Can't find targets...

Travis Reed · 01-10-09, 10:31 PM

Any charts for allied shipping out there for this theatre? Can't seem to find anything when they assign me a patrol grid...

Noobie · 01-11-09, 04:49 AM

My first post

Don't listen to me im a Noob, just my opinion.

Yeah, also happens to me, but it seems that you can go patrol other places too, just ignore the mission

, thats what i do, such as today, i was going back home for fuel, and on the way until now i have sunk 4 Merchant and 4 Warships, and i completed the mission even though i was far from the patrol zone.

This was the first time i sunk a ship in campaign

, and got eight! I'm really starting to like this game

XLjedi · 01-11-09, 05:53 PM

If you can't find targets, you're in the wrong ocean...

1) Try selecting Penang and they will assign you missions traversing the Indian Ocean. In fact there are so many targets it almost gets irritating. Look to the northwest coast of Australia and around India. If you choose Penang you'll get assigned patrol locations off of Eastern African coast. India, the Arabian Sea area, there are targets everywhere.

2) If you want to hunt for targets in and around Indonesia then you need to be looking in the following seas: Celebes, Flores, Banda and don't forget to click on your friendly airbases to send out scout planes to help you find those targets! You won't find much allied shipping in the South China, Sulu or Jawa Seas.

Focus your attention on the Indian Ocean and leave Japan to the US Fleetboats.

You can hunt US Battleships off the coast of Sumatra all day (I got a Colorado on my first Indian Ocean patrol, I clocked em at 16.7kts) there's always a task force lurking in that area.

01-11-09, 10:55 PM

us common sense, war is about supplies so think about the time of year and where supplies are heading, then position yourself near areas along coasts or channels that shipping must pass to get to those ports.

Fish40 · 01-12-09, 07:08 AM

Are you useing any mods, such as OM? This mod uses historical supply routes. The mod comes with a convoy map in pdf form so you could get an idea of where you need to be.

01-10-09, 10:31 PM	#1
Travis Reed Planesman Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 186 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 0	Can't find targets... Any charts for allied shipping out there for this theatre? Can't seem to find anything when they assign me a patrol grid... __________________ Laptop: Alienware m15 (2019) \| CPU: Core i7 9750H 2.6 GHz \| RAM: 32 GB DDR4 2666 \| dGPU: GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB \| OS: Win 10 x64

01-11-09, 05:53 PM	#3
XLjedi Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Palm Beach, Florida Posts: 1,200 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 8	If you can't find targets, you're in the wrong ocean... 1) Try selecting Penang and they will assign you missions traversing the Indian Ocean. In fact there are so many targets it almost gets irritating. Look to the northwest coast of Australia and around India. If you choose Penang you'll get assigned patrol locations off of Eastern African coast. India, the Arabian Sea area, there are targets everywhere. 2) If you want to hunt for targets in and around Indonesia then you need to be looking in the following seas: Celebes, Flores, Banda and don't forget to click on your friendly airbases to send out scout planes to help you find those targets! You won't find much allied shipping in the South China, Sulu or Jawa Seas. Focus your attention on the Indian Ocean and leave Japan to the US Fleetboats. You can hunt US Battleships off the coast of Sumatra all day (I got a Colorado on my first Indian Ocean patrol, I clocked em at 16.7kts) there's always a task force lurking in that area. __________________ Last edited by XLjedi; 01-11-09 at 06:05 PM.

01-11-09, 04:49 AM	#2
Noobie Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 9 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	My first post Don't listen to me im a Noob, just my opinion. Yeah, also happens to me, but it seems that you can go patrol other places too, just ignore the mission , thats what i do, such as today, i was going back home for fuel, and on the way until now i have sunk 4 Merchant and 4 Warships, and i completed the mission even though i was far from the patrol zone. This was the first time i sunk a ship in campaign , and got eight! I'm really starting to like this game

01-11-09, 10:55 PM	#4
Webster Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	us common sense, war is about supplies so think about the time of year and where supplies are heading, then position yourself near areas along coasts or channels that shipping must pass to get to those ports.

01-12-09, 07:08 AM	#5
Fish40 The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yonkers, NY U.S.A. Posts: 1,507 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Are you useing any mods, such as OM? This mod uses historical supply routes. The mod comes with a convoy map in pdf form so you could get an idea of where you need to be.