Game crashes on career or single mission load

[Aktungbby]

Captain of U-141! Back on the surface after 9 years' 'silent running'!

[Captain Drastic]

Saving games from F2 COMMAND ROOM screen was the thing that solved all my saved game crashes, you can even save submerged. Any other save game issues were caused by altering/loading files in the middle of a campaign or mission. Rule of thumb is don't change anything except in port unless you really know what you're doing.

[bsixox007]

Regarding the one Alex mod crashing problem which some players are experiencing particularly during career and single missions start , the game would load normally then crash in mid career loading screen. And no matter what you do, install, reinstall, patch, modify it won't start.
Luckily 'I HAVE A SOLUTION NOW'.
It took me several months to test again and again in Vain and i wasted so much time while the solution could be rediculously easy and stupid and doesn't need so much effort at all.
To run Silent Hunter 3 Onealex Mod you should Follow the following instructions:
1- Download Silent Hunter 3 Onealex Mod English Version : https://drive.google.com/file/d/18Fi...DmQDVAE1Y/view
2- Download Silent Hunter 3 Onealex Mod Russian Version
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ct8...usp=drive_link
3- Now delete any SH3 folders you have in your Documents file
4- Open your GWX Onealex Edition 1.5.3 ( the English version) and open
SH3/data and copy the Menu folder you will find there
5-Open GWX Onealex Edition 1.5.3R ( the Russian version)
In your SH3/data foder create a new folder and name it 'Backup' or whatever you want.
6-move the menu folder inside the data there and paste it inside the Backup folder you just create ( just in case you will face problem which i highly doubt ) .
Now copy the menu folder from the one alex mod English version to the the data folder inside the onealex mod Russian version.
7-Congratulations now you have a fully operational English menu
8- run the SH3.exe from the onealex edition Russian version only and follow the instructions included in this discord channel as normal and it will work like a charm, i tested it it's fully operational in all dates , career , single missions etc. No problems at all.
######## very important ###
At the beginning it could require very long time to load!!!! Don't do anything just wait let it load and be patient.

[Aktungbby]

bsixox007!

[Hooston]

Running the training missions but crashing during career smells like running out of usable memory because of Windows limits on 32 bit programs. This has always been solved in SH3 by the "4Gb patch" which actually lets the program access more than 2Gb and up to a theoretical maximum of 4Gb..

Onealex is too much for my graphics chip, but I understand the OneAlex modsoup includes the HSie/Steibler patch, which also does the 4Gb thing.
So what's going on? Has Onealex messed up? In that case try downloading a different build of his supermod. i think that's why the Russian version works OK. If he has made a mistake none of the HSie/Steibler features will be working. The Steibler patch updates the version number displayed in the bottom right corner of the initial selection screen from something like "1.4b" without the patch to "v 1.6b1" (in my case).

Or, god forbid, have we now hit 4Gb for this tiny little 32 bit application?

[JohnCarterOfMars]

I find that after starting the game and before doing anything else, starting the Naval Academy Convoy training and then immediately quitting it will load much of the routines that are needed for the game.

After quitting the convoy training, then start your career or load your saved game and see if it now starts up.

[Murdock]

Originally Posted by bsixox007

Regarding the one Alex mod crashing problem which some players are experiencing particularly during career and single missions start , the game would load normally then crash in mid career loading screen. And no matter what you do, install, reinstall, patch, modify it won't start.
Luckily 'I HAVE A SOLUTION NOW'.
It took me several months to test again and again in Vain and i wasted so much time while the solution could be rediculously easy and stupid and doesn't need so much effort at all.
To run Silent Hunter 3 Onealex Mod you should Follow the following instructions:
1- Download Silent Hunter 3 Onealex Mod English Version : https://drive.google.com/file/d/18Fi...DmQDVAE1Y/view
2- Download Silent Hunter 3 Onealex Mod Russian Version
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ct8...usp=drive_link
3- Now delete any SH3 folders you have in your Documents file
4- Open your GWX Onealex Edition 1.5.3 ( the English version) and open
SH3/data and copy the Menu folder you will find there
5-Open GWX Onealex Edition 1.5.3R ( the Russian version)
In your SH3/data foder create a new folder and name it 'Backup' or whatever you want.
6-move the menu folder inside the data there and paste it inside the Backup folder you just create ( just in case you will face problem which i highly doubt ) .
Now copy the menu folder from the one alex mod English version to the the data folder inside the onealex mod Russian version.
7-Congratulations now you have a fully operational English menu
8- run the SH3.exe from the onealex edition Russian version only and follow the instructions included in this discord channel as normal and it will work like a charm, i tested it it's fully operational in all dates , career , single missions etc. No problems at all.
######## very important ###
At the beginning it could require very long time to load!!!! Don't do anything just wait let it load and be patient.

This Worked for me only Problem is the Ships I sink are all Russian named
????...what file to change to have them in english names please.

[masterskop]

Hi,


This method worked for the Onealex mod. So, is there a way to change up the Russian wording to English? My Russian isn't great.


Any help is appreciated!


edit: I think I can just copy / paste the info that I need from one game version to the other. 'Light' modding so to speak.


edit: Got it to work. The Russian version is now fully English a few added modded. Got it running on a 27" monitor at 1920 x 1080. Torpedo los! Das klingelt mir gut! hehe .....

[vanjast]

I've been having many 'crashes' at various game loads, and have put it down to DirectX/OpenGL compilation crashes (never mind about the details).
At most I restart the game 3x and all is well.

It might be about graphics memory overrun or ..you know.. any excuse but my code

[0x7d]

Is there the ability to create a debug log to investigate crashes?

[edooman]

Originally Posted by masterskop

Hi,


edit: I think I can just copy / paste the info that I need from one game version to the other. 'Light' modding so to speak.


edit: Got it to work. The Russian version is now fully English a few added modded. Got it running on a 27" monitor at 1920 x 1080. Torpedo los! Das klingelt mir gut! hehe .....

May you please point it out how exactly you done it ? what files i have to replace ?
Thank you friend

[uzo]

Had the same problem, almost always crashed when entering an exterior view. I now have it working thanks to masterskop's post.



I used WinMerge to see which files were different between the English and Russian versions, and then started copying the Russian ones over one at a time. Then I got bored and copied a few over, and now it works. The copies files are:


GWX Onealex Edition 1.53\SH3\data\Env\EnvColors_Atl.dat
GWX Onealex Edition 1.53\SH3\data\Library\Cameras.dat
GWX Onealex Edition 1.53\SH3\data\Objects\Turm7c_2_hd.dat
GWX Onealex Edition 1.53\SH3\data\Objects\Turm7c_3_hd.dat
GWX Onealex Edition 1.53\SH3\data\Objects\Turm7c_4_hd.dat
GWX Onealex Edition 1.53\SH3\data\Objects\Turm9c_2_hd.dat
GWX Onealex Edition 1.53\SH3\data\Objects\Turm9c_3_hd.dat
GWX Onealex Edition 1.53\SH3\data\Sea\Rickmers\Rickmers.cfg
GWX Onealex Edition 1.53\SH3\data\Submarine\NSS_Uboat2A
GWX Onealex Edition 1.53\SH3\data\Submarine\NSS_Uboat2D
GWX Onealex Edition 1.53\SH3\data\Submarine\NSS_Uboat7b
GWX Onealex Edition 1.53\SH3\data\Submarine\NSS_Uboat7c
GWX Onealex Edition 1.53\SH3\data\Submarine\NSS_Uboat7c41
GWX Onealex Edition 1.53\SH3\data\Submarine\NSS_Uboat9b
GWX Onealex Edition 1.53\SH3\data\Submarine\NSS_Uboat9c
GWX Onealex Edition 1.53\SH3\data\Submarine\NSS_Uboat9d2
GWX Onealex Edition 1.53\SH3\data\Submarine\EnglishNames.cfg
GWX Onealex Edition 1.53\SH3\data\scene.dat


Probably all of them don't need to be copied. My suspicion is scene.dat or the files under "submarine" fixed it.


The issue I have now is that it is extremely dark at night, but it looks like that might be fixable with a mod.

[francislauerBR]

Originally Posted by bsixox007

Regarding the one Alex mod crashing problem which some players are experiencing particularly during career and single missions start , the game would load normally then crash in mid career loading screen. And no matter what you do, install, reinstall, patch, modify it won't start.
Luckily 'I HAVE A SOLUTION NOW'.
It took me several months to test again and again in Vain and i wasted so much time while the solution could be rediculously easy and stupid and doesn't need so much effort at all.
To run Silent Hunter 3 Onealex Mod you should Follow the following instructions:
1- Download Silent Hunter 3 Onealex Mod English Version : https://drive.google.com/file/d/18Fi...DmQDVAE1Y/view
2- Download Silent Hunter 3 Onealex Mod Russian Version
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ct8...usp=drive_link
3- Now delete any SH3 folders you have in your Documents file
4- Open your GWX Onealex Edition 1.5.3 ( the English version) and open
SH3/data and copy the Menu folder you will find there
5-Open GWX Onealex Edition 1.5.3R ( the Russian version)
In your SH3/data foder create a new folder and name it 'Backup' or whatever you want.
6-move the menu folder inside the data there and paste it inside the Backup folder you just create ( just in case you will face problem which i highly doubt ) .
Now copy the menu folder from the one alex mod English version to the the data folder inside the onealex mod Russian version.
7-Congratulations now you have a fully operational English menu
8- run the SH3.exe from the onealex edition Russian version only and follow the instructions included in this discord channel as normal and it will work like a charm, i tested it it's fully operational in all dates , career , single missions etc. No problems at all.
######## very important ###
At the beginning it could require very long time to load!!!! Don't do anything just wait let it load and be patient.

Feedback here.
I had the same problem and this solution fixed the Onealex mod for me. Running smothly. I can say that is a valid one!

The unique issue I perceived until now is that ship names and radio messages will be in Russian language and alphabet, but this can be easily solved replacing the following files (adapt the folder address to your reality):

C:\GWX Onealex Edition 1.53R\SH3\data\Campaigns\Campaign\messages_en.txt

C:\GWX Onealex Edition 1.53R\SH3\data\Sea\EnglishNames.cfg

C:\GWX Onealex Edition 1.53R\SH3\data\Land\EnglishNames.cfg

By the Onealex original English language files. Just copy and paste those files (make a safety copy of the Russian files just in case) and this issue will be fixed.

No doubt it's a great mod and a nice work done by Onealex. Had a fun time readapting my brain and mind to the different placement of icons, switches, etc.

I'd like to express gratitude for Kaleun Plissken_04 for the amability to host the mod files in his ... weird, psychedelic, retro-innovative website!

Also my thanks for this amazing community!

Kind regards from Brazil!

[Plissken_04]

Originally Posted by francislauerBR

Feedback here.


I'd like to express gratitude for Kaleun Plissken_04 for the amability to host the mod files in his ... weird, psychedelic, retro-innovative website!

Kind regards from Brazil!

Thank you so much.