End of first Patrol questions

Poacher886 · 02-07-11, 03:54 PM

Hi,

I've just made it back to Keil after my first 16day Patrol. but have a couple of issues.

The mission i selected for my first patrol was British Coastal waters, its not very well defined...for starters if you click on the little black cross on the map it outlines in red the coastal water, but is this just a rough guide or are you ment to kill inside of this arc??, but then the mission "Yellow box" where it asks you to patrol is outside of this arc and to the southwest. Are you ment to kill near this??

Either way, i sunk a few ships around the area (not inside the red arc) and my boat being in good shape decided to refit at Hegoland, then returned. After meeting an un-escorted and unarmed convoy of 8 ships quite near the patrol area i decided to unleash my torps with little success.

After realising they wee unarmed and un escorted, i surfaced the boat and went charging in with my deck gun destroying all 8 ships (seemed a bit naff if im honest) but there fault for having no protection.

Anyway with a total of 89,000tons on my first patrol and my hull down to 90% (mainly from hiting the bottom to hard and air attacks) i decided to go back to base in Keil for a polish and a chance to add a few mods.

Here's where my issues start.
Firstly, there was no obvious sign that i had completed the mission, though the Knighs cross on the map mission "Coastal waters" is now present, also, im pretty sure that below the mission box on the map there is white line that extends as you get the tonnage towards the mission end..this is full.

So as im aproaching Keil, i get an order over the radio to adjust my position to another coastal area to the north. The problem is is creates a big {!} yellow box at the top of the screen which i cant get rid off...this is seriously annoying as i play with scrolable UI thus i see a clean screen normally, but this stupid impending yellow box is now sticking in my face permently how in gods name do you get rid of it!!!???

Also, i've now arrived back at Keil and "Ended Patrol" i was expecting a fanfare and decorations / medals etc, but all thats happened is im back on the dock side as per start! i have no idea how much renown i earned of what for!, I still have this dam yellow "New mission objectives" box at the top of my screen, and talking to the harbour captin gives me the same video play back as i had at the start!!!

So how do i sign off the "Coastal waters mission" ?, do i have to go and patrol the new coastal area given to me first? and how do i get rid of this dam yellow box??

Thanks

THE_MASK · 02-07-11, 04:19 PM

As i understand it , if you sink ships around the parol box then you get renown to upgrade stuff and the tonnage goes towards your objective total . If you sink away from the patrol box but still in the objective area you get tonnage but not renown . The red line is just to show the approx area . It is in fact either side of that red line , all the way to the coast of britain and prolly about the same distance the other side . If you use TDW magnum opus mod or TDW UI mod then there is an option to get rid of the objectives yellow box . Over on the left top is your main campaign info . The coastal water icon should be white if you have completed that macro objective . The campaign is truly dynamic , so other macro objectives may or may not appear depending on what you do . time frames change also . It is a wonderfuly dynamic campaign . If you want to change objectives then end patrol and go and talk to the officer again and select another objective . Be aware of deadlines in the objectives . I use Lite campaign mod to reduce the silly high tonnages , you would have to start a new career if installing this .

Poacher886 · 02-08-11, 01:05 PM

Thanks Sober.

For now, my primary objective is to get rid of that dam "new objective" yellow box in my face!

Then i work out the rest.

02-07-11, 03:54 PM	#1
Poacher886 Chief Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Highlands UK Posts: 323 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	End of first Patrol questions Hi, I've just made it back to Keil after my first 16day Patrol. but have a couple of issues. The mission i selected for my first patrol was British Coastal waters, its not very well defined...for starters if you click on the little black cross on the map it outlines in red the coastal water, but is this just a rough guide or are you ment to kill inside of this arc??, but then the mission "Yellow box" where it asks you to patrol is outside of this arc and to the southwest. Are you ment to kill near this?? Either way, i sunk a few ships around the area (not inside the red arc) and my boat being in good shape decided to refit at Hegoland, then returned. After meeting an un-escorted and unarmed convoy of 8 ships quite near the patrol area i decided to unleash my torps with little success. After realising they wee unarmed and un escorted, i surfaced the boat and went charging in with my deck gun destroying all 8 ships (seemed a bit naff if im honest) but there fault for having no protection. Anyway with a total of 89,000tons on my first patrol and my hull down to 90% (mainly from hiting the bottom to hard and air attacks) i decided to go back to base in Keil for a polish and a chance to add a few mods. Here's where my issues start. Firstly, there was no obvious sign that i had completed the mission, though the Knighs cross on the map mission "Coastal waters" is now present, also, im pretty sure that below the mission box on the map there is white line that extends as you get the tonnage towards the mission end..this is full. So as im aproaching Keil, i get an order over the radio to adjust my position to another coastal area to the north. The problem is is creates a big {!} yellow box at the top of the screen which i cant get rid off...this is seriously annoying as i play with scrolable UI thus i see a clean screen normally, but this stupid impending yellow box is now sticking in my face permently how in gods name do you get rid of it!!!??? Also, i've now arrived back at Keil and "Ended Patrol" i was expecting a fanfare and decorations / medals etc, but all thats happened is im back on the dock side as per start! i have no idea how much renown i earned of what for!, I still have this dam yellow "New mission objectives" box at the top of my screen, and talking to the harbour captin gives me the same video play back as i had at the start!!! So how do i sign off the "Coastal waters mission" ?, do i have to go and patrol the new coastal area given to me first? and how do i get rid of this dam yellow box?? Thanks

02-07-11, 04:19 PM	#2
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	As i understand it , if you sink ships around the parol box then you get renown to upgrade stuff and the tonnage goes towards your objective total . If you sink away from the patrol box but still in the objective area you get tonnage but not renown . The red line is just to show the approx area . It is in fact either side of that red line , all the way to the coast of britain and prolly about the same distance the other side . If you use TDW magnum opus mod or TDW UI mod then there is an option to get rid of the objectives yellow box . Over on the left top is your main campaign info . The coastal water icon should be white if you have completed that macro objective . The campaign is truly dynamic , so other macro objectives may or may not appear depending on what you do . time frames change also . It is a wonderfuly dynamic campaign . If you want to change objectives then end patrol and go and talk to the officer again and select another objective . Be aware of deadlines in the objectives . I use Lite campaign mod to reduce the silly high tonnages , you would have to start a new career if installing this .

02-08-11, 01:05 PM	#3
Poacher886 Chief Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Highlands UK Posts: 323 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	Thanks Sober. For now, my primary objective is to get rid of that dam "new objective" yellow box in my face! Then i work out the rest.