CTD trying to start 6th patrol with FOTRSU

StickMasterSteven · 03-17-21, 01:09 AM

Having a strange issue with SH4 (never encountered it before). I'm trying to start my 6th war patrol with a very successful captain, but when I try to click on the large map from the office to figure out what I'm supposed to be doing, I get a CTD. Suggestions? (It's September 1942 in-game if that's relevant.)

propbeanie · 03-17-21, 09:25 AM

You really should post in the FotRSU thread, but we can work with it from here since I did see this... The first thing is to open your Save folder, wherever that is. The default location for the game is "C:\Users \UserName \Documents \SH4", but if you have used MultiSH4, it'll be in whichever folder you named it, but in that same User's folder. "UserName" in this case is the name you log into Windows with. You can also get there with the "short-cuts" in File Explorer, if you have them displayed.

Once in the Save folder, navigate into the "data \cfg \SaveGames" folder. You should see a few (at least) numbered folders, such as "00000000" and "00000001", etc. They are numbered in hexidecimal, so you might also see "0000000a", etc. Sort the list by clicking on the "Date Modified" column header, such that the newest folder is now listed first. The newest folder is not always the highest numbered. Open that top-listed folder, and find "CareerTrack.upc" file. Open that with Notepad (or Notepad++), or any other plain-text editor. Toward the bottom of the "[CareerTrack 1.CareerStatusLast]" section will be "PlayerCurrentObjectives=IDxxx", with the "xxx" representing a one to three digit number. Let me know what that number is, please.

StickMasterSteven · 03-17-21, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by propbeanie

You really should post in the FotRSU thread, but we can work with it from here since I did see this... The first thing is to open your Save folder, wherever that is. The default location for the game is "C:\Users \UserName \Documents \SH4", but if you have used MultiSH4, it'll be in whichever folder you named it, but in that same User's folder. "UserName" in this case is the name you log into Windows with. You can also get there with the "short-cuts" in File Explorer, if you have them displayed.

Once in the Save folder, navigate into the "data \cfg \SaveGames" folder. You should see a few (at least) numbered folders, such as "00000000" and "00000001", etc. They are numbered in hexidecimal, so you might also see "0000000a", etc. Sort the list by clicking on the "Date Modified" column header, such that the newest folder is now listed first. The newest folder is not always the highest numbered. Open that top-listed folder, and find "CareerTrack.upc" file. Open that with Notepad (or Notepad++), or any other plain-text editor. Toward the bottom of the "[CareerTrack 1.CareerStatusLast]" section will be "PlayerCurrentObjectives=IDxxx", with the "xxx" representing a one to three digit number. Let me know what that number is, please.

The three digit number says 408. Also sorry for not putting this in the FOTRSU thread, it was 1am and I was too lazy to figure out where it was

KaleunMarco · 03-17-21, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by StickMasterSteven

Having a strange issue with SH4 (never encountered it before). I'm trying to start my 6th war patrol with a very successful captain, but when I try to click on the large map from the office to figure out what I'm supposed to be doing, I get a CTD. Suggestions? (It's September 1942 in-game if that's relevant.)

Send PB the info he requested however i have experienced the same thing as you and i discovered that rebooting helps.
Ubi coded SH4 in a manner that makes it very fragile when considering memory usage and error conditions. very sub-standard, in my book.
One question PB forgot to ask: do you have LAA or some similar 4 GB utility enabled?

StickMasterSteven · 03-17-21, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by KaleunMarco

Send PB the info he requested however i have experienced the same thing as you and i discovered that rebooting helps.
Ubi coded SH4 in a manner that makes it very fragile when considering memory usage and error conditions. very sub-standard, in my book.
One question PB forgot to ask: do you have LAA or some similar 4 GB utility enabled?

Rebooting didn't help unfortunately. I do have LAA enabled. Though one thing of note is that I enabled it when I first started my campaign, but when I went to check if it was still enabled, I had to reselect SH4.exe as the target file. Is LAA something you have to activate every time you start the game?

Moonlight · 03-17-21, 12:29 PM

No, once should be enough, you did go into the SH4.EXE properties and uncheck read only before using the LAA thingie didn't you?.

StickMasterSteven · 03-17-21, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Moonlight

No, once should be enough, you did go into the SH4.EXE properties and uncheck read only before using the LAA thingie didn't you?.

I hadn't done that previously but when I looked, the read only option was indeed unchecked. I might try and run Windows troubleshooter to see if that works, although I don't have high hopes considering that the game has been running fine up until now.

StickMasterSteven · 03-17-21, 02:07 PM

Ok I got it to work by reloading a save just before I ended the patrol. I'll update if the problem persists.

03-17-21, 01:09 AM	#1
StickMasterSteven Watch Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: North Alabama Posts: 28 Downloads: 170 Uploads: 0	CTD trying to start 6th patrol with FOTRSU Having a strange issue with SH4 (never encountered it before). I'm trying to start my 6th war patrol with a very successful captain, but when I try to click on the large map from the office to figure out what I'm supposed to be doing, I get a CTD. Suggestions? (It's September 1942 in-game if that's relevant.)

03-17-21, 09:25 AM	#2
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 10,098 Downloads: 451 Uploads: 2	You really should post in the FotRSU thread, but we can work with it from here since I did see this... The first thing is to open your Save folder, wherever that is. The default location for the game is "C:\Users \UserName \Documents \SH4", but if you have used MultiSH4, it'll be in whichever folder you named it, but in that same User's folder. "UserName" in this case is the name you log into Windows with. You can also get there with the "short-cuts" in File Explorer, if you have them displayed. Once in the Save folder, navigate into the "data \cfg \SaveGames" folder. You should see a few (at least) numbered folders, such as "00000000" and "00000001", etc. They are numbered in hexidecimal, so you might also see "0000000a", etc. Sort the list by clicking on the "Date Modified" column header, such that the newest folder is now listed first. The newest folder is not always the highest numbered. Open that top-listed folder, and find "CareerTrack.upc" file. Open that with Notepad (or Notepad++), or any other plain-text editor. Toward the bottom of the "[CareerTrack 1.CareerStatusLast]" section will be "PlayerCurrentObjectives=IDxxx", with the "xxx" representing a one to three digit number. Let me know what that number is, please. __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayers" - Jimbuna

03-17-21, 12:29 PM	#6
Moonlight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fookhall Copse Posts: 2,519 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 0	No, once should be enough, you did go into the SH4.EXE properties and uncheck read only before using the LAA thingie didn't you?. __________________

03-17-21, 02:07 PM	#8
StickMasterSteven Watch Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: North Alabama Posts: 28 Downloads: 170 Uploads: 0	Ok I got it to work by reloading a save just before I ended the patrol. I'll update if the problem persists.