SH3 Commander and port 'stop-overs'

U-104 · 11-28-06, 09:01 AM

"OK, I now distribute medals & promotions etc. Now, once I have done all that and return to the officers room I exit the game completely, relaunch SH3 via SH3 Commander?"

yes

bigboywooly · 11-28-06, 09:13 AM

You dont lose the renown - its added to your total
Its basically a new patrol and any new sinkings are just that
When you get to your home port you will only have renown for the patrol AFTER leaving the milchcow

Phoenix3000 · 11-28-06, 09:44 AM

Cheers Guys!

Thanks for the answers!

Px3000

Jan Kyster · 11-29-06, 06:31 PM

Hey
Very bad weather and seriously out of fuel forced us to enter Wilhelmshaven instead of homeport Kiel. Once in port did as mentioned above re medals etc saved, exited and reloaded SH3Commander. Decided we deserved a 2 week break after the long patrol north of Scotland (and current date is 24 december 1939 after all...) and selected a new patrolgrid a bit closer to home (AN73).

But after starting up again, we got kicked out of harbour the next day (25 dec) under armed escorte and with a NULL grid and no mission orders?

Tried several times, even selecting a save before entering Wilhemshaven and doing it all over, but no luck. One reload even gave me the clearest, bluest and brightest ocean I've ever seen - and nothing else all around. wth?! A map look-up said we were 800 km south of the african Goldcoast and 1500 km west of Gabon!

Found SH3Patrol and now have mission order for grid AN73, but the NULL value still shows... What am I doing wrong? Using SH3Commander ver. 2.61 which according to the readme should be able to handle this docking in friendly port thing?

Sailor Steve · 11-29-06, 06:39 PM

The "no orders and NULL grid" means that your orders are now to return to your home base. It's the standard SHIII assignment anytime you dock somewhere other than home. SH3 Commander changes the days in port, but that part stays the same.

Of course it doesn't say you can't go back out anywhere you want and sink a bunch of ships before ending up at home...

bigboywooly · 11-29-06, 08:33 PM

SH3Commander 2.6 will give you one day in another port
If you wasnt using it you would have got 28 days which is the standard time in between patrols

It does sometimes happen that you can end up by Africa though not sure why

JScones · 11-30-06, 02:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

SH3Commander 2.6 will give you one day in another port
If you wasnt using it you would have got 28 days which is the standard time in between patrols

It does sometimes happen that you can end up by Africa though not sure why

This is usually caused by installing mods mid-career (not to be confused with mid-patrol).

If the base you have docked at no longer exists, or has even been moved just a small amount, SH3 will send you to the west coast of Africa - or to be more specific, to 0 degrees lat, 0 degrees long.

I would summise that the reason for this is because SH3 can't reconcile the lat/long/heading values in your save game file (Careers_0.cfg) to a base in the LND file. No match = no "home".

11-28-06, 09:01 AM	#1
U-104 Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: United States Posts: 797 Downloads: 187 Uploads: 0	"OK, I now distribute medals & promotions etc. Now, once I have done all that and return to the officers room I exit the game completely, relaunch SH3 via SH3 Commander?" yes __________________ My heart is steadfast, O God. I will sing and make music with all my soul. Ps. 108:1 Survival of the fittest does not explain arrival of the fittest. we live in a single spoken sentence.. "God said, let there be"

11-28-06, 09:13 AM	#2
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	You dont lose the renown - its added to your total Its basically a new patrol and any new sinkings are just that When you get to your home port you will only have renown for the patrol AFTER leaving the milchcow __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

11-29-06, 06:39 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	The "no orders and NULL grid" means that your orders are now to return to your home base. It's the standard SHIII assignment anytime you dock somewhere other than home. SH3 Commander changes the days in port, but that part stays the same. Of course it doesn't say you can't go back out anywhere you want and sink a bunch of ships before ending up at home... __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

11-29-06, 08:33 PM	#6
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	SH3Commander 2.6 will give you one day in another port If you wasnt using it you would have got 28 days which is the standard time in between patrols It does sometimes happen that you can end up by Africa though not sure why __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

11-28-06, 09:44 AM	#3
Phoenix3000 Weps Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London, England (Usually in a pub...) Posts: 358 Downloads: 49 Uploads: 0	Cheers Guys! Thanks for the answers! Px3000

11-29-06, 06:31 PM	#4
Jan Kyster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,151 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	Hey Very bad weather and seriously out of fuel forced us to enter Wilhelmshaven instead of homeport Kiel. Once in port did as mentioned above re medals etc saved, exited and reloaded SH3Commander. Decided we deserved a 2 week break after the long patrol north of Scotland (and current date is 24 december 1939 after all...) and selected a new patrolgrid a bit closer to home (AN73). But after starting up again, we got kicked out of harbour the next day (25 dec) under armed escorte and with a NULL grid and no mission orders? Tried several times, even selecting a save before entering Wilhemshaven and doing it all over, but no luck. One reload even gave me the clearest, bluest and brightest ocean I've ever seen - and nothing else all around. wth?! A map look-up said we were 800 km south of the african Goldcoast and 1500 km west of Gabon! Found SH3Patrol and now have mission order for grid AN73, but the NULL value still shows... What am I doing wrong? Using SH3Commander ver. 2.61 which according to the readme should be able to handle this docking in friendly port thing?