A bug? or operator error....

[GreyBeard]

Originally Posted by max-peck

I obviously didn't read the first post properly

TC'ing in a friendly port?

Sure somebody didn't just sail right into you?

You're not alone! I mis-read his original post too. Tc'ing at a dead stop in a friendly port. Now it sounds more likely that Eric simply got run over, as you have suggested.

[EricW]

Originally Posted by GreyBeard

You're not alone! I mis-read his original post too. Tc'ing at a dead stop in a friendly port. Now it sounds more likely that Eric simply got run over, as you have suggested.

Yup, just passing time 'til daylight in the middle of the bay. I didn't see anything around except a PT boat or two. I figured that they couldn't/wouldn't hurt me, ooops.

I could have been run over, but it's NEVER happened to me before .

What really got me ....the CTD's when trying to reload the game. That hasn't happened since I first started playing unmodded, unpatched SH4 stock.

I was kinda hoping someone would pipe in with "don't do _________. It crashes the game.....EVERYBODY knows that!!!"

[torpedobait]

Don't know if this fits your situation, but I haven't had a CTD or a failed save/load since running the utility that allows the game to utilize more than 2Mb of RAM. I don't have the link to the program, but you can find it somewhere in this forum on a search. BTW, I also run SHIII under the same specs, with similar results. Hope this helps.

Edit: Oops! Think I meant 2GB of RAM!

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by EricW

Yup, just passing time 'til daylight in the middle of the bay. I didn't see anything around except a PT boat or two. I figured that they couldn't/wouldn't hurt me, ooops.

I could have been run over, but it's NEVER happened to me before .

What really got me ....the CTD's when trying to reload the game. That hasn't happened since I first started playing unmodded, unpatched SH4 stock.

I was kinda hoping someone would pipe in with "don't do _________. It crashes the game.....EVERYBODY knows that!!!"

Using mods is like having 5 wives. You need to learn each one specifically, but then how to deal with them all together. The problem is they may say they have no problems with the other wives, but put them all under one roof and all hell breaks loose.

Still, I run about 16 mods and haven't had a issue in years. TMO and RSRD are very stable mods, I think any problems with CTD's arise from still stock issues or just peoples different specs and software.

Almost alway friendly ships will steer away or try to avoid you, however at high TC often that doesn't give them enough time to react. There are a few escorts that patrol Brisbane that I have ran into. Yep, the game will auto slow TC when you come in contact, but many up it back after each contact and bam. One of my best patrols, over 200K, I came into Brisbane and got the contact for that escort and game slowed. I increased it to about 500 to hurry to dock, figured no way I would run into it, BAM...sunk, barely had enough time to hit the cam to see my sub stuck into the DD.

If you use TC near ports, use only enough so you can view your contacts.

[Daniel Prates]

Originally Posted by Armistead

Using mods is like having 5 wives. You need to learn each one specifically, but then how to deal with them all together. The problem is they may say they have no problems with the other wives, but put them all under one roof and all hell breaks loose.

You said it, mate!

Anyways, high TC is a cause of problems with every version of the game, modded or not. The CPU simply can't manage that much information with the TC going through the roof. It simply has no time to calculate everything. This is the reason 90% of people run into beaches, reefs, other ships etc. The CPU simply has no time to calculate everything until it's too late.

[Dogfish40]

Originally Posted by EricW

Yup, just passing time 'til daylight in the middle of the bay. I didn't see anything around except a PT boat or two. I figured that they couldn't/wouldn't hurt me, ooops.

I could have been run over, but it's NEVER happened to me before .

What really got me ....the CTD's when trying to reload the game. That hasn't happened since I first started playing unmodded, unpatched SH4 stock.

I was kinda hoping someone would pipe in with "don't do _________. It crashes the game.....EVERYBODY knows that!!!"

AHHH PT Boat!!. I had a PT boat run into my Boat in Java. They are sometimes very stupid. I often see pt boats on fire, sinking or just plain sailing right into your boat. The PT boat in Java kept crossing my bow then going into reverse and crossing again, and the reason we crashed is that I expected him not to ram me when I passed him. Just weird. Anyway, If you see PT boats in the area, beware!
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