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10-29-15, 11:09 AM | #1 | |
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SH5: TWoS/OHII Singleplay Campaign Progress - Workaround
Prelude:
Due to broken OSI application which is slipped by Ubisoft to legitimate SH5 owners, many (if not all) SH5 players will experience problem which is manifested as game's inability to update gamesave Camaign.cfg file, the file which is really important for player's progress and campaign transfers. The problem it self is best known and can be observed as infamous SH5 "tonnage bar bug"... I have removed this distracting element from the game but even without arcade tonnage bar, the problem has another ugly side effect which is reflected in game's inability to update macro objective/campaign status. This means that upon reaching individual campaign ending date, campaign transfer will not be initiated and player will be doomed to continue without any side missions, objectives and with shipping/units settings characteristic only for early war... However, there is workaround for this issue which will allow the player to continue campaign and which is IMO even more realistic that stock instant "jump" from patrol to bunker when final ending date of individual campaign is reached. Before we start you should know that all SH5 gamesaves are stored in "My documents/SH5/data/cfg/SaveGames" folder and they are named something like "0000000d" or "00000001a" ect... In order to track down your gamesaves better, you should sort your gamesave folders by date modified and especially pay attention to time of gamesave creation because this is the best indicator which will help you to match your silly named gamesave folders to those shown in ingame save/load menu. Quote:
OK, so you have reached first campaign (Coastal Waters) ending date (1st June 1940), campaign transfer failed to initialize and you have lost all objectives visible in upper left corner of your navigation map. This is what you should do... SH5 campaign progress workaround 1. Replacing files - Make your best speed to your home port, end patrol there and make a manual gamesave when you enter the bunker. Note the time of gamesave creation, we will call this one "Last CW bunker save"... - Then, exit to main menu and start new campaign in which you wish to continue your career using "silentotto" cheat (in this case Happy Times). Again, make a manual gamesave when you enter the bunker, we will call this one "New HT save"...Exit to main menu and minimize/alttab the game... - Now, go to your SH5 SaveGames folder and locate your "New HT save". In it, you will find folder named "Campaign-2019-xx-xx_xxxx" with 4 files in it (sometimes there will be only 3 files in it): Campaign.cfg CampaignMission.mis CampaignProgress.cfg CampaignMission.tsr - Copy these files from your "New HT save" and paste them to an equivalent location in your "Last CW bunker save", overwrite and replace all files. Now, all necessary campaign files are replaced and we are almost done. The only thing left to do is to edit our flotilla settings located in CareerTrack.upc file. Note that flotilla settings are not necessary for Coastal Waters to Happy Times transfer because both campaigns features the same 2nd Flotilla (or for example PB to TP to FY transfer, 9th Flotilla)... 2. Flotilla settings - Open with notepad CareerTrack.upc file located in your recently modified "Last CW bunker save" and you will find there these lines responsible for flotilla settings: Code:
[CareerTrack 1] ID=IDCareerTrack1 [CareerTrack 1.CareerStatusHeader] ID=ID UserPlayerNameDisplayable=Cpt.Kurtz CareerOptionsDate=1939-08-31 13:00:00 [CareerTrack 1.CareerStatusLast] ID=ID Reason=CSS_LastStatus NameDisplayable=NULL CurrentDate=1939-09-29 17:36:57 UniqueID=3957285610582654 Title=NULL Text=NULL EntryStatus=0 PlayerRankAchieved=Captain-Rank-10 PlayerCurrentLastPromotionDateTime=1939-08-31 13:00:00 CurrentFlotilla=2ndFlotilla CurrentFlotillaBase=F2Wilhelmshaven CurrentSDepartureDescription=979352,6.42534e+006,180.777 CurrentUPCFlotillaUserPlayerUnitType=F2VIIA CurrentDifficulty=Realistic ... ... - Now depending on which campaign you wish to enter, you should edit your flotilla settings to match following (Click "Spolier"): - Save your changes and now you are ready to continue your career. Start the game, load your modified "Last CW bunker save" , request your secondary mission and patrol grid and happy hunting! Subsim:1 Ubisoft:0
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10-29-15, 11:09 AM | #2 |
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10-29-15, 11:19 AM | #3 |
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Good news are coming??
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10-30-15, 03:33 PM | #4 |
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Thank You again, it works .
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12-05-15, 02:51 PM | #5 |
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For anyone having troubles with Mama's campaign progress solution, I have finished tutorial for this workaround which will work for sure...
Note that tutorial is optimized for TWoS/OHII users only because stock campaign is really not worth it. Report any encountered issues here. I hope that tutorial is understandable enough...
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12-05-15, 06:46 PM | #6 |
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MaMa's fix did not work for me but Vecko's Campaign work around did.
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12-06-15, 02:51 AM | #7 |
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i have found a really strange thing with SH5
the "modified" SH5 works without any problem the tonnage bar work perfectly..... u don't need to worry about mama's fix or this. i hope u understand what i mean with modified version of sh5.... on this forum is not allowed to talk about this version of the game.
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12-08-15, 05:22 AM | #8 | |
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12-08-15, 06:20 AM | #9 |
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nope i did a test with that version .... i have Uplay legal version of the game but i did a test with that version too and worked very well .....
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12-08-15, 09:42 AM | #10 | |
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Early no-DRM patches didn't take OSI.exe into account (once, when someone reported his campaign achievements not being recorded, you could be sure he had a cracked copy of the game), but the most recent no-DRM executables provide a perfect bypass to UBI's copy protection, thus fixing the tonnage bar bug for both, "cheaters" and legitimate game owners. What's paradoxic, is that Ubisoft managed turning its complicated anti-piracy system into something which actualy encourages the circulation of a pirate versions of their software. |
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12-08-15, 09:52 AM | #11 |
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We'll all get banned here LOL...
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12-08-15, 10:11 AM | #13 |
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01-30-16, 01:40 PM | #14 |
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Thanks to this important topic! According to me the best way to continue the campaign without any problems.
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01-30-16, 01:56 PM | #15 |
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