Error Updated Personnel File in SH3 Commander

VONHARRIS · 01-30-11, 01:22 PM

I am sorry to say that I had the same problem and it was not fixed.
Finally I had to drop the career.

Sailor Steve · 01-30-11, 01:30 PM

1. Did you perform a Roll Back before you made changes? Or do you have 'Auto Roll Back' set? This is important as changing one thing in Commander can change others unless you do a Roll Back first.

2. It is a well-known problem with SH3 in general that you should not change things while at sea.

I'm not sure if either of those applies to this particular problem, but you may be out of luck for that career.

Tom · 01-30-11, 02:17 PM

I have had this problem too and managed to fix it. I just can't remember for sure which file caused the problem.

Anyway, go to your saved games folder for that career, probably something like:

\My Documents\SH3\data\cfg\Careers\"Captain Name"\

One of the files there contains an invalid date. I'm pretty sure it was one of the Log_*.cfg files, most likely Log_0.cfg in my case. Those files contain dates in the format:

Date=19390801

For whatever reason one of the dates was messed up and, if I recall correctly, read "Date=00000000", or something equally silly.

Fixing this line manually to show the correct date fixed the problem. Of course, figuring out what the correct date should be might be a problem. Just enter a date close enough if you're not sure. These dates are used to calculate the time spent at sea.

Osmium Steele · 05-26-11, 02:29 PM

I just had this problem a couple of nights ago. The dates in the log.cfg files were correct. I found the problem in the various Careers.cfg and Patrols.cfg files. They are found in the same folder noted above. They read:

StartMonth=0
StartDay=0
StartYear=0

Changed them all to the proper start date, and SH3 Commander created the personnel file just fine.

Captain Nemo · 05-27-11, 02:30 AM

I have also had this error after finishing a first patrol. It is attributed to upgrading your boat prior to commencing your first patrol although I didn't do this. The cure is to make a save just prior to docking and if the error rears it's ugly head, just reload that save and dock again and the error normally disappears. I have never had it happen to me in subsequent patrols though.

Nemo

Osmium Steele · 05-27-11, 07:25 AM

Yup, mine was a first patrol also, but no changes were made.

I had a CTD, finished the patrol from an earlier save, and Commander wouldn't create the personnel file.

I think it may have had something to do with SH3 mods not being rolled back due to the CTD, but that is just speculation on my part.

Dave Kay · 03-14-17, 12:25 AM

Greetings fellow Commanders, I see this thread is quite dated however, having had similar problems like it before, I have something of a solution to offer to this problem and it goes like this:

In the middle of a bold attack, inside convoy, in between the convoy lanes, we first torpedoed one Large Merc and then a small tanker and while those were sinking, as we lined up to give another fish to another small tanker, the game suddenly crashed with the signature WIN-XP "Windows has encountered a problem with SHIII and must..." etc.,. where WinXP nicely returned me to desktop.

Went back into game and looked for this commander's save dates for this mission and sure enough, there was his START PATROL DATE at Feb 7th 2017 at the top of list but--- my last good SAVE PRIOR TO THAT CRASH-DAY appeared above it, at the top of SAVE list, as Feb 1st 2017.

Make sense?

Got back out of game and went EXPLORER looking for that corrupted date. Eventually found the beggar in My Documents/SH3/data/cfg/Careers/(your Commanders-name folder)/0 (zero being the folder name)

Pondering what to do now I decided that attempting a make date changes to the TEN associated SAVE files in that folder was not a good idea so, I took a chance and just deleted them, (all ten associated files, associated with that corrupt date, inside that '0' folder) leaving everything else alone; let the chips fall where they may.

After all, we've all collectively, and quite probably, lost several thousand commanders to corrupt saves in the course of this game, so what the hell did I/we have to lose?

It worked~!

Started game from SH3 Commander, chose last GOOD SAVE DATE from my commander's list and have just come back from a successful THREE KILLS inside a convoy--- 2 small tankers and the Large Merc!

Hope this helps others as your learned posts have helped me today~!

CHEERS~!

01-30-11, 01:30 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	1. Did you perform a Roll Back before you made changes? Or do you have 'Auto Roll Back' set? This is important as changing one thing in Commander can change others unless you do a Roll Back first. 2. It is a well-known problem with SH3 in general that you should not change things while at sea. I'm not sure if either of those applies to this particular problem, but you may be out of luck for that career. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-26-11, 02:29 PM	#4
Osmium Steele Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Upper midwest USA Posts: 1,101 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I just had this problem a couple of nights ago. The dates in the log.cfg files were correct. I found the problem in the various Careers.cfg and Patrols.cfg files. They are found in the same folder noted above. They read: StartMonth=0 StartDay=0 StartYear=0 Changed them all to the proper start date, and SH3 Commander created the personnel file just fine. __________________ In the month of July of the year 1348, between the feasts of St. Benedict and of St. Swithin, a strange thing came upon England... My U297 build thread

05-27-11, 02:30 AM	#5
Captain Nemo Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 1,144 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	I have also had this error after finishing a first patrol. It is attributed to upgrading your boat prior to commencing your first patrol although I didn't do this. The cure is to make a save just prior to docking and if the error rears it's ugly head, just reload that save and dock again and the error normally disappears. I have never had it happen to me in subsequent patrols though. Nemo __________________ "I'm afraid there is no disguising the fact that King's obsession with the Pacific and the Battle of Washington cost us dear in the Battle of the Atlantic". Sir John Slessor GCB, DSO, MC, DL AOC-in-C Coastal Command RAF ___________________________________________

05-27-11, 07:25 AM	#6
Osmium Steele Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Upper midwest USA Posts: 1,101 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Yup, mine was a first patrol also, but no changes were made. I had a CTD, finished the patrol from an earlier save, and Commander wouldn't create the personnel file. I think it may have had something to do with SH3 mods not being rolled back due to the CTD, but that is just speculation on my part. __________________ In the month of July of the year 1348, between the feasts of St. Benedict and of St. Swithin, a strange thing came upon England... My U297 build thread

01-30-11, 01:22 PM	#1
VONHARRIS Konteradmiral Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Greece Posts: 1,992 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	I am sorry to say that I had the same problem and it was not fixed. Finally I had to drop the career.

01-30-11, 02:17 PM	#3
Tom Gunner Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Finland Posts: 97 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I have had this problem too and managed to fix it. I just can't remember for sure which file caused the problem. Anyway, go to your saved games folder for that career, probably something like: \My Documents\SH3\data\cfg\Careers\"Captain Name"\ One of the files there contains an invalid date. I'm pretty sure it was one of the Log_*.cfg files, most likely Log_0.cfg in my case. Those files contain dates in the format: Date=19390801 For whatever reason one of the dates was messed up and, if I recall correctly, read "Date=00000000", or something equally silly. Fixing this line manually to show the correct date fixed the problem. Of course, figuring out what the correct date should be might be a problem. Just enter a date close enough if you're not sure. These dates are used to calculate the time spent at sea.

03-14-17, 12:25 AM	#7
Dave Kay Gunner Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: AZ Posts: 93 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Greetings fellow Commanders, I see this thread is quite dated however, having had similar problems like it before, I have something of a solution to offer to this problem and it goes like this: In the middle of a bold attack, inside convoy, in between the convoy lanes, we first torpedoed one Large Merc and then a small tanker and while those were sinking, as we lined up to give another fish to another small tanker, the game suddenly crashed with the signature WIN-XP "Windows has encountered a problem with SHIII and must..." etc.,. where WinXP nicely returned me to desktop. Went back into game and looked for this commander's save dates for this mission and sure enough, there was his START PATROL DATE at Feb 7th 2017 at the top of list but--- my last good SAVE PRIOR TO THAT CRASH-DAY appeared above it, at the top of SAVE list, as Feb 1st 2017. Make sense? Got back out of game and went EXPLORER looking for that corrupted date. Eventually found the beggar in My Documents/SH3/data/cfg/Careers/(your Commanders-name folder)/0 (zero being the folder name) Pondering what to do now I decided that attempting a make date changes to the TEN associated SAVE files in that folder was not a good idea so, I took a chance and just deleted them, (all ten associated files, associated with that corrupt date, inside that '0' folder) leaving everything else alone; let the chips fall where they may. After all, we've all collectively, and quite probably, lost several thousand commanders to corrupt saves in the course of this game, so what the hell did I/we have to lose? It worked~! Started game from SH3 Commander, chose last GOOD SAVE DATE from my commander's list and have just come back from a successful THREE KILLS inside a convoy--- 2 small tankers and the Large Merc! Hope this helps others as your learned posts have helped me today~! CHEERS~!