Post your crash bugs here

Paul Riley · 03-21-10, 04:35 AM

Having had a stable game for a long time now I have recently (over the last 2 days) experienced two quite nasty crashes resulting in me having to quit and reload an earlier saved game.Now I have a few ideas of what could be going wrong and I thought it would be useful to have a place to post all these crashes and bugs (thats if its not been done before) before resorting to more unconventional and violent solutions.
I will begin with what I have experienced so far -

Crash 1
This happened the day before yesterday.I had just broke out of the English channel on my way to my patrol grid just south of Ireland.We spotted a distant merchant heading our way.To cut the story short I sank it and then saved my game just after.Upon reloading the game it would freeze for about 2 secs then a popup would appear saying 'SH3 has just encountered a problem,sorry for the inconvenience' blah blah blah.
Cause?
This has been discussed many times in the past,and sadly it escaped my memory,but what may have happened was,first I saved the game submerged,and second it was in VERY close proximity to a sinking ship,say some 300-400m.
It seems both these factors contribute greatly to the chances of the game crashing.

Crash 2
This happened last night.Upon reloading my 2nd patrol due to the earlier crash I was just passing Dunkirk on my way into the channel again,and decided to save the game as it was getting late and my night vision was faltering

Upon reloading the game the same crash occured as described in 'crash 1',bringing me to a POSSIBLE cause.
Cause?
As there is no obvious cause for this one I can only assume it is linked to either Dunkirk in particular or the channel,meaning both these areas could be more prone to crashes than other areas.Maybe you have also encountered this behaviour with specific areas?

Its also interesting to note that before I left port I had installed quite an old mod called 'improved smoke' by 'iambecomelife' I think the author's name is.I am wondering if this mod could be conflicting with either GWX3 or Racerboy's SH4 effects? I am also today going to save my career and fresh install everything,only this time without the res fix hack and improved smoke mod,as before these two were installed my game was rock solid,without a single crash!,EVER!
Finally,I would like to hope this thread is stickied in the near future as it is very important and could save a lot of broken knuckles,cracked monitor screens and failed relationships/marriages.
I look forward to your experiences and comments.

03-21-10, 04:35 AM	#1
Paul Riley Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sheffield, England Posts: 2,679 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 0	Post your crash bugs here Having had a stable game for a long time now I have recently (over the last 2 days) experienced two quite nasty crashes resulting in me having to quit and reload an earlier saved game.Now I have a few ideas of what could be going wrong and I thought it would be useful to have a place to post all these crashes and bugs (thats if its not been done before) before resorting to more unconventional and violent solutions. I will begin with what I have experienced so far - Crash 1 This happened the day before yesterday.I had just broke out of the English channel on my way to my patrol grid just south of Ireland.We spotted a distant merchant heading our way.To cut the story short I sank it and then saved my game just after.Upon reloading the game it would freeze for about 2 secs then a popup would appear saying 'SH3 has just encountered a problem,sorry for the inconvenience' blah blah blah. Cause? This has been discussed many times in the past,and sadly it escaped my memory,but what may have happened was,first I saved the game submerged,and second it was in VERY close proximity to a sinking ship,say some 300-400m. It seems both these factors contribute greatly to the chances of the game crashing. Crash 2 This happened last night.Upon reloading my 2nd patrol due to the earlier crash I was just passing Dunkirk on my way into the channel again,and decided to save the game as it was getting late and my night vision was faltering Upon reloading the game the same crash occured as described in 'crash 1',bringing me to a POSSIBLE cause. Cause? As there is no obvious cause for this one I can only assume it is linked to either Dunkirk in particular or the channel,meaning both these areas could be more prone to crashes than other areas.Maybe you have also encountered this behaviour with specific areas? Its also interesting to note that before I left port I had installed quite an old mod called 'improved smoke' by 'iambecomelife' I think the author's name is.I am wondering if this mod could be conflicting with either GWX3 or Racerboy's SH4 effects? I am also today going to save my career and fresh install everything,only this time without the res fix hack and improved smoke mod,as before these two were installed my game was rock solid,without a single crash!,EVER! Finally,I would like to hope this thread is stickied in the near future as it is very important and could save a lot of broken knuckles,cracked monitor screens and failed relationships/marriages. I look forward to your experiences and comments. __________________ Best Patrol: 10 merchants + HMS Nelson for 68.056 Tonnes Last edited by Paul Riley; 03-21-10 at 05:07 AM.