FED UP WITH CTD!!!

[Niteowl84]

hello there guys, sorry for asking this here again... but im trying very hard to just play the game with some mods to make it as nice and real as possible... thanks to V13dweller for the initial mod list but there are a few more of which i want to enable to make it that much more enjoyable to play.

I've had this game for a while now and TBH ive been tryin to just enjoy the ride so to speak but i cant even make it past the second campaign really as i wind up just loosing my patience with the amount of times the game gives me problems like CTD, lock ups and so on and just quit for a few months... but i enjoy this type of game so much and love the work you guys as modders have done to make it that much more enjoyable... Im getting alot of CTD when i ask for a mission... i have Sobers Mega Mob pack along with one or two other mods..

the following is my loadout...any help would be greatly appreciated as to why im still CTD.... so highly agitated at this point but if anyone can help id greatly appreciate it before i launch my computer out my third story window and proceed to run whats left of it over with my semi. 3hours and counting now of loading screens and CTD.

List:

- accurate german flags
- Open Horizons v2.2
- Equipment Upgrades v1.4 - the beast
- Equipment Upgrades Fix v1.4 Patch 1
- Equipment Upgrades v1.4 patch 1 hotfix
- Grossdeutscher Rundfunk
- Remove logo TDW
- Smaller flags for warships 1_0b
- Nauticalwolf's Torpedo textures 1.2
- Cereberus62 Corrected Depth Charge Projector 1.0
- Depth Keeping Problem HB 2.0.0 TDW
- SteelVikings Mod interior v1.2
- SteelVikings Interiror 1.2.2 patch
- stoniam coloured Exteriror mod v2
- New UI TDW 7.2.0
- NewUIS - TDC Das Boot Crew
- NewUIS RadCapTools 0.2 Alpha
- Real NAvigation
- Dynamic Environment SH5 Basemod normal v2.1
- DynEnv 2.1 SkyColor Hotfix darker nights
- steelviking&com underwater mod 1.0
- TDW Ship inertia 1.1.0
- sobers wave mod v12
- sobers best ever fog v20 sh5
- shadow improvment mod
- sh5 7A conning fix
- reworked morale and abilities v1.1
- FX update TDW 0.0.21
- AI sub crew 102 TDW
- madmax sh5 subdiesel mono v2
- newuis tdc 7.2.0 erm reaper7 nightvision black skin
- tdc generic patcher
- trevally automated scripts
-additiona noises and creaks

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hope someone can point me in the right direction. just wanna experience the sim to its fullest...many thanks in advance guys.

[THE_MASK]

I played for 3 months with over 100 saves . Sobers mega mod list

[Niteowl84]

hey sober thanks for the reply... ive been tryin to play for over 3 months lol with over 100 campaign restarts lol ... ive got your mega mod list... just dont know what order to place them.. tried following the setup you have on the forukms with minimal success..usally CTD right off the get go :/ but im def open to suggestions... i really dsont wanna give up on this game lol...as much as it boils my blood tryin to get it to work properly i just have a weak spot for this game lol

[volodya61]

you have completely wrong order..
look at the Sober's list or Fifi's list..
and remove TDW Ship inertia 1.1.0 from your list..

[Niteowl84]

many thanks for the rpely volodya, i never did really understand what order to be placing these things in... but i did at one point follow sobers list exactly as he had it minus a few mods tha ti didnt have at the time and still dont...then i found this list and tried that out with minimal success... got it workin a lil but my officers stand around with their arms out and if i interact with them its CTD all over again :/ any pointers on the correct order? i need to figure that order mes s out sooner then later i tihnk lol... Or is sobers list the way to go and if it is can anyone explain why i get CTD as soon as i ask for a mission following his layout? or am i just doin something terribly wrong here?

[volodya61]

are the mods mentioned in post #1 all mods that you are using at the moment?

EDIT: what are your computer specs?
EDIT2:
- accurate german flags
- Remove logo TDW
- Grossdeutscher Rundfunk
- Dynamic Environment SH5 Basemod normal v2.1
- DynEnv 2.1 SkyColor Hotfix darker nights
- sobers wave mod v12
- sobers best ever fog v20 sh5
- shadow improvment mod
- steelviking&com underwater mod 1.0
- madmax sh5 subdiesel mono v2
- additiona noises and creaks
- SteelVikings Mod interior v1.2
- SteelVikings Interiror 1.2.2 patch
- stoniam coloured Exteriror mod v2
- Nauticalwolf's Torpedo textures 1.2
- AI sub crew 102 TDW - don't enable this mod if you have low PC..
- sh5 7A conning fix
- Equipment Upgrades v1.4 - the beast
- Equipment Upgrades Fix v1.4 Patch 1
- Equipment Upgrades v1.4 patch 1 hotfix
- FX update TDW 0.0.21
- New UI TDW 7.2.0
- NewUIS - TDC Das Boot Crew
- NewUIS RadCapTools 0.2 Alpha
- Real NAvigation
- newuis tdc 7.2.0 erm reaper7 nightvision black skin
- Depth Keeping Problem HB 2.0.0 TDW
- trevally automated scripts
- Open Horizons v2.2
- Smaller flags for warships 1_0b
- Cereberus62 Corrected Depth Charge Projector 1.0
- reworked morale and abilities v1.1

- TDW Ship inertia 1.1.0 - don't use it
- generic patcher - don't use it as a mod, use it as a standalone application

1. enable all the mods, start a new campaign
2. if everything works enable the patches what you want in the Generic Patcher

[Trevally.]

Crew with arms out is a crew script error

Remove crew mods or atrt a new career after every change.
Or add MightyFineCrew to your list at the top and start new career

[BigWalleye]

Don't mean to insult your competence, but are you only even activating/deactivating mods while in port? And are you only ever saving games with a new savegame name? Changing modload while on patrol and overwriting existing saved games are both well-established ways to cause CTDs and in-game problems.

[flag4]

Originally Posted by BigWalleye

Changing modload while on patrol and overwriting existing saved games are both well-established ways to cause CTDs and in-game problems.

...still cripples the tried and tested modded and polished Silent Hunter 3..

you just gotta stick to the rules

[BigWalleye]

Originally Posted by flag4

...still cripples the tried and tested modded and polished Silent Hunter 3..

you just gotta stick to the rules

YES! You are absolutely right. 3, 4, and 5 all have the same vulnerability when it comes to saved games. As they say, "It's a feature."

[flag4]

Originally Posted by BigWalleye

YES! You are absolutely right. 3, 4, and 5 all have the same vulnerability when it comes to saved games. As they say, "It's a feature."

I could say I'm itching to get at SH5 - it looks fab. but I've tried several times and each time has ended in terrible frustration. I just calmly put the disc back in its box and began to get patient....for a long time.
I read the threads and watch the YouTube footage and it makes me hungry...

[Niteowl84]

Many many thanks for the replies fellas...as for your questions walleye first no worries no offense taken... and ummm no actually i havnt been renaming each save, nor enabling or disabling mods at port but mainly cause i dont get that far as of late...been starting new career after new career after new career but only ever making it as far as asking for a mission b4 ctd.. ive uninstalled and reinstalled the game coun tless numbers of times already...lately i been able to get an actual mission only to have crew issues but imma try what trevally said hopefully that resolves some of the problems with the arms out with the crew...

[Niteowl84]

well i removed the das boot crew mod...back to CTD once i start a new career and ask for a mission :/ sighhhhh..... why did they make this game so bloody broken like ?! :/ ive never encountered such frustration ever playing a game aas much as i have just tryin to start this one :/ .... is it because the loadout is all wrong or something??

[flag4]

Originally Posted by Niteowl84

sighhhhh..... why did they make this game so bloody broken like ?! :/ ive never encountered such frustration ever playing a game aas much as i have just tryin to start this one ?

...I guess we'll never know - BUT don't give up...you could always try SH3+GWX GOLD.....

...then come back after a little rest

[Niteowl84]

well good news...finally lol...i got it to work decently enough to play so ill follow what ppl suggested on here now in hopes of actually finishing a campaign lol