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iven72
09-17-07, 09:13 PM
No where in the manuel that i can find tells you how to take a photograph, All it says it you have missions to do so. All it has is controlls for the free camera so if i have that off i have no camera at all thus the photograph missions cannot be done. anyone no how to take a picture?

ReallyDedPoet
09-17-07, 09:17 PM
The manual sucks, use it for something other than the game :yep:

There are some excellent guides in the stickies. When you get a chance, check them out. You use the camera with the Observation Periscope., when using and and when you have a target, the camera on the Hud lights up, that is when you take a pic, by clicking on the camera icon.

A post from the camera\photo sticky: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=516293&postcount=9


RDP

SteamWake
09-17-07, 10:10 PM
It would be nice if the manual wasent a half assed knock off from SH3.

Fincuan
09-18-07, 03:56 AM
To complete a photo mission you have to:

1) maneuver the boat within visual distance of the target
2) raise the scope and lock a ship(any ship should do) from the target harbor
3) left-click the scope icon in the command bar, and then the camera icon below and to the right of it
4) lower the scope and get the hell out of there

You usually get the "objective completed" radio message immediately after taking the picture. If not, just lock another ship and retry.

maerean_m
09-18-07, 05:30 AM
It would be nice if the manual wasent a half assed knock off from SH3.
The manual had to send to the printer months before the game was released and months before many features were implemented.

Plus, the manual that was written had 150 pages, but the one found in the box is a lot smaller. No one knows what happened with all those pages.

Von Tonner
09-18-07, 06:29 AM
It would be nice if the manual wasent a half assed knock off from SH3. The manual had to send to the printer months before the game was released and months before many features were implemented.

Plus, the manual that was written had 150 pages, but the one found in the box is a lot smaller. No one knows what happened with all those pages.

I must tell you, the more insight that maerean-m gives into the 'behind scenes' of Ubisoft the stronger my resolve to never support this company in the future. The above would be laughable if it was not so sad.:doh:

ReallyDedPoet
09-18-07, 07:18 AM
It would be nice if the manual wasent a half assed knock off from SH3. The manual had to send to the printer months before the game was released and months before many features were implemented.

Plus, the manual that was written had 150 pages, but the one found in the box is a lot smaller. No one knows what happened with all those pages.

That's to bad ^^^.

Hopefully like this first poster here, newer players will see past the inadequate manual and ask questions versus shelving the game at the get go. Compared to it's initial release, it is an entirely different game.

1.3 and mods have made a big difference.


RDP

Capt. Shark Bait
09-18-07, 07:47 AM
there's one keyboard command i wouldn't mind having, since there's already one for silent running. need it for my FANG

iven72
09-18-07, 08:46 AM
Thanks much guys

SteamWake
09-18-07, 10:23 AM
Plus, the manual that was written had 150 pages, but the one found in the box is a lot smaller. No one knows what happened with all those pages.

How about that... :hmm: Dident have anything to do with printing costs somehow ?

Wonder what was on those pages ? Couldent they be posted on the website as an addendum ? Or did they vanish off the face of the earth ?

Rockin Robbins
09-18-07, 11:40 AM
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