GWX: The war ended after 1st patrol '39?

[Uberfiend]

Bored with stock SH3, I got GWX 1.03.

After the first patrol, I cannot load again.
The last entry of the savegames reads "The War ended!".
I was able to start a 2nd patrol and saved while on patrol, but I don't see that savegame for loading.

What's wrong? I want to continue!
I don't really believe this is a punishment for sinking a british battleship (rodney/nelson-class) against order of the führer?

Can I fix the savegames with a text-editor?

[CapZap1970]

Welcome Uberfiend to the Forum!!
:rotfl:
Sorry if I laugh, but I never saw that happen, therefore I don't know what you should do nor do I a possible solution to your problem.
Just be patient and for sure other Kaleuns will give more than enough answers and help you fix this.
CapZap

[danlisa]

Welcome to Subsim.

I'm guessing that you are trying to use an old save game. This won't work.

You need to start a new career when starting GWX.

When you say, you got GWX 1.03, I assume you ment that you have downloaded GWX 1.0 ( 1x.exe & 5x.bin files), installed that and then downloaded and run the 1.03 patch.

Install instructions (which may help)

1. Uninstall SH3 via Windows' "Add/Remove programs"
2. Open Windows Explorer and:
- *delete* the folder where you had installed SH3
- *delete* the \My Documents\SH3 folder
3. Reinstall SH3
4. If your SH3 did not come with patch v1.4b already included, install patch v1.4b. Ensure you install the patch that corresponds to your copy of SH3 (Download/DVD/EMEA/US)
5. OPTIONAL: Copy and paste this "clean" install as a backup to avoid the need to follow steps 1-3 if your game becomes corrupt in future
6. Download into the SAME folder GWX.exe and the five .bin files. While there grab the v1.03 patch
7. Run GWX.exe and follow the installation prompts
8. Run GWX103.exe and follow the installation prompts
9. SH3 COMMANDER USERS: Download the GWX 1.02+ Cfg files for SH3 Commander and unzip the contents DIRECTLY into your SH3 Commander\Cfg folder.

GWX files are available from my sig.

[Paajtor]

This is the usual fix for the "war had ended" bug:

You need to go into your save files (in your "My Documents" folder, eg: "My Documents\SH3\data\cfg\Careers\<yourcareername>\) and look for the two files in your career called: "Careers.cfg" and "careers_0.cfg" .Open those files with notepad (or anyother document viewing program) then find the lines that read:

Finished=true
WarOver=true

...find these lines in both .cfg file and change them so they read:

Finished=false
WarOver=false