Bugged Patrol Assignment? (Philippine Sea Crash)

[Nikdunaev]

By the way, I would assume, that the game clears the memory it was using, when it stops working, is that actually correct?

[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by Nikdunaev

By the way, I would assume, that the game clears the memory it was using, when it stops working, is that actually correct?

more or less, yes.
Win10 caches files but you cannot affect that.
let's put it this way, if you run JSGME between patrols so that one or more mods have been changed, your new mods will run when you launch SH4.

do you understand or did i go too deeply?

[Nikdunaev]

Originally Posted by KaleunMarco

more or less, yes.
Win10 caches files but you cannot affect that.
let's put it this way, if you run JSGME between patrols so that one or more mods have been changed, your new mods will run when you launch SH4.

do you understand or did i go too deeply?

Yeah, I think I understand what you are saying
Cheers!

[Nikdunaev]

Hi everyone once again!

After getting some experience playing with the memory patch, I found that, while it does seem to make it less crashy, subjectively, it does not really solve the crashing entirely, neither does it solve the extreme lag, at the higher time compression levels.

Also, upon checking the memory use while playing, both with and without the patch, it seems to be quite stable, close to the limit, but not hitting it. Generally sitting around 1200-1300 MB.

Eliminating the alternative saves and following all the saving rules does not seem to make a difference either.

I managed to complete the assignment, now it is a long struggle on the way home at no more than x128 time compression. It does crash, but it is hard to give up 25000 tons worth of unlucky random merchant ships.

Any more ideas anyone?
What could this thing be?

[Nikdunaev]

Merry Christmas Everyone!

[Nikdunaev]

I am curious, would a reinstallation of the game help? As in backing up the campaign progress, reinstalling and putting the saves from the backup back in?

Should this cause any more trouble, given the game configurations before and after will be identical? As I mentioned, this installation is totally clean mod wise.

Also, would checking the files integrity via Steam count as a reinstallation? Or do I need to actually remove it, then download from scratch and install again properly?

P.S
Sorry for keeping adding stuff to this thread, but this problem turned out surprisingly difficult to get around, and in all honesty, now I am quite clueless about what to try next.

[propbeanie]

The game can be very strange about re-using Saves, even when your set-up is seemingly identical. It works sometimes, other times not. Some points about the game though... One of the odd things about it is matching the video stream throughout. This involves what the "native" resolution of your monitor is. The old CRT monitors even had a native resolution, such as 1280x1024. Modern LCD monitors can display much wider, such as my current desktop of 1920x1080 for a 16:9 ratio. Other monitors of course, can do wider and more fine, such as 4k and above. The "native" resolution is generally referred to as "recommended" by windows now. So set your Windows desktop to that, and set the game to that from the main menu "Options" "Graphic Settings" and the drop-down box. You might have to reduce some of the other display settings, but most of the newer computers can handle those set higher. Next, if you have Windows 10, make certain the OS is updated before you begin playing, so that the updater doesn't start a download process in the middle of your game. You might also make certain you don't have too much background activity from other processes, such as you get if you have an HP laptop, and they start Support Assistant and other processes every time you boot the computer.

The Steam process is basically a re-install, in that any file found missing, or not dated properly is replaced. If you happen to have a mod enabled, Steam will basically wipe it out. Once you have done that, try to play the game prior to bringing the old Saves back in, and see what it does. If it seems better, then you could attempt to use old Saves, but bring the entire folder back in. You might have to adjust your gameplay settings after doing that... If it fails, do the Steam verification again, wipe the Save folder, and just start over, not re-using the old Saves.