sending Contact reports

[Littlealx]

hey everyone, quick question

it seems that SHIV has a feature whereby if you report enemy convoys and/or shipping there's a possibility that friendly planes will attack at some point in the near future.

Problem is, i can't report anything...

I have made both Radar contact, and visual contact (on convoys) and clicked the "send contact report" button and nothing happens. What am i doing wrong? thanks very much.

[nfitzsimmons]

Not sure why you can't report contacts, but I no longer bother. Last patrol I ran across a small task force of escorts and a pair of escort carries traveling at 22 kts. I was way out of position to be able to make an attack and had no chance of intercepting them, so I surfaced and sent a contact report. Shortly thereafter I got a message from ComSubPac ordering me to engage the task force!

[Rockin Robbins]

Contact reports must be sent while on the surface (duh!) in visual sight of a convoy of enemy ships. You get renown points for making the repoft but I don't know now many.

[Capn_Sinky]

I have found that if you can get a visual and lock on to a target and then hit send contact report clicko n the little note pad icon while still in the periscope or TBT they will usually send me a message saying the contact will be forwarded to other resources. They ususly tell me to continue with my mission, never had one turn around an tell me to attack the same convoy.
Tough luck nfit, espically with a top surf speed of 20knts with a typhoon at your back side not much you can do there.

[wetwarev7]

I've had both.

I report every enemy contact unless doing so would alert the enemy to my presence. Which in the game, does not.

What if you did not report it and you sank, and the enemy was able to sneak into port and wreak havoc? You would be responsible for all those lives lost.

Anyways, sometimes I get orders to attack, sometimes I get orders that other resources will take care of them.

And since I got the addon, I send in progress reports every two hours like a good captain....

[DavyJonesFootlocker]

Don't bet on any planes coming. I never saw any allied assets attacking a contact and I've followed a few for miles.

[nfitzsimmons]

Originally Posted by Capn_Sinky

I have found that if you can get a visual and lock on to a target and then hit send contact report clicko n the little note pad icon while still in the periscope or TBT they will usually send me a message saying the contact will be forwarded to other resources. They ususly tell me to continue with my mission, never had one turn around an tell me to attack the same convoy.
Tough luck nfit, espically with a top surf speed of 20knts with a typhoon at your back side not much you can do there.

The really frustrating part was that now I had a mission objective (engage the task force) that I couldn't complete. So I stooged up to Garapan at Saipan where there was one DD patroling outside the anchorage. He somehow detected me (with me at silent running, 1 kt speed, and a 200 ft depth) and came out after me. On an impulse I came to periscope depth and found him broadside to me at about 600 yds. I fired 2 Mk 14's at him and got two solid hits, which sank him immediately.

I then cruised into the anchorage at periscope depth and proceeded to sink nine anchored merchants. Could have taken out an auxiliary gunboat as well, but I was completely out of fish. On the other hand the action seems to have given me credit for my engage the task force assignment. Go figure!