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by thedoctorking
Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:40 am
Forum: Rule the Waves 3: Tech Support
Topic: Game does not recognize that division leader has been transferred
Replies: 0
Views: 4

Game does not recognize that division leader has been transferred

I transferred the leader away from a division with only one ship so that I could get that ship out and it is still complaining that i have to put the leader (now in command of another division) on the beach before I can transfer the ship out.
by thedoctorking
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:41 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3
Topic: Any way to reset save game location?
Replies: 0
Views: 48

Any way to reset save game location?

I couldn't see anything in preferences. It is kind of annoying to have to page through to c:\users\***\Documents\my games\Rule the Waves 3\Save to find my save games. I don't normally use my C drive for anything but system files. I don't like putting anything aside from documents in my documents fol...
by thedoctorking
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:36 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3: Tech Support
Topic: Ship configuration cannot be identified as any legal ship type
Replies: 4
Views: 73

Re: Ship configuration cannot be identified as any legal ship type

I have the All Forward tech, but when I put a gun in the Y position, it suddenly was okay with it being a BC. Is All Forward somehow borked? I've attached the save game file. Since the game wouldn't accept the design, there's nothing specific to see, but maybe you can look at my tech list and see if...
by thedoctorking
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:29 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3: Tech Support
Topic: Ship configuration cannot be identified as any legal ship type
Replies: 4
Views: 73

Ship configuration cannot be identified as any legal ship type

I've complained about this before: the system should not allow you to do things in the designer that are illegal for whatever reason. And even if you can't code that, what is wrong with this design? You should be able to call a ship whatever you like, at a minimum, a ship that goes 31 knots and pack...
by thedoctorking
Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:16 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3
Topic: A request re: that infernal "Turret Jammed" loop
Replies: 13
Views: 592

Re: A request re: that infernal "Turret Jammed" loop

I agree with the OP, this kind of breaks immersion. Maybe if you are going to keep the system working as is, you could change the reporting, calling it a weapon malfunction. Could be a turret jam, especially if the turret has been hit but not penetrated, could be something with the loading mechanism...
by thedoctorking
Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:58 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3
Topic: War with the U.S.
Replies: 3
Views: 229

Re: War with the U.S.

I think historically, the British presence in Canada and their Caribbean colonies did not aggravate tensions with the US by the 1890s. The American Monroe Doctrine said the US would not tolerate _new_ colonies in the Americas. So if somebody takes Cuba or Panama or Venezuela, that should be pretty m...
by thedoctorking
Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:55 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3: Tech Support
Topic: Air group management: what does the gaem do and not do?
Replies: 2
Views: 83

Re: Air group management: what does the gaem do and not do?

It is also possible that you haven't been developing new types of aircraft. You have to go to the aircraft types window and request proposals for a new model of aircraft for a particular type (Fighter, Jet Attack, etc.). Then after a while some companies will offer you new models of plane in that ai...
by thedoctorking
Sun Mar 17, 2024 4:16 am
Forum: Rule the Waves 3: Tech Support
Topic: Enemy shore batteries rise from the dead
Replies: 1
Views: 78

Enemy shore batteries rise from the dead

Referring to the save file I sent in my last message, you will note that I had destroyed the coastal battery at the southern tip of Sakhalin in that battle. Nevertheless, in the next battle in the same location, only a month later, wonder of wonders, the enemy shore battery has been fully repaired! ...
by thedoctorking
Sun Mar 17, 2024 4:03 am
Forum: Rule the Waves 3: Tech Support
Topic: Error in target placement in invasion mission
Replies: 2
Views: 74

Re: Error in target placement in invasion mission

Postscript: I went up to the marked objective location and found there were coastal batteries there as well. I blew up the batteries at the location the merchies were trying to go to, but they began to sail around in circles and never got closer either to the place they had been headed or to the rea...
by thedoctorking
Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:22 am
Forum: Rule the Waves 3: Tech Support
Topic: Error in target placement in invasion mission
Replies: 2
Views: 74

Error in target placement in invasion mission

We're invading Sakhalin, and we get a mission to go up to the target you can see at the top of the screen here and invade. But for some reason the transports are headed towards a point much farther south. Imagine my surprise when that place appears to have some field gun batteries. Was the Navy misi...
by thedoctorking
Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:31 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3: Tech Support
Topic: 'scuttled at a neutral shore' when 20k yards from own harbour!
Replies: 4
Views: 295

Re: 'scuttled at a neutral shore' when 20k yards from own harbour!

What you can probably do is a little save file editing to recreate the lost ship. But actually the game shouldn't be doing this.
by thedoctorking
Sun Jan 21, 2024 4:38 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3: Tech Support
Topic: Error: can't find design file
Replies: 4
Views: 288

Re: Error: can't find design file

Yes, I use Steam and so it upgrades automatically to the latest public beta.
by thedoctorking
Sun Jan 21, 2024 4:38 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3: Tech Support
Topic: More carriers doing wierd stuff
Replies: 12
Views: 869

Re: More carriers doing wierd stuff

The game was started under 1.00.33, I remember, and I am on Steam, so it automatically upgrades whenever a new version drops, so check the date of the save file (I would have saved as soon as I was aware of the problem) for the version installed when it happened.
by thedoctorking
Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:27 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3
Topic: CV magazine explosion?
Replies: 7
Views: 631

Re: CV magazine explosion?

I just thought it was odd because one thing that can happen, does quite regularly, in the game is a big fire on your carriers. I thought that was simulating fire sparked by munitions for the aircraft. I've never heard of a carrier blowing up spectacularly like the battlecruisers at Jutland. Of cours...
by thedoctorking
Sat Jan 20, 2024 12:03 am
Forum: Rule the Waves 3: Tech Support
Topic: Error: can't find design file
Replies: 4
Views: 288

Error: can't find design file

And there are no potential choices. I had just begun a rebuild of this class.
by thedoctorking
Thu Jan 18, 2024 8:53 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3: Tech Support
Topic: Error while running fleet exercise
Replies: 10
Views: 666

Re: Error while running fleet exercise

I am on Steam so I update whenever the new public beta drops. So take a look at the date for the save file I posted (I would have posted immediately after experiencing the error).
by thedoctorking
Thu Jan 18, 2024 7:19 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3
Topic: Friendly ship is in line of fire!
Replies: 0
Views: 325

Friendly ship is in line of fire!

I get this error message all the time when trying to manually launch torpedoes. And then the Captain of Saetta launches a spread of torpedoes on AI through the battle line! There's a firing squad in someone's future if any of my ships get hit.
by thedoctorking
Thu Jan 18, 2024 7:01 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3
Topic: "Provide CAP to" orders and request shore based CAP not persisting in saved games
Replies: 1
Views: 305

"Provide CAP to" orders and request shore based CAP not persisting in saved games

I don't know if this is WAD, but for players who depend on CAP to protect their capital ships, be aware that the "provide CAP to" orders for your CV groups and the request shore-based cap button are reset when you save and restore a game. First thing when you load a battle you've saved mid...
by thedoctorking
Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:53 am
Forum: Rule the Waves 3
Topic: Why do A and Y turrets run out of ammo faster than B and X?
Replies: 8
Views: 980

Re: Why do A and Y turrets run out of ammo faster than B and X?

I had this issue in 1.00.34 with a ship with only forward turrets, so a single magazine for both turrets, and A is out of AP while B still has 121 rounds left. Pretty sure the ship did not have any damage that put a turret out of action temporarily. Something is going on here more than just "th...
by thedoctorking
Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:47 am
Forum: Rule the Waves 3
Topic: CV magazine explosion?
Replies: 7
Views: 631

Re: CV magazine explosion?

They had tremendous fires, but they didn't explode and go down in seconds like the Hood or those BCs at Jutland.

I just got a CV detonation that took a relatively undamaged enemy CV off the map in an instant, from a 10-inch hit. Just seems odd.

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