WHY does this ALWAYS HAPPEN!!!

[The Avon Lady]

Originally Posted by Salvadoreno

I save a game.. Turn it off. Come back.. AND ITS GONE!!! NO SAVED GAMES!! ARG i worked so HARD on the campaign too!!! What is the problem? It keeps happening too.

Go into folder \My Documents\SH3\data\cfg\Careers\. Do you still see your career folder in there? If so, chances are something else is preventing you from seeing this career in SH3.

Browse file \My Documents\SH3\data\cfg\Careers\yourCareerName\Careers_0.cfg. There is final info here for all of your patrols.

In the file, find the last patrol entry that starts with [CAREER nnn] (where "nnn" is the patrol offset number). Find the following statements in that section and tell us what they're set to:

OffDead=
PODead=
SeamenDead=

Finished=
WarOver=

EDIT: One more thing. There are certain save bugs in the game but the way I've never experienced them. Here's what I always do before saving and quitting SH3:

1. While in patrol, press ESC and click on SAVE. Give the save point an appropriate name.

2. Go back into the patrol for a second.

3. Immediately hit ESC again and click on SAVE AND EXIT. Give this save point the name DELETE so that you'll know not to start from there next time you play SH3.

This has always worked for me. Not once have I encountered a save bug.

BTW, I assume you're patched up to a recent version.