Can I reinstall?

Joefour · 05-18-14, 06:38 PM

Hey Guys,

I could use some advice. I'm running SH3 with Stiebler's weather fix. I've been from France to the Caribean to S. America and now off Africa, just about the whole trip has been wind 15M/sec and heavy fog. It's hell trying to draw a bead on a ship with conditions like that. I can't shake the Sauwetter and now the radio contacts and convoy reports have all but dried up. Nothing. Has anyone else seen this before and if so, is there a trick to fix it? Something is definitely goofed up with the program. I'm leery of saving a patrol in the middle of it and reinstalling the program, but I will if there's no other way. If I have to I will bite the bullet and END the patrol and reinstall. Any ideas?

Thanks mucho.

Sinkmore · 05-18-14, 07:17 PM

CO2 cap-and-trade?
Carbon tax?
Public investment in alt energy?
Criminalize fossil fuels?
Radical depopulation measures?

Choose some or all of the above.
No sense in waiting til Earth 2.0 update.

Sinkmore · 05-18-14, 07:32 PM

FWIW, the worst I've seen was a week or two of extreme bad weather. I could barely see 200m by day, and more like 40m by night. I was almost ready to give up and return to base when the sun finally came out.

FWIW, I -think- the game (depending on the mods) randomly considers changing the weather every x hours? So I think it's possible you've just been unlucky. But if I were you I'd be considering restarting the mission!

In any case, I don't think you'll have to reinstall the game.

Is there a chaplain aboard? You might try that first.

Or, are you playing in 5000 BCE? If so, you must gather your family, and build a ship, 40 cubits by 200 cubits. Ignore the neighbors. Then you must collect all the animals, two by two, and put them on the ship, with fodder for ~40 days at sea. Maintain radio silence. Be on the lookout for seabirds.

Joefour · 05-18-14, 07:46 PM

This has been going on for more than a month. Not to mention no radio contacts for about a week and a half.

Pisces · 05-19-14, 06:21 AM

I'm not sure if it applies to weather also, but high time compression is known to prevent some kinds of game updates (like crew fatigue). Maybe the weather also. It is likely that you used high time compression while crossing the atlantic.

Also, frequent reloading of savegames resets a weather change timer. So if you did then you asked the weather gods for your predicament. And according to them, ignorance is not an excuse.

Joefour · 05-19-14, 08:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pisces

I'm not sure if it applies to weather also, but high time compression is known to prevent some kinds of game updates (like crew fatigue). Maybe the weather also. It is likely that you used high time compression while crossing the atlantic.

Also, frequent reloading of savegames resets a weather change timer. So if you did then you asked the weather gods for your predicament. And according to them, ignorance is not an excuse.

As a matter of fact, I did cross it at a high rate. Good point. I'll slow things down and see if that makes a difference.

Thanks

05-18-14, 06:38 PM	#1
Joefour Engineer Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: At periscope depth in the Puget Sound Posts: 215 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 0	Can I reinstall? Hey Guys, I could use some advice. I'm running SH3 with Stiebler's weather fix. I've been from France to the Caribean to S. America and now off Africa, just about the whole trip has been wind 15M/sec and heavy fog. It's hell trying to draw a bead on a ship with conditions like that. I can't shake the Sauwetter and now the radio contacts and convoy reports have all but dried up. Nothing. Has anyone else seen this before and if so, is there a trick to fix it? Something is definitely goofed up with the program. I'm leery of saving a patrol in the middle of it and reinstalling the program, but I will if there's no other way. If I have to I will bite the bullet and END the patrol and reinstall. Any ideas? Thanks mucho.

05-18-14, 07:17 PM	#2
Sinkmore Shore leave Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Pacific Coast, North America Posts: 70 Downloads: 129 Uploads: 0	Hijack! CO2 cap-and-trade? Carbon tax? Public investment in alt energy? Criminalize fossil fuels? Radical depopulation measures? Choose some or all of the above. No sense in waiting til Earth 2.0 update.

05-18-14, 07:32 PM	#3
Sinkmore Shore leave Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Pacific Coast, North America Posts: 70 Downloads: 129 Uploads: 0	Ok ok FWIW, the worst I've seen was a week or two of extreme bad weather. I could barely see 200m by day, and more like 40m by night. I was almost ready to give up and return to base when the sun finally came out. FWIW, I -think- the game (depending on the mods) randomly considers changing the weather every x hours? So I think it's possible you've just been unlucky. But if I were you I'd be considering restarting the mission! In any case, I don't think you'll have to reinstall the game. Is there a chaplain aboard? You might try that first. Or, are you playing in 5000 BCE? If so, you must gather your family, and build a ship, 40 cubits by 200 cubits. Ignore the neighbors. Then you must collect all the animals, two by two, and put them on the ship, with fodder for ~40 days at sea. Maintain radio silence. Be on the lookout for seabirds.

05-18-14, 07:46 PM	#4
Joefour Engineer Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: At periscope depth in the Puget Sound Posts: 215 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 0	Bad Weather This has been going on for more than a month. Not to mention no radio contacts for about a week and a half.

05-19-14, 06:21 AM	#5
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	I'm not sure if it applies to weather also, but high time compression is known to prevent some kinds of game updates (like crew fatigue). Maybe the weather also. It is likely that you used high time compression while crossing the atlantic. Also, frequent reloading of savegames resets a weather change timer. So if you did then you asked the weather gods for your predicament. And according to them, ignorance is not an excuse.