Grid AM34 and patrol times - bug?

[Floater]

No mods installed; latest official patch only. European DVD version. WinXP, P4/2.5GHz/ATI9600. Tower case in a light grey. :D

I was assigned AM34, went there, patrolled it for 24hrs, but didn't get the credit. Hung around for another couple of days - still it was shown as an incomplete objective.

Then I noticed that the AM34 grid - and others in the same column of AM - seemed wider than the others, and the text "AM34" was further to the right than the centre. So, I patrolled the eastern half only, and got the credit.

Anyone else had this?

[Col7777]

It was the tower case in light grey that caused the problem John, any other colour and you would have been alright :)

[Crash Dive]

I had the same problem, after switching from light gray case to black; bingo problem solved. :-j

[CB..]

if you have a black AND grey case (ala mine)
you occasionaly get ordered to patrol GRID 14 which is nice... :-j

[FAdmiral]

Yes, I had that grid problem too. Don't remember where exactly
but after I didn't get credit, I noticed that the numbers and sizes
were off-center from the map. When I sent a message out, it recorded a different grid # than what was listed on the map. I think its only that way in that area, around AN, I think.....


JIM


PS. I have a silver case (aluminum)

[HW3]

Could it be that you confused the GMT line with a grid line?

[Floater]

Could it be that you confused the GMT line with a grid line?
No, AM34 is further west than that.

[FAdmiral]

Now that you mention it, I think it was somewhere in the AM
grid, not AN....


JIM

[difool2]

Sorry to dredge up this zombie thread, but I too patrolled an AM grid (AM01) but didn't get credit for either entering it OR patrolling it. I entered at the NE corner and transited to the SW corner, and never got the clipboard to change my patrol status.

[Reece]

I assume you checked your mission orders screen (F8) and this showed that you haven't entered the patrolling area?:-? If so it could be because of the game fonts, they are very poor to read, especially when using the hires mod, I have to get out the magnifying glass for a close look!:yep: I was sent to a grid once that was totally over land, wonder why I didn't get my renown!!:lol:

[difool2]

Nope, a subsequent search on "AM01" revealed a bug, in that the game will only recognize a grid with a zero for the 3rd digit if you first put it in as say "AM1" in SH Commander. No biggie as I have plenty of renown (and that bonus will be gone in GWX 2.1 anyway).

[Wolfehunter]

I had the same problem but what I did was patroled more to the right of the rectangle. It seems to be off the map grid abit.:hmm: That seem to fix the problem.