Save game question

btaft · 10-03-07, 10:47 AM

Recently I started playing in real time when in visual site of enemy vessels (I used to TC a low rate just to keep things moving) and have found it very rewarding, especially during DC attacks using the surround sound.

The problem comes in that I only typically have about 1 hour to play at any given time (not a lot of time when ships are sinking).

Does damage to vessels carry over after loading a save, or more importantly do I retain credit for the damage that has been done when loading a save. I am concerned about putting a coupe of fish into a merchant that wants to take its sweet time sinking thus requiring a save game for me then not getting credit for it.

Any help is appreciated.

U49 · 10-03-07, 10:54 AM

My experience is: no , you don't get credit after a reload.

My last experience was a wonderful convoy, 2 sunk and 2 wounded to death, I saved and went to bed.
Next day I loaded and wanted to watch the final steps of my success. They sunk, but I got no tonnage credit for it.

I reloaded again and shelled one of them with the deck gun, that worked for me.

Brag · 10-03-07, 11:32 AM

Saving while submerged can also lead to problems.

Jimbuna · 10-03-07, 11:37 AM

You get no credit/renown for sinking a vessel until you receive the message 'she's going down'

minute · 10-03-07, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by btaft

Does damage to vessels carry over after loading a save

As far as I have seen it does, and I do save a lot in the middle of the action. But some reports indicate that reloading a save may lose some information sometimes.

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or more importantly do I retain credit for the damage that has been done when loading a save.

You get credit only once you get the "she's going down" message - which indicates that the ship is irreversibly sinking. At that point the credit shows in the patrol log page - even if it may still take some time for the ship to fully sink. Once you get the entry in the log, the credit is yours and saving/reload won't change that

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btaft · 10-03-07, 12:06 PM

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You get credit only once you get the "she's going down" message - which indicates that the ship is irreversibly sinking. At that point the credit shows in the patrol log page - even if it may still take some time for the ship to fully sink. Once you get the entry in the log, the credit is yours and saving/reload won't change that

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Thanks, I know I don't get credit until you get the she's going down message. The main question I have is a lot of times I have inflicted damage from lets say 2 fish. The ship continues to take damage on a time basis due to flooding or fire. There is a time between the initial infliction of damage and the point of irrecoverable sinking "shes going down" message. If I save during this period, go to bed, and then reload, does the game remember that I inflicted this damage as the ship is flooding or does it just continue to flood and sink without giving me any credit?

Thanks,

BT

U49 · 10-03-07, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by btaft

There is a time between the initial infliction of damage and the point of irrecoverable sinking "shes going down" message. If I save during this period, go to bed, and then reload, does the game remember that I inflicted this damage as the ship is flooding or does it just continue to flood and sink without giving me any credit?

Plain: No.
It's like the ship was sunk in a storm. No credit for you.
I think its a MUST, that the last inflicted damage after a reload was caused by your boat.

btaft · 10-03-07, 12:56 PM

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Plain: No.
It's like the ship was sunk in a storm. No credit for you.
I think its a MUST, that the last inflicted damage after a reload was caused by your boat.

Thanks, I kind of figured this was the case. I guess I will have to trust the ship to the XO during these times (assuming I'm not being DC)

Captain Nemo · 10-04-07, 04:25 AM

I'm in a similar situation to you Btaft and only get limited time playing SH3/GWX and have to save regularly. The save game bug that affects credit for sinking ships is a pain especially when I need to do something else and need to save when involved in attacking a convoy etc. I just have to put the other things off and wait for those ships to go down. The other bugs, like saving submerged have never really affected me, but perhaps I'm just lucky.

Nemo

btaft · 10-05-07, 01:53 PM

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I'm in a similar situation to you Btaft and only get limited time playing SH3/GWX and have to save regularly. The save game bug that affects credit for sinking ships is a pain especially when I need to do something else and need to save when involved in attacking a convoy etc. I just have to put the other things off and wait for those ships to go down. The other bugs, like saving submerged have never really affected me, but perhaps I'm just lucky.

Nemo

It can be a pain...at least for me the only thing that is affected is the amount of sleep I get

The other quirk that is anoying is the affect it has on the weather changing. If I am not mistiaking, each time you load a save it resets the "timer" on when the weather can change again

Captain Nemo · 10-08-07, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by btaft

The other quirk that is anoying is the affect it has on the weather changing. If I am not mistiaking, each time you load a save it resets the "timer" on when the weather can change again

To be honest I'm not entirely convinced of this. I have loaded saves where the weather has been bad to find within an hour of real time, with SH3 at no higher than 128TC, the weather has changed. Having said that, I am currently travelling north east near the coast of north west Africa where the weather has been atrocious for weeks.

Nemo

andylegate · 10-08-07, 07:04 AM

Wow!

I didn't know that about the credit for sinking and a save game bug! Thanks for talking about this guys! Now I know!

Me: "What?"
Wife: "There's a thunderstrom coming!"
Me: "So what?"
Wife: "So you need to shut your computer down!"
Me: "Not only no, but hell no! I'm in the middle of sinking a convoy!"
Wife: "You can always save your silly game......."
Me: "It's a SIM not a GAME! Besides there's this Save Game bug and I won't shut down if I can-"
*BOOM*
Me: "Ah hell, there goes the power."
Wife: *walks away with a smirk* "I told you so! Now you've more than likely destroyed your computer over a game."
Me: "It's a SIM! Simulator! Not a game!"

:rotfl:

U49 · 10-08-07, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by andylegate

Wow!

I didn't know that about the credit for sinking and a save game bug! Thanks for talking about this guys! Now I know!

Me: "What?"
Wife: "There's a thunderstrom coming!"
Me: "So what?"
Wife: "So you need to shut your computer down!"
Me: "Not only no, but hell no! I'm in the middle of sinking a convoy!"
Wife: "You can always save your silly game......."
Me: "It's a SIM not a GAME! Besides there's this Save Game bug and I won't shut down if I can-"
*BOOM*
Me: "Ah hell, there goes the power."
Wife: *walks away with a smirk* "I told you so! Now you've more than likely destroyed your computer over a game."
Me: "It's a SIM! Simulator! Not a game!"

:rotfl:

As "somebody" told me, ... and I was forced to learn (the hard way):
you earn money wit it: call it SIM
you enjoy it: call it GAME

which means: earning money is not to be allowed to make fun... sorry, but that is it.

10-03-07, 10:47 AM	#1
btaft Soundman Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 147 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Save game question Recently I started playing in real time when in visual site of enemy vessels (I used to TC a low rate just to keep things moving) and have found it very rewarding, especially during DC attacks using the surround sound. The problem comes in that I only typically have about 1 hour to play at any given time (not a lot of time when ships are sinking). Does damage to vessels carry over after loading a save, or more importantly do I retain credit for the damage that has been done when loading a save. I am concerned about putting a coupe of fish into a merchant that wants to take its sweet time sinking thus requiring a save game for me then not getting credit for it. Any help is appreciated.

10-03-07, 10:54 AM	#2
U49 Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: D/Niedersachsen Posts: 777 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My experience is: no , you don't get credit after a reload. My last experience was a wonderful convoy, 2 sunk and 2 wounded to death, I saved and went to bed. Next day I loaded and wanted to watch the final steps of my success. They sunk, but I got no tonnage credit for it. I reloaded again and shelled one of them with the deck gun, that worked for me. __________________ SH3 battle capability upgrades: GWX2.0, JSGME2.0, SH3Commander 2.7, SH3Gen 0.8.2, TorpDamageMod 2.0, OLC GUI 1.1.5 Awaiting combat readiness for GWX2.0: SH4 effetcs for SH3, SH3Weather 1.5 Following development of: www.subwolves.com Realism: 90%

10-03-07, 11:32 AM	#3
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Saving while submerged can also lead to problems. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

10-03-07, 11:37 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,490 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	You get no credit/renown for sinking a vessel until you receive the message 'she's going down' __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-04-07, 04:25 AM	#9
Captain Nemo Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 1,144 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	I'm in a similar situation to you Btaft and only get limited time playing SH3/GWX and have to save regularly. The save game bug that affects credit for sinking ships is a pain especially when I need to do something else and need to save when involved in attacking a convoy etc. I just have to put the other things off and wait for those ships to go down. The other bugs, like saving submerged have never really affected me, but perhaps I'm just lucky. Nemo __________________ "I'm afraid there is no disguising the fact that King's obsession with the Pacific and the Battle of Washington cost us dear in the Battle of the Atlantic". Sir John Slessor GCB, DSO, MC, DL AOC-in-C Coastal Command RAF ___________________________________________

10-08-07, 07:04 AM	#12
andylegate Medic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: SC, USA Posts: 168 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Wow! I didn't know that about the credit for sinking and a save game bug! Thanks for talking about this guys! Now I know! *Me:* "What?" Wife: "There's a thunderstrom coming!" Me: "So what?" Wife: "So you need to shut your computer down!" Me: "Not only no, but hell no! I'm in the middle of sinking a convoy!" Wife: "You can always save your silly game......." Me: "It's a SIM not a GAME! Besides there's this Save Game bug and I won't shut down if I can-" *BOOM* Me: "Ah hell, there goes the power." Wife: walks away with a smirk "I told you so! Now you've more than likely destroyed your computer over a game." Me: "It's a SIM! Simulator! Not a game!" :rotfl: __________________ My Real Life Navy Brag Page Below http://www1.freewebs.com/andylegate/