Stumbled upon survivors while returning to base, now what?

rditto48801 · 04-25-09, 05:59 PM

First of all, I am more or less new to these forums, although I am an old Silent Hunter fan, starting back with Silent Hunter 1.

Now to my little problem of sorts.

While returning to Pearl Harbor, I 'spotted' survivors on the west side of the island. I approached to find an upside down B-24 roughly 10nm from Pearl Harbor, and red smoke approaching the water, and then the red smoke and 3 survivors drifting out onto the water.

I have tried 'parking' the sub next to them, when they got out of shallow water I tried to dive and surface to see if the game was just being odd about things, and I have tried repeatedly clicking on them while in binocular view on the bridge. Nothing seems to work. I have had them apparently drift 'through' my sub at one point.

Is there anything that I can do, or is the game setup where it is impossible to do anything about survivors unless specifically having a mission to pick up survivors?
Is there some trick or workaround I might have missed?

I did try to search for answers, but I found nothing other than a thread on how to complete assorted missions, but I found nothing that seemed to really help with my present problem.

Other info.
I have Silent Hunter 4 Gold Edition, v1.5 with U-Boat Missions.
The game should be stock, no mods.
It is Feb 13 1942 and I have a Porpoise class sub.
I do recall noticing an SD contact heading in the general direction of the crash site not long before I spotted the 'crash site' while near Pearl Harbor.
When first spotting the 'survivors' contact, I saved before investigating. I had the 'contact' on land vanish and be replaced by a blue parachute icon on the map, in the water, about 1nm away from me and near shore, but when I hit F5 to go to the Bridge and get a visual, I had a CTD. I restarted SH4 and reloaded, and was able to get a successful visual on the second attempt... where I am now...

04-25-09, 05:59 PM	#1
rditto48801 Mate Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: In the middle of a giant mitten. Posts: 54 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	Stumbled upon survivors while returning to base, now what? First of all, I am more or less new to these forums, although I am an old Silent Hunter fan, starting back with Silent Hunter 1. Now to my little problem of sorts. While returning to Pearl Harbor, I 'spotted' survivors on the west side of the island. I approached to find an upside down B-24 roughly 10nm from Pearl Harbor, and red smoke approaching the water, and then the red smoke and 3 survivors drifting out onto the water. I have tried 'parking' the sub next to them, when they got out of shallow water I tried to dive and surface to see if the game was just being odd about things, and I have tried repeatedly clicking on them while in binocular view on the bridge. Nothing seems to work. I have had them apparently drift 'through' my sub at one point. Is there anything that I can do, or is the game setup where it is impossible to do anything about survivors unless specifically having a mission to pick up survivors? Is there some trick or workaround I might have missed? I did try to search for answers, but I found nothing other than a thread on how to complete assorted missions, but I found nothing that seemed to really help with my present problem. Other info. I have Silent Hunter 4 Gold Edition, v1.5 with U-Boat Missions. The game should be stock, no mods. It is Feb 13 1942 and I have a Porpoise class sub. I do recall noticing an SD contact heading in the general direction of the crash site not long before I spotted the 'crash site' while near Pearl Harbor. When first spotting the 'survivors' contact, I saved before investigating. I had the 'contact' on land vanish and be replaced by a blue parachute icon on the map, in the water, about 1nm away from me and near shore, but when I hit F5 to go to the Bridge and get a visual, I had a CTD. I restarted SH4 and reloaded, and was able to get a successful visual on the second attempt... where I am now...