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woodenboat · 01-31-16, 09:09 AM

Well, I've only had my copy of SH4 for a couple of days. I bought it cheap and so far, it's been great fun. But I will also say that the learning curve has been extremely frustrating at times. Such is the case right now.

I was just sent out on a recon mission to Yokohama harbor. I reached my objective. It's a good thing that I learned how to "save" my games because getting into the harbor was, at first, a suicide mission. I finally got in by running silent and really slowly.

Now that I'm here, I can't resolve the mission. I mean, how do I take photos of the harbor. My camera that is attached to the periscope never lights up so that I can use it. I never can get a message box such as the one when I'm attacked by an airplane.

So, what do I do? Am i doing something wrong, or is it a bug in the system?

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I remember the mission you are referring to but it was a few years ago now.
I cannot remember whether it is the observation scope that you need and if to take a photograph you have to lock the scope on a ship.
The photo recon missions are bugged in the stock game.

Quote:

- The photo recon missions were fixed so they can now be completed

This is from the readme documentation from Webster's GFO mega mod.
You do not say what mods if any you are using.
Check out my SH4 tutorials and if you are playing the stock game you will find mod downloads and Webster's GFO is highly recommended for anyone starting out with SH4.

Sniper297 · 01-31-16, 11:49 AM

That's the simple answer, the mission is not actually to photograph the harbor, there are one or two specific ships anchored or moored in the harbor that you're supposed to photograph. Find those ships, hit L to lock on - if that makes the camera icon light up, click it. If not, hit the L key again to unlock the target, find another ship and try again. Then check the log page to see if you get mission complete or not.

Be advised the renown you get for completing the assigned mission is very low, you actually get more renown for sinking ships, so most people skip the photo missions. Sink 20000+ tons and the actual mission objective doesn't really matter.

dashyr · 01-31-16, 12:09 PM

unless the guy is like me. Want to stick to orders... feels more meaningful than just sinking ship at random. Depends for who at least. Personally I do all objectives because command will eventually give me full autonomy anyway.

woodenboat · 01-31-16, 05:56 PM

Ok, it's me. I'm back. I've been out and now, I just got back home.

Since I made my first post, I at least decided I would explore the harbor. I got into where the docks were, all at dead slow and running silent - scraped the bottom a couple of times. After a while I realized that the destroyers were not following me in. Then I reasoned that maybe the destroyers couldn't follow me in because they would have needed more room to run a pattern. So, after I couldn't figure out what to do with the recon assignment, I figured I wouldn't waste the trip. So I started blasting every ship in sight. I sank nine before I ran out of torpedoes - the easiest pickings ever. Then I surfaced and started blasting more with the deck guns. I sank two more, one got away behind some kind of peninsula, but it was burning like crazy, and we got two zeros. But the shore batteries were wearing me down so I decided it was time to go. My total is 11 ships and two airplanes and a sort of shot up sub that still works. I just need to get out past the destroyers now. But if I'm supposed to photo one of the ships, I hope I didn't just blast the one I need to photo.

I'll photo the others before I leave and then I'll know if that's what I was supposed to do. LOL This is a darn fun sim.

Thanks for the ideas, guys. I will try them and see what happens - AFTER a game save first. Haha. And I will read those tutorials, too. Thanks for those. Now that I've gotten somewhat familiar with the game, the tutorials won't be completely Greek to me.

Aktungbby · 01-31-16, 07:27 PM

woodenboat!

01-31-16, 09:09 AM	#1
woodenboat Mate Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 51 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Brand spankin nooby can't find his own butt Well, I've only had my copy of SH4 for a couple of days. I bought it cheap and so far, it's been great fun. But I will also say that the learning curve has been extremely frustrating at times. Such is the case right now. I was just sent out on a recon mission to Yokohama harbor. I reached my objective. It's a good thing that I learned how to "save" my games because getting into the harbor was, at first, a suicide mission. I finally got in by running silent and really slowly. Now that I'm here, I can't resolve the mission. I mean, how do I take photos of the harbor. My camera that is attached to the periscope never lights up so that I can use it. I never can get a message box such as the one when I'm attacked by an airplane. So, what do I do? Am i doing something wrong, or is it a bug in the system?

01-31-16, 05:56 PM	#5
woodenboat Mate Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 51 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Ok, it's me. I'm back. I've been out and now, I just got back home. Since I made my first post, I at least decided I would explore the harbor. I got into where the docks were, all at dead slow and running silent - scraped the bottom a couple of times. After a while I realized that the destroyers were not following me in. Then I reasoned that maybe the destroyers couldn't follow me in because they would have needed more room to run a pattern. So, after I couldn't figure out what to do with the recon assignment, I figured I wouldn't waste the trip. So I started blasting every ship in sight. I sank nine before I ran out of torpedoes - the easiest pickings ever. Then I surfaced and started blasting more with the deck guns. I sank two more, one got away behind some kind of peninsula, but it was burning like crazy, and we got two zeros. But the shore batteries were wearing me down so I decided it was time to go. My total is 11 ships and two airplanes and a sort of shot up sub that still works. I just need to get out past the destroyers now. But if I'm supposed to photo one of the ships, I hope I didn't just blast the one I need to photo. I'll photo the others before I leave and then I'll know if that's what I was supposed to do. LOL This is a darn fun sim. Thanks for the ideas, guys. I will try them and see what happens - AFTER a game save first. Haha. And I will read those tutorials, too. Thanks for those. Now that I've gotten somewhat familiar with the game, the tutorials won't be completely Greek to me. Last edited by woodenboat; 01-31-16 at 06:05 PM.

01-31-16, 07:27 PM	#6
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,057 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard! woodenboat! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

01-31-16, 11:49 AM	#3
Sniper297 The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Philadelphia Shipyard Brig Posts: 1,386 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 19	That's the simple answer, the mission is not actually to photograph the harbor, there are one or two specific ships anchored or moored in the harbor that you're supposed to photograph. Find those ships, hit L to lock on - if that makes the camera icon light up, click it. If not, hit the L key again to unlock the target, find another ship and try again. Then check the log page to see if you get mission complete or not. Be advised the renown you get for completing the assigned mission is very low, you actually get more renown for sinking ships, so most people skip the photo missions. Sink 20000+ tons and the actual mission objective doesn't really matter.

01-31-16, 12:09 PM	#4
dashyr Electrician's Mate Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 133 Downloads: 183 Uploads: 0	unless the guy is like me. Want to stick to orders... feels more meaningful than just sinking ship at random. Depends for who at least. Personally I do all objectives because command will eventually give me full autonomy anyway.