How to finish a patrol / complete a mission ?

[Gildor]

For Guard missions.

[MapZone 1]
Name=Guard Palau Islands 01_Zone1
Radius=40.000000
MaxHeight=1000.000000
MinHeight=-1000.000000
Long=16247033.000000
Lat=878100.000000
Height=0.000000

[Objective 1]
ObjName=Guard Palau Islands 01_Objective1
Obj=6
ObjType=0
RenownAwarded=250
ZoneName=Guard Palau Islands 01_Zone1
RescuedCount=5

It looks like they send aircraft to fight within the range 40 miles and you have to rescue min 5 survivors

[Pit]

I been on station for 3 days for a "supply" mission... enroute was order to attack 2 task force convoys and inflict heavy damage... got 1 heavy cruiser... severly damaged a battle ship (didn't sink... I ran out of torps... hit it 4 fish out of 4 though... all in the bow area)... sank 2 small passenger tranports... and a medium frieghter... all for 17,000 tons... in an S boat 8o% reality (I have external camera and target plotting on)... And THAT secondary mission STILL says incomplete!!! Only so much damage you can do with an S-boat.... I have been at the point where I need to drop off supplies for 3 days now... still haven't figured out hom to "dropp off the supplies"!!!!

Any idea what I need to do??

[McBeck]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Those Danish sub commanders, don't know how to stay in one place long. Always trying to go zipping around the ocean

I guess I diserved that one

[Gildor]

Get in range of shore and Stop engines. The most important fact being STOP engines.

[Doolan]

Thanks for the info Glidor!

I wonder if this is worthy of being addressed in a future patch. While some missions are pretty straightforward, others don't make the objectives that clear. A little bit of feedback from COMSUBPAC wouldn't hurt...

Perhaps in the way of more detailed briefings, including maybe the area of patrols and the minimum expected duration or tonnage.

Then again, I don't think all missions should realistically be a success, so failure is always an option.

[Pit]

Thanks Gildor... that did it... I was just kind of cruising in circles off the coast..

[Tronics]

Freemantle still wont let me dock....

Anyone else having this problem?

I don't think they would change bases again....because I seem to never get the message that my base has changed.

But then again it would be nice to actually be able to check the messages without almost crashing the game each time.

[Jimbow]

Guess what your base has changed, its brisbane now.

it changes in april and i never got a message either.

[hmatthias]

Got this tip from this forum, but it seems to really work. Radio a status report once a day or so. Doing this has caused my mission to change, when it wasn't before. For example, I was ordered to destroy shipping in Honshu area. I sank a few ships, radioed that night a status report, and was ordered to patrol the East China sea, where I am heading now. Anybody ever get an order to return to base? Just curious. I am going to need to soon anyhow, as I am getting low on fuel.

[ccruner13]

as long as you have half a dozen torpedos theyll give yo uanother objective. regardless of fuel level. only time i ever got a suggestions to rtb was after i reporteded contact with a taskforce and they told me they were sending in backup to break contact and rtb at my own descretuion but it wasnt part of my objective to go home ever

[Gildor]

I think you can use your own initiative to return to base. The renown you lose for not completing a current mission is not substantial. I think a patrol mission is 200 renown or something. Let me check:

For example, Patrol Java Sea 01:

[MapZone 1]
Name=Patrol Java Sea 01_Zone1
Radius=100.000000
MaxHeight=1000.000000
MinHeight=-1000.000000
Long=13111750.000000
Lat=-415000.000000
Height=0.000000

[Objective 1]
ObjName=Patrol Java Sea 01_Objective1
Obj=7
ObjType=0
RenownAwarded=200
AreaName=Patrol Java Sea 01_Zone1
AreaType=0
Presence=0
Time=2880.000000

Get within 100 nm of the icon, Patrol for 2880 min (48 hours) and you get 200 renown. I report status as soon as I get within 100 nm so they know I have arrived. It also allows you to see later in your log when you arrived to figure out 48hrs later. (I'm so forgetful)

Also, make at least 1 patrol report back to headquarters per day. In my opinion, this is what triggers an update to your status.

Works everytime for me.

[rlaycock]

How do you complete a patrol mission? I arrived at the point on the map, stopped, a few merchants came close so I did the decent thing and sunk them, went back to the spot on the map, waited, got attacked by plains, shot a few down, basically had a ball but still had not got the tick for completing the objective. So what’s the secret?
Thanks
Bob

[AVGWarhawk]

Hang around for 24 hours then it will turn gray. After that you will be sent another mission to complete.

[Capt.Baracuda]

Hi, I have some troubles with the patrol missions, for example: Patrol off Honshu island and Patrol off Marshall Islands. I tried about everything, at the marshalls I patrolled all the islands (never ran into an enemy ship) but the mission stays incomplete. Do I have to sink a specified tonnage before i can complete this mission? or for the Honshu mission, do i have to steam all around Honshu Island with starting and ending point in the star?

Grtz, Capt.Baracuda

[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.