2 instances, 1 game

[KnightzVonCross]

* Anyone else had this ?

Dear SHO Support Team (Ticket sent)

From around 1500hrs to 1900hrs AEST, on the 18 April 15 I was playing the
strangest game.
I was playing my own wolf pack alone with 5 of my own U-Boats.
I was unable to leave the game and I tried to keep playing.
At one stage my U-Boats and the enemy ships would disappear and reappear, when I reloaded
after a crash my subs were in 2 different instances of the same game.
This became a challenge to say the least, especially when my U-Boats would change
randomly which instance they were in, but I fought on hopping
it would become a single instance again, which it did not.
I had just 1 escort left in 1 of the instances when all the enemy
disappeared from both instances, dam, I almost had them
I'm about to do a total reboot, clean and go back to see what else I can find

Thank You

KnightzVonCross



*Bellow are some of the errors I received in that game.

Silent Hunter is not responding

Caught error in GameObjectManager.tick(): Assertion failed! Error: Specified system not available : type=
Stack trace: null

Please try reloading the game (error code SHO-1216)

Please try reloading the game (error code SHO-1116)

Torpedoes missed at a very high rate

[Astro-baarn]

I was never with so many of my own subs in 1 game. highest was 3

[Bordegar]

The last week has been hard in game concentration in many instances: Support i expect was busy all week and on that day i experienced a few hiccups and a squadron of planes pounced all at once resulting in bad damage to 2 boats. Was booted out of an invited WP and couldn't re-enter even though MO still had not been met.

I had those server errors during WP boots and one particular action was focusing on rejoining a WP when four planes came fast upon my boat i survived that attack and returned to bunker badly damaged. After de-friend/re-friend by host i returned to WP icon to rejoin with a new boat and i was informed was already in that WP. On clicking to join the icon had disappeared and again within 20 secs another swarm of planes came on my position fighting them off killing 3 of them i managed to fully disengage and dived to safety, limping out of range and returned to bunker with another badly damaged boat.

Interesting Date the 15th April in history for many reason sadly the sinking of the Titanic came to mind for me and the assassination of Mr Lincoln. Another curious fact also the date of Mr Lincoln mobilizing of volunteers in 1861 with the coming of civil war in the USA and sadly in our times the Boston bombings. I was having irritable thoughts on gaming interrupts yet in the scheme of things a hiccup on game server does not darken the date more.

Kind regards
Bordegar

[KnightzVonCross]

Come to think of it Astro-baarn
I normally play with 3 subs max myself, first time with 5.

Bordegar
Maybe that was not such a good idea with all the hiccups we've experienced,
but it looks cool heading towards the mo in formation, 5 subs in echelon left or arrow head

p.s.
initially I went in to get screenies when I ran into a hidden mission and the rest as they say was history

Thx for replies

KnightzVonCross

[HammerheadShark]

Hi.

I often have 4 subs out there at the same time. I never had any serious trouble so far.
Red plugs, yellow plugs and sometimes 1009er... just the "normal" errors, from time to time.

But disappearing ships, then reappearing... or switching positions, and weird stuff ?

Maybe :

It is said, too many subs in wolfpack can cause fatal errors or anomalies.
Does it depend on the amount of subs, or just the amount of players? That would be a difference.

Hunting alone with 5 or 6 subs may cause similar trouble than in a real wolfpack with other players.... Who knows ....??


Greetings

HammerheadShark

[KnightzVonCross]

Hi HammerheadShark

Good point you make about subs vs players
After thinking about it, it may have been the subs and ships changing instance or me changing subs, rather than disappear and
reappear as I would change to a sub and think things had disappeared, change to another and think they were back, if that makes sense
I did take screenies but it just shows what's seen on the map by each sub,
maybe I could compile them into a single pic and put it up if anyone wishes to see

Thx for reply

KnightzVonCross

[HammerheadShark]

maybe I could compile them into a single pic and put it up if anyone wishes to see

Yes, why not.
Could be an interesting image. Let´s see what it is...load it up XD

Greets..
HammerheadShark

[See_Wolf]

Ahoi KnightzVonCross, ahoi HammerheadShark.

Ich interessiere mich auch für ein solches Bild-Projekt.
I am also interested in such an image project.

Welches U Boot sieht was, unter ähnlichen Bedingungen, in der gleichen Mission. Es wäre gut die Sichtverhältnisse/Wetter und Abstände zum Feind zu erkennen. Auch der Typ der eingesetzten U Boote.
What U boat looks which, under similar conditions, in the same mission. It would be good to see the visibility/Wether and distances from the enemy. The type of the used submarines.

Es ist schwierig, alle Informationen in ein Bild zusammenzufassen. Muss auch nicht sein. Wichtig ist sie möglichst zeitnah aus jedem U Boot zu machen. Vergleichen muss man sie können.
It is difficult to summarize all the information in an image. Do not be. Important it is to make as soon as possible from each submarine. You/i have to compare it to.

Ich fahre gerne mit 3 Booten in einer Mission. Einzelspieler. Früher bin ich auch mit 6 U Booten an einem Konvoi gewesen. Aber, seit der "OpenBeta" habe ich nur noch 3 U Boote. Die anderen sind noch nicht fertig.
I like to ride with 3 boats in a mission. Single player. In the past I've also been with 6 submarines in a convoy. But, since the "Open Beta" I only have 3 submarines. The others are not ready yet.

Bis auf die paar seltene, allgemeine Probleme, die auch schon Kaleu HammerheadShark angesprochen hat, habe ich auch damals schon, mit 6 U Booten, nicht gehabt.
Except for the few rare, common problems that already Kaleu Hammerhead Shark has responded, I've even then, not had with 6 submarines.

Ich höre immer nur, was andere Kaleuns für Probleme haben.
I only hear what others have Kaleuns problems.

Auf alle Fälle schaue ich mir deine Screens sicher an.
In any case, I look at your screen securely.

Bin gespannt, was dabei für Erkenntnisse herauskommen.
I'm curious, what come of it for evidence.

Gruß,
See_Wolf

[KnightzVonCross]

Here we go,

This is 1 picture
Actual Times of each pic and the U-Boat it was taken from listed on each pic
Enjoy
KnightzVonCross

[BB_Wolfberry]

This sounds indeed as if the wolfpack mission started bugging out and malfunctioned, I am sorry to hear that

The total count limit counts both, players and subs. So if you have only 2 players in a wolfpack mission, but each of you play with 4 subs in the mission, you are already exceeding the advised limit of 6 for a stable performance, to give a random example.

That said, the limit of 6 is not a fixed value, it was an observation from the devs back then, that after more than 6 subs joined a wolfpack it started malfunctioning with a certain certainty, which is why we gave out the advice. In some (rarer) cases, a wolfpack can start bugging earlier, I would imagine. So I would advice to always keep a close eye on the wolfpack mission and at first signs of malfunctioning (such as jumping escorts or vanishing ships) I would rather not continue the mission and start a fresh one.

But this is just a lose advice from my side