shcollisions.act crash

[TorpX]

Originally Posted by Domanating

The order is
TMO2.5>RSRDC>25%torp damage

But where is the TMO2_fix_for_TDW_DC_Water_Disturbance_v2_0_SH4.dat in the above? I don't know the details of these mods and do not use them, but the CTD's you describe sound like the problems people reported with this one. My guess is that if you leave out either TDW_DC_Water_Disturbance_v2_0_SH4, or the 25%+torp damage mod, you will eliminate the crashes. In other words they don't want to play well together.

[Domanating]

Originally Posted by TorpX

But where is the TMO2_fix_for_TDW_DC_Water_Disturbance_v2_0_SH4.dat in the above? I don't know the details of these mods and do not use them, but the CTD's you describe sound like the problems people reported with this one. My guess is that if you leave out either TDW_DC_Water_Disturbance_v2_0_SH4, or the 25%+torp damage mod, you will eliminate the crashes. In other words they don't want to play well together.

The TMO2_fix_for_TDW_DC_Water_Disturbance_v2_0_SH4.dat was inside TMO2.5/data/library.

So now I activated ONLY TMO2.5 with the following changes:

>removed water disturbances mod
>replaced default TMO torpedo_US.zon file with 25% torpedo damage file

Result: shcollisions.dat crash.
If I replace the default TMO Torpedo_US file back in TMO2.5 the game no longer crashes. The problem is clearly the torpedo mod. I just don't get why it worked before formatting my PC.

[Domanating]

Update!

This time I removed TMO2.5 and only activated the torpedo mod. So basically I just replaced the game's stock Torpedo_US.zon with the modded one and now it doesn't crash!

So now there is something in TMO2.5, which along with the torpedo mod causes the crash. It's not the Water disturbances mod because I already ruled that out

I'll tweak the TMO2.5 and try to find which folder/folders are causing the issue

[Domanating]

Update number 2!

Lucky me, at 3rd attempt I found that the TMO2.5 Library folder is causing the crash. Without it the game runs well along with the torpedo mod. Now to find the specific file that causes the error.

[Moonlight]

@Domanating, I have to say that your detective skills are coming on leaps and bounds.

[Domanating]

Originally Posted by Moonlight

@Domanating, I have to say that your detective skills are coming on leaps and bounds.

Hehe, thanks Moonlight

Here's update 3!

I decided to put the Library folder back in TMO but this time I removed every file with the name "Torpedo_US" on it, except the .zon file, which will be overwritten by the torpedo mod.
The files that have been excluded are the following:
Torpedo_US.dsd
Torpedo_US.sim
Torpedo_US.dat

With these changes The game ran without any crashes. That meant that one of those 3 files or all are causing the crash.

After a number of tests I was able to rule out the .dsd file, leaving the .sim and .dat files as the possible culprits.

Apparently the 2 remaining files cannot be separated or else the game crashes during loading of a mission. So I'm unable to identify which one or maybe, if both files are the cause.

The problem has been found! Now does anyone know what and how those 2 files affect the game? I think the .sim file is related to duds and torpedo failures in general. But I'm not sure what the .dat file does.
Any help for this last question would be appreciated and I won't annoy you anymore, at least I hope

P.s: Tomorrow I'll test with all mods and see if the issue has been definitely fixed

[TorpX]

It looks like you are zeroing in on the problem very effectively.

I apologize for pointing you toward a dead end.