Oops; stuck with no home port..

Greystone · 04-02-16, 03:51 PM

First off, thanks Mittelwaechter for the time & effort put into your response.
Before attempting to implement your suggestions, I left Lorient and went to where Brest is supposed to be and low & behold it was there, even though the word "Brest" was not on the map. While docked there, I realized I'd lost all my promotions, medals & choice of a new qualification. So I reloaded the Lorient docking and passed out all the perks to the crew before heading out again for the ghost port of Brest. Before departing, I noticed that I was missing one of my officers, having only 4 instead of 5. When I went to recruit a new one, the game informed me "Too many officers!" ie: as far as the game was concerned, I still had 5 officers.
Well, that did it. Goodbye vanilla. Welcome back GWX.
Since I'd never played a vanilla career, I thought I'd give it a shot. I could suffer through all the bugs & glitches I'd encountered up to now with vanilla, but enough is enough. I can see now what initially motivated the GWX team & others to roll up their sleeves & set things right.

Mittelwaechter · 04-02-16, 05:33 PM

Fine you've solved your problem.

The missing officer is ringing a bell.
Remember to empty the repair compartment before docking. The officer in there tends to disappear.

You'll find him in ... OwnData/MyDocuments ... \SH3\data\cfg\Careers\NAMEofKALEUN\Crew_Career_x.c fg - for x is the highest patrol number showing the crew arrangement of your latest patrol after docking - before promotions and medals and qualifications.

(...\Crew_Career_(x+1)0.cfg shows your new arrangement - right before leaving port).

Check for the missing officer's name and change his compartment to whatever is not occupied by some other officer and is lower than NrComp=7 (IIRC thats the repair compartment).

edit: just checked it - 11 should be the repair compartment - but 1 is the sonar room without an officer slot.
You may want to use 5 (forward torpedo room) or 8 (stern torpedo room), assuming you don't keep officers in there by default.

[CREW_MEMBER_0]
Name=Armin von Stetten
Index=5
NrComp=0

NrComp=0 is the conning tower

Your missing officer may appear two or three times in the CFG; some of his entries read NrComp=-1.
Change all his data to the same compartment.

Now load your last "end of patrol" savegame and he should show up. Redo the promotions etc. and you're good to go.

Greystone · 04-03-16, 12:42 PM

Again, thanks Mittelwaechter for your generous response..
However, I uninstalled, reinstalled, & implemented GWX3 into the game; am now on my first patrol of a new career.
You're right, though; I DID have that missing officer in the repair compartment, and will remember to empty out that location before docking in the future.

04-02-16, 05:33 PM	#2
Mittelwaechter The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,304 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Fine you've solved your problem. The missing officer is ringing a bell. Remember to empty the repair compartment before docking. The officer in there tends to disappear. You'll find him in ... OwnData/MyDocuments ... \SH3\data\cfg\Careers\NAMEofKALEUN\Crew_Career_x.c fg - for x is the highest patrol number showing the crew arrangement of your latest patrol after docking - before promotions and medals and qualifications. (...\Crew_Career_(x+1)0.cfg shows your new arrangement - right before leaving port). Check for the missing officer's name and change his compartment to whatever is not occupied by some other officer and is lower than NrComp=7 (IIRC thats the repair compartment). edit: just checked it - 11 should be the repair compartment - but 1 is the sonar room without an officer slot. You may want to use 5 (forward torpedo room) or 8 (stern torpedo room), assuming you don't keep officers in there by default. [CREW_MEMBER_0] Name=Armin von Stetten Index=5 NrComp=0 NrComp=0 is the conning tower Your missing officer may appear two or three times in the CFG; some of his entries read NrComp=-1. Change all his data to the same compartment. Now load your last "end of patrol" savegame and he should show up. Redo the promotions etc. and you're good to go. __________________ 10 happy wolves rear 90 blinded, ensnared sheep. 90 happy sheep banish the wolves. Arrest the 1% - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ6hg1oNeGE Last edited by Mittelwaechter; 04-02-16 at 05:49 PM.

04-02-16, 03:51 PM	#1
Greystone Sparky Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Francisco area Posts: 155 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	First off, thanks Mittelwaechter for the time & effort put into your response. Before attempting to implement your suggestions, I left Lorient and went to where Brest is supposed to be and low & behold it was there, even though the word "Brest" was not on the map. While docked there, I realized I'd lost all my promotions, medals & choice of a new qualification. So I reloaded the Lorient docking and passed out all the perks to the crew before heading out again for the ghost port of Brest. Before departing, I noticed that I was missing one of my officers, having only 4 instead of 5. When I went to recruit a new one, the game informed me "Too many officers!" ie: as far as the game was concerned, I still had 5 officers. Well, that did it. Goodbye vanilla. Welcome back GWX. Since I'd never played a vanilla career, I thought I'd give it a shot. I could suffer through all the bugs & glitches I'd encountered up to now with vanilla, but enough is enough. I can see now what initially motivated the GWX team & others to roll up their sleeves & set things right.

04-03-16, 12:42 PM	#3
Greystone Sparky Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Francisco area Posts: 155 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	Again, thanks Mittelwaechter for your generous response.. However, I uninstalled, reinstalled, & implemented GWX3 into the game; am now on my first patrol of a new career. You're right, though; I DID have that missing officer in the repair compartment, and will remember to empty out that location before docking in the future.