Game crashes in 1943 and beyond

johnlax · 05-23-20, 09:21 PM

have gotten back into this game I have GWE 3.0 with latest Commander ver.
When ever I start a career or even a singel mission game in 1943 and after the game crashes with 20 min at sea. Does anyone else have this problem??

blackswan40 · 05-24-20, 04:44 AM

Hi johnlax first things first GWE ? do you mean GWX3 if so

have you installed the 4gig patch and also the Commander Config patch for
GWX.

Also starting a Career off the bat in 1943 with the Commander Mod causes crashes from my experience but theres a work around start a campaign two years before say Jan-March 1941 then just go out on a shake down cruise for 24-48hrs around the bay of Biscay then return to base dock at your home port and come out of game.
Then fire Commander mod back up alter days in port between patrols to 730 days as in two years restart your game though the Commander mod and bang your in you Uboat in the Channel coast ports Lorient Bordeaux of your Flotilla ect in 1943.
Thats how we did it at the Steel Sharks Clan when ones Computer takes a dump and you have lost your Campaign files ect and you have to restart your campaign from say Jan-1943.

4Gig Patch Link

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/dow...o=file&id=2888

Commander Mod Config Link

http://www.thegreywolves.com/downloads/

John Pancoast · 05-24-20, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnlax

have gotten back into this game I have GWE 3.0 with latest Commander ver.
When ever I start a career or even a singel mission game in 1943 and after the game crashes with 20 min at sea. Does anyone else have this problem??

Fwiw, I've never experienced this.

johnlax · 05-24-20, 07:38 PM

Thanks for the suggestion about a work around to the 1943 crash problem. Sadly we spent 5-6 hours taking your suggest to keep the U boat in port for approximately 730 days (starting in early 41) each time the crash occurs very quickly after the game loads up. After an exhausting few hours I have now started a new campaign in 1940 and the game is running fine and smooth.
Your suggestion was good but I am not sure it works. I would aprecicate any suggestions for a a fix.

We did determine that I already have the 4 gb patch as the software informed us of that fact when we attempted to run is after the download

John Pancoast · 05-24-20, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnlax

Thanks for the suggestion about a work around to the 1943 crash problem. Sadly we spent 5-6 hours taking your suggest to keep the U boat in port for approximately 730 days (starting in early 41) each time the crash occurs very quickly after the game loads up. After an exhausting few hours I have now started a new campaign in 1940 and the game is running fine and smooth.
Your suggestion was good but I am not sure it works. I would aprecicate any suggestions for a a fix.

We did determine that I already have the 4 gb patch as the software informed us of that fact when we attempted to run is after the download

Post your mod list and system specs. Your problem is not a common one.

johnlax · 05-26-20, 11:15 AM

we are s till working on this problem and will post mods while we figure this out. Spent the last couple of days starting new careers. We tried every month from Dec of 42 back up to jan 42. In all cases there was a crash at the end of the load up process from aug 42 and every month there after. We also found carreer could be started from July 42 all the way back to Jan of 42 with out fail.

We plan on reviewing MODs list and test each one I am using.

I have a GWE ( X )gold 3.0 using commander latest version I run win 7 on a box with 8 mb ram
Does anyone have any theories as to what aug 42 could mean in finding a solution ??

John Pancoast · 05-26-20, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnlax

we are s till working on this problem and will post mods while we figure this out. Spent the last couple of days starting new careers. We tried every month from Dec of 42 back up to jan 42. In all cases there was a crash at the end of the load up process from aug 42 and every month there after. We also found carreer could be started from July 42 all the way back to Jan of 42 with out fail.

We plan on reviewing MODs list and test each one I am using.

I have a GWE ( X )gold 3.0 using commander latest version I run win 7 on a box with 8 mb ram
Does anyone have any theories as to what aug 42 could mean in finding a solution ??

Do you have the SH3 Commander config. files for GWX installed ?

blackswan40 · 05-26-20, 11:45 AM

Hi Johnlax Re 4gig patch yes thats installed blackswnan what about the Commander mod config file for GWX do you have that installed.

Also I said start a career in 1941 do your shakedown cruise ect then relaunch your game in the commander mod after entering 730 days spent in port
all should be fine .
But doing that in 1942 it will crash im talking from experience when some of the guys at the steel sharks SH3 GWX Campaign gaming group fourty plus members from around the world had computer problems fried hardisk and no campaign backup.
So they have reinstall everything operating system gpu drivers the whole nine yards our campaign wardate Oct-1942 so they have same problems your having so starting there campaign in Oct-1941 a quick shake down cruise back in port 365 days added to commander mod relaunch and bang your in your sub in 1942 in port.

johnlax · 05-26-20, 01:29 PM

blackswan40 failed again followed your suggestion to the tee but failed question at what point do i exit out back to commander? In my case I went out to sea in 1941 then returned to port after 48 hour skake down and then docked at lorient once I did that I exited game and went to commander to restart I put 720 days on days in port then i went out via commander and the next thing I know it says ship is in port in 1943 (720 days later) then fired it up and it loads up then quicky crashes! Question do I save the game while still on shake down trip or is that not required As I said I docked after my shakedown then exited to commander and set days in port to 720??

blackswan40 · 05-26-20, 04:49 PM

Hi Johnlax does your SH3 Folder where your Campaign game is installed look like this
with the Commander Mod Config File Exe.

I started a new Career with Werner Winter October 1941 went out on shakedown cruise and came back to port

Then I pressed escape docked at my home port and left the game fired up Commander Mod added 730 days to days spent in port and clicked apply

Then I launched SH3 from the Commander mod yes the Commander Mod/SH3 can be tempramental at times it crashed on me at 90% along the red bar but on the fourth time success it worked in my Uboat in Port October 1943

John Pancoast · 05-26-20, 05:00 PM

Fwiw, I'll add this again. I can start a campaign in any month, any year of the war with the normal way of doing so. I.e. no saved game, add days, etc. needed.
It's not GWX; there is something in the install/mod list causing the problem.

blackswan40 · 05-26-20, 05:08 PM

Hi Johnlax post a screenie of your active mods or mods list then between
me John Pancoast we will get you squared away

reagards blackswan40 Andrew Oldfield

johnlax · 05-26-20, 07:47 PM

GWX 3 St Naz and Schluese and other units V4
WB's GWX campaign with VonDos' ships v2.7
GWX - Lite Harbor Traffic
WB - add Q ship
Waterstream+Exhaust Combi V2.3 for GWX3
Wooden_Lifeboats_Mod
Thomsen's Sound Pack V3
PT_SoundPack_V3.1
PT_SoundPack_V3.2
Ultimate Aircraft Soundmod
Torpedo Explosion
GWX - Enhanced Damage Effects
Torpedo damage Final ver2.0
ANZACMICKS Damage Immersion
TheDarkWraith_Ship_Plane_Fire_Damage_v1_4_SH3
GWX - No Medals on Crew
GWX - Open Hatch Mod
OLC's Modified Searchlight Beams for GWX3
Das Boot Clothes
RL_E v2 standard
Crash Dive 50 Metres!
CapZapEmblemsPack_Final
Conus' Historically Accurate U-boat Emblems 1.0
Conus' Historically Accurate U-boat Emblems 1.1
Conus' Historically Accurate U-boat Emblems 1.2
Conus' Historically Accurate U-boat Emblems 1.3
GWX_DFa-Flag&Pens_2010
torpedo trail and wake fix
M.E.P v5
Optional - FSF for MEP v5
Optional - ShipVanishingHull for MEP v5
Optional - Stock Reflections for MEP v5
M.E.P v5- VisualSensors for GWX3

thanks for offer of help please feel free to offer suggestions

John Pancoast · 05-26-20, 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnlax

GWX 3 St Naz and Schluese and other units V4
WB's GWX campaign with VonDos' ships v2.7
GWX - Lite Harbor Traffic
WB - add Q ship
Waterstream+Exhaust Combi V2.3 for GWX3
Wooden_Lifeboats_Mod
Thomsen's Sound Pack V3
PT_SoundPack_V3.1
PT_SoundPack_V3.2
Ultimate Aircraft Soundmod
Torpedo Explosion
GWX - Enhanced Damage Effects
Torpedo damage Final ver2.0
ANZACMICKS Damage Immersion
TheDarkWraith_Ship_Plane_Fire_Damage_v1_4_SH3
GWX - No Medals on Crew
GWX - Open Hatch Mod
OLC's Modified Searchlight Beams for GWX3
Das Boot Clothes
RL_E v2 standard
Crash Dive 50 Metres!
CapZapEmblemsPack_Final
Conus' Historically Accurate U-boat Emblems 1.0
Conus' Historically Accurate U-boat Emblems 1.1
Conus' Historically Accurate U-boat Emblems 1.2
Conus' Historically Accurate U-boat Emblems 1.3
GWX_DFa-Flag&Pens_2010
torpedo trail and wake fix
M.E.P v5
Optional - FSF for MEP v5
Optional - ShipVanishingHull for MEP v5
Optional - Stock Reflections for MEP v5
M.E.P v5- VisualSensors for GWX3

thanks for offer of help please feel free to offer suggestions

That's quite a list. To be blunt, no wonder you're having problems. For starters I'm not familar with the WB's GWX campaign with VonDos' ships v2.7 mod.
Is it based on GWX 3.0's campaign files ? If not, that could be a problem.
Also, maybe I missed it, but do you have the GWX config. files for SH3 Commander installed ?
If not, that is a problem.

johnlax · 05-26-20, 08:09 PM

thanks guys please feel free to make suggestions we plan on teaming up tommrow at noon and give this a real good effort to remove worthless or counter productive mods! We are hoping to locate some GWX files that do not appear in my shIII-GWX folder

Please suggest!!

I am running a win 7 box with 8 mb ram!

05-23-20, 09:21 PM	#1
johnlax Navy Dude Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 172 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Game crashes in 1943 and beyond have gotten back into this game I have GWE 3.0 with latest Commander ver. When ever I start a career or even a singel mission game in 1943 and after the game crashes with 20 min at sea. Does anyone else have this problem??

05-24-20, 04:44 AM	#2
blackswan40 GWX - KC Crash Test Dummy Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: IN THE STEEL SHARKS VIRTUAL OCEAN Posts: 2,782 Downloads: 603 Uploads: 31	Hi johnlax first things first GWE ? do you mean GWX3 if so have you installed the 4gig patch and also the Commander Config patch for GWX. Also starting a Career off the bat in 1943 with the Commander Mod causes crashes from my experience but theres a work around start a campaign two years before say Jan-March 1941 then just go out on a shake down cruise for 24-48hrs around the bay of Biscay then return to base dock at your home port and come out of game. Then fire Commander mod back up alter days in port between patrols to 730 days as in two years restart your game though the Commander mod and bang your in you Uboat in the Channel coast ports Lorient Bordeaux of your Flotilla ect in 1943. Thats how we did it at the Steel Sharks Clan when ones Computer takes a dump and you have lost your Campaign files ect and you have to restart your campaign from say Jan-1943. 4Gig Patch Link https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/dow...o=file&id=2888 Commander Mod Config Link http://www.thegreywolves.com/downloads/ __________________ Someone Had to Make the Tea Last edited by blackswan40; 05-24-20 at 05:12 AM.

05-24-20, 07:38 PM	#4
johnlax Navy Dude Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 172 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	!943 seems prone to crashing Thanks for the suggestion about a work around to the 1943 crash problem. Sadly we spent 5-6 hours taking your suggest to keep the U boat in port for approximately 730 days (starting in early 41) each time the crash occurs very quickly after the game loads up. After an exhausting few hours I have now started a new campaign in 1940 and the game is running fine and smooth. Your suggestion was good but I am not sure it works. I would aprecicate any suggestions for a a fix. We did determine that I already have the 4 gb patch as the software informed us of that fact when we attempted to run is after the download

05-26-20, 11:15 AM	#6
johnlax Navy Dude Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 172 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	1943 crash we are s till working on this problem and will post mods while we figure this out. Spent the last couple of days starting new careers. We tried every month from Dec of 42 back up to jan 42. In all cases there was a crash at the end of the load up process from aug 42 and every month there after. We also found carreer could be started from July 42 all the way back to Jan of 42 with out fail. We plan on reviewing MODs list and test each one I am using. I have a GWE ( X )gold 3.0 using commander latest version I run win 7 on a box with 8 mb ram Does anyone have any theories as to what aug 42 could mean in finding a solution ??

05-26-20, 11:45 AM	#8
blackswan40 GWX - KC Crash Test Dummy Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: IN THE STEEL SHARKS VIRTUAL OCEAN Posts: 2,782 Downloads: 603 Uploads: 31	Hi Johnlax Re 4gig patch yes thats installed blackswnan what about the Commander mod config file for GWX do you have that installed. Also I said start a career in 1941 do your shakedown cruise ect then relaunch your game in the commander mod after entering 730 days spent in port all should be fine . But doing that in 1942 it will crash im talking from experience when some of the guys at the steel sharks SH3 GWX Campaign gaming group fourty plus members from around the world had computer problems fried hardisk and no campaign backup. So they have reinstall everything operating system gpu drivers the whole nine yards our campaign wardate Oct-1942 so they have same problems your having so starting there campaign in Oct-1941 a quick shake down cruise back in port 365 days added to commander mod relaunch and bang your in your sub in 1942 in port. __________________ Someone Had to Make the Tea

05-26-20, 01:29 PM	#9
johnlax Navy Dude Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 172 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Followed instructions failed again blackswan40 failed again followed your suggestion to the tee but failed question at what point do i exit out back to commander? In my case I went out to sea in 1941 then returned to port after 48 hour skake down and then docked at lorient once I did that I exited game and went to commander to restart I put 720 days on days in port then i went out via commander and the next thing I know it says ship is in port in 1943 (720 days later) then fired it up and it loads up then quicky crashes! Question do I save the game while still on shake down trip or is that not required As I said I docked after my shakedown then exited to commander and set days in port to 720??

05-26-20, 04:49 PM	#10
blackswan40 GWX - KC Crash Test Dummy Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: IN THE STEEL SHARKS VIRTUAL OCEAN Posts: 2,782 Downloads: 603 Uploads: 31	Hi Johnlax does your SH3 Folder where your Campaign game is installed look like this with the Commander Mod Config File Exe. I started a new Career with Werner Winter October 1941 went out on shakedown cruise and came back to port Then I pressed escape docked at my home port and left the game fired up Commander Mod added 730 days to days spent in port and clicked apply Then I launched SH3 from the Commander mod yes the Commander Mod/SH3 can be tempramental at times it crashed on me at 90% along the red bar but on the fourth time success it worked in my Uboat in Port October 1943 __________________ Someone Had to Make the Tea Last edited by blackswan40; 05-26-20 at 05:09 PM.

05-26-20, 05:00 PM	#11
John Pancoast Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Minnysoda Posts: 3,211 Downloads: 501 Uploads: 4	Fwiw, I'll add this again. I can start a campaign in any month, any year of the war with the normal way of doing so. I.e. no saved game, add days, etc. needed. It's not GWX; there is something in the install/mod list causing the problem. __________________ "Realistic" is not always GAME-GOOD." - Wave Skipper

05-26-20, 05:08 PM	#12
blackswan40 GWX - KC Crash Test Dummy Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: IN THE STEEL SHARKS VIRTUAL OCEAN Posts: 2,782 Downloads: 603 Uploads: 31	Hi Johnlax post a screenie of your active mods or mods list then between me John Pancoast we will get you squared away reagards blackswan40 Andrew Oldfield __________________ Someone Had to Make the Tea

05-26-20, 07:47 PM	#13
johnlax Navy Dude Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 172 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	active mod list GWX 3 St Naz and Schluese and other units V4 WB's GWX campaign with VonDos' ships v2.7 GWX - Lite Harbor Traffic WB - add Q ship Waterstream+Exhaust Combi V2.3 for GWX3 Wooden_Lifeboats_Mod Thomsen's Sound Pack V3 PT_SoundPack_V3.1 PT_SoundPack_V3.2 Ultimate Aircraft Soundmod Torpedo Explosion GWX - Enhanced Damage Effects Torpedo damage Final ver2.0 ANZACMICKS Damage Immersion TheDarkWraith_Ship_Plane_Fire_Damage_v1_4_SH3 GWX - No Medals on Crew GWX - Open Hatch Mod OLC's Modified Searchlight Beams for GWX3 Das Boot Clothes RL_E v2 standard Crash Dive 50 Metres! CapZapEmblemsPack_Final Conus' Historically Accurate U-boat Emblems 1.0 Conus' Historically Accurate U-boat Emblems 1.1 Conus' Historically Accurate U-boat Emblems 1.2 Conus' Historically Accurate U-boat Emblems 1.3 GWX_DFa-Flag&Pens_2010 torpedo trail and wake fix M.E.P v5 Optional - FSF for MEP v5 Optional - ShipVanishingHull for MEP v5 Optional - Stock Reflections for MEP v5 M.E.P v5- VisualSensors for GWX3 thanks for offer of help please feel free to offer suggestions

05-26-20, 08:09 PM	#15
johnlax Navy Dude Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 172 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Thank you thanks guys please feel free to make suggestions we plan on teaming up tommrow at noon and give this a real good effort to remove worthless or counter productive mods! We are hoping to locate some GWX files that do not appear in my shIII-GWX folder Please suggest!! I am running a win 7 box with 8 mb ram!