Soul Crushing Saved Mission Bug. Any way to fix?

Stargazer · 01-18-11, 04:57 AM

The moment I got home from work last night, roughly 18:05hrs, I booted up my PC and launched SH3.

I departed for patrol #16, a short run down to CF89. I searched the grid for two and half days and found nothing so I went looking for trouble in the busy areas between Britain and America.

After sinking a lone tanker with a single torpedo, I do a mid-mission save and continue.

I encounter a convoy and make a pigs ear of my approach. I spend an hour evading an escort ship before I surface and fight it old the old fashioned way.

I sink the escort, repair my damage and then save over my previous entry. I then realise I've saved with another Escort coming at me like a bat out of hell so I dive and resume evasive tactics (as best you can at 2knots).

I then get the luckiest shot EVER with two torpedo's out my aft tubes and sink the bitch. I save again.

Thinking I've now got an easy time of picking target out of the convoy I go back after them. A previously unseen 3rd Escort ship detects me and I go evasive yet again.

This time however I'm not so lucky, I take a lot of damge when a charge decides to park itself on the deck so I have to blow all ballast and go topside, noisy.

The silly sods then slam into my boat tip me over ont my side and then I'm told I'm dead.

Never fear... I saved frequently... I'll pick it up again and do it right this time.

I spend ages waiting for it to load, then I get the message "Not so Long ago...", then just as the command room is trying to fade in... BLAM! SH3 has encountered an error and needs to close.

This I got three times.

Is that it? Did five hours, FIVE HOURS of my live just go corrupt? All those evasive manoevres, all that time and effort, Five Hours!!! Are they just gone? Can I get them back? Is there a reason why this has happened? Is there a way to avoid it happening again?

If this is going to be my continuing experience, I can easily learn to unlove the sim. I don't want that to happen, but I'm not going to let something waste time like this. Any assistance answering anything in this thread that ended with a "?" would be most appreciated.

Cheers,

Rob.

SH3 + GWX3 & SH3C

01-18-11, 04:57 AM	#1
Stargazer A-ganger Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 76 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Soul Crushing Saved Mission Bug. Any way to fix? The moment I got home from work last night, roughly 18:05hrs, I booted up my PC and launched SH3. I departed for patrol #16, a short run down to CF89. I searched the grid for two and half days and found nothing so I went looking for trouble in the busy areas between Britain and America. After sinking a lone tanker with a single torpedo, I do a mid-mission save and continue. I encounter a convoy and make a pigs ear of my approach. I spend an hour evading an escort ship before I surface and fight it old the old fashioned way. I sink the escort, repair my damage and then save over my previous entry. I then realise I've saved with another Escort coming at me like a bat out of hell so I dive and resume evasive tactics (as best you can at 2knots). I then get the luckiest shot EVER with two torpedo's out my aft tubes and sink the bitch. I save again. Thinking I've now got an easy time of picking target out of the convoy I go back after them. A previously unseen 3rd Escort ship detects me and I go evasive yet again. This time however I'm not so lucky, I take a lot of damge when a charge decides to park itself on the deck so I have to blow all ballast and go topside, noisy. The silly sods then slam into my boat tip me over ont my side and then I'm told I'm dead. Never fear... I saved frequently... I'll pick it up again and do it right this time. I spend ages waiting for it to load, then I get the message "Not so Long ago...", then just as the command room is trying to fade in... BLAM! SH3 has encountered an error and needs to close. This I got three times. Is that it? Did five hours, FIVE HOURS of my live just go corrupt? All those evasive manoevres, all that time and effort, Five Hours!!! Are they just gone? Can I get them back? Is there a reason why this has happened? Is there a way to avoid it happening again? If this is going to be my continuing experience, I can easily learn to unlove the sim. I don't want that to happen, but I'm not going to let something waste time like this. Any assistance answering anything in this thread that ended with a "?" would be most appreciated. Cheers, Rob. SH3 + GWX3 & SH3C