Started a new patrol, immediately died

[Prince Kassad]

Hi,

Recently I have installed GWX some days ago (great mod, BTW) and let my friend play it (since I don't have that much time myself). He lost his first career, so he decided to create another one using SH3 commander, and change the time settings to be able to 'escort' the Bismarck.

He selected April '41, 2nd Flottila in a VIIB, started up the game and left port. He them plots a course to Gotenhafen (where the Bismarck is located), waits a bit, and sinks some ships on the way.

Once arrived, he noticed he's too early (it's just April 18th), so he decided to dock at Hel (which is near Gotenhafen). He changed some of his crew, handed out some medals and then started a new patrol. Due to the changes, he continued on May 17th (one day before the Bismarck leaves the port).

Once the game loaded, the whole sub was shaking, and the log was filled with damage entries. He immediately went to the Compartements screen to see what's wrong, but when he was there half of his crew already died and most of the sub was damaged. One second later, he lost his sub 'due to collision'.

We then thought about what caused this. I know that the starting coordinates used to mess up in stock SH3 when docking at another port (sometimes the coordinates were reset to 0' N, 0' E), but my friend told me that he probably started inside the Bismarck.

I don't know if this is right, but there surely must be a reason for the sub to shake eractically and then be destroyed completely. Does anyone know what could be causing this?

[Abd_von_Mumit]

If that's not a bug, it could be allies bombs, maybe... Or a Polish sabotage, you know, Hel, as it's name states, is in Poland...

Welcome to subsim, Emir Qassad!

[Biggles]

Starting inside a subpen maybe?

Frankly, I have no idea. Should be interesting to hear what others will say.


Oh, and welcome to SubSim! (yay, I was the first one!)

[_Seth_]

Hi mate, and welcome to subsim! Similar problems have been stated before, with people starting with their subs on top of buildnings or inside/on top of ships. Do you have the december 23 corrections installed?

[AVGWarhawk]

Welcome to the '2 Patrol Your Dead' club. I'm the founding member and welcome you aboard. Perhaps your boat spawned where another vessel is spawning in. Attempt to reload that saved portion of the game and see what happens.

[Prince Kassad]

Originally Posted by _Seth_

Similar problems have been stated before, with people starting with their subs on top of buildnings or inside/on top of ships.

Well, nice to hear I'm not the only one getting this problem. I have not tried reloading the patrol to see if it's a one-time thing, but if it occurs again, I can at least change the starting coordinates to the open sea to avoid this problem.

Originally Posted by _Seth_

Do you have the december 23 corrections installed?

Sure, I installed them immediately after GWX finished installing.

[Corsair]

This is why until next update, it is not advisable to dock at harbours which are not sub bases. After Jan update, BBW promised we could even dock at Murmansk... (I hope in summer )

[danlisa]

I believe that the 'starting on top of buildings' problem is due to the fact that you dock at a port which is not designated as a flotilla. Only dock at milk cows or home ports.

[bigboywooly]

Yes Corsair and Danlisa have it correct

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Welcome to the '2 Patrol Your Dead' club. I'm the founding member and welcome you aboard.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

One club I'll be happy not to get an invite for! :p

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Albrecht Von Hesse

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

One club I'll be happy not to get an invite for! :p

He is just kidding men!!! AVH was a founding father but he refuses to admit it. He is now enrolled in the A2PYD or Anonymous 2 Patrol Your Dead club . One day he will realize his affliction and come clean

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