Guide: How to Complete a Mission. - Page 7

Soterius · 02-13-09, 10:53 PM

I have to do recon in Singapore. So i headed there and there's only one ship at the dock, a subchaser. I took a picture of it (a good one,from close by, the lock-on showed a green triangle and when I look at the picture on the clipboard, it looks very clear) but the objective still says "incomplete". What do I have to do??? There are absolutely NO OTHER ships in the harbor, this is the only one!!

EDIT: Well, I just went back to a saved game before I got the new objective to do recon at Singapore and got another objective this time, so I'm okay. But still, this really didn't make any sense...I've searched the whole area for other ships with the free cam and I'm 100% sure that the subchaser was the only ship there. The photo was good too so it really must've been a bug.

THE_MASK · 02-15-09, 01:05 AM

Its a picture of part of the docks .

Soterius · 02-15-09, 02:43 AM

So how should I have taken that picture? I couldn't lock on the docks, the photograph button would not become available, it only comes available when you lock onto a ship as far a I know.

merceg100 · 04-08-09, 06:43 AM

i had to deploy to east china sea, and when i came there the next objective is to engage and destroy enemy merchant shipping. but i'm now on almost half of fuel which i need to come back to port to refuel. so is it neccesary to destroy ships in east china sea (because a had to deploy there) or i can sink ships on my way back? and one more question, how many ships do i have to sunk to complete mission?

Torplexed · 04-08-09, 07:06 AM

Once you get the destroy shipping mission your superiors don't care where the ships are sunk geographically, it counts as destroyed shipping. I'm not sure what the tonnage limit is to accomplish the destroy shipping mission, but I think it can be as little as one ship provided it's something more substantial than a sampan. Obviously you're rewarded more renown the more you sink.

merceg100 · 04-08-09, 07:14 AM

i destroyed one merchant ship just before this mission (first mission was to escort spy) and than i got meesage to deploy to east china sea and when i came ther then i recieved meesage to destroy ships, now i have destroyed one more ship but i'm curious if the first ship that i destroyed before this mission is also calculated as the part of the second mission?

MonTana_Prussian · 04-08-09, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by merceg100

i destroyed one merchant ship just before this mission (first mission was to escort spy) and than i got meesage to deploy to east china sea and when i came ther then i recieved meesage to destroy ships, now i have destroyed one more ship but i'm curious if the first ship that i destroyed before this mission is also calculated as the part of the second mission?

From my experience,the answer is no,any ship sunk before getting the destroy shipping mission does not count toward the mission.

Munchausen · 04-08-09, 11:25 AM

It doesn't count. After you get the message, you need to sink 10,000 additional tons. Then your objective will show (on the clipboard) as being completed.

Akula4745 · 04-11-09, 09:34 PM

Yes, it does not count... or at least it didn't for me. I took down a lone merchant ship (5500 tons) about 118 miles from my patrol point (best estimate on the distance) and while I got credit for the kill... I still had to get my full 10,000 from the patrol area. I guess that proves the 100 nm radius theory I read about...

Happy hunting!

Akula4745

MonTana_Prussian · 04-11-09, 10:00 PM

When Ifirst started playing this game(and before I found SubSim) i could never figure out why I could never complete a mission.

Munchausen · 04-12-09, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Akula4745

I guess that proves the 100 nm radius theory I read about...

I do believe one of the patches changed the range to 50nm. Anyway, that's the number I use and it seems to work ... remain within 50nm of your yellow star for 48 hours (if assigned a "patrol" area). After the star turns gray, you can wander as far as you like.

Gambit · 04-26-09, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Soterius

So how should I have taken that picture? I couldn't lock on the docks, the photograph button would not become available, it only comes available when you lock onto a ship as far a I know.

I'm in this situation now too. At Singapore, with only a small old engine aft merchant at the docks. Is it true that there must be 5 vessels to complete a photo recon?

Akula4745 · 04-26-09, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Munchausen

I do believe one of the patches changed the range to 50nm. Anyway, that's the number I use and it seems to work ... remain within 50nm of your yellow star for 48 hours (if assigned a "patrol" area). After the star turns gray, you can wander as far as you like.

That would explain it, Munchausen... I have not added any mods to SH4 - only the 1.4 patch. I stayed within 70-80 nm of the star and it worked for me (cleared after 48 hours). The mods will be added when everything gets resolved with my new PC... but that is another story!

Akula4745

SgtPotato · 06-19-09, 09:13 PM

I just received the patrol objective and I've been gone for 6 days. No objective completed yet, until I realize that it was reduced to 50nm...

06-19-09, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by SgtPotato

I just received the patrol objective and I've been gone for 6 days. No objective completed yet, until I realize that it was reduced to 50nm...

Goes to prove the SH4 Dev Team never finished this game

02-13-09, 10:53 PM	#91
Soterius Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 13 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I have to do recon in Singapore. So i headed there and there's only one ship at the dock, a subchaser. I took a picture of it (a good one,from close by, the lock-on showed a green triangle and when I look at the picture on the clipboard, it looks very clear) but the objective still says "incomplete". What do I have to do??? There are absolutely NO OTHER ships in the harbor, this is the only one!! EDIT: Well, I just went back to a saved game before I got the new objective to do recon at Singapore and got another objective this time, so I'm okay. But still, this really didn't make any sense...I've searched the whole area for other ships with the free cam and I'm 100% sure that the subchaser was the only ship there. The photo was good too so it really must've been a bug. Last edited by Soterius; 02-14-09 at 05:14 PM.

04-08-09, 06:43 AM	#94
merceg100 Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 13 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	i had to deploy to east china sea, and when i came there the next objective is to engage and destroy enemy merchant shipping. but i'm now on almost half of fuel which i need to come back to port to refuel. so is it neccesary to destroy ships in east china sea (because a had to deploy there) or i can sink ships on my way back? and one more question, how many ships do i have to sunk to complete mission? __________________

04-08-09, 07:06 AM	#95
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Once you get the destroy shipping mission your superiors don't care where the ships are sunk geographically, it counts as destroyed shipping. I'm not sure what the tonnage limit is to accomplish the destroy shipping mission, but I think it can be as little as one ship provided it's something more substantial than a sampan. Obviously you're rewarded more renown the more you sink. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

04-08-09, 07:14 AM	#96
merceg100 Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 13 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	i destroyed one merchant ship just before this mission (first mission was to escort spy) and than i got meesage to deploy to east china sea and when i came ther then i recieved meesage to destroy ships, now i have destroyed one more ship but i'm curious if the first ship that i destroyed before this mission is also calculated as the part of the second mission? __________________

04-11-09, 09:34 PM	#99
Akula4745 Convicted Ship Killer Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Just out of sight... plotting your course and speed Posts: 846 Downloads: 371 Uploads: 1	Yes, it does not count... or at least it didn't for me. I took down a lone merchant ship (5500 tons) about 118 miles from my patrol point (best estimate on the distance) and while I got credit for the kill... I still had to get my full 10,000 from the patrol area. I guess that proves the 100 nm radius theory I read about... Happy hunting! Akula4745 __________________ Akula4745 "If you sit by the river long enough... the body of your enemy will float by -- SunTzu"

02-15-09, 01:05 AM	#92
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	Its a picture of part of the docks .

02-15-09, 02:43 AM	#93
Soterius Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 13 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	So how should I have taken that picture? I couldn't lock on the docks, the photograph button would not become available, it only comes available when you lock onto a ship as far a I know.

04-08-09, 11:25 AM	#98
Munchausen Commodore Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 608 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 1	It doesn't count. After you get the message, you need to sink 10,000 additional tons. Then your objective will show (on the clipboard) as being completed.

04-11-09, 10:00 PM	#100
MonTana_Prussian Ensign Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Helena,Montana Posts: 234 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	When Ifirst started playing this game(and before I found SubSim) i could never figure out why I could never complete a mission.

06-19-09, 09:13 PM	#104
SgtPotato Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: In your ocean, sinking your ships Posts: 721 Downloads: 96 Uploads: 0	I just received the patrol objective and I've been gone for 6 days. No objective completed yet, until I realize that it was reduced to 50nm...