Just not right and i'm well pee'd off!

discomjim · 07-21-11, 07:15 AM

Hi all, Well i got into patrol 27 of a quite fruitful career, all the way to patrol 27 all of a sudden im getting the dreaded 'encountered a problem, program will be closed' box, Ive system restored back a week, Ive been very careful not to allow any updates etc. Im very peeved and wondering if anyones got any ideas.

Im running Vista, and game was SH3 GWX 3.0 Via SH3 Commander

IXD/2, flotilla 10

discomjim · 07-21-11, 07:17 AM

ps. It lets me get all the way through both loading screens and always crashes at the 'Not so long ago..'

Captain Nemo · 07-21-11, 08:00 AM

A bad save perhaps or are you starting a new patrol from port?

Nemo

discomjim · 07-21-11, 08:16 AM

no was halfway through patrol 27 and rolled back pc a week which took me back to patrol 21, same thing. Its definately a graphics/driver issue just cant see how, perplexing.

Fish In The Water · 07-21-11, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by discomjim

no was halfway through patrol 27 and rolled back pc a week which took me back to patrol 21, same thing. Its definately a graphics/driver issue just cant see how, perplexing.

Any issues with other apps or is it just SH3? If others are effected, it could be a RAM stick - in which case I'd run a memory test.

07-22-11, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Fish In The Water

Any issues with other apps or is it just SH3? If others are effected, it could be a RAM stick - in which case I'd run a memory test.

I had that problem. Never knew what it was, until the computer died.
New RAM stick, and no problems (so far).

Osmium Steele · 07-22-11, 07:22 AM

I had the same problem around patrol 24, and it was acting like a RAM problem. Each of the 3 saves for that patrol was crashing after the "Not So Long Ago..." screen. I had to start that patrol over completely, and that file had issues too, but would play. I think those problems had to do with not rolling back sh3 after the crashes from the other saves.

Once I restarted the patrol, had no problems.

Fish In The Water · 07-23-11, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Snestorm

I had that problem. Never knew what it was, until the computer died.
New RAM stick, and no problems (so far).

I'll keep my fingers crossed.

discomjim · 07-23-11, 07:53 AM

Had to re-image the whole pc and start again, time for a more game friendly pc i think

. using a crappy home/office pc at the moment.

Woolfman · 07-23-11, 08:17 AM

[QUOTE]using a crappy home/office pc at the moment.

Upgrade the office pc! Nothing beats SH3 at the office.

Woolfman

discomjim · 08-02-11, 08:02 AM

Wasnt SH3 or GWX or Commander, PC was in its death throes and is now (welcomly) departed, building me own

Admiral Von Gerlach · 08-02-11, 11:14 AM

Glad you found the cause,..that is disheartening to any U boat Kaptain.

flag4 · 08-02-11, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by discomjim

Wasnt SH3 or GWX or Commander, PC was in its death throes and is now (welcomly) departed, building me own

THE KING IS DEAD - LONG LIVE THE KING!!!

Sailor Steve · 08-02-11, 01:40 PM

On the other hand 27 patrols is roughly four times as many as any real-life commander did.

07-21-11, 07:15 AM	#1
discomjim Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 13 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Just not right and i'm well pee'd off! Hi all, Well i got into patrol 27 of a quite fruitful career, all the way to patrol 27 all of a sudden im getting the dreaded 'encountered a problem, program will be closed' box, Ive system restored back a week, Ive been very careful not to allow any updates etc. Im very peeved and wondering if anyones got any ideas. Im running Vista, and game was SH3 GWX 3.0 Via SH3 Commander IXD/2, flotilla 10

07-21-11, 07:17 AM	#2
discomjim Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 13 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	PS. ps. It lets me get all the way through both loading screens and always crashes at the 'Not so long ago..'

07-21-11, 08:00 AM	#3
Captain Nemo Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 1,144 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	A bad save perhaps or are you starting a new patrol from port? Nemo __________________ "I'm afraid there is no disguising the fact that King's obsession with the Pacific and the Battle of Washington cost us dear in the Battle of the Atlantic". Sir John Slessor GCB, DSO, MC, DL AOC-in-C Coastal Command RAF ___________________________________________

07-22-11, 07:22 AM	#7
Osmium Steele Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Upper midwest USA Posts: 1,101 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I had the same problem around patrol 24, and it was acting like a RAM problem. Each of the 3 saves for that patrol was crashing after the "Not So Long Ago..." screen. I had to start that patrol over completely, and that file had issues too, but would play. I think those problems had to do with not rolling back sh3 after the crashes from the other saves. Once I restarted the patrol, had no problems. __________________ In the month of July of the year 1348, between the feasts of St. Benedict and of St. Swithin, a strange thing came upon England... My U297 build thread

08-02-11, 08:02 AM	#11
discomjim Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 13 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Found the problem Wasnt SH3 or GWX or Commander, PC was in its death throes and is now (welcomly) departed, building me own

07-21-11, 08:16 AM	#4
discomjim Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 13 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	no was halfway through patrol 27 and rolled back pc a week which took me back to patrol 21, same thing. Its definately a graphics/driver issue just cant see how, perplexing.

07-23-11, 07:53 AM	#9
discomjim Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 13 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Had to re-image the whole pc and start again, time for a more game friendly pc i think . using a crappy home/office pc at the moment.

07-23-11, 08:17 AM	#10
Woolfman Sailor man Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: On Patrol Posts: 46 Downloads: 264 Uploads: 0	[QUOTE]using a crappy home/office pc at the moment. Upgrade the office pc! Nothing beats SH3 at the office. Woolfman

08-02-11, 11:14 AM	#12
Admiral Von Gerlach Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Colorado and California Posts: 726 Downloads: 358 Uploads: 0	Glad you found the cause,..that is disheartening to any U boat Kaptain. __________________ Erlaubnis an Bord zu kommen.

08-02-11, 01:40 PM	#14
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	On the other hand 27 patrols is roughly four times as many as any real-life commander did. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo