The way I save my career

Rob, I just hope I'm still playing SH3 when I'm 70 years. Come to think of it, that's not too far away. But by then I guess it will be SH8 + the GWXXXSV mod.

[robj250]

I would like to thank all of you that have responded. I didn't know if anyone saves using the same name.

Mr. Chris, Albrecht, and Tarjak; I save exactly the way you do, I use a different name if I'm going to deviate from my regular "mission"

Kiwi, I have no doubt that you'll reach 70. But computer and the Silent Hunter Series will be quite different. You'll be "talking" the commands, instead of using keys.

Rob

[melnibonian]

Hello Rob

I usually keep only one career in my My Documents\SH3 folder to help the game be a bit faster while loading. The problem I have is that because I am using SH3Gen and because due to real life requirements (job etc) I cannot play as much as I would like I do save at least once in each patrol. As you can imagine very soon I end up with a huge numbers of save games and my loading times get bigger. Unfortunatelly there is nothing me or anyone else can do about it. It's one of the SH3 issues as I like to call them. Now I use the same name in my save games to save up space and make the game a bit quicker without any problems.

Best of luck mate.

Mel

[Corsair]

I give a sequence number to my saves with base/patrol nr/save nr. For instance Wil201 would be save nr 1 during 2nd patrol out of Wilhelmshaven. As a patrol takes me an average of 2 weeks real time, I save quite often. I never re-save on top of a previous save (overwriting) as I remember having one time a problem in the past. Never had a problem saving submerged or near other units. Only no save near base because of the impact on Harbor Traffic AI boats.
I only keep the 2 last saves and regularly delete the rest directly in My Documents/SH3/data/cfg/Careers/"YourKaptname"/0 folder ( 9 files + Crew_config file for each save).

[Captain Nemo]

I constantly overwrite previous saves and have had no problems doing this. In my career there are just two names for my saved game "Surfaced" or "Submerged" depending which I was at the time of the save.

Nemo

Kiwi, I have no doubt that you'll reach 70. But computer and the Silent Hunter Series will be quite different. You'll be "talking" the commands, instead of using keys.

Rob[/quote]

That's right Rob. I have seen some posts referencing (or a mod somewhere that allows) voice commands in SH3 and have been toying with the idea of trying it out. Has anyone had a good experience with this?

[Sailor Steve]

Since I run several careers concurrently I save each one using the kaleun's last name. No numbers; each one overwrites its own previous save.

I have had absolutely no problems.

[Jimbuna]

Weren't nothing wrong with your question Rob
Similar to Steve but followed by a sequential number in case I ever need to go to a specific period in the patrol (even more so during the beta testing of GWX)
Best Wishes
jimbuna

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Weren't nothing wrong with your question Rob
Similar to Steve but followed by a sequential number in case I ever need to go to a specific period in the patrol (even more so during the beta testing of GWX)
Best Wishes
jimbuna

I used to do it this way also but found once I started playing DiD, I had a temptation to try a different option by loading an earlier save. To help with the discipline of DiD, I find I only need the one save now. I could go all the way to a no save situation but I'm not the only user of the computer and can't just keep it paused. Plus I do occasionally use it for things other than SHIII (Sacrilege I know!)

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by TarJak

I could go all the way to a no save situation ...

"I've been playing this game for more than a year now. When I have to sleep I turn the sound way up. I pay a friend to go to the grocery store for me. I live in constant fear that the enemy will see my sub while I'm in the bathroom. I don't know what to do. What's that? Save the game? YOU CAN SAVE THE GAME???"