How to finish a patrol / complete a mission ?

[Capt.Baracuda]

Originally Posted by Strikor

If it's the binoculars icon you need to just hang in the area for 48 hours. I usually just turn off the engines and sit there since you're required to be within something like 50km of it.

Ooooh, ok ty, i'll try that

[mookiemookie]

I've run into this a bit as well, but I've had luck with staying fairly close to the binocular map icon (within about 100 miles of it) and patrolling for at least 48 hours.

When you get mission orders to "Engage and destroy enemy merchant shipping" you have to sink at least 10,000 tons for that to be marked as completed.

[WFGood]

All I can suggest is sending progress reports daily. Last night I was enroute to Honshu and sank 2 DD's that would not leave me alone as well as a large modern freighter. My patrol area was marked complete, and I was ordered to sink enemy merchants while I was still over 750 nm from my patrol zone. I think it has something to do with the reports that you send.

[AVGWarhawk]

Yes, sending reports on convoys and sinkings will generate new things for you to do. Last night I got a pop up after reporting a convoy I could not attack, a message popped up on the screen that said something like , good job we will send other assest to attack the convoy, return to port when ready. Very cool.

[MP]

I have been saving and loading the same mission to try and solve this issue. i have over 4 days in the boat, but still the mission wont complete (Again its mission 3 from a new career) I am partoling Celebes Sea. I have been around the orange star for ages now, sinking countless contacts. Still no grey star?

Is there a way to edit the save game file, I could in SH3. I have looked at my save game files, but cant find it.

[Von Hinten]

Just a thought: the option to have the navigator plot a search pattern is still in, maybe completing that one is enough? I'm on the 'getting agents ashore' mission myself so I have no idea if that actually works.

[Gildor]

A change in the patrol status is only triggered by "sending status reports"

At least once a day send a status report back to HQ. Example:

[Section 102]
FileName=data/Campaigns/Campaign/PatrolObjectives/Patrol Honshu 01/Patrol Honshu 01.mis
StartDate=19420401
EndDate=19451201
GameModes=Career
InclusionProbability=100
MinimumDifficultyRating=0
MinimumPlayerRating=-3
EntryFocalPointLong=16761500.000000
EntryFocalPointLat=4170000.000000
MaximumDistanceFromStartPoint=1500
ExclusiveLayer=Yes
ExclusiveLayerID=182
EvaluationReason=StatusReport <-------
AllMatch=PrimaryObjCompleted
PartialMatch=
PartialMatchingMinimumPercentage=
MinimumFuelPercentage=35
MinimumAmmoPercentage=25

The completion of the primary objective is determined by a Status Report.

[shawnyp420]

Hi all,

I'm having trouble with some of the missions. In particular the mission called, engage and destroy enemy merchant shipping. They are often in non shipping lane locations. I patrol until I'm out of fuel and don't run into a single ship!! That and how many ships am I supposed to destroy? Am I just supposed to patrol around the area for a fixed amount of time? Do I drive into the star and stop and wait?? I seem to get these types of missions the most but have yet to be able to complete one.

[tycho102]

Here's the easy way:

1. Cruise out to the patrol icon. Use 1/3 speed.

2. All stop. Compress time until the mission has been "completed". I believe 48 hours will do it.

3. Party on, dude. Cruise 1/3 to where there are convoys and sink something.

[shawnyp420]

even for the merchant shipping missions?

48 hours inside the star? I tried putting around the celebes sea (where the star was) and never got a mission complete. You must have to stick pretty close eh? I wish they would be back the fixed grids and not the dynamic ones in IV.

[ccruner13]

it depends..if it is 'deploy' all you have to do is get relatively close then it gives you a new objective to sink merchants. im not sure what completes that tonnage or vessels sunk or what..just take out some merchants until its complete. if it is 'patrol' then just park there and do what tycho said. 'patrol' completion has no correlation to ships sunk just time spent

[Gildor]

Search and destroy missions need a certain amount of tonnage to complete.

As stated previously, you do not HAVE to complete missions. If you are getting low on fuel for God's sake head back to port to refit or end patrol.

Example:

[MapZone 1]
Name=Sink Honshu 01_Zone1
Radius=100.000000
MaxHeight=1000.000000
MinHeight=-1000.000000
Long=16753449.000000
Lat=4163261.000000
Height=0.000000

[Objective 1]
ObjName=Sink Honshu 01_Objective1
Obj=1
ObjType=0
RenownAwarded=100
ZoneName=Sink Honshu 01_Zone1

[Objective 2]
ObjName=Sink Honshu 01_Objective2
Obj=2
ObjType=2
RenownAwarded=250
Tonnage=10000
TonnageType=1

Get to within 100 NM?(or KMS?) of location, sink 10000 tonnage.

You dont have to sink the tonnage within the range I have found. And nothing is preventing you from just heading home. You would just not get the extra renown for completion.

[Von Hinten]

That sounds the most logical yet. Good find m8.

[Patch]

Okay, I am highly frusturated and looking to see if anyone else is having this issue:

Starting in 41 from Manila, in career mode with ANY boat if first mission is to drop off troops or supplies I have no problem completing the mission, BUT, if the first mission is patrolling the Luzon Straight of off the Phillipines (Sulu Sea) or dropping off troops and then patrolling the Luzon Straight, I can NEVER accomplish it.

Once I get to the patrol area the orange icon never grays back out thus rendering it impossiable to complete the mission.

It is driving my insane!! I can go on a frenzy sinking ships but can never accomplish the missiondue to this.

Anyone else having this issue?

Thanx!!

[AVGWarhawk]

You need to stay in the area for 48 hours. It also helps to sink a few and report contacts. Eventually a pop up will come with further instructions.