Time Compression Tool Box missing in campaign

Ismael · 06-27-21, 04:42 AM

Hi there!

My problem is the one mentioned in headline: re-installed SH5 after I had troubles with certain mods and found myself with no time compression at hand. Maybe I deleted view with a short-cut? As I got a keyboard w/o numpad I cannot activate time compression from there, too.

Even the Baltic Sea is too big for me to run a campaign in real time, so any help much appreciated!

Regards, Ismael

InterestingNameTaken · 06-28-21, 11:46 AM

The only thing I can think of is to delete your entire silent hunter 5 directory in the ubisoft/steam install location and then reinstalling the game through whichever platform again.

In my experience I always had to delete every trace of the game from my computer as some mod folders and data files still lingered after clicking uninstall on steam.

I heard some people say you must restart you computer after removing and uninstalling the files but I have no idea if there is any substance to these recommendations (does it actually make a difference?)

Sorry that I cannot be more useful. This game can be troubling at times and it took me a while to get it working again after I broke it....

-Linus

Ismael · 06-29-21, 06:42 AM

Thanks for your help. Did as suggested (vanilla installation, no mods), still in campaign-mode the Time compression tool box isn´t displayed. Haven´t tried any other mission or new campaign, yet.

As said before: is there some shortcut to display and hide the toolbox (which I might have hit by accident), is there some "reality option" I might have a activated, which doesn´t allow time compression? I am still in the early stage of the Baltic campaign - and close to uninstall the whole game again for the reason not willing to return to Kiel in real time ...

Aktungbby · 06-29-21, 11:04 AM

Ismael!

Ismael · 06-30-21, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Ismael!

Thank you!

les green01 · 06-30-21, 11:18 AM

is it just your tc box or the bottom stuff and left sidebar

InterestingNameTaken · 06-30-21, 11:40 PM

To further what les green said:

If it is a HUD problem I believe the key bind to bring back to HUD is shift+z

Other than that I am not sure what this problem could be...

Ismael · 07-01-21, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by les green01

is it just your tc box or the bottom stuff and left sidebar

Thank you both for your continuing help: The tool bars in the left lower corner and icons in the right upper corner are there (tried the shift+z and is working to show and hide both of them), but the small tool compression box is still missing. I already wonder if this is a bug among the very first mission in campaign. (Had several vanilla installations and restarts.) Otherwise: Could one find a .dll where to unbox the time compression tool?

Regards! (Und immer eine Handbreit Wasser unter dem Kiel!)

les green01 · 07-01-21, 01:09 PM

are you playing with TWoS or any other mods clean regular sh5 is a bugfest

Ismael · 07-02-21, 04:24 AM

Hi Les Green!

I had TWoS installed and as I found it too much changing I deleted this mod, then to uninstall SH5 and completely re-install it. With the "Revo Uninstaller" I searched for any remaining data and learned that I even had to upload UPlay again (= no Steam Version).
Yesterday I found that certain campaign missions I had in the Ubisoft cloud worked with the Time Compression toolbox showing! (But when I reached Kiel the whole campaign got stuck and I couldn´t continue it ...)

The cloud-saved campaigns that don´t show the TC toolbox are the ones I started after updating from V1.2 with the game updater on disk (!) - maybe here´s the cause for my trouble? Still it didn´t help to re-install the whole game, update it, leave out any mods and start a new campaign.
I wonder if I should bother you with that (as there seems no easy solution at hand) and leave it the way it is.

Edit: All historic missions work fine, must be a "campaign problem", maybe caused by running the game in different installations when saved to the Uplay cloud (?).
Best Wishes!

les green01 · 07-02-21, 08:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ismael

Hi Les Green!

I had TWoS installed and as I found it too much changing I deleted this mod, then to uninstall SH5 and completely re-install it. With the "Revo Uninstaller" I searched for any remaining data and learned that I even had to upload UPlay again (= no Steam Version).
Yesterday I found that certain campaign missions I had in the Ubisoft cloud worked with the Time Compression toolbox showing! (But when I reached Kiel the whole campaign got stuck and I couldn´t continue it ...)

The cloud-saved campaigns that don´t show the TC toolbox are the ones I started after updating from V1.2 with the game updater on disk (!) - maybe here´s the cause for my trouble? Still it didn´t help to re-install the whole game, update it, leave out any mods and start a new campaign.
I wonder if I should bother you with that (as there seems no easy solution at hand) and leave it the way it is.

Edit: All historic missions work fine, must be a "campaign problem", maybe caused by running the game in different installations when saved to the Uplay cloud (?).
Best Wishes!

running from differnt installments on saves can mess it up a fresh install and a new campaign start should fix the issue are you running the game from program files

Ismael · 07-03-21, 01:26 AM

Hi there!

I always followed the advice found here and installed ubisoft/silent hunter outside the "program files" and "directly" under C: or E: (hard disk).

Sad to say that I did several fresh installments and half a dozen new starts in campaign mode without changes to the "missing TC tool box".

Edit: I feel stupid! The Time Compression Toolbox re-appeared in first mission of German campaign when the course was set for Kiel. Before that I had made a course along the Baltic Coast not ending in that harbour as suggested. Everything is fine now, thank you for your support and accept my apologies for keeping you busy that long. Best Wishes!

06-27-21, 04:42 AM	#1
Ismael Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Near Berlin, Germany Posts: 6 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	Time Compression Tool Box missing in campaign Hi there! My problem is the one mentioned in headline: re-installed SH5 after I had troubles with certain mods and found myself with no time compression at hand. Maybe I deleted view with a short-cut? As I got a keyboard w/o numpad I cannot activate time compression from there, too. Even the Baltic Sea is too big for me to run a campaign in real time, so any help much appreciated! Regards, Ismael Last edited by Ismael; 06-28-21 at 04:41 AM. Reason: P.S.: Had a vanilla installation when adding certain small mods, disabled them all - still no Time Compression Toolbox.

06-29-21, 06:42 AM	#3
Ismael Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Near Berlin, Germany Posts: 6 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	Thanks for your help. Did as suggested (vanilla installation, no mods), still in campaign-mode the Time compression tool box isn´t displayed. Haven´t tried any other mission or new campaign, yet. As said before: is there some shortcut to display and hide the toolbox (which I might have hit by accident), is there some "reality option" I might have a activated, which doesn´t allow time compression? I am still in the early stage of the Baltic campaign - and close to uninstall the whole game again for the reason not willing to return to Kiel in real time ... Last edited by Ismael; 06-29-21 at 08:30 AM.

06-29-21, 11:04 AM	#4
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,888 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard! Ismael! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

06-30-21, 11:18 AM	#6
les green01 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Freeman Missouri Posts: 1,735 Downloads: 1375 Uploads: 0	is it just your tc box or the bottom stuff and left sidebar __________________ I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done. Audie Murphy

07-01-21, 01:09 PM	#9
les green01 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Freeman Missouri Posts: 1,735 Downloads: 1375 Uploads: 0	are you playing with TWoS or any other mods clean regular sh5 is a bugfest __________________ I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done. Audie Murphy

06-28-21, 11:46 AM	#2
InterestingNameTaken Captain of U-30 in SH5 Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: New York Posts: 13 Downloads: 106 Uploads: 0	The only thing I can think of is to delete your entire silent hunter 5 directory in the ubisoft/steam install location and then reinstalling the game through whichever platform again. In my experience I always had to delete every trace of the game from my computer as some mod folders and data files still lingered after clicking uninstall on steam. I heard some people say you must restart you computer after removing and uninstalling the files but I have no idea if there is any substance to these recommendations (does it actually make a difference?) Sorry that I cannot be more useful. This game can be troubling at times and it took me a while to get it working again after I broke it.... -Linus

06-30-21, 11:40 PM	#7
InterestingNameTaken Captain of U-30 in SH5 Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: New York Posts: 13 Downloads: 106 Uploads: 0	To further what les green said: If it is a HUD problem I believe the key bind to bring back to HUD is shift+z Other than that I am not sure what this problem could be...

07-02-21, 04:24 AM	#10
Ismael Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Near Berlin, Germany Posts: 6 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	Hi Les Green! I had TWoS installed and as I found it too much changing I deleted this mod, then to uninstall SH5 and completely re-install it. With the "Revo Uninstaller" I searched for any remaining data and learned that I even had to upload UPlay again (= no Steam Version). Yesterday I found that certain campaign missions I had in the Ubisoft cloud worked with the Time Compression toolbox showing! (But when I reached Kiel the whole campaign got stuck and I couldn´t continue it ...) The cloud-saved campaigns that don´t show the TC toolbox are the ones I started after updating from V1.2 with the game updater on disk (!) - maybe here´s the cause for my trouble? Still it didn´t help to re-install the whole game, update it, leave out any mods and start a new campaign. I wonder if I should bother you with that (as there seems no easy solution at hand) and leave it the way it is. Edit: All historic missions work fine, must be a "campaign problem", maybe caused by running the game in different installations when saved to the Uplay cloud (?). Best Wishes! Last edited by Ismael; 07-02-21 at 05:44 AM.

07-03-21, 01:26 AM	#12
Ismael Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Near Berlin, Germany Posts: 6 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	Hi there! I always followed the advice found here and installed ubisoft/silent hunter outside the "program files" and "directly" under C: or E: (hard disk). Sad to say that I did several fresh installments and half a dozen new starts in campaign mode without changes to the "missing TC tool box". Edit: I feel stupid! The Time Compression Toolbox re-appeared in first mission of German campaign when the course was set for Kiel. Before that I had made a course along the Baltic Coast not ending in that harbour as suggested. Everything is fine now, thank you for your support and accept my apologies for keeping you busy that long. Best Wishes! Last edited by Ismael; 07-04-21 at 04:32 AM.