Photo Reconn issue

thegrindre · 03-18-15, 09:23 AM

Hi all,
Listen, I'm having trouble triggering this one. I've sailed all around this port and even straight through that star but still can't seem to trigger it off. Even sunk a couple ships for the fun of it but all to no avail. It's my 6th outing to the far East.
What do I need to do here?

Thanks

ReallyDedPoet · 03-18-15, 09:37 AM

Have a look at this older but still useful post

Here

Also from an older post:

Quote:

Well you gotta get within a couple thousand yards.
Find the ship you are supposed to photo and lock the periscope on it.
In the peri menu bar there is an icon to take the picture, it should light up.
You may have to take photos of several different ships.

DON,T SINK THE SHIPS TILL AFTER YOU HAVE THE PHOTOS.

I did this once and could never complete the mission.

Magic

thegrindre · 03-18-15, 09:49 AM

Oops! OK, thanks for the info. I'll re-do this one...

fireftr18 · 03-18-15, 09:56 AM

You need to use your observation scope

HertogJan · 03-18-15, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thegrindre

Oops! OK, thanks for the info. I'll re-do this one...

Seeing you sunk them you'd better redo it

thegrindre · 03-18-15, 12:10 PM

My last save was about half way across the huge pond unfortunately, but on my way over this time, I picked up a large convoy and sunk three ships with six torpedoes... two per ship. It usually takes 3 to sink a ship of any size. I was surprised, although the last ship did take awhile before it finely dove for Davy Jones' locker.

Sniper297 · 03-18-15, 12:21 PM

"You need to use your observation scope"

I haven't seen that, in stock game either scope will work because both have a camera icon that lights up when you lock one of the mission targets, but the TBT has no icon so it has to be one of the periscopes. It also has to be in the daytime, defined as "when the red lights are off". If it's 0540 and you can see clearly for miles and miles but the sub is still rigged for red because the game considers it "night time", the camera will be INOP.

03-18-15, 09:23 AM	#1
thegrindre Engineer Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Central Arkansas Posts: 211 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 1	Photo Reconn issue Hi all, Listen, I'm having trouble triggering this one. I've sailed all around this port and even straight through that star but still can't seem to trigger it off. Even sunk a couple ships for the fun of it but all to no avail. It's my 6th outing to the far East. What do I need to do here? Thanks __________________ a.k.a. Rick Silent Hunter 4 Gold v1.5 Intel core 2 duo @ 2.33GHz nVidia Gforce 8800 GTX 768mb 4 gigs ram w/4 gig virtual memory Windows XP Pro w/SP 3 on a 32 bit system At my age, 'Happy Hour' is a nap! Last edited by thegrindre; 03-18-15 at 09:43 AM.

03-18-15, 09:49 AM	#3
thegrindre Engineer Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Central Arkansas Posts: 211 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 1	Oops! OK, thanks for the info. I'll re-do this one... __________________ a.k.a. Rick Silent Hunter 4 Gold v1.5 Intel core 2 duo @ 2.33GHz nVidia Gforce 8800 GTX 768mb 4 gigs ram w/4 gig virtual memory Windows XP Pro w/SP 3 on a 32 bit system At my age, 'Happy Hour' is a nap!

03-18-15, 09:56 AM	#4
fireftr18 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,528 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	You need to use your observation scope __________________ Of all the forms of Martial Arts, Karaoke causes the most pain!

03-18-15, 12:10 PM	#6
thegrindre Engineer Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Central Arkansas Posts: 211 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 1	My last save was about half way across the huge pond unfortunately, but on my way over this time, I picked up a large convoy and sunk three ships with six torpedoes... two per ship. It usually takes 3 to sink a ship of any size. I was surprised, although the last ship did take awhile before it finely dove for Davy Jones' locker. __________________ a.k.a. Rick Silent Hunter 4 Gold v1.5 Intel core 2 duo @ 2.33GHz nVidia Gforce 8800 GTX 768mb 4 gigs ram w/4 gig virtual memory Windows XP Pro w/SP 3 on a 32 bit system At my age, 'Happy Hour' is a nap!

03-18-15, 12:21 PM	#7
Sniper297 The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Philadelphia Shipyard Brig Posts: 1,386 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 19	"You need to use your observation scope" I haven't seen that, in stock game either scope will work because both have a camera icon that lights up when you lock one of the mission targets, but the TBT has no icon so it has to be one of the periscopes. It also has to be in the daytime, defined as "when the red lights are off". If it's 0540 and you can see clearly for miles and miles but the sub is still rigged for red because the game considers it "night time", the camera will be INOP.