Odd start-up CTDs

[schlechter pfennig]

Originally Posted by Cheapskate

I think your problems may well be caused (at least in part) by your discrepant type VII interior files.

As mentioned by Privateer on your other thread, your modlist does not include any open hatch mod - yet your screenshots show you have one...on the Control Room side at least!!

And the content and sizes do not match with those to be expected on a GWX setup.

Furthermore, the interior graphics shown in your pics are those from NYGM/WAC - not GWX.

Possibly time for a GWX reinstall??

Ordinarily I'd agree with you. However, I'd been given this PC about a month ago, and I know for a fact it has never had SHIII, in any of its incarnations, on it before. The reason I'm running SHIII on it isn't that it's more advanced than my old rig, but that it has a PCI express bus, whereas my old PC only has PCI. So I could get a much better video card for it than I could on my old one.

I'd done a clean install of SHIII by redownloading my purchase from Direct-2-Drive, then did a clean install of GWX 3 (after first doing a JoneSoft MD5Mate on all the files).

Over a couple of weeks I'd added quite a few mods, one of which was Conning Tower open Hatch TestFMfood. The screenshot was taken immediately after deactivating that one, but I'm not sure if something went hinky during the deactivation or not.

When I fully deactivated everything, the file sizes do match the GWX-expected file sizes.

I haven't been having any troubles since upgrading to the Type IX, which makes me wonder if there's something funky about the Type VII and some of the mods I'd tried running.

[Cheapskate]

Originally Posted by schlechter pfennig

When I fully deactivated everything, the file sizes do match the GWX-expected file sizes.

Aha! That's a step in the right direction. Did you do a test run with a Typ VII at that time?

If not, you could maybe try running one of the historical missions (say Scapa Flow) with a type VII and all mods disabled.

If your base GWX install is intact it should show the interior with the correct graphics,fully staffed Radio/Sonar rooms and without any open hatch elements whatsoever.

If that works OK, then add your mods one at a time, testing each one, until the culprit which is causing problems with your Typ VII's is revealed.


Edit: You might find the following utility very useful when doing extensive testing:-

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1082

This greatly reduces load times. Don't forget to disable it when resuming your campaign mode tho - otherwise your patrols will be distinctly uneventful!!