OK, thanks for that info.

I have exactly the same objective, I've been there for 2 days, sunk 4 Merchants and shot down 3 planes... still no update so I've just plotted aload of course points around the marker and hoping :(

I don't know exactly what the requirement is but I did complete a patrol mission on my first patrol of my first career.

It was on full difficulty with the exception of External Views and Auto-TDC (stadimeter crash in V1).

I went to the patrol area, sunk a ship or two, made contact and status reports and stayed around the objective point and eventually it said complete.

By the end I think I had used all my torps too which may also have a been a requirement.

r.

Yep, I started another campaign and the first mission had the flag on it. I just had to get around the general area and I get a popup stating that I need to sink some ships. The star/flag turns from yellow to grey.

So far I sank two ships for a total around 7500t and ran into one Aussie ship that I nearly sank. LOL

Look in the Data/Campaign/Objecives or something. There are a bunch of folders for all the mission types in the game. In each folder there is a .MIS file that will give you paramters for success. I think the defalt tonnage for sinking shipping is 10,000.

You can change these of course.

<My 1st patrol was star+binoculars to japan left PG 10th Dec 41, got to the star 17days later on the 27th Dec 41. Patrolling up and down the coast of Japan I sunk a total of 12 ships, 4 with torps, and 8 with Deck gun 4 of the 8 were 2tn fishing boats. The even after I ran out of torps and shells the icon didn't change colour until 11th Jan 42, that patrol mission once I reached the star was 14days. Sinking any amount of ships/tonnaged did not change it, it only changed after the 14 days were up.

Non-ending patrol?
 

For the binocular missions, just stay within 60 nm or so of the icon, and it should complete within 48 hours.. at least, it did for me.

As for other missions... its hard to tell. For a "flag" mission, I couldn't seem to complete the second objective to "sink merchant shipping", despite sinking over 18,000 tons after 2 and a half weeks at sea, so I just started on my way back to Pearl.

About halfway back, the second objective completed.

Weird.:doh:

From what I've been reading,some of the binocular missions can take anywhere from 7-14 days of patrolling the area to clear.

How to complete mission?
 

Im supposed to patrol of some island, but when I reach the target, the mission still says incomplete....whats up with that?

48hrs on station.

Those Danish sub commanders, don't know how to stay in one place long. Always trying to go zipping around the ocean :sunny:

Sub Base Manila,has fallen into enemy hands whilst on patrol
 

Take your best shot, I will surface again ! Where do we go? Hanging tough in
Luzon Strait,two weeks no torps,six kills & star is still orange/incomplete:damn: :damn: :damn:

Remember to keep sending patrol reports to base. I have been doing this at midnight each day of the patrol and orders are updated all the time. In 14 days at sea i have done 2 "patrol region" missions and a "photo op" mission during the same patrol.

Each time I came within 120-55 nm of the "flag" to get the "search region and destroy shipping" part of the mission. One of the missions I sank 2 ships and the other I shot down 1 aircraft. I was on patrol for max 48 hrs each.

Keep headquarters informed.

P.S. On second patrol i dropped off a supply raft and didnt get any further instructions. I headed for a area that might have targets and just after my midnight report I got notified to go patrol a sea to the north.

Again. Keep HQ informed.
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Also. I suspect that someone could read this better than I, but it looks like the time is set: (see this example)

[Objective 1]
ObjName=Patrol Honshu 01_Objective1
Obj=7
ObjType=0
RenownAwarded=200
AreaName=Patrol Honshu 01_Zone1
AreaType=0
Presence=0
Time=2880.000000

2880min / 60 = 48 hrs
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Again: It looks like you have to get within a certain range as well: Example

[MapZone 1]
Name=Patrol Honshu 01_Zone1
Radius=100.000000
MaxHeight=1000.000000
MinHeight=-1000.000000
Long=16761500.000000
Lat=4170000.000000
Height=0.000000

LOng and LAt plus Range. 100 what? miles?

For a "sink targets in area mission":

[MapZone 1]
Name=Sink Luzon Strait 01_Zone1
Radius=100.000000
MaxHeight=1000.000000
MinHeight=-1000.000000
Long=14575712.000000
Lat=2581690.000000
Height=0.000000

[Objective 1]
ObjName=Sink Luzon Strait 01_Objective1
Obj=1
ObjType=0
RenownAwarded=100
ZoneName=Sink Luzon Strait 01_Zone1

[Objective 2]
ObjName=Sink Luzon Strait 01_Objective2
Obj=2
ObjType=2
RenownAwarded=250
Tonnage=10000
TonnageType=1

I read this as get within 100 miles? of Long/lat. and sink min 10000 tons.