To many problems...

[SilentSnake]

Hi all,

I bought this game a week ago after playing silent hunter 3 and I actually think number 5 is better in all areas but I think ive had it now with all the crashes and minor bugs. Each time it crashes it seems to be a new bug, plus it seems to erase my save game data sometimes so I have to go back to the last auto save ( if it works ). I actually started a patrol and then after a couple of hours the game crashed after i had been overwriting my saves and i could never load this save game again from this profile as it always crashed. Its really poor because you never know if its going to happen after how many hours you might put into the game. It needs another patch badly. Its a shame because its such a good game, but if it keeps crashing all the time its unplayable.

Just to point out another bug. I could not enter my boat when surfaced and when i went to periscope depth it sunk with me and the watch crew on the tower. No big deal i will reload, but i still could not get in so i restarted the game and then it worked. Also ive loaded a save to find enemy ships not their anymore.

If anyone has any solutions or is having the same issues please help because i really love the game but at the moment its just to broken.

[Abd_von_Mumit]

Originally Posted by SilentSnake

Just to point out another bug. I could not enter my boat when surfaced and when i went to periscope depth it sunk with me and the watch crew on the tower. No big deal i will reload, but i still could not get in so i restarted the game and then it worked. Also ive loaded a save to find enemy ships not their anymore.

I'm a newbie to SH5 as well, but I think what you described is regular boat behaviour when in very heavy seas. It won't let you open the hatch to enter the conning tower, if the hatch is covered with water. This may happen also with good weather, when running decks awash.

Also it may be another bug that prevents boat from realising it's surfaced (then it thinks it's still submerged, and for example doesn't take in fresh air) or that it is submerged (the watch crew stays on the bridge underwater and so on).

Well... these are like... they happen.

[Wolfling04]

Welcome Aboard, SilentSnake

First question are you using any mods?, if so what ones?

I follow three rules about saving,

Do not save when near enemy ships, Do not save when underwater, and I don't save when close to land.

[StandingCow]

I just got the game, and installed a crapload of mods.

I am enjoying myself.. or was until I was in route to a mission and CTD.

[jwilliams]

I've been playing SH5 since release. Only had two CTD (and my system is way under the min specs needed for the game), one from listening to other subs on hydrophones (fixed with a mod now) and had a CTD from using the Evironment Mod. Removed the "climatezones.tga" file from the mod and no more CTD.

Oh and i follow the save ettiqute rules posted by wolfling04.
Do not save withing 50km of a port, ship or while submerged.

[StandingCow]

It was the environment mod doing it, so I disabled it.

[Wolfling04]

If its Env Mod 3.xx then all you have to do is before enabling the mod just delete the climatezones.tga and the climatezones.cfg and the mod will run great.

[StandingCow]

Originally Posted by Wolfling04

If its Env Mod 3.xx then all you have to do is before enabling the mod just delete the climatezones.tga and the climatezones.cfg and the mod will run great.

Sweet, thank you sir!

[THE_MASK]

SilentSnake,StandingCow .

[SilentSnake]

Ok this is really helpful guys. I have mods installed and i had the environment mod installed so i removed it. What i will do is though over the next couple of weeks is try removing those cfg's and trying stock and identify if it is another mod and see if I get any improvements. Its going to take time to test though because I have had different sorts of crashes at different numbers of hours played. I will post back results after my patrol

[SilentSnake]

Hi guys,
I played Silent Hunter 5 over the weekend. After reinstalling the game, installing the patch and installed certain mods the game has not crashed at all which means that I have fixed my crashing and save game load problems. When i installed the mods using the generic mod enabler I made sure that NO MODS gave the conflicted message although I had to give in and let TheDarkWraiths UI mod to overwrite its files but these came with the mod so I was sure they were tested. Had a great time with Silent Hunter 5 and with the mods I have installed, it far exceeds silent hunter 3. The AI mod I have installed is superb. Plus I was having a go at manual targeting, researching how to do it etc thanks to this forum. Hope this helps people who are still having issues with the game crashing.

I will post the mods and their order tommorow for people that are interested.

[THE_MASK]

Originally Posted by SilentSnake

Hi guys,
I played Silent Hunter 5 over the weekend. After reinstalling the game, installing the patch and installed certain mods the game has not crashed at all which means that I have fixed my crashing and save game load problems. When i installed the mods using the generic mod enabler I made sure that NO MODS gave the conflicted message although I had to give in and let TheDarkWraiths UI mod to overwrite its files but these came with the mod so I was sure they were tested. Had a great time with Silent Hunter 5 and with the mods I have installed, it far exceeds silent hunter 3. The AI mod I have installed is superb. Plus I was having a go at manual targeting, researching how to do it etc thanks to this forum. Hope this helps people who are still having issues with the game crashing.

I will post the mods and their order tommorow for people that are interested.

it far exceeds silent hunter 3

[SilentSnake]

Mods and Order:

IRAI_0_0_29 By the dark wraith
German U-Boat crew language pack
Capthelms SH5 Audio mod
Accurate german flags
Old style explosions V1.1
New UIS TDC 4_8_0 By the dark wraith
------------------- alt officer wounded by naights
------------------- emptguf_rework_scopes
IRAI No aicraft spotting and hydrophone
Lite campaign LC 1.2

Hope this helps. Can anyone recommend any other brilliant mods except the environment mod. Will try that in the future again. Anyway hope this helps anyone.

[Captain Can]

Originally Posted by SilentSnake

Mods and Order:

IRAI_0_0_29 By the dark wraith
German U-Boat crew language pack
Capthelms SH5 Audio mod
Accurate german flags
Old style explosions V1.1
New UIS TDC 4_8_0 By the dark wraith
------------------- alt officer wounded by naights
------------------- emptguf_rework_scopes
IRAI No aicraft spotting and hydrophone
Lite campaign LC 1.2

Hope this helps. Can anyone recommend any other brilliant mods except the environment mod. Will try that in the future again. Anyway hope this helps anyone.

hello SilentSnake

-if you want to listen some great tracks and propaganda then you can add this great radio mod to your list.
-mighty fine crew mod and more crew commands mod compatible with mighty fine crew mod are at my "couldn't play SH5 without them" list.i recommend those 3 mods to you.

cheers!

[voss]

Originally Posted by Captain Can

hello SilentSnake

-if you want to listen some great tracks and propaganda then you can add this great radio mod to your list.
-mighty fine crew mod and more crew commands mod compatible with mighty fine crew mod are at my "couldn't play SH5 without them" list.i recommend those 3 mods to you.

cheers!

I second this!