Message Send Problems

[bill clarke]

Hi guys, I have just finished a patrol off Norway, quite successful, 7 ships for 13,000 tons. Last vessell was a fishing boat, too roughto use the deck gun, so i sent a contact report, and a patrol report. When i went to the messages view, I could not see them, only old messages, resent them twice more with the same results. Also I dont have a option for requesting new orders, time is 1940
Any ideas on this one ?

[MuscleBob.Buffpants]

Yeah, there is no new orders button that I have managed to find.
I usually send messages by clicking on the radio man icon. Seems to pop up with a "message sent" and the message then appears in the log.

[Damo1977]

what???? :o is there a way to request new orders?

[Strikor]

Request new orders is one of those features listed in the manual but left out of the game.

[bill clarke]

I usually send messages by clicking on the radio man icon. Seems to pop up with a "message sent" and the message then appears in the log.

Did that, got a message in the task bar at the bottom of the screen say message sent, but nothing when I hit "m" and checked them, just old ones, I was hoping to get the 2 FW200's that had passed over me earlier to come and attack the fishing vessal as I had no fish left, and could not man the deck gun due to the sea state.

[gws226]

My experience with the send contact report is that it will do nothing unless its a convoy. If you report a visual sighting of a convoy, it will show up in the log..... even if you are attacking a ship that you've previously left dead in the water. It will just say Convoy, heading (whatever direction the ship is facing) speed 0 knots.

It doesn't seem to do anything with single ships.

Sending patrol reports should show up in the log though, usually takes 60mins or so to get a reply...... of course you need to be surfaced to receive it.

[Nopileo]

... and I think you have to wait a several hours between each new message.

I usually send messages directly from the radiolog (M). Then you will see instantly if the message was sent or not.

And remember that if you send a message, there is a chance that Allied aircraft will come looking for you! :o