Career Mode question.

[Spudwiser]

I have been playing the dvd edition of Silent Hunter 3 that i picked up about 3 days ago. Here is my question: How do you end a patrol CORRECTLY? The reason I know I am not, is when I go to promote one of my crew, it says I must complete a patrol. I have tried entering the harbor and, being surfaced, entering the dock, then exiting my game pressing escape and you know the rest.

What in gods name am I doing wrong? Is it just a glitch with a dvd version of the game? Oh and I do have GWX installed if that makes a diffrence.

[GSpector]

Hello,

Not sure but I think you have to complete at least 2 patrols for it to register all crewmen and therefore allow you to promote someone.

[Spudwiser]

Ok, but am i "completeing" the patrols correctly? Also, half the time, I end up in the grid and there are no ships to sink. Last time, I got brave and made my way into an british harbour. Lest just say, there was enough depth charges to walk from there to berlin.

[Jimbuna]

The quickest way to end a patrol other than being killed is to press 'Esc' end patrol etc.
Did you update the game with the 1.4b patch ? :hmm:
You say your using GWX....have you installed the 'Dec23rdmod' ? :hmm:

[Corsair]

Originally Posted by Spudwiser

Ok, but am i "completeing" the patrols correctly? Also, half the time, I end up in the grid and there are no ships to sink. Last time, I got brave and made my way into an british harbour. Lest just say, there was enough depth charges to walk from there to berlin.

Don't worry, most of the time there are no targets to be found in the grid you're asked to patrol... You will often find a few on your way in, then :

1. Once you have finished patrolling your grid, you go to target rich places (search forum here, tons of tips on where to look) - which you can find also by yourself by looking at the map and think where the traffic in and out of allied harbours must transit. There are a few bottlenecks...

2. You can also simply ignore the grid if you don't feel like going there - it just brings a few extra renown points to complete the grid 24h patrol.

To complete patrol, you must dock back at base, either with the unrealistic "magic carpet ride" (Esc + Dock at xxx from anywhere) or by sailing back to base, then press Esc and "Dock at xxx".