crash at dunkirk

[Leg]

Originally Posted by A Very Super Market

Probably because of the large amount of other ships during the evacuation. It is a known bug that causes saves to CTD, so I recomment that you get clear of that area before saving next time.

How far from that area should I go to save the game?

[melnibonian]

Originally Posted by Leg

How far from that area should I go to save the game?

The rule of thumb in SH3 regarding saving the game is:
1. Always save while you're on the surface
2. Never save close to other units (enemy or friendly)
3. Save at least 50Km away from land (100Km is even better)

[A Very Super Market]

Do a hydrophone check, and if you hear anything, you aren't far enough.

[Leg]

Originally Posted by melnibonian

The rule of thumb in SH3 regarding saving the game is:
1. Always save while you're on the surface
2. Never save close to other units (enemy or friendly)
3. Save at least 50Km away from land (100Km is even better)

Yes I've always tried to respect the all of them; quite difficult in the dunkirk area though. I've tried to save at least at 60\70km from the shore but with no success, I've tried to save in the same point where I had reloaded without crashing, I retured there to save but after two saves in that same point (in different moments of course) at the third I couldn't reload as it kept crashing. I'll try to save even more far from the area and see what happens, if not I don't really know what to do..

[Jimbuna]

There is a possibility of an id conflict in the vessels used by the campaign layer in this area.

BBW would be the best/most appropriate person to hunt it down.

If your up for it, open the Mission Editor and investigate the Campaign_Scr layer....you may notice two similarly named but different vessel types.

[Leg]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

There is a possibility of an id conflict in the vessels used by the campaign layer in this area.

BBW would be the best/most appropriate person to hunt it down.

If your up for it, open the Mission Editor and investigate the Campaign_Scr layer....you may notice two similarly named but different vessel types.

So can this problem be solved?


I've opened the file but dont know what to do.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Leg

So can this problem be solved?


I've opened the file but dont know what to do.

Open Missio Editor (you've already done that) and open the Campaign_Scr.mis file.

Set the calendar at the top to your required time period and the file details/units and their positions will display before you.

Zoom in to the area your enquiring about (Dunkirk) and look for duplicate entries for different units.

Long and laborius I'll admit....but the best way.

[Leg]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Open Missio Editor (you've already done that) and open the Campaign_Scr.mis file.

Set the calendar at the top to your required time period and the file details/units and their positions will display before you.

Zoom in to the area your enquiring about (Dunkirk) and look for duplicate entries for different units.

Long and laborius I'll admit....but the best way.

In the Campaing_scr.mis file in the area of Dunkirk I've found what I think it is a convoy called Dunkirk DD 3 inside there are:
PP Troop Transport#11
DD V&W Class#6
CL Fiji Class#3
DD V&W Class
DD V&W Class
PP Troop Transport#13


Is one of these V&W wrong?