I can't send "contact report"

oppolo · 08-01-12, 10:32 AM

HI
I have begin a career, my first mission start at Konisberg and i have to patrol an area in front of Poland. it's 1 ago 1939 so there is no war, I meet a poland war ship and i try to send the "contact report" but it appears it is not possible, it appears sent in the log but not in the messages table, I am on the surface.
I have GW3 and V16B1 mods

zygoma · 08-01-12, 10:36 AM

I am a mere n00b in this sim, but I have learned here on the forum that a "contact report" is really only counted as valuable when you report the presence of 3 or more enemy vessels. I belive the idea was that BdU might send either more subs or the Luftwaffe to come help put them on the bottom.
Just what I *think* I've learned in here.
Hope that helps,
Zygoma (the perpetual n00b)

oppolo · 08-01-12, 11:40 AM

ah ok, that's why. thank you very much, i'm a really noob

oppolo · 08-01-12, 03:53 PM

I don't understand this mission, there is no war in act because it is 1 ago 1939, so, I have to patrol only this area for 24 hours? anyone did this mission?

Red Heat · 08-01-12, 04:21 PM

*Salute

You are right the war only start in Setember 1939...you must sail to the mission grid as order for exemple (AO 14)...after you patrol the area for 24 hours you are free to sail or what ever you want to go...

Untill the start of the war you will find must of neutral ships...wich you must avoid to sink, after the war start you will find enemy ships but all so some neutral ships witch belong to neutral countries witch Germany is not at war...

washishu · 08-10-12, 06:54 AM

I could be wrong as I haven't played this mission in SHIII, although I seem to remember a similar mission in SHII. The mission was also during August 1939, before Britain declared war on Germany; the mission objective was to attack three Polish destroyers that were 'escaping' to avoid becoming part of the Kreigsmarine. I believe that the assumption is that they would transit to Britain and be attached to the Royal Navy. In this SHII mission you were also expressly forbidden from attacking any other vessels.

Herr-Berbunch · 08-10-12, 07:24 AM

If you're playing GWX then if heading out of Kiel (iirc) you can shoot the handful of ships nearby as practice and you have no net renown decrease, as GWX compensates you at the beginning with some 1500.

Sailor Steve · 08-10-12, 09:04 AM

You dnrc. It's the 7th Flotilla at Königsberg. And you get 2500 renown rather than the usual.

@ oppolo: The purpose of starting in August is to recreate the actual history. On August 19 fourteen u-boats were sent to the Atlantic to be ready for "something". They weren't told what, but when the war actually started they were already in place. One thing you can do is just select a September start date.

The "24 hour" thing is a holdover from the way they were originally planning to have the campaign work. You get extra renown for going to your assigned grid and staying there twenty-four hours, but in GWX you don't. You are free to go anywhere you want.

@ washishu: The SH2 mission was set in September, not August. You had to sink at least two of the three Polish destroyers, or repeat the "mission" until you did. Also you weren't forbidden to attack any other ships. There were no other ships to attack. The so-called "campaign" in SH2 was nothing more than a bunch of single missions strung together. That's why SH2 was the worst of all Silent Hunter games.

Herr-Berbunch · 08-10-12, 09:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

You dnrc. It's the 7th Flotilla at Königsberg. And you get 2500 renown rather than the usual.

Meh, not a million miles off.

08-01-12, 10:32 AM	#1
oppolo Watch Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 17 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	I can't send "contact report" HI I have begin a career, my first mission start at Konisberg and i have to patrol an area in front of Poland. it's 1 ago 1939 so there is no war, I meet a poland war ship and i try to send the "contact report" but it appears it is not possible, it appears sent in the log but not in the messages table, I am on the surface. I have GW3 and V16B1 mods

08-01-12, 10:36 AM	#2
zygoma Loader Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 84 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	I am a mere n00b in this sim, but I have learned here on the forum that a "contact report" is really only counted as valuable when you report the presence of 3 or more enemy vessels. I belive the idea was that BdU might send either more subs or the Luftwaffe to come help put them on the bottom. Just what I think I've learned in here. Hope that helps, Zygoma (the perpetual n00b) __________________ If it's long and dark green and its bite makes you scream, that's..... a Moray. 7/5 of adults don't understand fractions. I'm told that two things can be reliably predicted to fail with increasing age. The first is memory. I can't remember the other right now.

08-01-12, 04:21 PM	#5
Red Heat Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 1,093 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	Salute You are right the war only start in Setember 1939...you must sail to the mission grid as order for exemple (AO 14)...after you patrol the area for 24 hours you are free to sail or what ever you want to go... Untill the start of the war you will find must of neutral ships...wich you must avoid to sink, after the war start you will find enemy ships but all so some neutral ships witch belong to neutral countries witch Germany is not at war... __________________ "There is three kinds of man: the living, the death, and those who are at Sea." Plato Last edited by Red Heat; 08-01-12 at 04:34 PM.*

08-10-12, 07:24 AM	#7
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	If you're playing GWX then if heading out of Kiel (iirc) you can shoot the handful of ships nearby as practice and you have no net renown decrease, as GWX compensates you at the beginning with some 1500. __________________

08-10-12, 09:04 AM	#8
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	You dnrc. It's the 7th Flotilla at Königsberg. And you get 2500 renown rather than the usual. @ oppolo: The purpose of starting in August is to recreate the actual history. On August 19 fourteen u-boats were sent to the Atlantic to be ready for "something". They weren't told what, but when the war actually started they were already in place. One thing you can do is just select a September start date. The "24 hour" thing is a holdover from the way they were originally planning to have the campaign work. You get extra renown for going to your assigned grid and staying there twenty-four hours, but in GWX you don't. You are free to go anywhere you want. @ washishu: The SH2 mission was set in September, not August. You had to sink at least two of the three Polish destroyers, or repeat the "mission" until you did. Also you weren't forbidden to attack any other ships. There were no other ships to attack. The so-called "campaign" in SH2 was nothing more than a bunch of single missions strung together. That's why SH2 was the worst of all Silent Hunter games. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-01-12, 11:40 AM	#3
oppolo Watch Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 17 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	ah ok, that's why. thank you very much, i'm a really noob

08-01-12, 03:53 PM	#4
oppolo Watch Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 17 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	I don't understand this mission, there is no war in act because it is 1 ago 1939, so, I have to patrol only this area for 24 hours? anyone did this mission?

08-10-12, 06:54 AM	#6
washishu Mate Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: England Posts: 54 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I could be wrong as I haven't played this mission in SHIII, although I seem to remember a similar mission in SHII. The mission was also during August 1939, before Britain declared war on Germany; the mission objective was to attack three Polish destroyers that were 'escaping' to avoid becoming part of the Kreigsmarine. I believe that the assumption is that they would transit to Britain and be attached to the Royal Navy. In this SHII mission you were also expressly forbidden from attacking any other vessels.