meeting patrol objectives

Bilge_Rat · 04-09-07, 01:52 PM

I have been assigned to patrol the Carolines near Truk. How long and how close do I need to stay to the "Star" to get the objective completed. The manual is silent on this.

I remember in SH3, you had to patrol a specific grid for 24 or 48 hours.

ironkross · 04-09-07, 02:22 PM

I have the same question about the troops insertion on Phillipines coast mission. How long do I have to stay there. My sub was almost close enough to wade to shore but I never got a completed check.

Quillan · 04-09-07, 02:22 PM

48 hours within roughly 55 nautical miles of the center of the star.

Camaero · 04-09-07, 02:23 PM

I'm not sure, but I just stay pretty close in the area and it seems to take 48 hours, not 24 like in SHIII.

Camaero · 04-09-07, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ironkross

I have the same question about the troops insertion on Phillipines coast mission. How long do I have to stay there. My sub was almost close enough to wade to shore but I never got a completed check.

Did you launch the troops? As soon as you launch them, you should be finished. First you have to zoom in all the way on the map and get your sub into the same grid as the insertion picture.

Gildor · 04-09-07, 02:51 PM

For troop insertion you have to get close and stop engines

AVGWarhawk · 04-09-07, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Gildor

For troop insertion you have to get close and stop engines

Stop engines is the biggest thing. Man, I was beaching my sub trying to figure that one out

jerryt · 04-09-07, 02:57 PM

I've had different results each time it seems. All patrols have been from Pearl to patrol off Honshu. 1st patrol and the last one; star changed color and updated orders as soon as I got about 100 miles out. Other patrols, I had to patrol around it for a couple of days to get it to change. Seems wonky at best.

Quillan · 04-09-07, 03:10 PM

Those are different orders. If the orders tell you "Patrol the East China Sea" then you have to go there, spend 48 hours within a certain distance of the target point, and then the objective will be completed. If, on the other hand, the orders tell you "Deploy to the East China Sea" then the order gets completed as soon as you get within a certain distance of the target point, and you'll get a new objective "Engage enemy merchant shipping". The first doesn't automatically give you a new objective, but I have gotten a new one with the first type of order after sending in a status report once it was completed.

ironkross · 04-09-07, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Gildor

For troop insertion you have to get close and stop engines

Thanks for the response.
I did stop engines but the troops icon is .1 nm inland so I never actually reached that, but I am in the same grid. Replaying it now.

ironkross · 04-09-07, 03:55 PM

OK, I'm replaying now and this time I got the screen to Launch or Postpone as soon as I stopped. Maybe what happened the first time was I sailed into the grid and out of the south side before cutting engines.

Bilge_Rat · 04-09-07, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Quillan

48 hours within roughly 55 nautical miles of the center of the star.

thanks.

-Pv- · 04-09-07, 06:49 PM

The requirement for spy insertion is 1.5 miles from the coast with engines stopped and on the surface. I assume the deploy troops is similar. As soon as the boat leaves your sub, don't stick around.
-Pv-

ironkross · 04-09-07, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by -Pv-

As soon as the boat leaves your sub, don't stick around.
-Pv-

You got that right! The raft circles and slams into your boat with enough bangs and clatter to wake the dead.

04-09-07, 01:52 PM	#1
Bilge_Rat Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: standing watch... Posts: 3,855 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	meeting patrol objectives I have been assigned to patrol the Carolines near Truk. How long and how close do I need to stay to the "Star" to get the objective completed. The manual is silent on this. I remember in SH3, you had to patrol a specific grid for 24 or 48 hours.

04-09-07, 02:22 PM	#2
ironkross Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Seneca, SC, USA Posts: 251 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	I have the same question about the troops insertion on Phillipines coast mission. How long do I have to stay there. My sub was almost close enough to wade to shore but I never got a completed check. __________________ If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.

04-09-07, 02:22 PM	#3
Quillan Samurai Navy Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 579 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	48 hours within roughly 55 nautical miles of the center of the star. __________________ We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

04-09-07, 02:23 PM	#4
Camaero The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA, Massachusetts Posts: 1,477 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	I'm not sure, but I just stay pretty close in the area and it seems to take 48 hours, not 24 like in SHIII. __________________

04-09-07, 02:51 PM	#6
Gildor Lieutenant Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 251 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	For troop insertion you have to get close and stop engines __________________ U-46: Oct 1943 off Portugal

04-09-07, 02:57 PM	#8
jerryt Loader Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Queen Creek, AZ. USA Posts: 88 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	I've had different results each time it seems. All patrols have been from Pearl to patrol off Honshu. 1st patrol and the last one; star changed color and updated orders as soon as I got about 100 miles out. Other patrols, I had to patrol around it for a couple of days to get it to change. Seems wonky at best. __________________ JerryT

04-09-07, 03:10 PM	#9
Quillan Samurai Navy Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 579 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Those are different orders. If the orders tell you "Patrol the East China Sea" then you have to go there, spend 48 hours within a certain distance of the target point, and then the objective will be completed. If, on the other hand, the orders tell you "Deploy to the East China Sea" then the order gets completed as soon as you get within a certain distance of the target point, and you'll get a new objective "Engage enemy merchant shipping". The first doesn't automatically give you a new objective, but I have gotten a new one with the first type of order after sending in a status report once it was completed. __________________ We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

04-09-07, 03:55 PM	#11
ironkross Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Seneca, SC, USA Posts: 251 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	OK, I'm replaying now and this time I got the screen to Launch or Postpone as soon as I stopped. Maybe what happened the first time was I sailed into the grid and out of the south side before cutting engines. __________________ If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.

04-09-07, 06:49 PM	#13
-Pv- The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,434 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	The requirement for spy insertion is 1.5 miles from the coast with engines stopped and on the surface. I assume the deploy troops is similar. As soon as the boat leaves your sub, don't stick around. -Pv-