I am trying to find out fershure for certain where that "A01 Tokyo Express" mission came from (it is in TMO), because I did convert it last night, and we can include that in the next release, so that anyone else with it will have it over-written with a valid FotRSU scenario. I can assure you guys, it was not the Asashio causing the issue in that mission. You start the scenario with several DD coming at you (2x Minekaze, the Asashio , and a Mutsuki) with another couple of Asashio escorting a Naka, not too far behind (btw, the groupings have been revised
). The first group is sent through the shoals between a couple of islands in the Western Islands chain, which your sub is pointed towards at the start (though your boat's waypoint is set to the northwest), while the second group comes behind but then goes East of the chain about the time you would be encountering the first group, sort of like the 1st group warns the 2nd of your location. Go in the direction you are pointed at, NOT the waypoint. What happens with the original file is that as you get into position to shoot at the first group, the 2nd group is within spawn range, and since the Naka tries to spawn in an invalid condition, it apparently renders the whole scenario a mess. As soon as a "collision detection" kicks in, boom - CTD. The other situation with the Asashio that jldjs encountered, was in the Battle of Midway scenario in the career mode, and there were two Asashio whose names "resolved" to the same ID, hence a similar situation, in that the game doesn't know what to do, so it CTDs...
Dependent upon your computer, you should be able to Save the game at just about any juncture, though the less going on around your submarine, the better (ie: the smaller the file, the better). In other words, if your framerate is stable at 30+ fps, you should be fine. You are advised to be submerged at 150+ feet, but only because you just never know what the game-state will be when you come back in later. If the game's "clocks" are out of sync, you might think its night time, while the game says it is daylight, and that will be resolved when you reload. You might be in the middle of a typhoon, with fog so thick that you can't see beyond 400 yards (is that even possible??), and that will also be resolved when you reload. I have had the game bring me back into sunshine with calm seas, and an airplane overhead diving at me... But as jldjs also mentions, do a 'new' Save each time, with a different name. I use a "Date / Time / Condition" kind of thing like "194302120450Calm150Dark" or some-such, and the next might be "194302141742Storm120Day". Once I come back in from patrol and have a pre-base Save I made, and an "EnteringBase" (whatever the game names the automatic Save), I will delete the earlier Saves.
