If you want to just hunt tonnage?

[MarkShot]

I am an SH4 noob (familiar with SH3/GWX) and initially I only want to hunt tonnage. Is there anything I can do to control what missions I get assigned?

Thanks.

[tomoose]

....what you're asking.
Do you want to 'skip' photo missions, pilot pickups etc and only get 'destroy shipping' missions?
Regardless, any mission you are assigned doesn't prevent you from hunting ships unless you want to play realistically.
I'm not sure you can select specific missions in the career mode, you get what you're assigned (as in real life).

[Rockin Robbins]

I don't know sir, let me see if you can pose that question to the Admiral. Hello, Admiral Lockwood, sir? .......Yes, it's Captain MarkShot here to see you. He has some questions to ask.......What kind of questions? Well, he wants to hunt tonnage, sir, and he kinda sees other objectives as.......yes, sir? Send him right in? Yes, sir!

OK, I've greased the skids and you can go right in. No need to thank me, sir. You'll understand afterwards. Good luck, sir.

Come on in, son, have a seat. I understand you want to skip all that photographing enemy harbors, planting spies, rescuing airmen and other non-essential roles to get right to the nitty-gritty of just sinking enemy merchants. Well, that sounds right reasonable, and there's a place you can do all that: it's called Disneyland. Only one problem. It's not built yet.

This place where you're seated right now is what's called a war zone. You are a sub jockey and I'm the Admiral. That means I tell you to go to hell and you go there with a smile on your face. Any questions on that regard?

You might be a little careful in your response because there are a lot nastier jobs in this war than being a sub jockey. You can ask my aide right outside the door. He was a sub captain until he said something untoward about my favorite daughter's man, who happens to be a sub jockey like you. Now he smells funny and sinks barrels of garbage instead of enemy shipping.

Now he'd love to give up that swanky garbage scow and kowtowing to me all day to get your submarine. And I don't mind you picking some other job than what I order you to do. Just keep in mind that your only other choice is to trade places with "Rockin Garbage Scow" outside that door. Do I make myself clear?

DISMISSED!

How'd it go, sir? You look a little pale. PLEASE, sir, don't barf in that garbage can like that, I have to clean that up!

[aanker]

Now that's funny Mr RR. lol

Although I agree that the photo recons are completely unrealistic I do enjoy them and always have since the days of SHCE.

In his ICL mod Tater did away with a lot of the photo recons but you'll really need to hunt for shipping. Give that a try. I think they are also included in TM (although I don't run TM) so I'm not sure.

Happy Hunting Mark!

Art

[Rockin Robbins]

Just because your mission is to plant spies, photograph bad guys, pull wet terriers out of the water, etc, doesn't mean you can't raise some righteous cain to and from the mission. The mission itself is just a little spice on top of the mayhem.

The admiral doesn't mind a little extra credit work as long as you complete his main mission.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

I don't know sir, let me see if you can pose that question to the Admiral. Hello, Admiral Lockwood, sir? .......Yes, it's Captain MarkShot here to see you. He has some questions to ask.......What kind of questions? Well, he wants to hunt tonnage, sir, and he kinda sees other objectives as.......yes, sir? Send him right in? Yes, sir!

OK, I've greased the skids and you can go right in. No need to thank me, sir. You'll understand afterwards. Good luck, sir.

Come on in, son, have a seat. I understand you want to skip all that photographing enemy harbors, planting spies, rescuing airmen and other non-essential roles to get right to the nitty-gritty of just sinking enemy merchants. Well, that sounds right reasonable, and there's a place you can do all that: it's called Disneyland. Only one problem. It's not built yet.

This place where you're seated right now is what's called a war zone. You are a sub jockey and I'm the Admiral. That means I tell you to go to hell and you go there with a smile on your face. Any questions on that regard?

You might be a little careful in your response because there are a lot nastier jobs in this war than being a sub jockey. You can ask my aide right outside the door. He was a sub captain until he said something untoward about my favorite daughter's man, who happens to be a sub jockey like you. Now he smells funny and sinks barrels of garbage instead of enemy shipping.

Now he'd love to give up that swanky garbage scow and kowtowing to me all day to get your submarine. And I don't mind you picking some other job than what I order you to do. Just keep in mind that your only other choice is to trade places with "Rockin Garbage Scow" outside that door. Do I make myself clear?

DISMISSED!

How'd it go, sir? You look a little pale. PLEASE, sir, don't barf in that garbage can like that, I have to clean that up!

This one never gets old RR


RDP

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

I don't know sir, let me see if you can pose that question to the Admiral. Hello, Admiral Lockwood, sir? .......Yes, it's Captain MarkShot here to see you. He has some questions to ask.......What kind of questions? Well, he wants to hunt tonnage, sir, and he kinda sees other objectives as.......yes, sir? Send him right in? Yes, sir!

OK, I've greased the skids and you can go right in. No need to thank me, sir. You'll understand afterwards. Good luck, sir.

Come on in, son, have a seat. I understand you want to skip all that photographing enemy harbors, planting spies, rescuing airmen and other non-essential roles to get right to the nitty-gritty of just sinking enemy merchants. Well, that sounds right reasonable, and there's a place you can do all that: it's called Disneyland. Only one problem. It's not built yet.

This place where you're seated right now is what's called a war zone. You are a sub jockey and I'm the Admiral. That means I tell you to go to hell and you go there with a smile on your face. Any questions on that regard?

You might be a little careful in your response because there are a lot nastier jobs in this war than being a sub jockey. You can ask my aide right outside the door. He was a sub captain until he said something untoward about my favorite daughter's man, who happens to be a sub jockey like you. Now he smells funny and sinks barrels of garbage instead of enemy shipping.

Now he'd love to give up that swanky garbage scow and kowtowing to me all day to get your submarine. And I don't mind you picking some other job than what I order you to do. Just keep in mind that your only other choice is to trade places with "Rockin Garbage Scow" outside that door. Do I make myself clear?

DISMISSED!

How'd it go, sir? You look a little pale. PLEASE, sir, don't barf in that garbage can like that, I have to clean that up!

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Wilcke]

Mark you need to switch commands come over and work for Christie, Australia is much nicer and easier going, fine beer and the ladies are just gorgeous.

As posted above does not matter what mission you are assigned just plan the trip so that you do some hunting along the ingress and egress.

[MarkShot]

Okay, but unlike SH1 where you could blatantly ignore missions or AOD/SH3 where you can ignore patrol grids, if you do this in SH4, you will be relieved of command, correct?

[John Channing]

Eventually, yes.

JCC

[ekempey]

Originally Posted by Wilcke

Mark you need to switch commands come over and work for Christie, Australia is much nicer and easier going, fine beer and the ladies are just gorgeous.

In that case, enjoy your duds using magnetic influence until mid '43. Lockwood did away with them much earlier.

:P

[Wilcke]

Originally Posted by ekempey

In that case, enjoy your duds using magnetic influence until mid '43. Lockwood did away with them much earlier.

:P

I never was very good at following orders......

[kiwi_2005]

Well im in mission where i have to patrol right near Tokyo, then i thought why not try getting into the port of Yokosuka, so of i went and so far have spotted the Hiya Carrier and what looks like a battleship not yet identified sitting in port, im at periscope depth within about 8miles of the port inching my way in.

Oh ive gone back to the stock game 1.4 with just ROW mod added (just for a bit of easy pickings )so i figuring this is why so far its easy getting in, i think if i had TM or RSRDC etc., i would of probably never got anywhere near where i am.

If theres a port nearby your patrol go check it out just dont go to far from your patrol zone.

[tomoose]

RR;
I think the Admiral needs to have a one-way conversation with Kiwi too

Stock?
Easy pickings?
Disobeying orders?

[CaptainHaplo]

Mark - the patrol orders are there for you to follow -they keep the brass happy. However, once you complete a mission - don't radio in! Go hunting - they dont care! Its only when you tell em your done with the job that they send you another! So if you pick up an aerodale who couldnt keep holes outta his plane - dont radio in - just putter off and go huntin. Tell the flyboy your lookin for a japanes jackalope and he will get back to his airbase when its time. Don't radio nuthin to nobody - loose every fish ya have into the belly of whatever enemy ship you can find that suits your tastes, THEN radio home. The brass will say - durn - he's outta torps (or low on fuel as the case may be) and we better bring him home. 1 or 2 "missions" from HQ completed per patrol is enough to keep em off your backs. The rest of the time is yours to do whatever you want - as long as you dont tell em you've already scrubbed the latrines to a bright and shiny polish. (Yes - I know we are all navy now but I just cant get used to callin it a "head" cuz when I go I wish me head could be elsewhere due to the smell....but thats what gettin old does to a fella.)

Anyways - thats what I do - and I ain't been tossed to a desk as yet.