Nooooooo!

[DvdW]

Hi guys,

I was just on patrol (jan. 1941) and it is one of my most succesfull patrols ever. I sank a few freighters, a tanker and I sneeked in the enemy port of Freetown where I sank 2 more freighters and 1 large passengership. Upon existing the port I saved and shortly after that I got blown away by deptcharges. No problem, I just reload.... I thoughed..... But every time it chrases to desktop without any error or everything. PLEASE HELP ME!!!

I use GWX 3 and SH3 Commander.

[VONHARRIS]

Did you save underwater?
Did you save near land or 50 Kms near any unit?

If yes , well this a known bug in SH3.
Avoid saving under the above conditions.

It is most probable that this patrol has been wasted!

Try reloading the career at the beginning of this patrol , while still in base and replay it.
Of course it will not be same.

[DvdW]

Originally Posted by VONHARRIS

Did you save underwater?
Did you save near land or 50 Kms near any unit?

Yup

It is most probable that this patrol has been wasted!

No, please no I Always saved where and whenever i needed it. Never had any problems.... No single way to restore the savegame? You guys are genius in tweaking and editing this game, no backway around it? Someone? please?

[BigWalleye]

It's dead, Jim.

When a saved game CTDs on reload, I have never heard of any way to recover it. True for SH3, SH4, and SH5.

EDIT: Allow me to amend that: Did you make any changes to the mod load after saving and before reloading. If you did, you may be able to salvage the saved game by returning to the exact original mod load and restarting the saved game.

If this does not work, or does not apply, chalk it up to a dream your Kaleun had. (AKA, the Dallas effect.)

[brett25]

Did you save underwater?
Did you save near land or 50 Kms near any unit?

I truly believe this is a wives tale, these crashes are due to something technical in game...most likely memory or mod conflict. I have saved in all kinds of conditions, in the middle of a battle, and even at depths of 150 meters and the game does not generate a corrupt save.

The most likely culprit is mod, memory or campaign files

DvvW please post you complete mod list. Are you using the 4gb patch?

Back up your career right away, that way you can experiment with loading older saves and still have a good backup

[Mittelwaechter]

Have you been damaged before your save?

[Jimbuna]

When saving whilst submerged or within rendering range of anything you up the chances of a ctd...you can get away with it for years (as I have during extensive research and testing) but eventually you do experience a ctd.

[DvdW]

Originally Posted by brett25

I truly believe this is a wives tale, these crashes are due to something technical in game...most likely memory or mod conflict. I have saved in all kinds of conditions, in the middle of a battle, and even at depths of 150 meters and the game does not generate a corrupt save.

I second that, I saved in all possible positions but never ever encountert this error before

DvvW please post you complete mod list. Are you using the 4gb patch?

This is what i use:
- GWX 3.0
- GWX - Contact Color
- SH3 Commander
- GWX3.0 All_Weather_Guns

The 4gb patch? Not that i'm aware off...

Back up your career right away, that way you can experiment with loading older saves and still have a good backup

Roger that, I will try it tonight or tomorrow, i'll be back

[DvdW]

Originally Posted by Mittelwaechter

Have you been damaged before your save?

Nope, no damage what so ever

[DvdW]

Originally Posted by BigWalleye

It's dead, Jim.
EDIT: Allow me to amend that: Did you make any changes to the mod load after saving and before reloading. If you did, you may be able to salvage the saved game by returning to the exact original mod load and restarting the saved game.

I haven't changed anything in the mean time... Just saved, got killed and tried to load again...

[brett25]

This is what i use:
- GWX 3.0
- GWX - Contact Color
- SH3 Commander
- GWX3.0 All_Weather_Guns

ok, these mods, in themselves, are not usually associated with bad saves, and your not using a "mod soup" that would have pointed to some issues....

what kind of computer specs do you have? If your using a 64bit system you could try using the 4gb patch which will allow the use of more (memory) than the standard 2gb memory limit set by the original game.....

its hard to say...do you have commander set to roll back? Can you go back to an earlier save game (remember to back up your career first)

[DvdW]

Originally Posted by brett25

what kind of computer specs do you have? If your using a 64bit system you could try using the 4gb patch which will allow the use of more (memory) than the standard 2gb memory limit set by the original game.....

Thanks for all your help! You guys are great! My specs: I'm using a Acer Aspire 5738G, Intel Core 2 Duo Proc 2.13 GHz, Ati Mob. Radeon HD 4570 2304 MB and 4 GB Memory.

its hard to say...do you have commander set to roll back? Can you go back to an earlier save game (remember to back up your career first)

Ugh... I Only saved 1x during this patrol. I'm afraid I have to do it over again, at least I know that Freetown is packed with freighters and tankers

[Luno]

Remember to save often, and don't overwrite your saves until you are sure you will not need them again.

Typically, I just label mine "01", "02" etc, but maybe you could use dates and career name instead.

[Jimbuna]

Mods installed shouldn't be problematic...I refer back to #7.

End of transmission.

[maillemaker]

Yup, I discovered that saving while underwater or saving while in the midst of a lot of ships (even a convoy!) can spell disaster for saves.

It's best to save only when surfaced and when you have no contacts.

Steve