Can't End Mission

-Pv- · 04-13-07, 03:24 PM

Did you actually get a recall to base from HQ? If you don't get one, your return to base (whatever that is) will not end the mission. In the base recall, you should be told what base to return to.

To get a base recall you need to:
1) Fulfill all known mission objectives, even those which have been added. Call in a status report.
or
2) Be out of torpedos. If out of torps and still don't get a recall after making a status report, shadow a convoy in your assigned patrol area and make a contact report on one of the non-escort ships. Within a 1/2 hour you should get a base recall and the base name should be mentioned.
-Pv-

ironkross · 04-13-07, 03:30 PM

I went on patrol from Manilla and when I completed my objectives I couldn't dock there or at the base on Bataan. I had to go to Surabaya in Java before I could end the mission. It all made sense because Manilla had fallen to the Japanese. I just didn't recieve orders to the new base.

Quillan · 04-13-07, 03:50 PM

I've never had a problem ending a mission, and I've never gotten "return to base" orders. However, I've started and ended at Pearl Harbor every time, and I've always completed the mission objectives before returning. I don't know if it's the Australia bases that are buggy, or the shifting of base mid-mission that's causing this, but others have reported similar things.

Fearless · 04-13-07, 06:21 PM

With probs like this, you should be able to end a mission no matter where you are and whether the mission is completed or not. That feature is available in SH3 and should also be available in SH4. You just sacrifice renown if it's done this way.

E.Hartmann · 04-13-07, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by -Pv-

Did you actually get a recall to base from HQ? If you don't get one, your return to base (whatever that is) will not end the mission. In the base recall, you should be told what base to return to.

To get a base recall you need to:
1) Fulfill all known mission objectives, even those which have been added. Call in a status report.
or
2) Be out of torpedos. If out of torps and still don't get a recall after making a status report, shadow a convoy in your assigned patrol area and make a contact report on one of the non-escort ships. Within a 1/2 hour you should get a base recall and the base name should be mentioned.
-Pv-

My crew has been out to sea for 4 months now and is dying on me since I can't end missions. I am beat up by planes so bad I can't dive and refit don't repair damage. If I dive I go from 0 to 300 feet in like 5 seconds so I emergency back power blow all balast and able to surface again but my crew is dying off now due to the conning tower bug as well as they are overworked.

cazorp · 04-19-07, 03:24 PM

Hoy, did you figure this one out eventually? Im at the same spot experiencing the same problem - cannot end my mission in Brisbane, and Im reeally not in the mood to try every different port in the pacific to see if they've forgotten to tell me where to go afterwards....

joea · 04-19-07, 03:44 PM

Man that sounds rough!!

cazorp · 04-19-07, 03:45 PM

took a trip to freemantle, which obviously was "right" since I could end my mission there - got a mothball retirement there (in march -43) in my brand new Balao... this game is weird..

04-13-07, 03:30 PM	#2
ironkross Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Seneca, SC, USA Posts: 251 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	I went on patrol from Manilla and when I completed my objectives I couldn't dock there or at the base on Bataan. I had to go to Surabaya in Java before I could end the mission. It all made sense because Manilla had fallen to the Japanese. I just didn't recieve orders to the new base. __________________ If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.

04-13-07, 03:50 PM	#3
Quillan Samurai Navy Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 579 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I've never had a problem ending a mission, and I've never gotten "return to base" orders. However, I've started and ended at Pearl Harbor every time, and I've always completed the mission objectives before returning. I don't know if it's the Australia bases that are buggy, or the shifting of base mid-mission that's causing this, but others have reported similar things. __________________ We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

04-13-07, 03:24 PM	#1
-Pv- The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,434 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Did you actually get a recall to base from HQ? If you don't get one, your return to base (whatever that is) will not end the mission. In the base recall, you should be told what base to return to. To get a base recall you need to: 1) Fulfill all known mission objectives, even those which have been added. Call in a status report. or 2) Be out of torpedos. If out of torps and still don't get a recall after making a status report, shadow a convoy in your assigned patrol area and make a contact report on one of the non-escort ships. Within a 1/2 hour you should get a base recall and the base name should be mentioned. -Pv-

04-13-07, 06:21 PM	#4
Fearless Ace of the Deep Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 1,047 Downloads: 340 Uploads: 1	With probs like this, you should be able to end a mission no matter where you are and whether the mission is completed or not. That feature is available in SH3 and should also be available in SH4. You just sacrifice renown if it's done this way.

04-19-07, 03:24 PM	#6
cazorp Watch Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Baltic sea, Stockholm Archipelago Posts: 28 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hoy, did you figure this one out eventually? Im at the same spot experiencing the same problem - cannot end my mission in Brisbane, and Im reeally not in the mood to try every different port in the pacific to see if they've forgotten to tell me where to go afterwards....

04-19-07, 03:44 PM	#7
joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Man that sounds rough!!

04-19-07, 03:45 PM	#8
cazorp Watch Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Baltic sea, Stockholm Archipelago Posts: 28 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	took a trip to freemantle, which obviously was "right" since I could end my mission there - got a mothball retirement there (in march -43) in my brand new Balao... this game is weird..