Patrol area assigned

Strategun · 11-12-19, 06:11 AM

Thanks for the help. Hopefully Ill get better merchants to sink. East coast seems way too much trouble, too many aircrafts, DDs and way too little merchants, and even when I do find a merchant theyre either small or neutrals. I got lucky though, found an ocean liner, a cimaron tanker and a medium composite freighter unescorted during the night. It was a blast! (Pun intended), even though 4 of my torpedoes were duds. Had good luck and bad luck at the same time, but managed to sink them all, the medium composite freighter ate my deck gun.

StimpsonJCat · 11-18-19, 11:56 AM

I have a related question. I too am on the Coastal Waters mission of SH5 TWOS. I completed the first two patrols in that area (and didn't sink a darn thing because i'm not very good at this u-boat captain thing yet). I was told to go to the third patrol area further up along the coast. I can't recall the exact grid right now. I actually managed to sink my first merchant vessel! I kept patrolling well past the 24 deadline and never got a mission accomplished message in my captain's log. The game eventually crashed so i lost that kill.

Why didn't i get a message that the patrol was complete? I'll point out that I saved the game after the 2nd patrol and before i entered the third patrol area. Exited the game to run an errand and then continued when i got back. Does the no saving apply to the entirety of the coastal waters area or only to the specific patrol radius?

I aslo have questions about how the game progresses after i complete the coastal waters patrols. There are two more missions on the map. The Scapa Flow raid and the other patrol off the north east coast of Britain.. They have different end dates. Do i return to base after CW to completely end that mission or do I just refit and head back out for the other missions if I so choose?

THEBERBSTER · 11-18-19, 05:46 PM

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I kept patrolling well past the 24 deadline and never got a mission accomplished message in my captain's log.

You must have strayed outside of the area possibly.
It is important that you know what your patrol boundaries and the time the your patrol starts.
Check this out.
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The game eventually crashed so i lost that kill.

TWoS is 100% ctd free, so what are you up to?

You can use Player objectives from the OFEV.

Player Objective Icons position.

Objective icon showing is on.

New orders.

You can switch the icon off and only use it when it is needed.

StimpsonJCat · 11-18-19, 06:32 PM

I really don't think i strayed outside the patrol area. I've been using the grid tool and marking the center of the patrol are and drawing a 120km circle around it. When i load up the save between the 2nd and 3rd patrols should I move well outside the coastal waters area and them move back into the third patrol or just take my chances and immediately start the third patrol?

That objective icon would be helpful since I've had to go into my captains log to find this information.

As for the crashing, I've added the Speech Recognition mod by skwas and i've found that it can occasionally crash the game when certain commands are given. I've learned that if you send a command to recharge the batteries it crashes and now also learned that battery recharging should happen automatically so i can forget about that command anyway. I REALLY like the voice commands. Hopefully that mod won't cause too many problems.

THEBERBSTER · 11-19-19, 06:10 AM

Hi SJC
Voice commands for basic instructions works fine and generally it is quite reliable, however when you get into attack mode this is where problems start to happen.
If you use it for change of speed, navigation, diving depths, crash dive, surfacing, these type of terms then it should work well without causing a ctd.
If you play with real navigation then ordering a new course also works well.
I would also recommend making a game save every 15 minutes if appropriate will make sure you will not waste your gaming session.
Peter

StimpsonJCat · 11-19-19, 11:18 AM

I was under the impression that saving the game in the middle of a patrol is not something you want to do. Isn't it best to save only when a patrol is completed and you are at sea and away from any contacts?

I tried completing that third patrol last night and it still said the objective was in progress even though i hadn't even entered the patrol area.

I've decided to restart the entire coastal waters patrol over again since i was getting an annoying bug where ships spotted while surfaced were not being reported in the message box. I could hear the crew call it out but there would be no written record of it. Since the crew is speaking in German i wouldn't even know where to look. I also suspect ships were not being rendered until they were much too close.

I've seen instructions on how to change the spoken language of the crew but it seems that TWOS doesn't backup the English language audio folder so i can't restore it.

11-18-19, 11:56 AM	#2
StimpsonJCat Seaman Join Date: Sep 2019 Posts: 32 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	I have a related question. I too am on the Coastal Waters mission of SH5 TWOS. I completed the first two patrols in that area (and didn't sink a darn thing because i'm not very good at this u-boat captain thing yet). I was told to go to the third patrol area further up along the coast. I can't recall the exact grid right now. I actually managed to sink my first merchant vessel! I kept patrolling well past the 24 deadline and never got a mission accomplished message in my captain's log. The game eventually crashed so i lost that kill. Why didn't i get a message that the patrol was complete? I'll point out that I saved the game after the 2nd patrol and before i entered the third patrol area. Exited the game to run an errand and then continued when i got back. Does the no saving apply to the entirety of the coastal waters area or only to the specific patrol radius? I aslo have questions about how the game progresses after i complete the coastal waters patrols. There are two more missions on the map. The Scapa Flow raid and the other patrol off the north east coast of Britain.. They have different end dates. Do i return to base after CW to completely end that mission or do I just refit and head back out for the other missions if I so choose? Last edited by StimpsonJCat; 11-18-19 at 04:11 PM.

11-19-19, 06:10 AM	#5
THEBERBSTER Growing Old Disgracefully Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Hythe - Southampton Posts: 9,609 Downloads: 1133 Uploads: 0	Hi SJC Voice commands for basic instructions works fine and generally it is quite reliable, however when you get into attack mode this is where problems start to happen. If you use it for change of speed, navigation, diving depths, crash dive, surfacing, these type of terms then it should work well without causing a ctd. If you play with real navigation then ordering a new course also works well. I would also recommend making a game save every 15 minutes if appropriate will make sure you will not waste your gaming session. Peter __________________ LSH3-2015 <> TUTORIALS <> ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW <> ALL IN ONE PLACE SH4 <> TUTORIALS <> HOW TO DO IT <> INFORMATION <> DOWNLOAD LINKS SH5 <> TUTORIALS <> HOW TO DO IT <> INFORMATION <> DOWNLOAD LINKS Always Here To Help A Fellow 'Subber' \| Need An Answer to A Question Just Send Me A PM

11-12-19, 06:11 AM	#1
Strategun Swabbie Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: Portugal Posts: 12 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the help. Hopefully Ill get better merchants to sink. East coast seems way too much trouble, too many aircrafts, DDs and way too little merchants, and even when I do find a merchant theyre either small or neutrals. I got lucky though, found an ocean liner, a cimaron tanker and a medium composite freighter unescorted during the night. It was a blast! (Pun intended), even though 4 of my torpedoes were duds. Had good luck and bad luck at the same time, but managed to sink them all, the medium composite freighter ate my deck gun.

11-18-19, 06:32 PM	#4
StimpsonJCat Seaman Join Date: Sep 2019 Posts: 32 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	I really don't think i strayed outside the patrol area. I've been using the grid tool and marking the center of the patrol are and drawing a 120km circle around it. When i load up the save between the 2nd and 3rd patrols should I move well outside the coastal waters area and them move back into the third patrol or just take my chances and immediately start the third patrol? That objective icon would be helpful since I've had to go into my captains log to find this information. As for the crashing, I've added the Speech Recognition mod by skwas and i've found that it can occasionally crash the game when certain commands are given. I've learned that if you send a command to recharge the batteries it crashes and now also learned that battery recharging should happen automatically so i can forget about that command anyway. I REALLY like the voice commands. Hopefully that mod won't cause too many problems.

11-19-19, 11:18 AM	#6
StimpsonJCat Seaman Join Date: Sep 2019 Posts: 32 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	I was under the impression that saving the game in the middle of a patrol is not something you want to do. Isn't it best to save only when a patrol is completed and you are at sea and away from any contacts? I tried completing that third patrol last night and it still said the objective was in progress even though i hadn't even entered the patrol area. I've decided to restart the entire coastal waters patrol over again since i was getting an annoying bug where ships spotted while surfaced were not being reported in the message box. I could hear the crew call it out but there would be no written record of it. Since the crew is speaking in German i wouldn't even know where to look. I also suspect ships were not being rendered until they were much too close. I've seen instructions on how to change the spoken language of the crew but it seems that TWOS doesn't backup the English language audio folder so i can't restore it.