HELP!! Bloody game hates me

602Sqn_Puff · 03-22-2010, 12:45 PM

I have just followed orders to return to base, when I get back to Kiel { first mission } I can't end the frigging patrol!!!! I have to refit, turn around and head back out again. What the hell am I doing wrong here

I have 4 ships for 29979t..is this not enough to allow me to return?

Noren · 03-22-2010, 12:47 PM

Is'nt that a bug?

Captains get redirected to Wilhelmshafen, try to dock there.

sergei · 03-22-2010, 01:09 PM

Yep. You generally get rebased from Kiel to Wilhelmshaven sometime during patrol one.

Look for the 'Sub in a Diamond' icon.
That is your home base.

Pity BDU don't see fit to radio you a little message to this effect eh?

SabreHawk · 03-22-2010, 01:57 PM

Yep I noticed this move last night. My home base icon is now at Wilhemshaven.
Yeah BDu sees fit to keep changing my patrol area, but didnt see fit to tell me about this base change. Hehe, yeah I've had a reposition order twice now, and right after I recieve that, I finally find a ship I'd been tracking down to attack in the one im in, but of course it wont count as I've just found out last night.
Cause after I'd finally located this ship I'd been hunting for, the resposition came through. Well I wasnt going to waste all that time hunting and found them and then let them go to haul off to the new area.
I sank it. But the mission criteria bar didnt fill up the rest of the way as it should have cause I now have more than what it required and yet mission is still incomplete.
But it seem where they send me, the action is all someplace else.

sergei · 03-22-2010, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SabreHawk

But it seem where they send me, the action is all someplace else.

That's why I like to think of them as more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual orders

ARRRRRGH!

SabreHawk · 03-22-2010, 02:29 PM

Hehe, yeah I cruised that coastline for four days, and nothing not even a sound contact except two DD's. Yet map contacts were showing up in many other places well away from where I was to patrol.
Then they sent me to the Dover area, and I did run into a convoy that appered to be outside of the area but they dont rellay define the limit so I went after it, and sank 5 ships of that convoy, and luckly they counted. Then out of ammo we had to go a port and resupply since Bdu denied resupply at sea.
The returned to the Dover area and found nothing for three days except for one, which turned out to be a neutral and then on the fourth day, a contact finally showed up within range to intercept. I tracked it down, and found it and was about to intercept it when the radio message came to again reposition back to nearly where the first area was along the east coast.
Well I went ahead since we'd finally got this ship on sound contact and sank it, but apparently didnt count.
This stuff of not counting a sinking cause it's not near enough to the assigned patrol area is BS. Damnit ya sink'em where ya find'em.

602Sqn_Puff · 03-23-2010, 12:43 AM

Thank you folks!!

SabreHawk · 03-23-2010, 01:25 AM

Whew, finally finished up and got my orders to return to base.
The men are happy, even had a new dialog with the WO about how he feels about going to war with France.
Racked up a little over 99,000 tons this first patrol. Only needed 50,000 but ran into a mother lode of a convoy, and sank 7 of them. Adn in very heavy seas too so it wasnt easy.
Was glad to see this message finally.

03-22-2010, 12:45 PM	#1
602Sqn_Puff Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: West Coast of Scotland Posts: 266 Downloads: 148 Uploads: 0	HELP!! Bloody game hates me I have just followed orders to return to base, when I get back to Kiel { first mission } I can't end the frigging patrol!!!! I have to refit, turn around and head back out again. What the hell am I doing wrong here I have 4 ships for 29979t..is this not enough to allow me to return? __________________

03-22-2010, 01:09 PM	#3
sergei Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: London UK Posts: 1,798 Downloads: 405 Uploads: 29	Yep. You generally get rebased from Kiel to Wilhelmshaven sometime during patrol one. Look for the 'Sub in a Diamond' icon. That is your home base. Pity BDU don't see fit to radio you a little message to this effect eh? __________________ A variety of mods for SH4 and 5 'It is pleasant, when the sea is high and the winds are dashing the waves about, to watch from the shores the struggles of another' 'You just keep thinking Butch. That's what you're good at'

03-22-2010, 01:57 PM	#4
SabreHawk Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Seattle, Wa. USA Posts: 688 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Yep I noticed this move last night. My home base icon is now at Wilhemshaven. Yeah BDu sees fit to keep changing my patrol area, but didnt see fit to tell me about this base change. Hehe, yeah I've had a reposition order twice now, and right after I recieve that, I finally find a ship I'd been tracking down to attack in the one im in, but of course it wont count as I've just found out last night. Cause after I'd finally located this ship I'd been hunting for, the resposition came through. Well I wasnt going to waste all that time hunting and found them and then let them go to haul off to the new area. I sank it. But the mission criteria bar didnt fill up the rest of the way as it should have cause I now have more than what it required and yet mission is still incomplete. But it seem where they send me, the action is all someplace else. __________________ "Chance favors the prepared mind"

03-22-2010, 02:29 PM	#6
SabreHawk Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Seattle, Wa. USA Posts: 688 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Hehe, yeah I cruised that coastline for four days, and nothing not even a sound contact except two DD's. Yet map contacts were showing up in many other places well away from where I was to patrol. Then they sent me to the Dover area, and I did run into a convoy that appered to be outside of the area but they dont rellay define the limit so I went after it, and sank 5 ships of that convoy, and luckly they counted. Then out of ammo we had to go a port and resupply since Bdu denied resupply at sea. The returned to the Dover area and found nothing for three days except for one, which turned out to be a neutral and then on the fourth day, a contact finally showed up within range to intercept. I tracked it down, and found it and was about to intercept it when the radio message came to again reposition back to nearly where the first area was along the east coast. Well I went ahead since we'd finally got this ship on sound contact and sank it, but apparently didnt count. This stuff of not counting a sinking cause it's not near enough to the assigned patrol area is BS. Damnit ya sink'em where ya find'em. __________________ "Chance favors the prepared mind" Last edited by SabreHawk; 03-22-2010 at 02:59 PM.

03-23-2010, 12:43 AM	#7
602Sqn_Puff Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: West Coast of Scotland Posts: 266 Downloads: 148 Uploads: 0	Thank you folks!! __________________

03-22-2010, 12:47 PM	#2
Noren 中国水兵 Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 285 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Is'nt that a bug? Captains get redirected to Wilhelmshafen, try to dock there.

03-23-2010, 01:25 AM	#8
SabreHawk Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Seattle, Wa. USA Posts: 688 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Whew, finally finished up and got my orders to return to base. The men are happy, even had a new dialog with the WO about how he feels about going to war with France. Racked up a little over 99,000 tons this first patrol. Only needed 50,000 but ran into a mother lode of a convoy, and sank 7 of them. Adn in very heavy seas too so it wasnt easy. Was glad to see this message finally. __________________ "Chance favors the prepared mind"

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