Saving in combat - how dangerous in SH5

kapuhy · 08-05-19, 02:07 AM

I'd like to have a go at playing a campaign, but at the moment my time for playing games doesn't allow for several hour long sessions and I need to be able to save and exit pretty much any time. Thing is, in a game like this a battle can take hours with no means to quickly disengage. In SH3, saving while in combat was said to cause all kinds of bugs up to irreversibly corrupting a save file - how is it in SH5?

TWoS documentation says to avoid saving with damaged/destroyed/bugged units around, but nothing about simply having (undamaged) enemy units around - am I to understand it should be safe?

vdr1981 · 08-05-19, 03:25 AM

In sh5, saving with units around is OK in 99% of cases, for example in ports or in front of unaware convoy...

bstanko6 · 08-05-19, 04:59 AM

I am currently chasing a convoy and saved several times with no problem.

kapuhy · 08-05-19, 07:20 AM

Thanks guys! That means I can hope to play a campaign in SH5 before retiring in RL

Mowgli · 08-05-19, 09:12 AM

I have been lucky with saves - until this morning. Saved after sinking destroyer and moving away fast north of Malta. Dived away from scene and saw a dozen destroyers heading towards me.
Received orders to relocate to Athens so thought go there and headed East. Kept CTD and had to go back a couple of saves and still kept CTD.
Read forum and deleted the Special file mentioned. Reloaded last save. All ok and made port but it was stressful for awhile.
I shall take care now when saving.

abaileyatd · 08-05-19, 11:07 AM

If I'm not mistaken, it's also important to note that the reliability of the autosaves is not as good as the manual saves... so basically, the autosave will probably almost always work, but really you should never rely on it. Manual saves have never left me high and dry, with a variety of saving situations.

08-05-19, 02:07 AM	#1
kapuhy Grey Wolf Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Poland Posts: 874 Downloads: 72 Uploads: 3	Saving in combat - how dangerous in SH5 I'd like to have a go at playing a campaign, but at the moment my time for playing games doesn't allow for several hour long sessions and I need to be able to save and exit pretty much any time. Thing is, in a game like this a battle can take hours with no means to quickly disengage. In SH3, saving while in combat was said to cause all kinds of bugs up to irreversibly corrupting a save file - how is it in SH5? TWoS documentation says to avoid saving with damaged/destroyed/bugged units around, but nothing about simply having (undamaged) enemy units around - am I to understand it should be safe?

08-05-19, 03:25 AM	#2
vdr1981 Navy Seal Join Date: May 2010 Location: Србија Posts: 6,078 Downloads: 581 Uploads: 13	In sh5, saving with units around is OK in 99% of cases, for example in ports or in front of unaware convoy... __________________ Best regards... Vecko The Wolves of Steel v2.2.25_SH5 Expansion Pack_Full The Wolves of Steel v2.2.xx to v2.2.25 - Update PDF Install Instructions How to report an issue If You wish to support my work...

08-05-19, 04:59 AM	#3
bstanko6 Admiral Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Murwik Naval Academy Posts: 2,130 Downloads: 390 Uploads: 13	I am currently chasing a convoy and saved several times with no problem. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] BSTANKO6'S SH5 NAVAL ACADEMY http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPbe...W2NArCA/videos DISCORD https://discord.gg/6tFeTSUmVc

08-05-19, 09:12 AM	#5
Mowgli Sparks Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: South Wales Posts: 248 Downloads: 158 Uploads: 0	I have been lucky with saves - until this morning. Saved after sinking destroyer and moving away fast north of Malta. Dived away from scene and saw a dozen destroyers heading towards me. Received orders to relocate to Athens so thought go there and headed East. Kept CTD and had to go back a couple of saves and still kept CTD. Read forum and deleted the Special file mentioned. Reloaded last save. All ok and made port but it was stressful for awhile. I shall take care now when saving. __________________ Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky; And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk the Law runneth forward and back -- For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.

08-05-19, 07:20 AM	#4
kapuhy Grey Wolf Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Poland Posts: 874 Downloads: 72 Uploads: 3	Thanks guys! That means I can hope to play a campaign in SH5 before retiring in RL

08-05-19, 11:07 AM	#6
abaileyatd Sailor man Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 50 Downloads: 48 Uploads: 0	If I'm not mistaken, it's also important to note that the reliability of the autosaves is not as good as the manual saves... so basically, the autosave will probably almost always work, but really you should never rely on it. Manual saves have never left me high and dry, with a variety of saving situations.