Please help

QB · 09-23-05, 12:58 PM

I hope someone can help me. Suddenly all my career saves started to vanish!

FAdmiral · 09-23-05, 03:30 PM

You are going to have to give us more info than that.
We need to know specifics....

JIM

Shadow9216 · 09-23-05, 04:07 PM

Ditto, but did you load a prior saved game? IE you have game1, game2 and game3, and loaded game1? That will blow away subsequent games...

QB · 09-23-05, 06:37 PM

It's very strange. I know that if you load game1 for example, you lose any sunsequent saves etc.

What happened tonight was that when I saved and exited the game everything seemed OK as normal. Finished dinner, loaded the game back up and when I clicked on the saved career button, there were no saves in there. Not even the in base before mission save.

I have a backup instal on my HD. Can anyone tell me where the save files are saved to. Perhaps I could at least copy an earlier save from there rather than starting a career from sctratch.

My big worry is that this could happen again if I don't know what caused it this time. I was wondering if this had happened to anyone else?

Thanks for replying guys.

gary1701 · 09-23-05, 06:46 PM

Hi,

Yes, same thing here a few weeks ago. type IX career, saved at sea for safety (despite near having constant CTDs when saving this career mid ocean upon coming back to it), loaded back up later and complete career had disappeared. Strangely my VII career, saved under a different name was unaffected. No idea what happened.

Seems odd that one career can be so bugged (IX), yet the other (VII) never has any problems.

Gary

FAdmiral · 09-23-05, 09:52 PM

Your saves are all listed in "My Documents" folder. Look for SH3
and just follow the folders in to your career...

JIM

Tombomsee · 09-24-05, 02:42 AM

Files are located in

SH3\data\cfg\Careers\[profile name]\[number of career]\

Within each career folder there are 9 files named corresponding to the name of the save and 1 file named crew_config_[save].cfg

Hope it helps, got that nasty vanishing saves bug myself only when CTD
for two times.

QB · 09-24-05, 05:43 AM

Thanks for the input guys. It sure helps knowing where the save files are located. I am going to backup more often now.

Interesting though, I have looked in the SH3 folder in my documents, and sure enough there is a career folder that contains the nine files that Tombomsee mentions, but only for my most recent save from last night, which was a totally new career.

Although I had a backup of my instal, I did not have a backup of the SH3 folder in my docs.

QB · 09-24-05, 11:08 AM

Now another problem regarding saves!

I just docked back at base after my first patrol. The captains log confirms that I sank 4 merchants, totalling 23317 tons.

Unfortunately, according to the list of top captains, I show my first patrol as having sunk NO ships! There are no awards or renown earnt for the patrol.

09-23-05, 12:58 PM	#1
QB Watch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 15 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Please help I hope someone can help me. Suddenly all my career saves started to vanish!

09-23-05, 03:30 PM	#2
FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	You are going to have to give us more info than that. We need to know specifics.... JIM __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org

09-23-05, 09:52 PM	#6
FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Your saves are all listed in "My Documents" folder. Look for SH3 and just follow the folders in to your career... JIM __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org

09-23-05, 04:07 PM	#3
Shadow9216 Frogman Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 296 Downloads: 91 Uploads: 0	Ditto, but did you load a prior saved game? IE you have game1, game2 and game3, and loaded game1? That will blow away subsequent games...

09-23-05, 06:37 PM	#4
QB Watch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 15 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	It's very strange. I know that if you load game1 for example, you lose any sunsequent saves etc. What happened tonight was that when I saved and exited the game everything seemed OK as normal. Finished dinner, loaded the game back up and when I clicked on the saved career button, there were no saves in there. Not even the in base before mission save. I have a backup instal on my HD. Can anyone tell me where the save files are saved to. Perhaps I could at least copy an earlier save from there rather than starting a career from sctratch. My big worry is that this could happen again if I don't know what caused it this time. I was wondering if this had happened to anyone else? Thanks for replying guys.

09-23-05, 06:46 PM	#5
gary1701 Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Stowmarket Suffolk UK Posts: 11 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hi, Yes, same thing here a few weeks ago. type IX career, saved at sea for safety (despite near having constant CTDs when saving this career mid ocean upon coming back to it), loaded back up later and complete career had disappeared. Strangely my VII career, saved under a different name was unaffected. No idea what happened. Seems odd that one career can be so bugged (IX), yet the other (VII) never has any problems. Gary

09-24-05, 02:42 AM	#7
Tombomsee Seaman Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hamburg Posts: 32 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	Files are located in SH3\data\cfg\Careers\[profile name]\[number of career]\ Within each career folder there are 9 files named corresponding to the name of the save and 1 file named crew_config_[save].cfg Hope it helps, got that nasty vanishing saves bug myself only when CTD for two times.

09-24-05, 05:43 AM	#8
QB Watch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 15 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the input guys. It sure helps knowing where the save files are located. I am going to backup more often now. Interesting though, I have looked in the SH3 folder in my documents, and sure enough there is a career folder that contains the nine files that Tombomsee mentions, but only for my most recent save from last night, which was a totally new career. Although I had a backup of my instal, I did not have a backup of the SH3 folder in my docs.

09-24-05, 11:08 AM	#9
QB Watch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 15 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Now another problem regarding saves! I just docked back at base after my first patrol. The captains log confirms that I sank 4 merchants, totalling 23317 tons. Unfortunately, according to the list of top captains, I show my first patrol as having sunk NO ships! There are no awards or renown earnt for the patrol.