Grrrrr!!

[CSA FD]

did a patrol from Pearl to hakodate where i had to cruise around, then my next mission was to photo recon tokyo harbor, after that patrol honshu then shikoku islands and photo recon tokushima, next i was ordered to patrol korea strait then yellow sea, and photo recon taipei i did a fuel estimate and that i would be a little short getting back to midway, and so i was going to run the last 800 miles on batteries, but no when i ran out of gas my battries wouldnt not recharge and they should. course i dont have mods cuz i dont know how to instal them without messing my pc up. so i lost that whole patrol!

[TorpX]

First off, you tried to complete an absurd number of patrol objectives. Usually, subs were sent to one area to operate, and maybe they would have their areas adjusted/shifted in intelligence indicated this was required. They were not expected to sweep across the Pacific Ocean. Photo recons are very unrealistic in the game, and should probably be ignored if they are very dangerous.

The point is that you should always monitor your fuel and limit you cruising accordingly. The mega-mods have more sensible patrol objectives, but even so, you can still get "orders" which don't really make sense. Ignore them when this happens, there is no penalty for doing this.

...i was going to run the last 800 miles on batteries, but no when i ran out of gas my battries wouldnt not recharge and they should.

I don't know why you think they should recharge.

The battery is only for short-term underwater propulsion, and must be recharged by running the diesels, which as you found out doesn't work well without fuel.

As far as losing the patrol; I would just start a new career and chalk up this one to "skipper relieved of command - reassigned to shore duty", and forget about it.

Better luck next time.

[fireftr18]

Don't fear the mods. Download JSGME and install it first. It makes mod adding and removal easy. After adding the mods, you'll ask yourself, "Why didn't I do this sooner?"

[Armistead]

Most mods will give you tabs to estimate milage at current speed...Don't feel bad, we all started with stock and took awhile to figure things out. Load TMO and learn the game, it improves all aspects by 100%.

[HertogJan]

That's a lot of missions, never thought of giving your crew some RnR during that time did you?
Just refuel, rearm and off you go right.
Sub Command must really have been liking you at first, think they would have given you a s*** load of medals and a new command for it for sure but by running out of fuel you disapointed them so mush they didn't even want to mount a resue.
The only thing you can do is inflate the zodiac's and peddel the rest of the way

Although a photo recon mission isn't realistic in the game, they are good fun and more exciting then sailling the open seas everytime, gives diversity to the game.
Ofcourse, if you don't like them you can simply ignore them, Capt. choice

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Like firefr says, don't fear MODs, when you use JSGME to install them it's easy.. It does it for you...
But if you have doubts and/or questions about how it works just ask here on the forum.

This thread should give you all the info you need tho:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=204594

These two pictures show's you how it works:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...postcount=3864


And here's a thread about fuel efficiency:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ul+consumption

GL with your next patrol.


HJ

[CSA FD]

Thanx, like i said i dont know how to do the mods, yes i know how to instal them but doing the rest im clueless. i have a game called age of pirates carribean tales and got best buy geek squad to do the mods for me. right now i dont have their tech support anymore. if someone was sitting right here showing me how to do it i could learn, other than that i have no idea. as far as the patrol went, yeh i think i did WAY to many objectives. so im just going to restart it and not do so many this time.

if someone is close to my location and wants to help me with the mods pls PM me for info, i live in Philadelphia, Ms.