Save problems with GWX 3.0

[ACR]

Hi!

i have a saving problem with gwx. 3.0 . when i save the game and want to continue lets say next evening i can select my career wit sh3 cmdr and launch the game, but it crashes at end of loading my saved game. i did not experienced such with 2.1

i can without any problems start a new carrer and start one, its only saving.

i use obly gwx 3.0 and sh3 cmdr 3.1.

has anybody an idea?

thanx much in advance!

[A Very Super Market]

You're experiencing a common glitch with SH3 in general. Sometimes if you save too close to other ships, your game will crash to desktop. Sorry, can't help you get it back, but try avoid saving next to other ships and there won't be any problems

[meduza]

Before saving, dive, turn your engines off, go to the hydrophones station, turn up the ambience volume knob and listen. If you hear a ship, don't save. Also, don't save if you're less than 50km away from land.

[ACR]

hm, ok, never thought about this issue. but strange, i didi not experiened problems in GWX 2.1, and there also i just saved. sometimes even in convoy battles....

[A Very Super Market]

It doesn't happen all the time. But does your CTD happen to every save you have?

[bigboywooly]

The save game bug is really hard to sort out
Some ppl never get it no matter what they do and others quite often

Nothing has changed in GWX 3 that will affect you being able to save
I rarely save in patrol but did yesterday and lucky I did as CTD later on way home ( my fault as emptied the message folder in mid patrol )
3 times the save game crashed
4th time was the charm

[ACR]

@ a very super market: well, i saved a campaign and tried to reload with no luck. i tried severel times until i gave up and started a new one ( both times 02.1942 7th flotilla). now i tried to reload this "new" one and got also this ctd so i search now for help here.

no idea why this happens now.

[bigboywooly]

Vista or XP ??

If XP what does the error pop up say on CTD

When the pop up appears after CTD click on the blue text " click here "



Problem highlighted below



If Vista

Go to Control Panel\Problem reports and solutions

Click view problem history on the left

and double click latest SH3 error

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: sh3.exe
Application Version: 1.4.0.1
Application Timestamp: 00000000
Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6001.18000
Fault Module Timestamp: 4791a7a6
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0004093d
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 2057
Additional Information 1: 71b2
Additional Information 2: d67447db3d751ecbf60cd906060deaa4
Additional Information 3: 7a25
Additional Information 4: 48652f378e7f3e13e5f640531da3151d

Name in yellow is the bit interested in
Helps identify the error

[ACR]

vista, i will check your hint and reply in a moment

[ACR]

ok, here is the last report :


Problemereignisame: APPCRASH
Anwendungsname: sh3.exe
Anwendungsversion: 1.4.0.1
Anwendungszeitstempel: 00000000
Fehlermodulname: SH3Sim.act
Fehlermodulversion: 0.0.0.0
Fehlermodulzeitstempel: 42ae99a7
Ausnahmecode: c0000005
Ausnahmeoffset: 0000196a
Betriebsystemversion: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Gebietsschema-ID: 1031
Zusatzinformation 1: f70c
Zusatzinformation 2: 02e254222fff513e0ce2db44b474bcdf
Zusatzinformation 3: 72df
Zusatzinformation 4: fb6f22994a538522baee9141181257e5

hope you can do something with it, especially i have the german version of vista.

[sabretwo]

The olde "save game CTD" nightmare!

I personally don't think it has anything to do with proximity to ships or land. I frequently save close to port when heading out on patrol and those early patrol saves never give me trouble. However, once I sink a vessel for the first time on patrol or if I have been attacked, then any save I make after that point seems to ALWAYS CTD.

That's one of the reasons I play over the weekends now...start a mission on Friday night, leave it open all weekend, and end it in Port by Monday morning.

[ACR]

Originally Posted by sabretwo

The olde "save game CTD" nightmare!

I personally don't think it has anything to do with proximity to ships or land. I frequently save close to port when heading out on patrol and those early patrol saves never give me trouble. However, once I sink a vessel for the first time on patrol or if I have been attacked, then any save I make after that point seems to ALWAYS CTD.

That's one of the reasons I play over the weekends now...start a mission on Friday night, leave it open all weekend, and end it in Port by Monday morning.

yes, thats a point, but since i got also a ctd while playing ( but thats not sooo often) i started to save more often. nothing sucks more than hunting the whole night, using the best tacktics, be happy like a child for sinking some merchants and then end with a ctd...