Saving bug? (RESOLVED)

[GOZO]

Getting fed up with the saving in campaign mode. Have ventilated this in the general forum before, Thanks Avon & everyone else involved. I now read in the "community manual" that there is a glitch in patch 1.4b resulting in corrupt saves.

Now Yeaterday I cleaned out all SHIII files from the computer including "My documents/SHIII/*....."

I Reinstalled a clean SHIII basic version and ran a test campaign.
Saving "at sea" calling it 00=> worked!!! Doing a "save & exit" called "Del" also went well. The 00-save was visible in the window before I left. I then exited SHIII the normal way. (there were now files in the "My documents/SHIII" folders) After starting SHIII again I also loaded the "00" in-mission file successfully.

Next step was now reinstalling the whole thing (complete SHIII) again + adding Patch 1.4b to it. Also this time I deleted the SHIII folder under "My documents". Started the sim and began a fresh career for a second time. Saved "in mission" as 00 but this time "00" was displayed as "2yu*LIiYDt"!!??? :hmm:
I continued further on the patrol & went to "Save&Exit" naming the file "Del". The only result was SHIII crashing .

After restart I went to "saved career" were my 00-save now was called "In Mission (5.1ÛI5U+jîmcAÛêlk1U5enéC6cQûQ".
Loaded the thing resulting in "Error while loading save".
Loading the "In port before mission" works though.

The only thing that really works is saving in port (homeport or milchkuh).

Frankly I am getting a bit tired on SHIII especially since campaigns are for me the really fun bit of the sim.


What have I missed??????. :hmm:

P4 1.4 mhz, Radeon9600, 512M Ram, winME

Regards /Per

[Inajira]

After restart I went to "saved career" were my 00-save now was called "In Mission (5.1ÛI5U+jîmcAÛêlk1U5enéC6cQûQ".
Loaded the thing resulting in "Error while loading save".
Loading the "In port before mission" works though.

I had very similar problems when saving games under Win98, garbage filenames and the like, although loading the In Port Before/After save always worked fine. However when I got WinXP installed the bug never resurfaced. Perhaps WinME is causing the same problem for you?

Just a thought.

[The Avon Lady]

Originally Posted by GOZO

I now read in the "community manual" that there is a glitch in patch 1.4b resulting in corrupt saves.

Where does it say that in the manual?

Also, do you have the same problem if the save names you gove begin with a letter instead of a number?

[GOZO]

Originally Posted by Inajira

I had very similar problems when saving games under Win98, garbage filenames and the like, although loading the In Port Before/After save always worked fine. However when I got WinXP installed the bug never resurfaced. Perhaps WinME is causing the same problem for you?

Just a thought.

Good thinking

I have just done an install on my old trusty laptop (PIII etc) wich is not a gaming computer for sure but has win XP. Now SHIII + p1.4b RUNS on this old bucket of a computer Even better: the saving problem is gone!!! It was Win ME who was the culprit all the time . Going past the computer sales guy on my way back home from work to get XP. New careers on the way :rotfl:

[GOZO]

Originally Posted by The Avon Lady

Where does it say that in the manual?

Also, do you have the same problem if the save names you gove begin with a letter instead of a number?

Hi Avon Lady, I found it under Main Page at "Getting started" & "Update Patches". It doesent use words like corrupt but mentiones there is a problem though.

I have now found out that it was Win ME that caused the biggest problem. What about adding this to the community manual "WinME beware"...?

During this little test I did at lunch I didnt see if the save "Del" worked since I only loaded the "00"-save. Will check that too.

Happy hunting
/Per

[Inajira]

It was Win ME who was the culprit all the time

I KNEW it!! Glad to have helped... that warning about Win ME should include Win 98 because as I said I got that from time to time (and the game was unstable in other ways in 98, or maybe it was my graphics card, although I had the latest Nvidia 98 drivers installed).

P.S. I hope my PM reply got back to you, I've never sent one before.

[The Avon Lady]

Originally Posted by Inajira

that warning about Win ME should include Win 98

SH3 officially does not support W98. W98 users who can play SH3 should consider themselves blessed.

[GOZO]

Originally Posted by The Avon Lady

SH3 officially does not support W98. W98 users who can play SH3 should consider themselves blessed.

True!! I read it on the back of the SHIII-box but was too lazy to upgrade the system since it actually worked (nearly). Shame on me

Happy hunting

[DaRealOdi]

This problem has been explained perfectly in "Win98" topic (just a few forum pages back)

Win98 ver 4.10.2222A causes this saving problem with patch 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4b. Until this day,there isn't any patch, mod or whatever to fix this problem.
Ver 1998 of Win98 doesn't causes this bug

[Heibges]

I have had the same problems with Windows XP.

Rules for Saving.

1. Do not save when Submerged.
2. Do not save when in Contact with enemy.
3. Erase the "Player" Career form the Careers Folder,
4. Never start a patrol unless all other career patrols are "in port."
5. Do no use Alt-Tab.
6. Do no make enteries on a Forum while playing SH3.

[Kaptan Tommy]

Originally Posted by Heibges

I have had the same problems with Windows XP.

Rules for Saving.

1. Do not save when Submerged.
2. Do not save when in Contact with enemy.
3. Erase the "Player" Career form the Careers Folder,
4. Never start a patrol unless all other career patrols are "in port."
5. Do no use Alt-Tab.
6. Do no make enteries on a Forum while playing SH3.

I've got XP on both my laptop and my desktop, and they both work fine. Maybe I shouldn't say that, cuz I'm jinxing myself.

Hmmm. I've not had the 'submerged' problem - yet...
I just yesterday saved "while in contact with the enemy", cuz I just didn't have a choice. Had to leave the house. Luckily, it seemed to be OK when I went back to the 'battle' this morning. Maybe I should be 'knocking on wood as I write this.
I've always had a bogus career going as a test bed while out on patrol with my real hero.
And that last one - I've never had any luck going to desktop while actually in-game. The old [Windows FLAG - M] keystroke combo works, but it seems to make the whole game transition unstable and scares me. I sure don't want to lose my "hero" to some Windows instability thing. GASP!!!

But, I'm going to take all this to heart and try not to screw up my hero's campaign by viloating these rules.

Thanks for the tips.

[Crop-Duster]

Originally Posted by The Avon Lady

SH3 officially does not support W98. W98 users who can play SH3 should consider themselves blessed.

So then why does the system test tool included in SH3 says Win98 is supported and meets system requirments when run?

I'm gonna sue UBI

[GOZO]

It´s a bit contradicting since on the box it very clearly say "Only win2000/XP supported".

I bought myself an XP-home edition last friday and installed/tested it over the weekend. I also cleaned out ALL SHIII related files and started to reinstall the whole thing.

It is a whole new computer . The graphics works MUCH faster especially when using the 3d camera & moving around inside the sub. It seems like XP handles the graphics files much more efficient?! (Dunno really how it works, I by and run software. I don´t write it).

Seems more stable as well. Need all this to work since I have enlisted for WaW (and is hopefully accepted for training by BdU later on)

My c is getting old but will have to go on for a while (P4 1,7 GHz, 512M internal + ATI 9600 graphics card)

Will do more "saving experiments during the week" :|\

/P

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by GOZO

-Torpedo Hit!!!!
-What do you mean with "Hospital ship" Bernard?!

:rotfl: :hmm: