaven. Cheers!

[danlisa]

Very Strange.

Since the start of this current patrol, have you enabled/disabled any mods and/or made any changes to SH3Commander (if you are using it).

[Acorn Minor]

Negative on all counts...and I'm not using SH3 Commander.

I don't want to lose this mission as I bagged just over 50,000 tons. Is there any possibility that figure of 50,000 tons is causing SH3 or GWX to throw a wobbly?

[danlisa]

Originally Posted by Acorn Minor

Negative on all counts...

I don't want to lose this mission as I got just over 50,000 tons. Is there any possibility that 50,000 tons is causing SH3 or GWX to throw a wobbly?

No chance at all.

There is one way to fix this but I think you'll have to let this patrol end as dead. After this you can edit a cfg file, I think it's in the patrol.cfg which you'll find in My Documents under your career name. There will be a line in that cfg relating to your patrol status i.e Dead or Alive, depending on the value, you can change it so you are alive again.

I'm sorry I can't be more specific as I'm away from my installation but hopefully, someone will respond with the correct hack.

If it continues to happen after this patrol, I suggest a reinstall after checking the GWX parts with the MD5 mate to make sure none are corrupted.

Oh, BTW. Was this a clean install of GWX over a clean version of SH3 1.4b, all mods removed, SH3 folder in My Documents removed & SH3Cmdr rolled back? Soz, gotta ask. Most common problems are caused by residual files from a previous install.

[Canovaro]

Don't flame me for asking but:

Are you surfaced?

[Acorn Minor]

Originally Posted by Canovaro

Don't flame me for asking but:

Are you surfaced?

No mate, I'm not one to flame people - and it's a perfectly reasonable question. Yes, I am surfaced.

Danlisa, thanks once again for your willing and helpful advice. I will follow that lead with the cfg file. In regard to GWX, there was no need for an SH3 Commander rollback, and because our hard drive irrecoverably crashed a short time ago, it was a completely clean reinstallation once we got the new hard drive.

Thanks to everyone so far. Please feel free to add more advice...

[Acorn Minor]

Quite strange, but when I went into the patrol and career cfg files as Danlisa suggested, somehow [Patrol 003] was squeezed between two separate lots of [Patrol 002]. I deleted [Patrol 003] and the second [Patrol 002]. In addition, I noticed in both the patrol and career cfg that there was no "Dead" or "Alive" line, but there was a "Finished" line that had "true", whereas all the other similar lines were "false". I took the opportunity to change that line to "false".

Lo and behold, my 2nd patrol showed as a saved patrol at Wilhelmshaven, not "Dead". I am currently in progress in my 3rd mission, having already sunk 24,000 GRT of enemy shipping.

Special thanks to Danlisa , but thanks also to the other contributors.

Cheers,

Tim.

[Umfuld]

Cool.


Now go and sink em all.

[danlisa]

@ Acorn Minor

WooHoo. Sink 'em all.

Glad you got it sorted & sorry if I was not as clear as I could have been, it's hard to recall details when not near the files.

Carry on.