Desperate and at wit's end; corrupted game saves making SHIII unplayable for me

06-22-16, 10:53 PM

I know there's always been problems with corrupted saves. That's been plaguing us for, like, forever. But it's now reached the point where I no longer want to play SHIII.

To start, because of the way I play (max TD of 128) my patrols usually last me one to three RL weeks in length since I usually can usually only play a couple of hours each day. This necessitates, at a minimum, alt-tabbing while paused in order to use the computer for other functions (email, document writing, etc) as well as hibernating when not in use, both of those capable of crashing either the game or the entire PC at times due to conflicts.

Since I have no desire to lose a two RL week old patrol I save the game at strategic points. I never save unless I'm surfaced, with no ships, submarines and/or aircraft present, and far more than 50 klicks from any port or land.

Nothing I do matters.

Every saved game crashes during reload unless it is in port before or after a patrol.

EVERY.
SAVED.
GAME.

I don't know what to do, or try, at this point. I've tried the read-only attribute unticking trick. I've cleared out the majority of past saved games to avoid overloading the saved games. I've tried every tip and trick I've read about here.

I've deleted the entire game and reinstalled it clean, along with GWX Gold (as per the instructions) I've installed the hardfixes and mods as per their instructions, and the game runs fine in all respects. It's only with reloading a saved game that I experience this problem, and I have no realistic way to use a single PC just to play SHIII/GWX.

At this point I'm pretty much done playing (well, trying to, any way).

06-22-16, 10:53 PM	#1
Albrecht Von Hesse Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Desperate and at wit's end; corrupted game saves making SHIII unplayable for me I know there's always been problems with corrupted saves. That's been plaguing us for, like, forever. But it's now reached the point where I no longer want to play SHIII. To start, because of the way I play (max TD of 128) my patrols usually last me one to three RL weeks in length since I usually can usually only play a couple of hours each day. This necessitates, at a minimum, alt-tabbing while paused in order to use the computer for other functions (email, document writing, etc) as well as hibernating when not in use, both of those capable of crashing either the game or the entire PC at times due to conflicts. Since I have no desire to lose a two RL week old patrol I save the game at strategic points. I never save unless I'm surfaced, with no ships, submarines and/or aircraft present, and far more than 50 klicks from any port or land. Nothing I do matters. Every saved game crashes during reload unless it is in port before or after a patrol. EVERY. SAVED. GAME. I don't know what to do, or try, at this point. I've tried the read-only attribute unticking trick. I've cleared out the majority of past saved games to avoid overloading the saved games. I've tried every tip and trick I've read about here. I've deleted the entire game and reinstalled it clean, along with GWX Gold (as per the instructions) I've installed the hardfixes and mods as per their instructions, and the game runs fine in all respects. It's only with reloading a saved game that I experience this problem, and I have no realistic way to use a single PC just to play SHIII/GWX. At this point I'm pretty much done playing (well, trying to, any way).