Ships in Kiel harbor still sinking at patrol return

[melnibonian]

Have you saved the game close to the harbour? If not then it's a sort of a bug and needs fixing.

[SleazeyWombat]

Originally Posted by melnibonian

Have you saved the game close to the harbour? If not then it's a sort of a bug and needs fixing.

Do you mean just after leaving the harbor outbound for my patrol, or just before I get in when I return from patrol?

My PC has been having some heat issues lately (time for a good blow-job^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H dusting) and tends to crash at inopportune times during a patrol. So I save a lot, and I do tend to save as soon as I get out of the Kiel canal.

I have restarted once from a post-Kiel canal save, but I don't remember if that patrol ended with swamped vessels in Kiel though.

It is something I will pay attention to.

[melnibonian]

Check this out

Originally Posted by danlisa

There is a stock bug in SH3, where if you save near ANY port then when you return you will find that the AI looses their waypoints or are just on fire and sinking. The solution is to save when you are far away from any port.

[danlisa]

Copy & Paste, eh Mel??:hmm:

[melnibonian]

Originally Posted by danlisa

Copy & Paste, eh Mel??:hmm:

True. It was the simplest way to give a quick answer. I have properly credit you this time. It was not intentional mate and I'm trully sorry

[danlisa]

LOL, Don't be a prat mate, I don't mind.:rotfl:

[melnibonian]

Originally Posted by danlisa

LOL, Don't be a prat mate, I don't mind.:rotfl:

I know you're OK mate, but we have a saying back home: 'Good and honest explanations make good friendships'

[SleazeyWombat]

Originally Posted by melnibonian

Check this out

Thanks for the work around!

Glad to see this issue is being addressed.

One question:
How far away is far enough? 50 kilometers, the auto-return to port distance? Or further?

[danlisa]

I personally don't save while I'm within 300km of any scripted vessels. (read port traffic). This is probably overkill however, I would rather do that than return to port and see this bug.

[Wilcke]

Stupid question here....so while on patrol and its time to get back to Real Life...what is your procedure for shutting down SH3. I have SH3+1.4b+GWX1.02+SH3 Commander.

Wilcke

[Sailor Steve]

I make sure there are no enemy or neutral or friendly...oh, heck NO ships anywhere in sight, and just save the thing. I've never had a problem doing that.