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Nisgeis · 03-04-10, 04:51 PM

I saw people complaining about not being able to tell what date it was. If you let the mouse hover over the clock, the date will appear as a tool tip.

reaper7 · 03-04-10, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Rickenbacker

Did you actually select a mission? You have to actually sit through the "briefing" (I'd skip it, at least after the first time, it'll be the same for a while) and THEN click on a mission (round german cross icons on the map), hit "request mission" in the window that pops up, and then close the map. After that, if you talk to the guy again and select "start patrol", you should have a mission icon on the map.

The icons are not showing up on the map to select.

Heretic · 03-04-10, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by reaper7

The icons are not showing up on the map to select.

The icons should show up just off the eastern and south-western coasts of Great Britain.

Nisgeis · 03-04-10, 04:57 PM

The mission icons will be around England, Reaper.

sergei · 03-04-10, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by reaper7

The icons are not showing up on the map to select.

Try scrolling to the left.
The missions are along the Eastern Coast of Britain, and in the Western approaches.
You won't see 'em from there.

EDIT: Beaten to it!

reaper7 · 03-04-10, 05:01 PM

Have looked all around the map. No Icons!!!!

sergei · 03-04-10, 05:06 PM

Sorry reaper7, I didn't realise.
That is odd. I haven't seen that before I'm afraid.
Sorry mate

reaper7 · 03-04-10, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by sergei

Sorry reaper7, I didn't realise.
That is odd. I haven't seen that before I'm afraid.
Sorry mate

Maybe best to resart career. At least its only the training, but had 8 kills already.

Incandescent · 03-04-10, 05:54 PM

Greetings,

I did a search and did not see this posted or responded, etc.

I have been able to send crews to the Deck Guns and Flak, but I can't figure out how to tell the to Fire At Will, or better yet, man the guns myself.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

tracker · 03-04-10, 05:54 PM

just started the game sank 4 in training sent to keil set off to kiel surfaced lost my watch crew and cannot lower thr obsevation peri ,cannot remember using it ,having fun with ladders

hand book not even good for wedging open a door .
ps looking forward to the first mods for it

reaper7 · 03-04-10, 05:57 PM

Just an Update.

Restarted a new campaign, option came up to skip training (Selected yes). Mission's now show up.

Heretic · 03-04-10, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Incandescent

Greetings,

I did a search and did not see this posted or responded, etc.

I have been able to send crews to the Deck Guns and Flak, but I can't figure out how to tell the to Fire At Will, or better yet, man the guns myself.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

Not sure about ordering 'fire at will' but to man the gun yourself, you need to walk up to the gun and click on it. There are ladders at either side of the conning tower.

jlederer · 03-04-10, 06:40 PM

You can get the deck gun to fire by focusing on the target in the binoculars and pressing the space bar to "lock it" for gunnery action. I don't know how you are supposed to know that :-)

remowilliams · 03-04-10, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Incandescent

I have been able to send crews to the Deck Guns and Flak, but I can't figure out how to tell the to Fire At Will

Once the deck gun is manned using your binocs and locking the target (space) should get the crew firing. You'll see a little deck gun icon to the left in your binocs indicating that the target should be fired upon.

Incandescent · 03-04-10, 06:44 PM

You can get the deck gun to fire by focusing on the target in the binoculars and pressing the space bar to "lock it" for gunnery action. I don't know how you are supposed to know that :-)

That has been the case since SH-II.
I was talking about up to IV, the watch officer could command fire at will or cease fire. I can't find anyway to do that. On another note, I had my guys manned on the first mission, had the ships in range and locked to fire upon...nothing happened, no firing as if they were under the Cease fire command which is the default with the last 3 versions.

I did not try to actually walk to the guns...
There is no quick way to get there, I actually have to walk to them every time I want to man them?

03-04-10, 04:51 PM	#31
Nisgeis Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,909 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 11	I saw people complaining about not being able to tell what date it was. If you let the mouse hover over the clock, the date will appear as a tool tip. __________________ -------------------------------- This space left intentionally blank.

03-04-10, 04:57 PM	#34
Nisgeis Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,909 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 11	The mission icons will be around England, Reaper. __________________ -------------------------------- This space left intentionally blank.

03-04-10, 05:54 PM	#39
Incandescent Watch Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 28 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Deck Gun/Flak Question. Greetings, I did a search and did not see this posted or responded, etc. I have been able to send crews to the Deck Guns and Flak, but I can't figure out how to tell the to Fire At Will, or better yet, man the guns myself. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

03-04-10, 05:54 PM	#40
tracker A-ganger Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: co,durham. uk Posts: 74 Downloads: 213 Uploads: 0	no watch crew /ob prei stuck just started the game sank 4 in training sent to keil set off to kiel surfaced lost my watch crew and cannot lower thr obsevation peri ,cannot remember using it ,having fun with ladders hand book not even good for wedging open a door . ps looking forward to the first mods for it

03-04-10, 06:40 PM	#43
jlederer Bosun Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 63 Downloads: 48 Uploads: 0	Fire at will You can get the deck gun to fire by focusing on the target in the binoculars and pressing the space bar to "lock it" for gunnery action. I don't know how you are supposed to know that :-)

03-04-10, 05:01 PM	#36
reaper7 sim2reality Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: AM 82 Posts: 2,280 Downloads: 258 Uploads: 30	Have looked all around the map. No Icons!!!!

03-04-10, 05:06 PM	#37
sergei Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: London UK Posts: 1,788 Downloads: 405 Uploads: 29	Sorry reaper7, I didn't realise. That is odd. I haven't seen that before I'm afraid. Sorry mate

03-04-10, 05:57 PM	#41
reaper7 sim2reality Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: AM 82 Posts: 2,280 Downloads: 258 Uploads: 30	Just an Update. Restarted a new campaign, option came up to skip training (Selected yes). Mission's now show up.

03-04-10, 06:44 PM	#45
Incandescent Watch Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 28 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	You can get the deck gun to fire by focusing on the target in the binoculars and pressing the space bar to "lock it" for gunnery action. I don't know how you are supposed to know that :-) That has been the case since SH-II. I was talking about up to IV, the watch officer could command fire at will or cease fire. I can't find anyway to do that. On another note, I had my guys manned on the first mission, had the ships in range and locked to fire upon...nothing happened, no firing as if they were under the Cease fire command which is the default with the last 3 versions. I did not try to actually walk to the guns... There is no quick way to get there, I actually have to walk to them every time I want to man them?