now sh4 career settings make me angry

elite_hunter_sh3 · 03-29-07, 06:24 PM

ok i did a uber good patrol sank 3 large modern tankers and a large composite freighter and a DD, and i come back i get purple heart, campaign star and i get a new boat YAY!!

then it says i retired WTF!!!

, i dont want to end my dam career i wanna keep going.. any way i can get around this or did i just lose a good patrol??

Rykaird · 03-29-07, 06:31 PM

I haven't had this happen - I've fled back to the Atlantic until the next patch - but it sure sounds frustrating. Please check this thread for the same topic:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=109507

gord96 · 03-29-07, 06:40 PM

feature that kills the game for me. they stress the RPG element with the crew on the back of the box then make you start over as soon as you get attached to your crew and boat.

I too am enjoying the icey atlantic again until this is fixed

Lukemb · 04-04-07, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by elite_hunter_sh3

ok i did a uber good patrol sank 3 large modern tankers and a large composite freighter and a DD, and i come back i get purple heart, campaign star and i get a new boat YAY!!

then it says i retired WTF!!!

, i dont want to end my dam career i wanna keep going.. any way i can get around this or did i just lose a good patrol??

How many patrols have you done before being retired?

Jams79 · 04-04-07, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Lukemb

How many patrols have you done before being retired?

My personal best is 4 patrol 70K average then retired. I can't get to 5 patrols no matter what i do.

Simets · 04-04-07, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by elite_hunter_sh3

ok i did a uber good patrol sank 3 large modern tankers and a large composite freighter and a DD, and i come back i get purple heart, campaign star and i get a new boat YAY!!

then it says i retired WTF!!!

, i dont want to end my dam career i wanna keep going.. any way i can get around this or did i just lose a good patrol??

Vidim da jos ima Jugoslovena iako Jugoslavija vise ne postoji

. To je lepo... Zivio drug Tito!

AVGWarhawk · 04-04-07, 01:06 PM

Well, we all like sims and this supposed to be a sim so IRL sub captains did not go much past 4-5 patrols some more and some less. Desk job after that. So to simulate a sub skippers career, you get retired. Usually not on your first patrol

Simets · 04-04-07, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Well, we all like sims and this supposed to be a sim so IRL sub captains did not go much past 4-5 patrols some more and some less. Desk job after that. So to simulate a sub skippers career, you get retired. Usually not on your first patrol

Is there any difference if you choose for example 1941 for the start of your career?

AVGWarhawk · 04-04-07, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Simets

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Well, we all like sims and this supposed to be a sim so IRL sub captains did not go much past 4-5 patrols some more and some less. Desk job after that. So to simulate a sub skippers career, you get retired. Usually not on your first patrol

Is there any difference if you choose for example 1941 for the start of your career?

Not that I'm aware of because I start at the earliest time possible and alway at Manila.

04-04-07, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Simets

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Originally Posted by elite_hunter_sh3

ok i did a uber good patrol sank 3 large modern tankers and a large composite freighter and a DD, and i come back i get purple heart, campaign star and i get a new boat YAY!!

then it says i retired WTF!!!

, i dont want to end my dam career i wanna keep going.. any way i can get around this or did i just lose a good patrol??

Vidim da jos ima Jugoslovena iako Jugoslavija vise ne postoji

. To je lepo... Zivio drug Tito!

Bolje da ti ne kazem sta licno mislim o Titu, inace da Neal zna srpski, banovao bi me dozivotno...
Yuga je bila vrh, ali taj lik... Sta ces, jbg, nema Yuge, ali bar nema ni Tita...
Usput, pozdrav, zemljak!

Simets · 04-04-07, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by GakunGak

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Originally Posted by Simets

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Originally Posted by elite_hunter_sh3

ok i did a uber good patrol sank 3 large modern tankers and a large composite freighter and a DD, and i come back i get purple heart, campaign star and i get a new boat YAY!!

then it says i retired WTF!!!

, i dont want to end my dam career i wanna keep going.. any way i can get around this or did i just lose a good patrol??

Vidim da jos ima Jugoslovena iako Jugoslavija vise ne postoji

. To je lepo... Zivio drug Tito!

Bolje da ti ne kazem sta licno mislim o Titu, inace da Neal zna srpski, banovao bi me dozivotno...
Yuga je bila vrh, ali taj lik... Sta ces, jbg, nema Yuge, ali bar nema ni Tita...
Usput, pozdrav, zemljak!

Ma to sa Titom je samo zajebancija

. Inace, strava mi je kad na ovakvom nekom forumu naletim na nekog naseg

Ducimus · 04-04-07, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Jams79

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Originally Posted by Lukemb

How many patrols have you done before being retired?

My personal best is 4 patrol 70K average then retired. I can't get to 5 patrols no matter what i do.

I think the answer to early retirement is as plain as ..well.....

look:

http://www.valoratsea.com/subton1.htm

The reality is people are scoring more tonnage in one patrol then then alot of the top boats did their entire career.

If your scoring 50K+ tonnage a patrol (thats alot of renown added up btw), of course their going to retire you. You become and asset and your loss would be determental on moral, not to mention lost experience. A skipper who did that well, they'd be making him an instructure at submarine school so instead of just one Tonnage king, they get alot of mini tonnage kings.

edit: but another truth here, besides the uber tonnage, is they rotated skippers after so long anyway. Just look at the skipper listings for individual boats:
http://www.fleetsubmarine.com/sublist.html

ReallyDedPoet · 04-04-07, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Jams79

My personal best is 4 patrol 70K average then retired. I can't get to 5 patrols no matter what i do.

That's some Frankentonnage there

Lukemb · 04-04-07, 03:48 PM

With my first career I was retired after 8 patrols with a total of more than 230,000 tonnage.

In that career I commanded 3 boats, started with a Tambor, then got a Gato and finally a Balao but for only my last patrol

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If you check this file CareerTrack.upc in the savedgames folder (in C:\Documents and Settings\...\My Documents\SH4\data\cfg) you can check your current Rating value, I guess that if you have a high rating you will have the chance to do more patrols (my final rating was 14).

SKurj · 04-04-07, 08:20 PM

Mebbe its that Purple Heart...

They weren't gonna send ya out again with a peg leg.

03-29-07, 06:24 PM	#1
elite_hunter_sh3 The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,376 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	now sh4 career settings make me angry ok i did a uber good patrol sank 3 large modern tankers and a large composite freighter and a DD, and i come back i get purple heart, campaign star and i get a new boat YAY!! then it says i retired WTF!!! , i dont want to end my dam career i wanna keep going.. any way i can get around this or did i just lose a good patrol??

04-04-07, 01:06 PM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,272 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Well, we all like sims and this supposed to be a sim so IRL sub captains did not go much past 4-5 patrols some more and some less. Desk job after that. So to simulate a sub skippers career, you get retired. Usually not on your first patrol __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

03-29-07, 06:31 PM	#2
Rykaird Weps Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 356 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	I haven't had this happen - I've fled back to the Atlantic until the next patch - but it sure sounds frustrating. Please check this thread for the same topic: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=109507

03-29-07, 06:40 PM	#3
gord96 Commodore Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 627 Downloads: 57 Uploads: 0	feature that kills the game for me. they stress the RPG element with the crew on the back of the box then make you start over as soon as you get attached to your crew and boat. I too am enjoying the icey atlantic again until this is fixed

04-04-07, 03:48 PM	#14
Lukemb Sailor man Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 48 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	With my first career I was retired after 8 patrols with a total of more than 230,000 tonnage. In that career I commanded 3 boats, started with a Tambor, then got a Gato and finally a Balao but for only my last patrol . If you check this file CareerTrack.upc in the savedgames folder (in C:\Documents and Settings\...\My Documents\SH4\data\cfg) you can check your current Rating value, I guess that if you have a high rating you will have the chance to do more patrols (my final rating was 14).

04-04-07, 08:20 PM	#15
SKurj Mate Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 57 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Mebbe its that Purple Heart... They weren't gonna send ya out again with a peg leg.