Missing conning towers

[Archer7seven]

Missing conning tower.

Running the US campaign, without any mods, and with mods, I'm experiencing an epidemic of missing conning towers. Is this common and is there a fix for it?


Thanks.

[Stealhead]

I assume that you mean that you can not get into the conning tower where the soundest and radar are located.Are you able to directly man either station?Are you able to click on the hatch either on the ceiling of the control room or the floor of the bridge to get into the conning tower?

It sounds to me like you have mixed up or missing files some place.

If none of these works I would recommend re-installing the game.Then see that you can get into the conning tower then.After that try installing your mods again one at a time paying close attention to load order.

[Archer7seven]

Yes, I might just have to do a clean install.

It's not that I can't get to the conning tower.

It's just not there. The Narahl is a barge with two deck guns.

[CapnScurvy]

The Narwhal is a modded/added sub to SH4.......its not in the stock game, no matter which version of the game you have. If you've got a Narwhal sub with a stock game (no mods activated) you've got big problems!

Follow the instructions for a clean install found HERE in a "Sticky" on this forum page.

Make sure you follow the instructions as read.......especially the part about taking a "Snapshot" of your clean installed game files after adding JSGME. This way you can check your stock game files for any wrong doing after adding/removing mods to the game.

[Archer7seven]

Thanks guys.


I had tried a clean reinstalation before, but kept my game save files. Those must have had corrupted data on them that then corrupted the new game files. Everthing's fine now, all my previous periscope and tower issues have been resolved.

[Stealhead]

You can just pretend that the conning tower and bridge got blown off and you went to the yard for an over haul and had it rebuilt.One fleet boat have this happen and it was an allied aircraft that had attacked.

[CapnScurvy]

Originally Posted by Archer7seven

I had tried a clean reinstalation before, but kept my game save files. Those must have had corrupted data on them that then corrupted the new game files.

Yes indeed, the saved game files gets most folks into trouble when adding/removing mods. The game expects to find the same game files when you replay a saved game point. If you've been shuffling mods in and out and also saving game points in the process, you're asking for trouble every time!

The "SH4" folder, found in the "Documents" folder of your computer (the Documents folder is named differently in the various OS versions) holds your personal option settings and the saved games. Change it like changing your socks! Deleting it will start you over from scratch, but it won't interfere with that new mod you wanted to try. The very least, it gets rid of the old files that will hang a differently modified game.