TMO 2.5 - Error - No Primary Objective Found

[torpedobait]

After literally years of playing TMO.25 plus RSRDC and assorted add-ons, I decided to try TMO without RSRDC. After completing 3 successful patrols in the GAR class USS Grayling (SS-209) I was a little surprised not to receive an upgrade offer, but wrote it off to a TMO-only feature. But when I tried to initiate my fourth patrol, I encountered something new (to me) when I looked at my Operational Order. It said only "ERROR: No primary objective found". The bad part is it only lets me go back from the Orders screen - I cannot start from port (Pearl Harbor). obviously without orders. There is something else. The date of the Operational Order is July 15, 1942; the ordered Departure Date is July 14, 1942! Something is either miscoded or missing, but I have no idea where to look.

Can anyone help with this one? Any help will be very much appreciated! And they wonder why we drink...

[propbeanie]

Sounds like when you took out RSRDC, it borked the campaign files. Something didn't get put back. A JSGME "Compare" would just confuse the fire out of me, with all the changes - same, newer, older stuff... I'd probably just blow the thing away, bring in a "pristine" Silent Hunter 4, and re-install TMO and the patch (salt & pepper to taste, simmer until ready). But, that is three patrols down the "tubes"... sorry, bad torpedo humor...

Using a previous save might change the results of your arrival back to port, and therefore influence the next patrol's assignment, but there's still the hole in the files.

[razark]

Years of playing TMO without RSRDC, and I've never seen anything like that. I'd suggest trying TMO over a clean install of SH4.

[torpedobait]

It's very strange. I like the theory of something getting screwed up when I changed to a TMO only setup, but I think I already did just what you suggested. I deleted the files from JSGME, deleted the game files in SH4 and brought in a Pristine copy that I keep in a separate folder, deleted the Rich and Save game files, moved a pre-set group of Mods for TMO only to the JSGME Mods List via the MODS folder, and then restarted everything. That is what bugs me. But just in case I missed something, I'll do it all again and will let you know.

I appreciate the quick responses. Thanks.

[Gray Lensman]

Originally Posted by torpedobait

It's very strange. I like the theory of something getting screwed up when I changed to a TMO only setup, but I think I already did just what you suggested. I deleted the files from JSGME, deleted the game files in SH4 and brought in a Pristine copy that I keep in a separate folder, deleted the Rich and Save game files, moved a pre-set group of Mods for TMO only to the JSGME Mods List via the MODS folder, and then restarted everything. That is what bugs me. But just in case I missed something, I'll do it all again and will let you know.

I appreciate the quick responses. Thanks.

I would also delete EVERYTHING in the My Documents folder including the /SH4 subfolder. The new installation will create a new My Documents/SH4 folder.

[torpedobait]

Originally Posted by Gray Lensman

I would also delete EVERYTHING in the My Documents folder including the /SH4 subfolder. The new installation will create a new My Documents/SH4 folder.

I was going to wait until I finished 3 patrols to see if I could get past missing objective problem, but I wanted you all to know that I did exactly as you suggested. Before doing any deletes, I looked into some of the customized files there and saw remnants from my previous TMO/RSRDC campaigns! So as you suggested, I deleted the whole SH4 folder. After the initial load where I had to reset all my preferences, I then had to manually add the SH4/JSGME Profiles folder so I could save my Mods profile. My guess is that it would have been created automatically after the first patrol, but I decided not to wait. Now it seems to be running smoothly. I'll post the results after trying to start my fourth patrol. The first one went off without a hitch. Thanks again for the help!