Ship Damage Graphics Not Saved

[Bullethead]

I was fighting a fairly large battle yesterday and had to quit playing due to real life. So I saved the game. This was in the later stages of the battle so many ships showed extensive damage. Black spots all over them, torn-up funnels, bent masts, etc.

When I loaded the saved game later to finish the battle, all the main visible damage on the ships was gone. Fires still burned and knocked-out guns were still pointed off-target, but that was it. All the black spots were gone, the funnels and masts were straight, etc.

I suppose this could have always been this way, but this is the 1st time I've noticed it. I've never saved in the middle of a battle before.

[Zouave]

Forget the disappearing graphics. I'm still trying to come to grips with this statement:

...had to quit playing due to real life.
:surprise:

[saddletank]

I've seen this as well except that in my case a damaged ship was only half depicted in the model. All the grey textured side areas were in-game but the red textured hull area and wood plank textured deck areas were invisible. It was a skeleton ship!

I assumed it was a memory issue.

[Bullethead]

Forget the disappearing graphics. I'm still trying to come to grips with this statement:

I know, I'm not a hard-core gamer. I let real life intrude sometimes (hangs head in shame). However, that's the problem with being a fireman. What happened in this case was some idiot baled wet hay a while back, and it spontaneously combusted yesterday afternoon.

[SunScream]

Makes you want to bury them up to the waste in wet compost until they get the idea it gets really hot in there, doesn't it? :)

[Bullethead]

Makes you want to bury them up to the waste in wet compost until they get the idea it gets really hot in there, doesn't it? :)

Yeah :). These modern big, round bales are a total ***** when they burn. The only way to have a reasonable chance of putting them out is to unroll them, and they weigh over 800 pounds. Once you've got it unrolled, you have to spread it all out and soak it thoroughly. Otherwise, you're sure to miss an ember somewhere and the whole mess will be burning again in a few hours.

Of course, doing all this is only necessary if the bale is close to other things that can burn. If it's not, and if it's not very windy, we just let it burn as being more trouble (especially when it's so damn hot out) than it's worth.