CTD Uclass Submarine

Strategun · 11-24-19, 11:30 PM

Hello there captains once more!

I had started a new campaign with Real Navigation this time with the TWoS mod (without RealNav was just racking up kills and was starting to get boring). I was quite liking it, was doing the first mission in the Baltic, had sunk the minelayer (I cheated there a bit by reloading a couple of times going to be honest) and went into the Danzig Bay and sunk another european medium composite freighter, this time without reloading. Two sunken ships with real nav and without external camera. Was starting to get excited, was returning to Kiel after having being ordered to. Then I came accross a U-Class submarine, probably polish, because it carried no flag but when I ordered my crew to fire at will with the deck gun they started attacking it. This is where the problem starts.

I usually keep two saves, and was about to leave when I was about 2500m from the Uclass submarine. When I tried to come back to the game, it would CTD whenever I tried to reload the game. No biggie I guess, I'll just load the other save shortly from when I sank the freigther. CTD again. Whelp! Let me try the autosave which is 4 mins before the 2nd save. CTD again. Well... does this mean this career is over? I really don't want to start again after having spent 8 hours on this Career... the whole weekend gone... I even tried deleting special.txt from the save files but no good...

And this is not the first time I had problems with the Uclass submarine. When I first started playing again roughly a month ago, I had the exact same problem when I was engaging this Uclass sub in Danzig bay. And the career went to hell because of it, no saves worked, no matter how old... please help! Is there anything I can do to salvage this save? I managed to start a new career just fine with no CTD, but when I try to load any of the other saves.... BAH

THEBERBSTER · 11-25-19, 06:34 AM

Hi S

Quote:

I came accross a U-Class submarine,

You are not the first player to have had problems when attacking the Polish submarine.
I would recommend to make at least one manual game save before completing your objective.
I always make one before the sighting of the 2 warships, exit to the main menu and reload it.

I have found that B.O. around the Danzig Bay area can be a bit unstable and also attacking ships docked in past games have caused a ctd.
Peter

Strategun · 11-25-19, 07:00 AM

I guess I'm going to have to start over again. Avoid that damned Uclass sub like the plague and try to finish the Baltic mission in one playthrough... and keep a heap of non-overwriting saves just in case, at least 5 or 6... dang it. No way to edit the save to reposition my uboat? Or delete the polish Uclass sub? Or any other way to salvage it? Sniff.

Also, it must really be the Uclass sub, the freighter that I attacked wasn't docked, was roughly in the middle of Danzig bay (north south wise) almost near the exit (east west)

THEBERBSTER · 11-25-19, 03:50 PM

Hi S
The Polish sub makes a few passes across Danzig Bay and is possibly passive?
I have never had it fire at me.
I would suggest not making a game save close to Danzig Bay but you do want to make one when your objective has completed at some point.
Making a game save before the war starts on the 1st September I find is a good or around 20km from the X mark so it gives me a back up if things go wrong.
I would always suggest going back to the main menu and load the game save as using a Resume game save might give you a ctd if you need to use that game save.
I always make a game save at 200km from Kiel although Vecko says it is not needed I find it is better to break up the journey rather than having to go back a couple of days if something goes wrong.
Peter

Strategun · 12-03-19, 04:38 AM

I've restarted the game and it is indeed the Uclass submarine the culprit of the CTDs. Managed to sink both the minesweeper and the destroyer this time, with the help of the Luftwaffe who distracted the Task Force. Saved right after I sank both ships. Then as I started moving towards Danzig bay, I've picked up the Uclass sub on my hydro, and as soon as it's in range, problems start. All saves within range of the Uclass sub become corrupt, but fortunately the save right after I sank the task force wasn't corrupt. Managed to patrol the bay in a long playthrough, sank another ship, a coal freighter 2900t, then I got the heck out of there and TC'd to 512 moving towards Kiel. Halfway through the journey I saved again and this time it worked, no save game corruption, was able to save and load. Huzzah. Heads up for all new players: avoid that Uclass sub like the plague and never save the game when you're near it. 3rd time within 3 different playthroughs that I've managed to replicate this bug/glitch.

THEBERBSTER · 12-03-19, 05:49 AM

Hi Sg
At the point where you had sunk the task force you would have received a message ordering you to your new base in Kiel and IIRC you get an automatic game save as well.
At this point I would move towards Kiel and not gone near Danzig Bay where you know the Polish sub is patrolling.
Peter

vdr1981 · 12-03-19, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Strategun

Heads up for all new players: avoid that Uclass sub like the plague and never save the game when you're near it. 3rd time within 3 different playthroughs that I've managed to replicate this bug/glitch.

Because of this thread I tested campaign start in Danzing just few days ago and didn't have any issues with Polish submarines. I've even managed to sink one with my deck gun.

Are you sure that everything is OK with your game/mod installation?

EDIT:
Nope...tested again and no problems when saving near or destroying Polish submarines in Danzing...

I would suggest full game re installation and fresh campaign start...

11-24-19, 11:30 PM	#1
Strategun Swabbie Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: Portugal Posts: 12 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	CTD Uclass Submarine Hello there captains once more! I had started a new campaign with Real Navigation this time with the TWoS mod (without RealNav was just racking up kills and was starting to get boring). I was quite liking it, was doing the first mission in the Baltic, had sunk the minelayer (I cheated there a bit by reloading a couple of times going to be honest) and went into the Danzig Bay and sunk another european medium composite freighter, this time without reloading. Two sunken ships with real nav and without external camera. Was starting to get excited, was returning to Kiel after having being ordered to. Then I came accross a U-Class submarine, probably polish, because it carried no flag but when I ordered my crew to fire at will with the deck gun they started attacking it. This is where the problem starts. I usually keep two saves, and was about to leave when I was about 2500m from the Uclass submarine. When I tried to come back to the game, it would CTD whenever I tried to reload the game. No biggie I guess, I'll just load the other save shortly from when I sank the freigther. CTD again. Whelp! Let me try the autosave which is 4 mins before the 2nd save. CTD again. Well... does this mean this career is over? I really don't want to start again after having spent 8 hours on this Career... the whole weekend gone... I even tried deleting special.txt from the save files but no good... And this is not the first time I had problems with the Uclass submarine. When I first started playing again roughly a month ago, I had the exact same problem when I was engaging this Uclass sub in Danzig bay. And the career went to hell because of it, no saves worked, no matter how old... please help! Is there anything I can do to salvage this save? I managed to start a new career just fine with no CTD, but when I try to load any of the other saves.... BAH Last edited by Strategun; 11-25-19 at 05:33 AM.

11-25-19, 03:50 PM	#4
THEBERBSTER Growing Old Disgracefully Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Dibden Purlieu - Southampton Posts: 9,605 Downloads: 1123 Uploads: 0	Hi S The Polish sub makes a few passes across Danzig Bay and is possibly passive? I have never had it fire at me. I would suggest not making a game save close to Danzig Bay but you do want to make one when your objective has completed at some point. Making a game save before the war starts on the 1st September I find is a good or around 20km from the X mark so it gives me a back up if things go wrong. I would always suggest going back to the main menu and load the game save as using a Resume game save might give you a ctd if you need to use that game save. I always make a game save at 200km from Kiel although Vecko says it is not needed I find it is better to break up the journey rather than having to go back a couple of days if something goes wrong. Peter __________________ LSH3-2015 <> TUTORIALS <> ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW <> ALL IN ONE PLACE SH4 <> TUTORIALS <> HOW TO DO IT <> INFORMATION <> DOWNLOAD LINKS SH5 <> TUTORIALS <> HOW TO DO IT <> INFORMATION <> DOWNLOAD LINKS Always Here To Help A Fellow 'Subber' \| Need An Answer to A Question Just Send Me A PM

12-03-19, 05:49 AM	#6
THEBERBSTER Growing Old Disgracefully Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Dibden Purlieu - Southampton Posts: 9,605 Downloads: 1123 Uploads: 0	Hi Sg At the point where you had sunk the task force you would have received a message ordering you to your new base in Kiel and IIRC you get an automatic game save as well. At this point I would move towards Kiel and not gone near Danzig Bay where you know the Polish sub is patrolling. Peter __________________ LSH3-2015 <> TUTORIALS <> ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW <> ALL IN ONE PLACE SH4 <> TUTORIALS <> HOW TO DO IT <> INFORMATION <> DOWNLOAD LINKS SH5 <> TUTORIALS <> HOW TO DO IT <> INFORMATION <> DOWNLOAD LINKS Always Here To Help A Fellow 'Subber' \| Need An Answer to A Question Just Send Me A PM

11-25-19, 07:00 AM	#3
Strategun Swabbie Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: Portugal Posts: 12 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I guess I'm going to have to start over again. Avoid that damned Uclass sub like the plague and try to finish the Baltic mission in one playthrough... and keep a heap of non-overwriting saves just in case, at least 5 or 6... dang it. No way to edit the save to reposition my uboat? Or delete the polish Uclass sub? Or any other way to salvage it? Sniff. Also, it must really be the Uclass sub, the freighter that I attacked wasn't docked, was roughly in the middle of Danzig bay (north south wise) almost near the exit (east west)

12-03-19, 04:38 AM	#5
Strategun Swabbie Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: Portugal Posts: 12 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I've restarted the game and it is indeed the Uclass submarine the culprit of the CTDs. Managed to sink both the minesweeper and the destroyer this time, with the help of the Luftwaffe who distracted the Task Force. Saved right after I sank both ships. Then as I started moving towards Danzig bay, I've picked up the Uclass sub on my hydro, and as soon as it's in range, problems start. All saves within range of the Uclass sub become corrupt, but fortunately the save right after I sank the task force wasn't corrupt. Managed to patrol the bay in a long playthrough, sank another ship, a coal freighter 2900t, then I got the heck out of there and TC'd to 512 moving towards Kiel. Halfway through the journey I saved again and this time it worked, no save game corruption, was able to save and load. Huzzah. Heads up for all new players: avoid that Uclass sub like the plague and never save the game when you're near it. 3rd time within 3 different playthroughs that I've managed to replicate this bug/glitch.