Anybody else got this? After applying the 1.2 patch, I can't use the hydrophone anymore. At least in my ongoing campaign, I can't hear any other ships, even if they are just 2000m away and running full speed.

Furthermore, the button for sending the ping to get the distance to the bottom of the sea has disappeared (3D-view of hydrophone).

This makes the whole game quite useless

I have only installed the mods for the map with ship-routes and this compass thing that you see around your boat on the map when zoomed in. Prior to the installation, I had to replace the altered "Commands_de.cfg" with the original version.

Should I reinstall the game? If yes, exactly which files/folders do I have to back up to be able to continue my campaign (23 missions, 370.000 tons of ships sunk).

TIA
TBird

You mean the Atlas Echolot in the control room? Because that's the gadget used for measuring depth.

The Ping button in the hydrophone view should have been used for sending pings to sonar contacts to determine range.

I always thought it was a bug that this button was present in any other sub than the type XXI.

I believe it is recommended that you bring your campaign boat back into port, save and exit, prior to applying the v1.2 patch.

Ooops, of course the one to measure distance to ships (which I don't hear anyway, except in the single missions, but the button isn't there too).

TBird

I've loaded (as recommended) a save where I was in the harbour.

TBird

TBird, I think this topic puts you in the right direction, for a start.

TBird, I've reinstalled SH3 prior to installing the patch(es) and I was asked if I wanted to keep my savegames. Worked like a charm for me.

Do you mean in the harbour as in the 3D? Or in harbor as in the crew/log/upgrade screen?

I'm sure you tried it, but could the hydrophone ambient volume have been reset to default? i.e. can't hear it? I recall when I first started playing I needed to drag up the volume on the hydrophone or I couldn't hear anything. Just thinking maybe the patch reset it to default?

I've just reinstalled the game and patched it to v1.2.
The saves were still there, but the big button "Sende" is still missing (on all VIICs, didn't check the IIA and IIB. On the XXI, it's there).
When I scan with the hydrophone manually, it's like the engine are stopped (I can't even hear my engines on 180degrees).
I will reinstall again and patch to 1.1. Hopefully all will be back to normal.

DBond,
I've restarted the game from the menu (i.e. the room where you can choose to upgrade/manage the crew/start a mission etc.)

TBird

Copy. I think the sende is actually active sonar? I think they removed it because the boats didn't have active sonar?