FORS Crashing same date same time

sonicninja · 08-20-23, 01:37 PM

Good Evening shipmates, i've been playing SH4 FOTRS 1.8 for the last few weeks with absolutely no issues until today it keeps crashing on 25/7/43 @ 17:00 no matter where i am on the map.

I'm on my 4th war patrol and never had a CTD in this game and i havent added any mods other than FOTRS, any help would be much appreciated as I do love coming back to this game over the years.

razark · 08-20-23, 02:04 PM

Repeatedly crashing at the same date and time could be a bad file in the radio playlist.

I'd suggest checking the files at
Silent Hunter 4 Wolves of the Pacific\Data\Sound\Radio\<station>\Events\events.ini
for each radio station you have installed, and look for an event that plays on that time/date.

You can either correct the filename in the entry, comment it out with ";" at the beginning of the line, or delete the entire entry.

KaleunMarco · 08-20-23, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by razark

Repeatedly crashing at the same date and time could be a bad file in the radio playlist.

I'd suggest checking the files at
Silent Hunter 4 Wolves of the Pacific\Data\Sound\Radio\<station>\Events\events.ini
for each radio station you have installed, and look for an event that plays on that time/date.

You can either correct the filename in the entry, comment it out with ";" at the beginning of the line, or delete the entire entry.

would that "bad entry" come into play if the user-player were not listening to the radio on that date/time?

sonicninja · 08-20-23, 02:34 PM

razark you are an absolute legend i found a file of the same date and time and removed it and reloaded my save and it worked.
Thank you for taking the time to look at my post and the advice you provided i am very greatfull.

razark · 08-20-23, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by KaleunMarco

would that "bad entry" come into play if the user-player were not listening to the radio on that date/time?

Yes, from my experience.

I'm not sure why, but it's very consistent about crashing like that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sonicninja

Thank you for taking the time to look at my post and the advice you provided i am very greatfull.

Glad it worked!

KaleunMarco · 08-20-23, 03:27 PM

Quote:

I'd suggest checking the files at
Silent Hunter 4 Wolves of the Pacific\Data\Sound\Radio\<station>\Events\events.ini
for each radio station you have installed, and look for an event that plays on that time/date.

Quote:

Originally Posted by razark

Yes, from my experience.

I'm not sure why, but it's very consistent about crashing like that.

now i see where the difference is:

mr. ninja has a radio station mod installed and that mod has events and one was bad.

an "aha" moment.

08-20-23, 01:37 PM	#1
sonicninja Watch Officer Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Periscope Depth Posts: 341 Downloads: 937 Uploads: 0	FORS Crashing same date same time Good Evening shipmates, i've been playing SH4 FOTRS 1.8 for the last few weeks with absolutely no issues until today it keeps crashing on 25/7/43 @ 17:00 no matter where i am on the map. I'm on my 4th war patrol and never had a CTD in this game and i havent added any mods other than FOTRS, any help would be much appreciated as I do love coming back to this game over the years.

08-20-23, 02:04 PM	#2
razark Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,731 Downloads: 393 Uploads: 12	Repeatedly crashing at the same date and time could be a bad file in the radio playlist. I'd suggest checking the files at Silent Hunter 4 Wolves of the Pacific\Data\Sound\Radio\<station>\Events\events.ini for each radio station you have installed, and look for an event that plays on that time/date. You can either correct the filename in the entry, comment it out with ";" at the beginning of the line, or delete the entire entry. __________________ "Never ask a World War II history buff for a 'final solution' to your problem!"

08-20-23, 02:34 PM	#4
sonicninja Watch Officer Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Periscope Depth Posts: 341 Downloads: 937 Uploads: 0	razark you are an absolute legend i found a file of the same date and time and removed it and reloaded my save and it worked. Thank you for taking the time to look at my post and the advice you provided i am very greatfull.