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Originally Posted by Captain Wreckless
I decided to follow the MTB. Would have thought it would take me South of Corregidor but it's taking me North.
Made it through the mines. 
Have an issue. I'm 100 yards off the pier at Cavite, but I'm not getting the dock option to end my patrol. It is showing dock at Manila rearm/refuel or postpone. Do I need to be somewhere else to end my patrol?
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Good, the PT boat is escort, it just goes back and forth and then turns around once clear of the field, and follows safe course back, so can follow for safe passage through the field. This combined with markings on map make it fairly easy to safely navigate, just have to be patient and don't get too happy with the TC, esp when comes to turning inside the field.
At Corregidor there is the South Dock and North Dock, where player can "dock" to unload on assigned cargo missions, evacuate personnel etc. To reach the South dock, player has to go through minefield and around the east end of the island, the wide mouth of manila bay is closed off by minefields.
The in game minefield was designed to mirror the historical one within limits of the sim. There is a historical map in the documentation included with mod that shows the minefield.
The Army controlled some of the minefields which could be detonated remotely and were put on safe when ships would pass through. Obviously this can't be simulated in SH 4.
The Navy had a minefield as well that was the traditional contact mines that were always armed. Going on memory from research here, out of town, do not have the materials in front of me.
Depending on date, sounds like your home port has shifted from Cavite if can not end patrol there. If I recall only end patrol at Cavite until Dec 25 1941, base shifts to Surabaya I believe, look for the fouled anchor on map indicating homeport. There is a radio message reporting Asiatic boats shift ops to Surabaya etc, but is possible to miss, always look on map for the fouled anchor in case it shifts.