La Spezia to Toulon Issue

sharkbit · 06-04-09, 01:25 PM

Just wondering if anyone might be able to shed some light:

My current career is in the Med. I finished my previous patrol on the last day of August, 1943 in La Spezia. When starting my next patrol, it said that the base was changed to Toulon(probably something about the Italians defecting...

). When the game loaded, La Spezia was green and I started on my patrol and everything was fine. I was on my way to my patrol area off of Sardinia and I had to quit due to RL issues and I saved.
When I reloaded later on, the game crashed.
No-I didn't save close to land and there were no ships nearby

(even though that has never been a issue before).

Since I wasn't very far into the patrol, I tried loading from the "In Port Before Patrol". The briefing page showed "NULL" for a patrol area(which seemed odd) and starting location 0 degrees N and 0 degrees E, which I have seen before, so that was no real suprise and I was not able to look at the equipment and crew screens while in the office, which was really, really strange

.
However, when the game started, I really was at 0 degrees N and 0 degrees E off the coast of Africa.

Hmmm....OK, let's try this:
I loaded from the "In Port After Patrol" and it loaded fine and started the patrol without restarting using SH3Commander.
I did the transfer the old fashioned way-I sailed from La Spezia to Toulon without going to my patrol area, spent a week in Toulon, and have sailed for my patrol area without any hitches.

The whole thing seemed odd, and I'm sure it had something to do with the change in base but it worked out fairly realistically. I just took a little sight seeing trip along the coast of Italy and southern France to Toulon.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

mookiemookie · 06-04-09, 03:49 PM

I've had the same thing happen to me a couple of times with the NULL patrol grid if the game crashes and you reload. Not sure what the cause is, but it probably isn't related to the base change as I wasn't changing bases at the time.

06-04-09, 01:25 PM	#1
sharkbit The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,529 Downloads: 334 Uploads: 0	La Spezia to Toulon Issue Just wondering if anyone might be able to shed some light: My current career is in the Med. I finished my previous patrol on the last day of August, 1943 in La Spezia. When starting my next patrol, it said that the base was changed to Toulon(probably something about the Italians defecting...). When the game loaded, La Spezia was green and I started on my patrol and everything was fine. I was on my way to my patrol area off of Sardinia and I had to quit due to RL issues and I saved. When I reloaded later on, the game crashed. No-I didn't save close to land and there were no ships nearby (even though that has never been a issue before). Since I wasn't very far into the patrol, I tried loading from the "In Port Before Patrol". The briefing page showed "NULL" for a patrol area(which seemed odd) and starting location 0 degrees N and 0 degrees E, which I have seen before, so that was no real suprise and I was not able to look at the equipment and crew screens while in the office, which was really, really strange . However, when the game started, I really was at 0 degrees N and 0 degrees E off the coast of Africa. Hmmm....OK, let's try this: I loaded from the "In Port After Patrol" and it loaded fine and started the patrol without restarting using SH3Commander. I did the transfer the old fashioned way-I sailed from La Spezia to Toulon without going to my patrol area, spent a week in Toulon, and have sailed for my patrol area without any hitches. The whole thing seemed odd, and I'm sure it had something to do with the change in base but it worked out fairly realistically. I just took a little sight seeing trip along the coast of Italy and southern France to Toulon. Any ideas? Thanks. __________________ “Prejudice is blind. There will always be someone who says you aren’t welcome at the table. Stop apologizing for who you are and using all your energy trying to change their minds. Yes, you will lose friends, maybe even family. But you will gain your self-respect. You will know your worth. Once you have that, nothing can stop you.”

06-04-09, 03:49 PM	#2
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	I've had the same thing happen to me a couple of times with the NULL patrol grid if the game crashes and you reload. Not sure what the cause is, but it probably isn't related to the base change as I wasn't changing bases at the time. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.