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[bobmenard144]

i some how have some breaks on??? I go to leave the sub pen and hull damage occurs? what gives?/

[Mittelwaechter]

Hi bobmenard144 - welcome aboard.

I guess you are playing the unmodded stock version of SH3 and you sail a type IX boat from some french port (Bordeaux?)

Did you patch the game to 1.4? Can't remember right now if the last patch solved the problem.

The stern section is stuck into the pier due to a wrong startposition of the Uboat (the developers copied the startposition of a type VII, but the type IX is longer = bug)

Depending on the quality of your rig, you could simply overwrite the startposition or install a major modification to solve this problem.

What do you want to do?

[HW3]

The problem with the typeIX/D2 being stuck into the rear wall at Bordeaux can be rectified by changing the longitude and latitude of the naval base.

Open up file;
SilentHunterIII/data/Campaigns/Campaign/Campaign_LND.MIS
This can be opened up using notepad, look for

[Unit 36]
Name=Bordeaux
Class=NavalBase
Type=407

Long=_103695.000000
Lat= 5447206.000000
Heading= 0.000000

Do the the changes as shown above.

I hope this is helpful to any of you who has had this problem.

[Mittelwaechter]

Make sure to change the data block that reads Origin=German and the Longitude is <span class="ev_code_RED">-</span>103695.000000 of course.

You may have to use the save 'after patrol'.
If you are still stuck - dock again and retry immediately to start your patrol.

[WilhelmSchulz.]

Also I remember in the 1.0 version the map didn`t show the docks. I found that out the hard way in Brest.