Difficulty settings problem

Captain Bearman · 05-06-20, 03:34 AM

Greetings,

I have the Ubisoft version installed from a disk and patched to V1.4.

The problem is i try to have a custom difficulty which is 66% but when i select the features i want and press save changes then return to the game it reverts to 42% and seems no way to change this.

Can someone help me with the correct sequence of how to make a custom difficulty selection persist throughout an entire game.

I did select the wanted 66% before starting the game, pressed save but in gameplay notice things like fuel and battery remain forever at 100% so i know the settings have not persisted.

So how is it possible to set custom settings and have them persist ? Sorry if it sounds a dopey question .......

Kind Regards,

ETR3(SS) · 05-06-20, 04:58 AM

So there's two places to set your realism settings. One is in the main menu under Options. The other is in the career office on the bookshelf to the left, the clock/radio looking thing. The only way to change your career settings is via that clock/radio in the office.

Captain Bearman · 05-06-20, 07:56 AM

Thanks for the answer ..... but i've tried from the main menu where the changes do not persist.

Never yet tried from that location in the office though i will even though it means waiting till docking.

In the main menu where i have tried it seems straightforward .... select the changes with appropriate ticks then press save changes then exit by pressing BACK .... that seems the only possible procedure yet when reloading a save the settings are again 42% ...... i dont understand how and why this happens.

Col7777 · 05-06-20, 08:37 AM

@CB,
I'm fairly new to this so I'm guessing, have you deleted the SH4 folder in your documents then change the settings and see if that works, I'm under the impression your settings are saved from the previous game?

Col.

propbeanie · 05-06-20, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Captain Bearman

Thanks for the answer ..... but i've tried from the main menu where the changes do not persist.

Never yet tried from that location in the office though i will even though it means waiting till docking.

In the main menu where i have tried it seems straightforward .... select the changes with appropriate ticks then press save changes then exit by pressing BACK .... that seems the only possible procedure yet when reloading a save the settings are again 42% ...... i dont understand how and why this happens.

Look more closely at what ETR3(SS) wrote. The "Main Menu" Options screen controls your Gameplay options for the Single (Quick) missions, Quick Patrols and Multi-Player missions. When you are on Patrol in a career, as it sounds like your are, the only settings that "follow" you from the Main Menu into the campaign are the display settings and the audio settings. The GamePlay options will be set to whatever the "default" for the game / mod are, which may well be different from what you set on the Main Menu. When you get back into Port and in the Captain's Office and at the desk, look left toward the window and click on the radio console as ETR3(SS) wrote, and you have another set of Option available. Each career you have running can have its own set of GamePlay options, and you would still have independent control over the Single Missions and Patrols as well. It is somewhat confusing initially, but really is one of the better ideas the had in the UI for the game.

KaleunMarco · 05-06-20, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by propbeanie

Look more closely at what ETR3(SS) wrote. The "Main Menu" Options screen controls your Gameplay options for the Single (Quick) missions, Quick Patrols and Multi-Player missions. When you are on Patrol in a career, as it sounds like your are, the only settings that "follow" you from the Main Menu into the campaign are the display settings and the audio settings. The GamePlay options will be set to whatever the "default" for the game / mod are, which may well be different from what you set on the Main Menu. When you get back into Port and in the Captain's Office and at the desk, look left toward the window and click on the radio console as ETR3(SS) wrote, and you have another set of Option available. Each career you have running can have its own set of GamePlay options, and you would still have independent control over the Single Missions and Patrols as well. It is somewhat confusing initially, but really is one of the better ideas the had in the UI for the game.

Captain Bearman,
the only comment i will add to PB's comments is that GamePlay options are also affected by the Degree of Difficulty that you choose when you start your career.
good luck.

Captain Bearman · 05-09-20, 01:35 AM

Thanks everyone,

I tried the "office" settings and it works. The selected changes persist so it works.

At the start of the game i thought the settings from the main menu were the ones which would follow a career but apparently not and it's only those from the clock radio thing in the office which works.

Aktungbby · 05-09-20, 02:00 AM

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05-06-20, 03:34 AM	#1
Captain Bearman Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 5 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Difficulty settings problem Greetings, I have the Ubisoft version installed from a disk and patched to V1.4. The problem is i try to have a custom difficulty which is 66% but when i select the features i want and press save changes then return to the game it reverts to 42% and seems no way to change this. Can someone help me with the correct sequence of how to make a custom difficulty selection persist throughout an entire game. I did select the wanted 66% before starting the game, pressed save but in gameplay notice things like fuel and battery remain forever at 100% so i know the settings have not persisted. So how is it possible to set custom settings and have them persist ? Sorry if it sounds a dopey question ....... Kind Regards,

05-06-20, 04:58 AM	#2
ETR3(SS) Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between test depth and periscope depth Posts: 3,021 Downloads: 175 Uploads: 16	So there's two places to set your realism settings. One is in the main menu under Options. The other is in the career office on the bookshelf to the left, the clock/radio looking thing. The only way to change your career settings is via that clock/radio in the office. __________________ USS Kentucky SSBN 737 (G) Comms Div 2003-2006 Qualified 19 November 03 Yes I was really on a submarine.

05-06-20, 08:37 AM	#4
Col7777 Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 944 Downloads: 260 Uploads: 0	@CB, I'm fairly new to this so I'm guessing, have you deleted the SH4 folder in your documents then change the settings and see if that works, I'm under the impression your settings are saved from the previous game? Col. __________________ Silent and Violent

05-09-20, 01:35 AM	#7
Captain Bearman Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 5 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Success with "office" settings. Thanks everyone, I tried the "office" settings and it works. The selected changes persist so it works. At the start of the game i thought the settings from the main menu were the ones which would follow a career but apparently not and it's only those from the clock radio thing in the office which works.

05-09-20, 02:00 AM	#8
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05-06-20, 07:56 AM	#3
Captain Bearman Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 5 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the answer ..... but i've tried from the main menu where the changes do not persist. Never yet tried from that location in the office though i will even though it means waiting till docking. In the main menu where i have tried it seems straightforward .... select the changes with appropriate ticks then press save changes then exit by pressing BACK .... that seems the only possible procedure yet when reloading a save the settings are again 42% ...... i dont understand how and why this happens.