Gah...where have all my saves gone?!

03-13-10, 04:56 PM

Hi all,

I'm using SH3 Commander, GWX Gold plus, OLC plus a few other bits and pieces. I've started my ongoing career game from Commander, but when I go to load the last save, there are no save games in the list to choose from. I've checked in My Documents/Sh3 etc, and confirmed that they are still there, so why can't I see them in game?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Wibbs

Sailor Steve · 03-13-10, 05:37 PM

Not sure, as I've never encountered that before.

HW3 · 03-13-10, 08:15 PM

This has come up before but, I do not remember what the fix was. Try a search for the thread.

Pisces · 03-14-10, 04:50 AM

The solution was to add a character to the foldername that bears the captain's name. Like this:

C:\Users\xxxx\Documents\SH3\data\cfg\Careers\Wilhe lm Rollmann_

(I don't know why that "Wilhelm" looks funny. There are no special accented charaters in there. )

It's a stuppid bug for which nobody has a a different solution for. I'm not sure but I think you can remove the extra character in the name AFTER you are back in port and closed the game and SH3Commander. I forgot about it and went back to sea. On top of it I made a visit to Vigo. So I'll have to live with it a bit longer.

03-14-10, 09:44 AM

Thanks for the tip, that seems to have sorted it out.

03-13-10, 04:56 PM	#1
Wibbs Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Gah...where have all my saves gone?! Hi all, I'm using SH3 Commander, GWX Gold plus, OLC plus a few other bits and pieces. I've started my ongoing career game from Commander, but when I go to load the last save, there are no save games in the list to choose from. I've checked in My Documents/Sh3 etc, and confirmed that they are still there, so why can't I see them in game? Thanks in advance for your help. Wibbs

03-13-10, 05:37 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Not sure, as I've never encountered that before. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-13-10, 08:15 PM	#3
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	This has come up before but, I do not remember what the fix was. Try a search for the thread. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

03-14-10, 04:50 AM	#4
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	The solution was to add a character to the foldername that bears the captain's name. Like this: C:\Users\xxxx\Documents\SH3\data\cfg\Careers\Wilhe lm Rollmann_ (I don't know why that "Wilhelm" looks funny. There are no special accented charaters in there. ) It's a stuppid bug for which nobody has a a different solution for. I'm not sure but I think you can remove the extra character in the name AFTER you are back in port and closed the game and SH3Commander. I forgot about it and went back to sea. On top of it I made a visit to Vigo. So I'll have to live with it a bit longer. __________________ My site downloads: https://ricojansen.nl/downloads

03-14-10, 09:44 AM	#5
Wibbs Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Thanks for the tip, that seems to have sorted it out.