down pilots

bob224 · 05-10-08, 04:36 AM

how do you pick them up and get them in to the sub.I had about 7 of them out side of Midway but could not get 1 of them. And I was stopped right next to them but they would not get into the sub.

bob224

Dignan · 05-10-08, 09:42 AM

I think that unless your assigned mission is to rescue a downed pilot the downed pilots you come across won't get in your boat. In other words, if you just happen to be near a pilot who was shot down they aren't going to come aboard when you get near. It has to be the purpose of your mission for that to work. It would be cool though if you could pick up downed US pilots for renown points. Or, pick up downed Japanese pilots for prisoner renown points. I smell a mod request.

05-10-08, 10:28 AM

No, I've rescued downed pilots without being assigned to do it. Are you using the binoculars and clicking on the rescue button when it lights up? The pilots in the water are like fish...you have to PRY them out. They stubbornly persist in not jumping in the boat.

Bam

05-10-08, 10:42 AM

OK, here is the drill. You approach the red cloud of smoke slow and on the surface. You are on the bridge, looking through the binoculars. If you have clicked the binocular tab the menu at the bottom has a button that looks like a round rescue ring (or a donut) when the little cross-hairs in the binoculars turn red you are looking directly at the pilot (you must be VERY close) and the rescue button lights up. Click the button until it no longer is lit and the red smoke dissapears, and you have your pilot.

P.S. Have your aa guns manned while you do this, as often enemy planes will be out and about.

Bam

Dignan · 05-10-08, 11:35 AM

I stand corrected. Good to know.

bob224 · 05-10-08, 01:12 PM

thanks to everyone I tried what everyone said.
1 there are no cross hairs in the binoculars.
2 tbt does but nothing shows up when you get near him
3 there is no life boat sign in the view finder
4 right now my sub is at 1km and very close to the pilot

I am running RSRDC-V350 FOR V14 and RSRDC-V350 patch 1 I have alreay done 1 campaign with 27 patrols, but never had rescue mission.

I hope some one can tell me how to finsh this patrol.

yes I want to do another post,after doing my campaign I have a lot of guestions
I would like to have answered

bob224

05-10-08, 02:46 PM

Ok....the binoculars (NOT the TBT) should have a little cross in the middle when looking through them. The life ring button is not IN the binoculars...it is on the menu bar on the bottom left portion of your screen. The life-ring button should be the last button on the right of the bar. Your sub must be RIGHT next to the pilot.

If you go to the UBI SH4 forum up at the top is a sticky with a tutorial with pictures. (However, I have always found THIS forum far more useful.)

...that's all i got.

Bam

bob224 · 05-10-08, 03:45 PM

well there must be something wrong with my system.
1 no x in binoculars.
2 binocular icon send me to bridge.
3 last button on toolbar is "set view to heading"

when I push B I gt to binoculars,and I also get from the WO"sir,we,ve spotted a friendly avaiator !bearing 000 long range"

must be something wrong that I have put into the game.anone got a suggestion on how I can correct this.

bob224

05-12-08, 11:10 AM

Angus McFargus McParsons McGee! Ok, try this. Go to the bridge, you need to be there anyway. Hit "Tab" key on keyboard. You should now be looking through the right binoculars. With a little crosshairs. Button tab on bottom left should now have life ring at the right side. If not....I am stumped.

Bam

Sailor Steve · 05-12-08, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bammac3

Angus McFargus McParsons McGee!

Now there's a man who knows how to swear properly!:rotfl:

tomoose · 05-12-08, 12:06 PM

I'm running TMO and RSRD and have yet to get a pilot pickup assignment. Having said that I believe bob224 is right as I do not have any 'crosshairs' in my binos at all (and I wouldn't expect any). Perhaps it's a function of the selected "difficulty" or "realism" settings?? The ONLY time I see anything in my binos screen (and which I find annoying) is a small triangle when I'm using the deckgun or the AA.:hmm:

05-12-08, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomoose

I'm running TMO and RSRD and have yet to get a pilot pickup assignment. Having said that I believe bob224 is right as I do not have any 'crosshairs' in my binos at all (and I wouldn't expect any). Perhaps it's a function of the selected "difficulty" or "realism" settings?? The ONLY time I see anything in my binos screen (and which I find annoying) is a small triangle when I'm using the deckgun or the AA.:hmm:

Ok....well, that would tend toward making pilot rescue difficult. In my binocular view is a small yellow cross that turns red when it is on a pilot (or any target). I am not running any major mods, (just sound, green button,etc.). I dont know how to help him if the crosshairs dont work....I can only suggest just skipping the mission altogether, and going back for another. Sorry 'bout that.

Bam

Elder-Pirate · 05-13-08, 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bob224

well there must be something wrong with my system.
1 no x in binoculars.
2 binocular icon send me to bridge.
3 last button on toolbar is "set view to heading"

when I push B I gt to binoculars,and I also get from the WO"sir,we,ve spotted a friendly avaiator !bearing 000 long range"

must be something wrong that I have put into the game.anone got a suggestion on how I can correct this.

bob224

When you are on the Bridge ( F5 ) and you are looking for pilots ( or other targets ), click on the "Binoculars" icon ( as below ) and you will see at the far right ( to the left of my yellow cursor ) an icon representing a life saving inflatable device ( shaped like a donut ? ).

One way and a simple way to see through your binoculars ( when at F5 ) roll back your mouse wheel one click and you will see through the binocs and the yellow cross-hairs that turn red when placed upon a target or pilot as in this next pic. If you are running some mod that deletes this function then there is something either wrong with the mod or the way you installed it or both.

When the cross-hairs turn red over the pilot the last button on the right here will be highlighted. Click it and REEL him in.

Oh yeah DO have the AA gunner ( as bammac3 said ) at his gun as I did not one time and got the s--t shot out of me and down went sub and all including the pilot.

I hope you understand a little more now.

05-13-08, 08:54 PM

I was beginning to think the whisky had taken me at last. Please note the menu bar under the binocular button with the life ring button on the right....

Bam

bob224 · 05-14-08, 07:24 PM

Thanks for getting back to me Elder-Pirate :
To got to bridge in my game is F4,so I went to bridge and moved the wheel up and down,and went from binoculars to bridge but no yellow x . I have ico rescue survivor
on the bar ,but it is not lite up.

This what I have installed in jsgme:
Retronavtoola
Submarine Bearing Tool{3000 yd]
Webster's upgrade deckgun
Improved night visibility mod stag 1
Si Interior kit
ROW clouds from Killer
ROW reflection and searchlight
ROW sky and ocean control vs-5
ROW reflections and roll pitch mod
John Hamm's uniform mod v 1.0
PEI_Donut -2 -standard
Blue green spiderw+rg circules - standard
free MK 18
keyboard 1.2
RSRDC- V350 for - v14
national flags
Recognition manul v2 stock sh4 RSRDC
MK28
RSRDC -v350 patch 1
IJN J yunsenB beta
Torpedo damage fix x2

Now that's all the stuff that is in the game,can anyone see something that should not be there.

thanks again to everyone that's got back to me on this.

bob224

05-10-08, 04:36 AM	#1
bob224 Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 8 Downloads: 80 Uploads: 0	down pilots how do you pick them up and get them in to the sub.I had about 7 of them out side of Midway but could not get 1 of them. And I was stopped right next to them but they would not get into the sub. bob224

05-12-08, 12:06 PM	#11
tomoose Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 930 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Never had a pilot rescue mission I'm running TMO and RSRD and have yet to get a pilot pickup assignment. Having said that I believe bob224 is right as I do not have any 'crosshairs' in my binos at all (and I wouldn't expect any). Perhaps it's a function of the selected "difficulty" or "realism" settings?? The ONLY time I see anything in my binos screen (and which I find annoying) is a small triangle when I'm using the deckgun or the AA.:hmm:

05-13-08, 08:54 PM	#14
bammac3 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Thank You, Elder Pirate I was beginning to think the whisky had taken me at last. Please note the menu bar under the binocular button with the life ring button on the right.... Bam

05-10-08, 09:42 AM	#2
Dignan Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 698 Downloads: 262 Uploads: 0	I think that unless your assigned mission is to rescue a downed pilot the downed pilots you come across won't get in your boat. In other words, if you just happen to be near a pilot who was shot down they aren't going to come aboard when you get near. It has to be the purpose of your mission for that to work. It would be cool though if you could pick up downed US pilots for renown points. Or, pick up downed Japanese pilots for prisoner renown points. I smell a mod request.

05-10-08, 10:28 AM	#3
bammac3 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	No, I've rescued downed pilots without being assigned to do it. Are you using the binoculars and clicking on the rescue button when it lights up? The pilots in the water are like fish...you have to PRY them out. They stubbornly persist in not jumping in the boat. Bam

05-10-08, 10:42 AM	#4
bammac3 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	OK, here is the drill. You approach the red cloud of smoke slow and on the surface. You are on the bridge, looking through the binoculars. If you have clicked the binocular tab the menu at the bottom has a button that looks like a round rescue ring (or a donut) when the little cross-hairs in the binoculars turn red you are looking directly at the pilot (you must be VERY close) and the rescue button lights up. Click the button until it no longer is lit and the red smoke dissapears, and you have your pilot. P.S. Have your aa guns manned while you do this, as often enemy planes will be out and about. Bam

05-10-08, 11:35 AM	#5
Dignan Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 698 Downloads: 262 Uploads: 0	I stand corrected. Good to know.

05-10-08, 01:12 PM	#6
bob224 Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 8 Downloads: 80 Uploads: 0	thanks to everyone I tried what everyone said. 1 there are no cross hairs in the binoculars. 2 tbt does but nothing shows up when you get near him 3 there is no life boat sign in the view finder 4 right now my sub is at 1km and very close to the pilot I am running RSRDC-V350 FOR V14 and RSRDC-V350 patch 1 I have alreay done 1 campaign with 27 patrols, but never had rescue mission. I hope some one can tell me how to finsh this patrol. yes I want to do another post,after doing my campaign I have a lot of guestions I would like to have answered bob224

05-10-08, 02:46 PM	#7
bammac3 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Ok....the binoculars (NOT the TBT) should have a little cross in the middle when looking through them. The life ring button is not IN the binoculars...it is on the menu bar on the bottom left portion of your screen. The life-ring button should be the last button on the right of the bar. Your sub must be RIGHT next to the pilot. If you go to the UBI SH4 forum up at the top is a sticky with a tutorial with pictures. (However, I have always found THIS forum far more useful.) ...that's all i got. Bam

05-10-08, 03:45 PM	#8
bob224 Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 8 Downloads: 80 Uploads: 0	well there must be something wrong with my system. 1 no x in binoculars. 2 binocular icon send me to bridge. 3 last button on toolbar is "set view to heading" when I push B I gt to binoculars,and I also get from the WO"sir,we,ve spotted a friendly avaiator !bearing 000 long range" must be something wrong that I have put into the game.anone got a suggestion on how I can correct this. bob224

05-12-08, 11:10 AM	#9
bammac3 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Angus McFargus McParsons McGee! Ok, try this. Go to the bridge, you need to be there anyway. Hit "Tab" key on keyboard. You should now be looking through the right binoculars. With a little crosshairs. Button tab on bottom left should now have life ring at the right side. If not....I am stumped. Bam

05-14-08, 07:24 PM	#15
bob224 Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 8 Downloads: 80 Uploads: 0	Thanks for getting back to me Elder-Pirate : To got to bridge in my game is F4,so I went to bridge and moved the wheel up and down,and went from binoculars to bridge but no yellow x . I have ico rescue survivor on the bar ,but it is not lite up. This what I have installed in jsgme: Retronavtoola Submarine Bearing Tool{3000 yd] Webster's upgrade deckgun Improved night visibility mod stag 1 Si Interior kit ROW clouds from Killer ROW reflection and searchlight ROW sky and ocean control vs-5 ROW reflections and roll pitch mod John Hamm's uniform mod v 1.0 PEI_Donut -2 -standard Blue green spiderw+rg circules - standard free MK 18 keyboard 1.2 RSRDC- V350 for - v14 national flags Recognition manul v2 stock sh4 RSRDC MK28 RSRDC -v350 patch 1 IJN J yunsenB beta Torpedo damage fix x2 Now that's all the stuff that is in the game,can anyone see something that should not be there. thanks again to everyone that's got back to me on this. bob224