All instruments stuck at 12 O'clock

Cobra_mkII · 12-17-06, 03:53 PM

*update* the following problem suddenly cleared itself at the start of my next patrol...very strange

Just reinstalled SH3 and patched to V1.4 for the GWX mod. I noticed that when I tried to use the hydrophone it was stuck at the 12 O'clock position. I thought maybe the crew man did not qualify but no matter who I put on sound the dial would not move.

Later I noticed in the control room the engineers displays for *all* instruments eg speed co2 compressed air engine speed etc was also at 12 o'clock!

I have checked the GWX download files for corruption asing "MD5 compare" and they are clean

This one has me baffled and any help would be appreciated

bigboywooly · 12-17-06, 04:41 PM

Hi and welcome to Subsim
Most odd
Are you using SH3 commander ?
Did you enable malfunctions\sabotage ?

Could be the reason if you did

Kresge · 12-17-06, 05:12 PM

I've been having the same problem lately. I believe it is one of those odd glitches which depend on the conditions you saved under; such as the weather, ships near, etc. It clears up at the start of a new patrol, but I don't know if there is any way to fix it during a patrol.

TarJak · 12-17-06, 10:26 PM

No way of changing it during a patrol. Not sure what causes it but I found a fix somehwhere and haven't had a problem since. I think it was on Terrapins UBRS site.

Cobra_mkII · 12-20-06, 09:25 AM

The above posters gave me the clue and I have now identified the problem. Saving *immediately* after receiving damage nearly always causes the problem, and nothing will fix it until I dock.

Not a big problem but it does mean I have to rely 100% on hydrphone and radar men doing their job, in fact AI wise they are not effected by the fault, the game does not appear to recognise the problem at all.

AVGWarhawk · 12-20-06, 09:29 AM

Interesting find. I have not experienced this because I do not save during game play. Only upon shutting down the game. Everyone does state that saving should not be done while submerged or with warships in your vicinity. This has been know to mess things up.

12-17-06, 03:53 PM	#1
Cobra_mkII Watch Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Britain Posts: 21 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	All instruments stuck at 12 O'clock update update the following problem suddenly cleared itself at the start of my next patrol...very strange Just reinstalled SH3 and patched to V1.4 for the GWX mod. I noticed that when I tried to use the hydrophone it was stuck at the 12 O'clock position. I thought maybe the crew man did not qualify but no matter who I put on sound the dial would not move. Later I noticed in the control room the engineers displays for all instruments eg speed co2 compressed air engine speed etc was also at 12 o'clock! I have checked the GWX download files for corruption asing "MD5 compare" and they are clean This one has me baffled and any help would be appreciated Last edited by Cobra_mkII; 12-17-06 at 04:31 PM.

12-17-06, 04:41 PM	#2
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Hi and welcome to Subsim Most odd Are you using SH3 commander ? Did you enable malfunctions\sabotage ? Could be the reason if you did __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

12-17-06, 05:12 PM	#3
Kresge Engineer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The Motor City Posts: 209 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I've been having the same problem lately. I believe it is one of those odd glitches which depend on the conditions you saved under; such as the weather, ships near, etc. It clears up at the start of a new patrol, but I don't know if there is any way to fix it during a patrol. __________________ ". . . sailors do not fancy living underwater without breathing in sunshine occasionally." Commodore Joseph Smith commenting on the USS Monitor

12-20-06, 09:25 AM	#5
Cobra_mkII Watch Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Britain Posts: 21 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Cause identified The above posters gave me the clue and I have now identified the problem. Saving immediately after receiving damage nearly always causes the problem, and nothing will fix it until I dock. Not a big problem but it does mean I have to rely 100% on hydrphone and radar men doing their job, in fact AI wise they are not effected by the fault, the game does not appear to recognise the problem at all.

12-20-06, 09:29 AM	#6
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,254 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Interesting find. I have not experienced this because I do not save during game play. Only upon shutting down the game. Everyone does state that saving should not be done while submerged or with warships in your vicinity. This has been know to mess things up. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-17-06, 10:26 PM	#4
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	No way of changing it during a patrol. Not sure what causes it but I found a fix somehwhere and haven't had a problem since. I think it was on Terrapins UBRS site.