Game saving policy when playing short sessions

kapuhy · 10-28-10, 03:50 PM

From browsing this forum a bit, I've learned that SHIII saved games tend to get corrupted when saving submerged or within visual range of the enemy. I haven't encounter the problem myself yet (I'm new to this game and still on my first patrol in 1939), but as I don't have more than an hour or two at a time for playing the game, I suspect that sooner or later I'll have to save and exit in presence of the enemies - from what I see, the engagements in this game can last well over an hour in real time.

Just how bad is this save game issue - should I expect every / most games saved with enemies nearby get corrupted, one in five, in ten? If it's very often - how do these among you that can't spare more than an hour/two cope with this (when, for example, a destroyer is hunting you after successful attack and you know you have to exit game in 10 minutes)?

I'm playing stock, patched SHIII, no mods (thought I'd play at least one career in unmodded game before trying mods out).

10-28-10, 03:50 PM	#1
kapuhy Grey Wolf Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Poland Posts: 874 Downloads: 72 Uploads: 3	Game saving policy when playing short sessions From browsing this forum a bit, I've learned that SHIII saved games tend to get corrupted when saving submerged or within visual range of the enemy. I haven't encounter the problem myself yet (I'm new to this game and still on my first patrol in 1939), but as I don't have more than an hour or two at a time for playing the game, I suspect that sooner or later I'll have to save and exit in presence of the enemies - from what I see, the engagements in this game can last well over an hour in real time. Just how bad is this save game issue - should I expect every / most games saved with enemies nearby get corrupted, one in five, in ten? If it's very often - how do these among you that can't spare more than an hour/two cope with this (when, for example, a destroyer is hunting you after successful attack and you know you have to exit game in 10 minutes)? I'm playing stock, patched SHIII, no mods (thought I'd play at least one career in unmodded game before trying mods out).