Base changed to brest problem

WWII44 · 08-30-10, 09:23 AM

This has probably been asked before but oh well, When I start a patrol I get a pop-up saying base changed to breast then I start near Africa. after several patrols I transfer to a new base and I get the same pop-up. How do I fix this?

08-30-10, 09:35 AM

My game keeps doing the same, only with Wilhelmshaven. I still start at Lorient, so I hadn't looked into it.

K-61 · 08-30-10, 09:51 AM

You have to watch those typos. Mentioning "breast" in a room full of long-at-sea sailors could start a riot.

WWII44 · 08-30-10, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by K-61

You have to watch those typos. Mentioning "breast" in a room full of long-at-sea sailors could start a riot.

Sorry

PaulH513 · 08-30-10, 11:21 AM

One reason you could be starting off of Africa is that you launched SH3 with SH3 Commander and subsequent starts were not launched using Commander but with just the SH3 app.

If you are in your career always start the game with commander if that is what you are using.

frau kaleun · 08-30-10, 12:25 PM

IIRC this may be an issue with Commander and/or the game not knowing where to place you on the map at the start of a new patrol, because the base change is not being handled properly. So it puts you in a "default" location of 0° latitude and 0° longitude, which is off the coast of Africa.

Sorry I can't remember all the details about what exactly causes it and how to fix it - but somebody here will, because it's happened to other players and come up for discussion before.

K-61 · 08-30-10, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by WWII44

Sorry

No need to apologize; I was merely making a humourous observation.

As already said, always start your career patrols with SH3 Commander if you are using it. It also has an option to start your patrol "at sea." This places your boat outside the harbour and expedites leaving base by reducng the numer of ship sightings that knock your time compression down to 1.

Panser · 08-30-10, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by WWII44

This has probably been asked before but oh well, When I start a patrol I get a pop-up saying base changed to breast then I start near Africa. after several patrols I transfer to a new base and I get the same pop-up. How do I fix this?

I had this problem when I first installed GWX. On loading the mission you get deposited just off Sierra Leone at 0N, 0W. If I recall correctly, the problem for me was that I had transferred to an ahistorical flotilla in the stock game just before starting that mission.

I solved the issue by staying in a historically correct flotilla that agreed with the changes in GWX. It wasn't a SHCommander issue for me as I didn't start using the program until a couple of patrols after starting with GWX.

08-30-10, 04:34 PM

It occurs to me that this thread would have been made quite awkward had it been called "Brest Removal". k That was bad.....

frau kaleun · 08-30-10, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Hans Uberman

It occurs to me that this thread would have been made quite awkward had it been called "Brest Removal". k That was bad.....

It's certainly a titillating possibility.

08-30-10, 09:23 AM	#1
WWII44 Navy Dude Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 177 Downloads: 151 Uploads: 0	Base changed to brest problem This has probably been asked before but oh well, When I start a patrol I get a pop-up saying base changed to breast then I start near Africa. after several patrols I transfer to a new base and I get the same pop-up. How do I fix this?

08-30-10, 09:51 AM	#3
K-61 Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 795 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	You have to watch those typos. Mentioning "breast" in a room full of long-at-sea sailors could start a riot. __________________

08-30-10, 11:21 AM	#5
PaulH513 Navy Dude Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 174 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	One reason you could be starting off of Africa is that you launched SH3 with SH3 Commander and subsequent starts were not launched using Commander but with just the SH3 app. If you are in your career always start the game with commander if that is what you are using. __________________ No Guts....No Glory

08-30-10, 09:35 AM	#2
Hans Uberman Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	My game keeps doing the same, only with Wilhelmshaven. I still start at Lorient, so I hadn't looked into it.

08-30-10, 12:25 PM	#6
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	IIRC this may be an issue with Commander and/or the game not knowing where to place you on the map at the start of a new patrol, because the base change is not being handled properly. So it puts you in a "default" location of 0° latitude and 0° longitude, which is off the coast of Africa. Sorry I can't remember all the details about what exactly causes it and how to fix it - but somebody here will, because it's happened to other players and come up for discussion before.

08-30-10, 04:34 PM	#9
Hans Uberman Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	It occurs to me that this thread would have been made quite awkward had it been called "Brest Removal". k That was bad.....