Ghostships

[lutzow]

Again...verdammt!
I have a small problem with my game...
For example: I sunk a ship. After - i sail my u-boat in this direction which
is the same as sunked ship has, before his ''going down''.
Some time later i often spot the same type of ship like last one sunked by me. [Sometimes he is sailing damaged - with smoke, sometimes partially sunked, but usually ship-ghost is intact]. To destroy that ghost i must
shot always two priceless torpedos - sometimes this is not enough !! [it
depends from ship size].
And now is the point: Ship goes down - i see that and i hear that, but
there is no words ''She's going down'' and after checking captain's log i don't see any note about sink!!!
And there is no renown for that damned ghostship!!! Only way i have is
SAVE and EXIT...
It's very irritating. Is this a game bug? Does exist any vaccine for this?
Maybe someone has the same problem with sinking - please report then...

Please help - it's killing my game...

[irish1958]

If you sink a ship and then sail into the area from which it spawned, the ship will respawn. However the game knows you sunk the ship and will not give you credit for the second or any subsequent kill.
This is a SHIII bug.
In real life, after you attack a ship, you want to get out of there, as a SOS signal would have been sent and all sorts of nasty people are going to arrive there shortly without your well being in mind.
This will also happen in the game if there are units around (including air).

[Cezbor]

And something more. It has been written about that long ago, but just to remind. There's a stock SH III bag - if you save your game during "sinking operation of any ship" (f.e. after you start fire from deck gun or the ship had been hit by torpedo but not sunk) and then you save your game and load after some time - when your target will sunk, you won't get any credit for it, message " she's going down" and sunk ship entry in your kpt. log wil not spawn as well. Annoying bug, happened to me many times.

[lutzow]

Yes, i know about this damned bug. The worst thing does in convoy when
first shooted ship is still fighting for his life - we cannot save and the destroyers are pinging for us...Damn.

We got allmighty GWXTeam and many talented modders, they make
for us incredible amazingly wonderful addictions to our beloved game
and we must still fight with details like saving the game.
I know - after this post someone probably write me some words with
three magic letters: S D K.

Anyway, Cezbor - dziêkujê.

[The Munster]

Not a lot can be done to overcome a stock bug.
Also, I recommend you don't save a game until you are 25km away from an activity such as sinking a ship, attacking a convoy, been attacked by enemy aircraft etc. as dire consequences can occur when you reload the save.