Getting To Patrol Area

Dale1957 · 04-16-19, 06:25 PM

have not played silent hunter in about fifteen years so I purchased through the subsim store SH4 gold.anyone know any tricks on how to complete entering your assigned patrol area?. I keep cruising around by the big gold star,but it keeps saying incomplete.I forgot that this was a pain,lol

04-16-19, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Dale1957

have not played silent hunter in about fifteen years so I purchased through the subsim store SH4 gold.anyone know any tricks on how to complete entering your assigned patrol area?. I keep cruising around by the big gold star,but it keeps saying incomplete.I forgot that this was a pain,lol

You usually need to keep station for a few hours to a few days. The mission brief before you leave port will tell you how long, and the area size you need to stay in.

Perhaps you clicked away that screen too fast?

jimmbbo · 04-16-19, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Dale1957

have not played silent hunter in about fifteen years so I purchased through the subsim store SH4 gold.anyone know any tricks on how to complete entering your assigned patrol area?. I keep cruising around by the big gold star,but it keeps saying incomplete.I forgot that this was a pain,lol

You need to stay within a radius of the star for a period of time (48 hr IIRC). I draw a 55nm circle and remain within it till the star turns gray... Don't need to be moving, as the only scoring element is time spent.

propbeanie · 04-16-19, 09:10 PM

If your orders said something to the effect of "Deploy to the area of XX and engage enemy merchant shipping" (with "the area of XX" being any one of a number of locations), then you have a "Sink" mission objective. When you arrived at the "Star" location, did you get a message "ENGAGE ENEMY MERCHANT SHIPPING IN AREA XX"? That would be the 'Part 2' of the mission. You generally have to sink 10,000 tons worth of shipping. But it doesn't come to you, you have to go find it. You may have to sink two or three ships, depending upon their sizes.

If your orders said something like "Patrol area XX and engage enemy shipping" (with "area XX" being any one of a number of locations), then you have to stay within a given distance of the "Star" for a given time period. Generally speaking, you are talking about a 'radius' of 100 kilometers, or a diameter of just over 100 nautical miles. Draw yourself a circle that size (I use 75nm to be 'safe'), and stay within it. The time period is usually 2880 minutes, which is 48 hours, or two days...

There are also SpecOps that you could be assigned to, such as a photo recon, or an insertion of a spy or coast watcher or supplies, or maybe they want you to lifeguard for downed pilots. These missions have unusual circumstances. If you have one, let us know.

If you have a mod, all of the above can be and probably are changed.

Dale1957 · 04-17-19, 08:19 AM

thanks guys.

Dale1957 · 04-17-19, 10:04 AM

I got it. plotted a course 200 nm around area then with speed at 0,increased time until star turned gray.

propbeanie · 04-17-19, 10:18 AM

That works.

Dale1957 · 04-17-19, 11:37 AM

thnx man.you know of any voice mods that replace the wimpy stock versions?

propbeanie · 04-17-19, 06:59 PM

Not off the top of my head. There are nine folders in the "Data / Sound / Speech" folder, that have almost (not quite) identical phrases for the crew, but with different pitch and EQ applied to them. My guess is that they didn't have a whole lot of voice talent when they did the game, so they use the same person's voice at a low pitch, normal pitch, high pitch, and then have whisper, normal, and shout phrases for everything. Some folks have tried to mod portions of that. Now, if you want them speaking German, there's that...

04-16-19, 06:25 PM	#1
Dale1957 Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Herndon,Virginia Posts: 121 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Getting To Patrol Area have not played silent hunter in about fifteen years so I purchased through the subsim store SH4 gold.anyone know any tricks on how to complete entering your assigned patrol area?. I keep cruising around by the big gold star,but it keeps saying incomplete.I forgot that this was a pain,lol

04-16-19, 09:10 PM	#4
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,738 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 2	If your orders said something to the effect of "Deploy to the area of XX and engage enemy merchant shipping" (with "the area of XX" being any one of a number of locations), then you have a "Sink" mission objective. When you arrived at the "Star" location, did you get a message "ENGAGE ENEMY MERCHANT SHIPPING IN AREA XX"? That would be the 'Part 2' of the mission. You generally have to sink 10,000 tons worth of shipping. But it doesn't come to you, you have to go find it. You may have to sink two or three ships, depending upon their sizes. If your orders said something like "Patrol area XX and engage enemy shipping" (with "area XX" being any one of a number of locations), then you have to stay within a given distance of the "Star" for a given time period. Generally speaking, you are talking about a 'radius' of 100 kilometers, or a diameter of just over 100 nautical miles. Draw yourself a circle that size (I use 75nm to be 'safe'), and stay within it. The time period is usually 2880 minutes, which is 48 hours, or two days... There are also SpecOps that you could be assigned to, such as a photo recon, or an insertion of a spy or coast watcher or supplies, or maybe they want you to lifeguard for downed pilots. These missions have unusual circumstances. If you have one, let us know. If you have a mod, all of the above can be and probably are changed. __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna

04-17-19, 10:18 AM	#7
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,738 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 2	That works. __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna

04-17-19, 06:59 PM	#9
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,738 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 2	Not off the top of my head. There are nine folders in the "Data / Sound / Speech" folder, that have almost (not quite) identical phrases for the crew, but with different pitch and EQ applied to them. My guess is that they didn't have a whole lot of voice talent when they did the game, so they use the same person's voice at a low pitch, normal pitch, high pitch, and then have whisper, normal, and shout phrases for everything. Some folks have tried to mod portions of that. Now, if you want them speaking German, there's that... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna

04-17-19, 08:19 AM	#5
Dale1957 Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Herndon,Virginia Posts: 121 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	thanks guys.

04-17-19, 10:04 AM	#6
Dale1957 Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Herndon,Virginia Posts: 121 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I got it. plotted a course 200 nm around area then with speed at 0,increased time until star turned gray.

04-17-19, 11:37 AM	#8
Dale1957 Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Herndon,Virginia Posts: 121 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	thnx man.you know of any voice mods that replace the wimpy stock versions?