What happened to all of the ships, there are no more?

[Systemlord]

Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp

OK, I don't think the realism settings have anything to do with it, but I could be wrong. As long as I've been playing, when I go to the radar station, it automatically shuts off and I have to turn it back on again.

As far as the radar shutting off and starting up intermittently, the only time that may happen to me (fully surfaced# is during extremely rough seas where the waves wash completely over the boat. It will happen if you're running decks awash in rough seas or are partially submerged. The stock version is very buggy but the mods fix a lot of those problems. Before you start a new career, do you go into your #:My Documents/SHIV/Saved Games) folder and delete all the old data? I have sometimes had issues where old and new files become corrupt and/or interfere with gameplay. At least, I haven't had any real problems since I started deleting my old saved games data before starting a new career.


It's probably just me, but I'm still not sure what you mean by "contact updates". They're not radar, not sonar, but contact updates?

Contact updates are sent over the radio by other friendly ships and airplanes when they have spotted enemy contacts, the realism settings does effect this particular feature. There is a setting for not to have contact updates, "No Contact Updates". That's why you probably have never heard of it, you have that realism setting unchecked which makes it even harder to locate enemy ships and convoys. After finishing a campaign I always delete saved games in My Documents/SHIV/Saved Games folder. I also have changed the .exe the SH4.exe instead of the gu.exe. gu.exe was found years ago to cause saved game loading issues!