Problem with Lorient

KeybdFlyer · 10-16-09, 06:41 PM

I'm at June 1941 in a Type VIIC and based at Lorient. Got back to port, did the crew award screen and dropped out of the game to get some sleep. Upon reloading the next day, I clicked in the chart to start the next patrol and after the 2 min wait with the red bar creeping across, the game CTD. Tried it a couple of times using both the "Before Patrol xx" and then the "After patrol xx" saves, with the same result. So I loaded the save before docking and re-docked at Lorient again. Same thing happened as before. Loaded the last save before docking once again but this time went to Vigo and that was all fine, so I did another 6 week patrol and again went to dock at Lorient. Went through the same procedure as always, but yet again a CTD when I tried to go out on patrol. Yet again re-loaded the last save before docking and this time changed to a Type IXC to get extra in-port time to pass. No different than before, a CTD at the end of the loading process. Anybody come across anything similar to this at all? I can't continue this career as it is, as I can't upgrade or change sub if I can't dock at my home port. Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

Applied for a transfer to St.Nazaire and it appears that the problem is with the career itself - still CTD even at the new base. It looks as though U-16 is destined to be the "Flying Dutchman" of the U-Boat fleet, sailing forever without being able to return to home port!

10-16-09, 06:41 PM	#1
KeybdFlyer 中国水兵 Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 272 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Problem with Lorient I'm at June 1941 in a Type VIIC and based at Lorient. Got back to port, did the crew award screen and dropped out of the game to get some sleep. Upon reloading the next day, I clicked in the chart to start the next patrol and after the 2 min wait with the red bar creeping across, the game CTD. Tried it a couple of times using both the "Before Patrol xx" and then the "After patrol xx" saves, with the same result. So I loaded the save before docking and re-docked at Lorient again. Same thing happened as before. Loaded the last save before docking once again but this time went to Vigo and that was all fine, so I did another 6 week patrol and again went to dock at Lorient. Went through the same procedure as always, but yet again a CTD when I tried to go out on patrol. Yet again re-loaded the last save before docking and this time changed to a Type IXC to get extra in-port time to pass. No different than before, a CTD at the end of the loading process. Anybody come across anything similar to this at all? I can't continue this career as it is, as I can't upgrade or change sub if I can't dock at my home port. Any suggestions would be much appreciated! Applied for a transfer to St.Nazaire and it appears that the problem is with the career itself - still CTD even at the new base. It looks as though U-16 is destined to be the "Flying Dutchman" of the U-Boat fleet, sailing forever without being able to return to home port! Last edited by KeybdFlyer; 10-16-09 at 10:03 PM.