Help!!!Sinking records are missing!

[CapnScurvy]

Not receiving credit for sinking ships after a "saved" game point could be an indication something isn't right between your main game files found in the default "Ubisoft/Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacific" folder (modded or not), and your "Documents/SH4" folder (where your game preferences and "saved" game points are kept).

The "SH4" folder is made/remade everytime the game is started and finds either the file is missing, or changed (like when you "activate" a new mod and the mod has changed one of the files that the SH4 folder contains). An important group of files that are checked/added to the SH4 folder are the .UPC files. If a mod has modified these files, the SH4 folder will replace the older files with the modded ones. TMO and OTC both have these .upc files (I don't know about the others).

Least it will IF you followed some basic rules with mod "Activation":

Add mods when you're in port...between missions, if, your not going to start over with a new Campaign. NEVER use the Windows Alt-Tab keystroke to return to Desktop!! The game doesn't recognize the feature, and won't accept the changes to the SH4 folder if the game is running in the background. Always close the game by exiting through the menu's in order to add mods to your game. Restarting will allow the SH4 folder to update to the new modded files. For me, I'd treat the SH4 folder as something like your socks.....change it often for better use!! Delete the whole folder....it will make another. Sure, you'll lose that Campaign you're almost finished with, or the saved point that has you sinking 3 Battleships with one torpedo, or your preferences of screen resolution......but do it anyway to keep the game running as expected.

Flaminus, you've got quite a mod list:

1_TriggerMaru_Overhaul_2-5
Real Environment RSRDC_TMO by Kriller + Caustic
RSRDC_TMO_V502
RSRDC_V5xx_Patch1
1.5_Optical Targeting Correction 031312 for RSRDCv502
1.5_OTC_Realistic Scopes for 16 to 9 RSRDCv502
Bigger Better Protractors
TMO_Sample_Emblem
#4 PE4 Ship_debris_SH4_with bodies
TDW_Ship_Plane_Fire_Damage_v1_3_SH4
TheDarkWraith_DC_Water_Disturbance_v2_0_SH4

Where all these mods "activated" at the start of your existing Campaign, or have you been adding some as you go along? Besides knowing how to add mods to your game, and when, you should also know..... don't replay a saved game point that didn't have the same mod list when you "saved" the point. If game files have changed since you "saved" a particular event, don't expect the game to work as expected with the files being different.

As was pointed out, when you start a mission and begin your first "save", name it "FirstMiss1", or something like that. On your next save point, don't just add it to the first saved point......make a new title like "FirstMiss2", and so on. By constantly adding to a single mission save point, you'll have quite a large file for the game to keep track of. Making a new title will keep them smaller and less likely to lose content. AND, delete the older ones as you move along in your Campaign.

Besides these "basics", there's also the possibility that you didn't get credit for a sinking due to the fact the ship didn't sink. Did you see it sink? Was there an icon on the Navigation Map of the ship sunk? I'm suspecting there was since the ships showed sunk on your ships log...but you just never know!? There's all kinds of "fixes" for issues with saved games, from never save when you're less than a certain distance from shore, or to another Task Force. Some say you should submerge and sit at a certain depth before saving. Might as well try standing on one leg and whistle Dixie!