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08-17-22, 09:32 AM

sorry for the long (first) post

Hello there,
I post here in hope of solving this seemingly cursed problem I have for 4/5 days trying to normally play this mod as a form of relaxation after writing my master thesis.
Vanilla game worked fine for those 3 days I played it, but when trying to sink Royal Oak and its friends in "one of the Pmouth" city ports resulted in replicated CTDs, I turned to TWoS. Unfortunately it turned out to be more of a headache than the vanilla game.

All the instructions have been followed to the letter MULTIPLE TIMES and with multiple reinstalls. Game with TWoS starts normally and comes to the main menu no problem. Starting new campaign also works no problem, save and reload upon loading into the bunker, per instructions. Play for some time, scared of all the saving rules, save the game and exit to play the next day (as I usually play later in the day) and the next day the game just wont load the save (CTD), still gets fine to the main menu, still can start a new campaign with no problem, just with no damn ability to continue the previous savegame, cursed to complete the game in one sitting, as it seems.
You might think I saved in undesirable conditions, but no, following all the rules, last save saved 60km range clear of all land and with no contacts reported. I also thought maybe the sea save is seasick, so I finished the first part and got to Kiel on 5th September, ended the patrol and saved in bunker, hoping this will do it, but alas still crash on loadin...

Now the other part of this post's title is related to the time when I GET to load the savegame, that was CTDing couple of tries beforehand, after restoring snapshot and restoring ofev settings a couple of times and dear God knows what else have I done in hope of loading properly.
Now, when this miracle load happens, I am greeted with a plethora of open boxes, from Cap's log, sextant settings, speech recognition and what not and A CHANGE OF UI to either SH3 or SH4 one from the normal one, which actually seems to be OVER the normal SH5 enhanced UI. The game is playable then, but I haven't been able to X all the boxes and some of the UI elements, so kinda unplayable and still crashes when clicking on buttons on the older UI.

screenshot link (sry for small version, tried to attach it here, resized
and ended up to big, and can't load anymore so get a new SS)
----> https://imgur.com/a/pWeSIxq

After exiting that "miracle load" and the game, I also get a message that SH5 has stopped working, basically a CTD one, though I believe not every time, therefore I believe it must be some sort of a curse

To point out I also got SH5 has stopped working messages after saving the game for the first time on patrol and exiting to play

the next day.
Pointing out that when a crash occurs, checking the CCleaner shows that a crash report (or something similar) has been made, which is approx. 1.3 GB BIG!
Also, the game is installed to a short path D:\ASH5\ and the draggabbles have been removed, per some instructions here, but no help. DirectX9C cant be installed, as I have newer versions installed.

Version of the game is DVD.

Vanilla plays no problem on that part of saving and loading the games.

I use no other mods, as I've heard that this is the only mod(pack) needed for SH5 and with all the shenanigans I dont feel comfortable modding it myself, even though I've been playing modded games for a decade by now. I have in JGSMe activated only a handful of TWOS addons, but this darn problem happens even if i just activate the aspect ratio fix or nothing at all.

Generic patcher worked and applied with all 9 patches, multiple times.

OFEV also shows all normal and with multiple restores of the default
settings.

Now, I assume that this is (and that anyone replying will say the same) an userside problem, meaning something wrong with my computer. Still, I hope that somehow someway there will be someone that will know how to fix it, specially the different UI on load, that by logic must be connected to OFEV settings change, but which shows no change.

p.s.

to the welcoming committee

*fingers crossed*

08-17-22, 09:32 AM	#979
MarkoSK98 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	CTD when loading saves or loading with different UI and CTD on exit sorry for the long (first) post Hello there, I post here in hope of solving this seemingly cursed problem I have for 4/5 days trying to normally play this mod as a form of relaxation after writing my master thesis. Vanilla game worked fine for those 3 days I played it, but when trying to sink Royal Oak and its friends in "one of the Pmouth" city ports resulted in replicated CTDs, I turned to TWoS. Unfortunately it turned out to be more of a headache than the vanilla game. All the instructions have been followed to the letter MULTIPLE TIMES and with multiple reinstalls. Game with TWoS starts normally and comes to the main menu no problem. Starting new campaign also works no problem, save and reload upon loading into the bunker, per instructions. Play for some time, scared of all the saving rules, save the game and exit to play the next day (as I usually play later in the day) and the next day the game just wont load the save (CTD), still gets fine to the main menu, still can start a new campaign with no problem, just with no damn ability to continue the previous savegame, cursed to complete the game in one sitting, as it seems. You might think I saved in undesirable conditions, but no, following all the rules, last save saved 60km range clear of all land and with no contacts reported. I also thought maybe the sea save is seasick, so I finished the first part and got to Kiel on 5th September, ended the patrol and saved in bunker, hoping this will do it, but alas still crash on loadin... Now the other part of this post's title is related to the time when I GET to load the savegame, that was CTDing couple of tries beforehand, after restoring snapshot and restoring ofev settings a couple of times and dear God knows what else have I done in hope of loading properly. Now, when this miracle load happens, I am greeted with a plethora of open boxes, from Cap's log, sextant settings, speech recognition and what not and A CHANGE OF UI to either SH3 or SH4 one from the normal one, which actually seems to be OVER the normal SH5 enhanced UI. The game is playable then, but I haven't been able to X all the boxes and some of the UI elements, so kinda unplayable and still crashes when clicking on buttons on the older UI. screenshot link (sry for small version, tried to attach it here, resized and ended up to big, and can't load anymore so get a new SS) ----> https://imgur.com/a/pWeSIxq After exiting that "miracle load" and the game, I also get a message that SH5 has stopped working, basically a CTD one, though I believe not every time, therefore I believe it must be some sort of a curse To point out I also got SH5 has stopped working messages after saving the game for the first time on patrol and exiting to play the next day. Pointing out that when a crash occurs, checking the CCleaner shows that a crash report (or something similar) has been made, which is approx. 1.3 GB BIG! Also, the game is installed to a short path D:\ASH5\ and the draggabbles have been removed, per some instructions here, but no help. DirectX9C cant be installed, as I have newer versions installed. Version of the game is DVD. Vanilla plays no problem on that part of saving and loading the games. I use no other mods, as I've heard that this is the only mod(pack) needed for SH5 and with all the shenanigans I dont feel comfortable modding it myself, even though I've been playing modded games for a decade by now. I have in JGSMe activated only a handful of TWOS addons, but this darn problem happens even if i just activate the aspect ratio fix or nothing at all. Generic patcher worked and applied with all 9 patches, multiple times. OFEV also shows all normal and with multiple restores of the default settings. Now, I assume that this is (and that anyone replying will say the same) an userside problem, meaning something wrong with my computer. Still, I hope that somehow someway there will be someone that will know how to fix it, specially the different UI on load, that by logic must be connected to OFEV settings change, but which shows no change. p.s. to the welcoming committee fingers crossed Last edited by MarkoSK98; 08-17-22 at 09:53 AM.