Silent Hunter 5 Tactics & Tips - "How do I?" & FAQ! READ IF YOU ARE STUCK

[Abd_von_Mumit]

I am stuck with the first campaign mission, where one is to sink 50,000 tonns of British merchant traffic by Eastern British coast. I successfully completed the task to "patrol assigned area" (displays as green, so I assume it's completed), then I was lucky to find an unguarded convoy of 10 merchants going North just East of the thick red line on my map. During one night attack I sank 8 of them (realism seems to be an issue in SH5 for me...) for 56k tonns, used all my ammo and headed back to Kiel. Docked. Now it doesn't seem the game recognized completing the mission of sinking 50k tonnage. On the task map I can't request to do this mission again (I can only request the 100k tonns one), but when I ask the commander to send me to a patrol, he asks if I want to go to a "random patrol" without assigned tasks.

What do I do to accomplish the 50k tonnage mission?

[THE_MASK]

Originally Posted by Abd_von_Mumit

I am stuck with the first campaign mission, where one is to sink 50,000 tonns of British merchant traffic by Eastern British coast. I successfully completed the task to "patrol assigned area" (displays as green, so I assume it's completed), then I was lucky to find an unguarded convoy of 10 merchants going North just East of the thick red line on my map. During one night attack I sank 8 of them (realism seems to be an issue in SH5 for me...) for 56k tonns, used all my ammo and headed back to Kiel. Docked. Now it doesn't seem the game recognized completing the mission of sinking 50k tonnage. On the task map I can't request to do this mission again (I can only request the 100k tonns one), but when I ask the commander to send me to a patrol, he asks if I want to go to a "random patrol" without assigned tasks.

What do I do to accomplish the 50k tonnage mission?

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[Abd_von_Mumit]

Originally Posted by sober

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Thanks for quick answer, but this doesn't solve my problem - I know how to request a mission, in fact I requested one successfully. My problem is: I can't accomplish the "sink 50k tonns" mission despite sinking more than 50k tonnage.

[THE_MASK]

Originally Posted by Abd_von_Mumit

Thanks for quick answer, but this doesn't solve my problem - I know how to request a mission, in fact I requested one successfully. My problem is: I can't accomplish the "sink 50k tonns" mission despite sinking more than 50k tonnage.

Does the white line fill the tonnage bar .

[Abd_von_Mumit]

Originally Posted by sober

Does the white line fill the tonnage bar .

Honestly I don't think I saw any line. Could that be because I play on 100% difficulty? Or maybe I just missed it? Where should I find it?

EDIT:
Now, that I know what to look for, I think there is a white bar that is fully filled, like on this screenshot:


The other mission that I'm still to request doesn't have this bar white:


Does this mean my 50k mission is finished? If so, I have a few questions:
1. Why is the iron cross below "British Waters" mission in the top-left corner empty? (in my Polish version it says "Brytyjskie wody").

2. What does it mean "Mission failed - user exit" on the below screen:


3. Why does it show that I sunk 20 merchant ships when I sank only 8 (1 paptrol) + 4 on the training patrol?


These questions may be trivial for you, those with big SH5 experience, but I'm still not familiar with the interface and its strange features.

[Abd_von_Mumit]

Please help, I'm truly stuck... (see the above post). Explored all places in the game, Museum, Uplay and so on, even got killed in a single mission while waiting for a tip. Will be glad for any answers from you guys who already know this game by heart.

[nonnobit]

Originally Posted by Abd_von_Mumit

Please help, I'm truly stuck... (see the above post). Explored all places in the game, Museum, Uplay and so on, even got killed in a single mission while waiting for a tip. Will be glad for any answers from you guys who already know this game by heart.

Hi, I think,in my great ignorance, that most of people like me had same problem as you,until...we begun to play game on internet...
It seems to me game goes on ONLY updating your progress with UBI server,and this means...that you could not play cracked game.
IMO I solved buying stock SH5,no prob anymore! I really hope you have same...problem because if you already did it,I don't know how to help you.
Good hunting