I cant report contacts ?!

SteamWake · 04-21-07, 07:29 PM

Maybe I just dont know how.

Ive tried having them selected on nav map

Ive tried having them "locked" in periscope.

Ive tried having them in the binocs

Ive tried having them in the UZO

I hit the "report contacts" button and nothing happens.

leeclose · 04-21-07, 07:33 PM

Hmm im getting the same steam tried a few diffrent things including restarting my game it may be yet another bug fire it on the 1.2 bug patch list

NEON DEON · 04-21-07, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Maybe I just dont know how.

Ive tried having them selected on nav map

Ive tried having them "locked" in periscope.

Ive tried having them in the binocs

Ive tried having them in the UZO

I hit the "report contacts" button and nothing happens.

Are you underwater?

SteamWake · 04-21-07, 07:35 PM

Oh yea I made sure I was surfaced too :p forgot that part.

I can file mission reports just fine.

NEON DEON · 04-21-07, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Oh yea I made sure I was surfaced too :p forgot that part.

I can file mission reports just fine.

Are all messages or sent messages selected when you go to check if the contact had been sent?

SteamWake · 04-21-07, 07:40 PM

I checked the "sent messages" page. Only the patrol reports went through.

Iceberg · 04-21-07, 08:13 PM

I've noticed that when I make contact with a convoy, my crew have to spot at least 2 merchants before I can send a contact report. Just 1 merchant or spotting the escorts won't do.

And by the time my blind crew spots 2 merchants, I end up very close to the escorts! A couple of times I ordered a dive and kept pressing the send contact button and the message went through just before the antenna went underwater!

And that was with patch 1.1. I don't think I sent a contact report since 1.2!

SteamWake · 04-21-07, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Iceberg

I've noticed that when I make contact with a convoy, my crew have to spot at least 2 merchants before I can send a contact report. Just 1 merchant or spotting the escorts won't do.

Booo

DirtyHarry3033 · 04-21-07, 09:40 PM

I dunno, after completing a patrol in the Celebes last night I got a radio msg stating the Japs were invading Borneo, and all units in the area should assist. My orders were to patrol off Borneo, which I did.

Within a day, I ran on a Jap task force of about 4 cruisers and 8 or so destroyers, and following several miles behind (???) about 8 merchantmen.

I radioed off a contact report, and within minutes I got new orders to engage the task force I'd just reported.

Strange that it works for me, but don't work for you...

DH

AVGWarhawk · 04-21-07, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iceberg

I've noticed that when I make contact with a convoy, my crew have to spot at least 2 merchants before I can send a contact report. Just 1 merchant or spotting the escorts won't do.

Booo

This is correct. Single contacts they could not give a hoot about. If you see a convoy your watch needs to say ship spotted 2-3 times meaning the have spotted individual ships in a convoy. Send you report and get your atta'boy

akdavis · 04-21-07, 10:47 PM

However, I don't believe a message is recorded in "sent messages" which is a problem and likely a bug.

SteamWake · 04-22-07, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by akdavis

However, I don't believe a message is recorded in "sent messages" which is a problem and likely a bug.

Is this true ? Maybe Ive been sending the reports all along.

mookiemookie · 04-22-07, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Quote:

Originally Posted by akdavis

However, I don't believe a message is recorded in "sent messages" which is a problem and likely a bug.

Is this true ? Maybe Ive been sending the reports all along.

No this is not true. My sent contact reports show up in the "sent messages" screen just fine.

vindex · 04-23-07, 01:13 AM

Do you have to be surfaced and in visual sight of a convoy/task force in order to send? Because if I see either, especially a bunch of warships, I'm not going to be standing around on the surface, I'm going dive and either evade or engage. In fact, I'm probably going to dive when I see them on radar, way before I have a visual, so I can try to ID them from the screw sounds with passive sonar.

My impression is that, in real-life, most contact messages were sent after either an unsuccessful pursuit (the convoy got away) or a successful evasion, when the sub surfaced once again in the clear. Can you do this in SH4, since by that time you would no longer be "in contact" (although the info would presumably interest Subcom)?

Another question: Does sending a contact report run any risk of giving away your presence and/or location? The last thing I want to do when I'm "in contact" is say "Hey, look, over here! Please commence zig-zagging and depth charge runs!"

Seadogs · 04-23-07, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by vindex

Another question: Does sending a contact report run any risk of giving away your presence and/or location?

Yes, but it only increases the chance of airstrikes I believe.

04-21-07, 07:29 PM	#1
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I cant report contacts ?! Maybe I just dont know how. Ive tried having them selected on nav map Ive tried having them "locked" in periscope. Ive tried having them in the binocs Ive tried having them in the UZO I hit the "report contacts" button and nothing happens.

04-21-07, 07:33 PM	#2
leeclose Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 879 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hmm im getting the same steam tried a few diffrent things including restarting my game it may be yet another bug fire it on the 1.2 bug patch list __________________ “There are only two kinds of naval vessels - submarines, and targets.” Uber-Boot Dev Team

04-21-07, 08:13 PM	#7
Iceberg Bosun Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 68 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I've noticed that when I make contact with a convoy, my crew have to spot at least 2 merchants before I can send a contact report. Just 1 merchant or spotting the escorts won't do. And by the time my blind crew spots 2 merchants, I end up very close to the escorts! A couple of times I ordered a dive and kept pressing the send contact button and the message went through just before the antenna went underwater! And that was with patch 1.1. I don't think I sent a contact report since 1.2! __________________ Iceberg.

04-21-07, 10:47 PM	#11
akdavis Samurai Navy Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 597 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	However, I don't believe a message is recorded in "sent messages" which is a problem and likely a bug. __________________ -AKD

04-21-07, 07:35 PM	#4
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Oh yea I made sure I was surfaced too :p forgot that part. I can file mission reports just fine.

04-21-07, 07:40 PM	#6
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I checked the "sent messages" page. Only the patrol reports went through.

04-21-07, 09:40 PM	#9
DirtyHarry3033 Weps Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 351 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I dunno, after completing a patrol in the Celebes last night I got a radio msg stating the Japs were invading Borneo, and all units in the area should assist. My orders were to patrol off Borneo, which I did. Within a day, I ran on a Jap task force of about 4 cruisers and 8 or so destroyers, and following several miles behind (???) about 8 merchantmen. I radioed off a contact report, and within minutes I got new orders to engage the task force I'd just reported. Strange that it works for me, but don't work for you... DH

04-23-07, 01:13 AM	#14
vindex Planesman Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 192 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Do you have to be surfaced and in visual sight of a convoy/task force in order to send? Because if I see either, especially a bunch of warships, I'm not going to be standing around on the surface, I'm going dive and either evade or engage. In fact, I'm probably going to dive when I see them on radar, way before I have a visual, so I can try to ID them from the screw sounds with passive sonar. My impression is that, in real-life, most contact messages were sent after either an unsuccessful pursuit (the convoy got away) or a successful evasion, when the sub surfaced once again in the clear. Can you do this in SH4, since by that time you would no longer be "in contact" (although the info would presumably interest Subcom)? Another question: Does sending a contact report run any risk of giving away your presence and/or location? The last thing I want to do when I'm "in contact" is say "Hey, look, over here! Please commence zig-zagging and depth charge runs!"