Lag Issues with Captain's Log

04-04-07, 07:45 PM

There seems to be an irritating Career Mode bug with the Captain's Log where it freezes the game (I can hear sound, but nothing is moving) while it loads the data on each page of the clipboard as I make the request to display it.

This problem becomes compounded (in other words, much worse) after you spend a couple of days at sea on a patrol or mission.

I believe it has to do with the inbound contact reports I receive from other ships on a frequent basis.

Any ideas on how to resolve this problem?

donut · 04-04-07, 07:57 PM

You need another gig of ram,ordered mine today.Is your mouse pointer limp.

I may stand corrected.

04-04-07, 08:05 PM

I have two gigs of RAM.

mookiemookie · 04-04-07, 08:07 PM

See this thread for the workaround for this problem: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=110585

fair_weather · 04-04-07, 08:10 PM

I can vouche for this. Go out on a patrol for 1 month and it takes anywhere from 1 to 3 minutes to open the captains log. It makes checking your orders a pain...

Iron Budokan · 04-04-07, 08:22 PM

I just stopped opening it altogether.

04-04-07, 08:25 PM

Well, I'm on a new career in a Balao-class, after having studied them on Wikipedia recently. Figured I'd give them a try to see if they are as good as the books say.

We'll see how well the first patrol goes - provided the captain's log doesn't piss me off.

DirtyHarry3033 · 04-04-07, 09:15 PM

I don't know what it is with that "Captain's Log", I've got a fairly kick-*ss system but after a week or 2 at sea the log brings it to its knees. Frankly I can't see what the deal is here, all it's doing is loading a few K of text. Picture opening a text file containing that log in Notepad, it should be open in less than 1 second. What is UBI doing here, "simming" every event in the log in real time????

I wish I could find out where the log file is kept, I would make a habit of regularly going in and deleting all the non-essential crapola on a regular basis. Anyone know where it's stored? As it is now, I totally 100% ignore it, I'd like to finish just the next patrol (let alone the entire war) sometime before I die of old age...

DH

nfitzsimmons · 04-04-07, 09:18 PM

There's a mod available here that reduces the number of contact reports that you receive. That seems to help with, if not fix the problem.

DirtyHarry3033 · 04-04-07, 10:00 PM

Yeah I installed that mod last night. Hope it works, I'll find out whenever I get time for my next patrol.

But I think my biggest problem with the log is NOT contact reports, it is this same msg that I get OVER AND OVER again, about the sinking of a ship, the "General R.T. Frank", by a Jap sub with loss of all hands.

I get at least 2 or 3 copies of that message just about every day of the patrol - sometimes I might not get one for a day or 2, but then it's back. That's what's filling up my log and it drives me batsh*t. And since it's not a "contact" report, the contact mod won't fix it

DH

04-04-07, 10:34 PM

That would be a news report.

04-04-07, 07:45 PM	#1
NKato Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Lag Issues with Captain's Log There seems to be an irritating Career Mode bug with the Captain's Log where it freezes the game (I can hear sound, but nothing is moving) while it loads the data on each page of the clipboard as I make the request to display it. This problem becomes compounded (in other words, much worse) after you spend a couple of days at sea on a patrol or mission. I believe it has to do with the inbound contact reports I receive from other ships on a frequent basis. Any ideas on how to resolve this problem?

04-04-07, 07:57 PM	#2
donut The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: The Shifting, Whispering Sands, NM Posts: 1,463 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	You need another gig of ram,ordered mine today.Is your mouse pointer limp. I may stand corrected. Last edited by donut; 04-04-07 at 08:20 PM. Reason: spoke to soon

04-04-07, 08:07 PM	#4
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	See this thread for the workaround for this problem: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=110585 __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

04-04-07, 08:10 PM	#5
fair_weather Planesman Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 197 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I can vouche for this. Go out on a patrol for 1 month and it takes anywhere from 1 to 3 minutes to open the captains log. It makes checking your orders a pain... __________________ Information on the Real SS-228

04-04-07, 08:22 PM	#6
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I just stopped opening it altogether. __________________ "You will take on England wherever you find her ships, and you will break her power at sea." --Iron Coffins, Herbert A. Werner http://kennethmarkhoover.com

04-04-07, 08:05 PM	#3
NKato Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I have two gigs of RAM.

04-04-07, 08:25 PM	#7
NKato Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Well, I'm on a new career in a Balao-class, after having studied them on Wikipedia recently. Figured I'd give them a try to see if they are as good as the books say. We'll see how well the first patrol goes - provided the captain's log doesn't piss me off.

04-04-07, 09:15 PM	#8
DirtyHarry3033 Weps Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 351 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I don't know what it is with that "Captain's Log", I've got a fairly kick-*ss system but after a week or 2 at sea the log brings it to its knees. Frankly I can't see what the deal is here, all it's doing is loading a few K of text. Picture opening a text file containing that log in Notepad, it should be open in less than 1 second. What is UBI doing here, "simming" every event in the log in real time???? I wish I could find out where the log file is kept, I would make a habit of regularly going in and deleting all the non-essential crapola on a regular basis. Anyone know where it's stored? As it is now, I totally 100% ignore it, I'd like to finish just the next patrol (let alone the entire war) sometime before I die of old age... DH

04-04-07, 09:18 PM	#9
nfitzsimmons Planesman Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 180 Downloads: 118 Uploads: 0	There's a mod available here that reduces the number of contact reports that you receive. That seems to help with, if not fix the problem.

04-04-07, 10:00 PM	#10
DirtyHarry3033 Weps Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 351 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yeah I installed that mod last night. Hope it works, I'll find out whenever I get time for my next patrol. But I think my biggest problem with the log is NOT contact reports, it is this same msg that I get OVER AND OVER again, about the sinking of a ship, the "General R.T. Frank", by a Jap sub with loss of all hands. I get at least 2 or 3 copies of that message just about every day of the patrol - sometimes I might not get one for a day or 2, but then it's back. That's what's filling up my log and it drives me batsh*t. And since it's not a "contact" report, the contact mod won't fix it DH

04-04-07, 10:34 PM	#11
NKato Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	That would be a news report.