The SH5 Fix We Have All Been Waiting For Has Arrived

[siege00]

Originally Posted by THEBERBSTER

The tutorial has been updated.
Post #188 Revised Campaign Fix And Working Tonnage Bar By MaMa

Peter

Hi Peter,

Will the old method still work? I'm running TWoS, so no tonnage bar, and I always set the priority for osi.exe up when running SH5.

Reason I'm asking is because in general, ie. outside of SH5, I don't want background services to get priority over active user based programs.

Thanks!

[THEBERBSTER]

Hi siege
I am only the messenger in all this.

MaMa's original fix did not work for me but this workaround fix did.
The Wolves Of Steel & OHII Single Player Campaign Progress – Workaround By vdr1981

Logically I would assume you do not need to fix anything until you at the start of a gaming session where you are likely to be changing campaigns.
Those using the tonnage bar would need it active all the time.
I am sure MaMa or Vecko will be able to give you the information you want.

Peter

[vdr1981]

Originally Posted by siege00

Hi Peter,

Will the old method still work? I'm running TWoS, so no tonnage bar, and I always set the priority for osi.exe up when running SH5.

You dont really have to do that... All nesecery informations are already in TWoS thread...

- How can I pass from one campaign to the next one?
- Make sure to be ON PATROL when deadline date of last objective is reached (ending date of your current campaign), preferably somewhere at open seas without AI units in your vicinity . This is important so be careful if you use mods like "Change Days in Bunker"... The end date of first "Coastal Waters" campaign is 1st June 1940. Check ending dates for other campaigns here.
- If campaign transfer still fails to initialize when you reach campaign ending date, then you may wish to use this or this method to trigger campaign transfer correctly... For this method to work, the TDW patch which disables Uplay browser should be disabled. Note that Mama's solution with TWoS is necessary only when you expecting campaign transfer, on campaign ending. Before that date, you can load your gamesaves with or without setting OSI.exe priority, there will be no significant impact on campaign progress.
- Alternatively, you can use this workaround which will work for sure...SH5 campaign progress workaround

Reason I'm asking is because in general, ie. outside of SH5, I don't want background services to get priority over active user based programs.

Thanks!

Hm, maybe you're right... This indeed can be a problem, especcially on low spec systems...

[THEBERBSTER]

Hi Vecko
I have included your workaround in the tutorial as an option.
Peter

[siege00]

Thanks Peter and Vecko!

I'm going to have to keep separate notes for SH3 and SH5 megamods. Subsim has to be the most complete forum supporting a sim/game series I've ever come across. Though the issue with that is sometimes the info can be hard to find due to the sheer amount of content. I definitely prefer it this way though compared to the information just not existing. Love the fact that everyone is so helpful as well.

Thanks again! Loving so far TWoS by the way

[MaMa]

Originally Posted by siege00

Hi Peter,

Will the old method still work? I'm running TWoS, so no tonnage bar, and I always set the priority for osi.exe up when running SH5.

Reason I'm asking is because in general, ie. outside of SH5, I don't want background services to get priority over active user based programs.

Thanks!

Hi Siege00 !

I made several tests (running games and various programs) with my two PC (a desktop and a notebook, the latter is a medium specs computer), both of them set with background services priority, and until now i have not seen any problem.

I'm quite interested to know if low specs computers experiences slowdown episodes or any other problems... so, if you have some informations to share, they are more than welcome !

Beside that, if you don't want to change your system settings, you can continue to use my first fix (assuming that in your case was functioning well) at will !

[siege00]

Originally Posted by MaMa

Hi Siege00 !

I made several tests (running games and various programs) with my two PC (a desktop and a notebook, the latter is a medium specs computer), both of them set with background services priority, and until now i have not seen any problem.

I'm quite interested to know if low specs computers experiences slowdown episodes or any other problems... so, if you have some informations to share, they are more than welcome !

Beside that, if you don't want to change your system settings, you can continue to use my first fix (assuming that in your case was functioning well) at will !

Hi MaMa, thanks for the reply. A lot of it comes down to what people have running on their machines and what they use them for. For most users it probably won't make a difference since they aren't running a lot of background processes. I'm running on a pretty beefy computer, but often have multiple things going on in the background that would chew up cycles (rendering, compiling, DB services, etc.) Especially the DB stuff... SQL in particular will really chew up proc/mem if it's allowed to. The only older/low spec system I have won't even run SH5.

Thanks for the help and the mods!

[MaMa]

Useful informations for me, siege00 .

Thanks again !

[Husksubsky]

Me too I like to try first method first. Wouldn t be a problem to load a "safe" save just before end date of campaign end and change to new method if I dont get the jump?then change back if I prefer?
If my crt ammount of tons in the savegames increase it means things work as intended I guess and a tonnage bar would have increased?I play TWOS and I know tonnage is not important , but I just like to see that things work.

[MaMa]

Originally Posted by Husksubsky

Me too I like to try first method first. Wouldn t be a problem to load a "safe" save just before end date of campaign end and change to new method if I dont get the jump?then change back if I prefer?
If my crt ammount of tons in the savegames increase it means things work as intended I guess and a tonnage bar would have increased?I play TWOS and I know tonnage is not important , but I just like to see that things work.

No problem Husksubsky !

You can try the first or the second one at will and with any savegame you want.

Just remember that TWOS mod has a modified campaign and i think that the objectives have changed (vdr1981 can surely be of more help than me about that) so i do not know if everything's working as it should with the tonnage bar... however, the campaign transition should work correctly with no problem at all !

[drakuel]

I run TWOS mod, my campaigns should end by the date.. I guess my question is do I need this MOD since I am not using tonnage for my end missions?