An entire day's worth of saves corrupted.

02-18-09, 11:05 AM

A few weeks back, on my 12th mission, I had to drop some spies off in Malaysia, then got a mission to do tourist stuff (picture-taking) at Singapore harbor.

The next chance I had to play was about two weeks after that (the weekend before Valentine's Day). Spent most of Saturday heading from Singapore harbor to the next harbor on the western side of Borneo. I took my time, hiding from aircraft, trying to intercept a couple of warships that zigged away from me, so I continued on. Finally managed to get to the next harbor, snuck in just at P-depth (with only 4-5 feet under my tummy!), got in, took pictures, turned, headed out, managed to get into deep waters (just over 300 feet deep), no other ships around, and did my final save there.

Fired it up last night to pick up where I left off, and guess what? The saved file was corrupted - started to load, crashed, sent report to M$, hello desktop.

Ok, I had made at least 3 saves in deep waters after the last photo session, so let's try one of those (I know about 'don't save in shallow water', etc).

Corrupted.....and another.....and another.
Six corrupted save games in a row. Got to the 7th one back, and guess what? It was right back out of Singapore Harbor again - an entire day's worth of sweat, down the electronic drain.

I did manage to re-do the last photo mission, got in and out of the harbor alive, made at least 6 saves in deep water after getting out of the area, tested the last one, and it loaded just fine, so at least I don't have to dump the entire mission.

I've been reading about corrupted saves here for a while now, so I am pretty familiar with the procedures, ie, deep water, surfaced, looking at the map, no other ships around (at least, none that I know of), so this is pretty frustrating to me. I know that there has to be something I'm missing to cause THAT many corrupted saves in a row. Maybe it's just a 'Bermuda Triangle' type of area between the two harbors that does it.

I did notice one thing last night that wasn't noticed before: When on the bridge, I would click the weather report and get wind speed and direction. Last night, I noticed it is now giving precepitation, fog density, i.e., the whole 9 yards of weather.

I'm using the 4 patch, TMO, ocean sounds, not much else (radio mods).

Any ideas why so many corrupted saves in a row?

02-18-09, 11:05 AM	#1
Zayphod Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	An entire day's worth of saves corrupted. A few weeks back, on my 12th mission, I had to drop some spies off in Malaysia, then got a mission to do tourist stuff (picture-taking) at Singapore harbor. The next chance I had to play was about two weeks after that (the weekend before Valentine's Day). Spent most of Saturday heading from Singapore harbor to the next harbor on the western side of Borneo. I took my time, hiding from aircraft, trying to intercept a couple of warships that zigged away from me, so I continued on. Finally managed to get to the next harbor, snuck in just at P-depth (with only 4-5 feet under my tummy!), got in, took pictures, turned, headed out, managed to get into deep waters (just over 300 feet deep), no other ships around, and did my final save there. Fired it up last night to pick up where I left off, and guess what? The saved file was corrupted - started to load, crashed, sent report to M$, hello desktop. Ok, I had made at least 3 saves in deep waters after the last photo session, so let's try one of those (I know about 'don't save in shallow water', etc). Corrupted.....and another.....and another. Six corrupted save games in a row. Got to the 7th one back, and guess what? It was right back out of Singapore Harbor again - an entire day's worth of sweat, down the electronic drain. I did manage to re-do the last photo mission, got in and out of the harbor alive, made at least 6 saves in deep water after getting out of the area, tested the last one, and it loaded just fine, so at least I don't have to dump the entire mission. I've been reading about corrupted saves here for a while now, so I am pretty familiar with the procedures, ie, deep water, surfaced, looking at the map, no other ships around (at least, none that I know of), so this is pretty frustrating to me. I know that there has to be something I'm missing to cause THAT many corrupted saves in a row. Maybe it's just a 'Bermuda Triangle' type of area between the two harbors that does it. I did notice one thing last night that wasn't noticed before: When on the bridge, I would click the weather report and get wind speed and direction. Last night, I noticed it is now giving precepitation, fog density, i.e., the whole 9 yards of weather. I'm using the 4 patch, TMO, ocean sounds, not much else (radio mods). Any ideas why so many corrupted saves in a row?