Error Updated Personnel File in SH3 Commander

01-28-11, 09:56 AM

I finished a patrol and I went into SH3 Commander to update my personnel file and I'm getting an error saying ""Invalid argument to date encode". Has anybody see this before and know the fix is?

I'd really rather not have to start a career over again.

Thanks in advance!

Sailor Steve · 01-28-11, 11:00 AM

When you load SH3 Commander you will see a question mark (?) at the lower left. Clicking this brings up the User Guide. This is not only interesting but tells you pretty much everything you need to know.

At the very bottom of the UG it says:

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I am now getting “Invalid argument to date encode” errors when I select an existing career. Why does this happen and how can I fix it?

This error may appear after you delete save games through SH3. Sometimes, SH3 does not clean up after itself well, resulting in a data integrity problem. To avoid getting this error, always reload your career in SH3 (only needs to be to the barracks screen) after deleting any save games, as doing so allows SH3 to correct the problem.

01-28-11, 11:04 AM

Sorry...I shoulda known...

Sailor Steve · 01-28-11, 11:06 AM

'S okay. I hurt when I think about all the times I've asked for help with things I did know the answer to, but forgot until someone told me again.

01-28-11, 11:58 AM

OK. So I launched SH3 through the commander and loaded from a spot where I'd saved as I got ready to cross the Bay of Biscay heading for Lorient. When I get back to port and end my patrol I am sitting in my office looking at my captain's log. It shows my career start date as 0/0/00. Huh?

I exited out of SH3 and went back to the commander and tried to update my personnel file only to get that same error again.

VONHARRIS · 01-30-11, 01:22 PM

I am sorry to say that I had the same problem and it was not fixed.
Finally I had to drop the career.

01-28-11, 09:56 AM	#1
NoGoodLandLubber Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Error Updated Personnel File in SH3 Commander I finished a patrol and I went into SH3 Commander to update my personnel file and I'm getting an error saying ""Invalid argument to date encode". Has anybody see this before and know the fix is? I'd really rather not have to start a career over again. Thanks in advance!

01-28-11, 11:06 AM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	'S okay. I hurt when I think about all the times I've asked for help with things I did know the answer to, but forgot until someone told me again. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-28-11, 11:04 AM	#3
NoGoodLandLubber Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Sorry...I shoulda known...

01-28-11, 11:58 AM	#5
NoGoodLandLubber Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	OK. So I launched SH3 through the commander and loaded from a spot where I'd saved as I got ready to cross the Bay of Biscay heading for Lorient. When I get back to port and end my patrol I am sitting in my office looking at my captain's log. It shows my career start date as 0/0/00. Huh? I exited out of SH3 and went back to the commander and tried to update my personnel file only to get that same error again.

01-30-11, 01:22 PM	#6
VONHARRIS Konteradmiral Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Greece Posts: 1,992 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	I am sorry to say that I had the same problem and it was not fixed. Finally I had to drop the career.