Can't end patrol

StuartG · 05-21-19, 03:23 AM

SH4 Gold - Pacific career (Windows 10). Just finished my first patrol out of Brisbane after getting a new sub (orig sub was out of Pearl) but when I get back to port - it only gives me the "Refit" and "postpone" options. The "End Patrol" option is not selectable. And I really did start the patrol out of Brisbane.

Is this a known issue? Any ideas or work arounds?

Thanks,

Stuart

captcrane · 05-21-19, 03:47 AM

Look for the slanted anchor on your map. That would be your new home port. You probably missed the message sent changing it. I think everyone does

THEBERBSTER · 05-21-19, 04:23 AM

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You can refit in any friendly port but you have to return to your home port to end the patrol.
You would need to transfer to the Asiatic Fleet which would give you Australasia home ports as the Japanese continue to invade current friendly ports.

05-21-19, 10:57 AM

You were warned.

Red Devil · 05-21-19, 11:47 AM

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05-21-19, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Red Devil

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StuartG · 05-21-19, 04:28 AM

When I completed my last mission and started home, Brisbane was the slanted anchor (I have a saved game at that point that confirms that). However, some time during the trek home it switched to Freemantle. Very inconvenient. Any way to manually switch it back?

(Yes, I'm new to the forum - but I have lots of hours on the original SH Gold and SHIII - just been a way for a while but recently started getting back into it with IV)

propbeanie · 05-21-19, 05:24 AM

Go "End Patrol" at Fremantle, and once you're back in the Captain's Office, on the desk is a phone. Click on that, and see if a transfer is available for your sub.

Red Devil · 05-21-19, 05:51 AM

brisbane does change to fremantle. It very annoying but not unusual in WW2 when bases moved due to japense movements and priorities. Once I ran out of fuel trying to reach fremantle and another time grounded on a reef. Had to go back one save on the latter and restart mission on the former so I could deliberately be in range for the switch.

jimmbbo · 05-21-19, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StuartG

When I completed my last mission and started home, Brisbane was the slanted anchor (I have a saved game at that point that confirms that). However, some time during the trek home it switched to Freemantle. Very inconvenient. Any way to manually switch it back?

As posted, the slanted anchor home base icon is the clue, and home port change occurs early in the War, and usually noted in a flash traffic message somewhere during the mission, most of which I have come to ignore.

Having experienced a change of home port and being left short, I developed the habits of

If no refit bases are available (as they are later in the War), I always turn for home with at least 50% fuel remaining, ensuring I won't run out.
saving the game before turning for home port so that if home port is changed, I have options and probably enough fuel to either refit or get home

bischon · 09-23-19, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by captcrane

Look for the slanted anchor on your map. That would be your new home port. You probably missed the message sent changing it. I think everyone does

This is the correct solution. Only wish I had heard of it before I docked at Fremantle. Now I have to sail all the way tp Brisbane to dock and end mission.

I was sure I never received a change base mission. Oh well...at least I have a full fuel load now

and can cruise at flank speed.

THEBERBSTER · 09-23-19, 01:07 PM

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propbeanie · 09-23-19, 01:12 PM

You will not receive "Change Base" missions in SH4 unfortunately. As a person who really likes to do campaign mods, it is ~very~ frustrating to not be able to send a boat from Fremantle to Truk for patrol, and then have them go into Pearl or Mare Island for an overhaul, and then spend an extra month not going on patrol. Just does not happen in the game. Everything is "simulated"...

Red Devil · 10-07-23, 06:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bischon

This is the correct solution. Only wish I had heard of it before I docked at Fremantle. Now I have to sail all the way tp Brisbane to dock and end mission.

I was sure I never received a change base mission. Oh well...at least I have a full fuel load now

and can cruise at flank speed.

Same here, several times

Rob Jacobsen · 10-06-23, 09:53 PM

In a new career, I was based in Manila but was told that fell, so my new base would be Surabaya. However, I could only refit there--and no other port has a slanted anchor!

05-21-19, 03:23 AM	#1
StuartG Nub Join Date: May 2019 Location: NH Posts: 2 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Can't end patrol SH4 Gold - Pacific career (Windows 10). Just finished my first patrol out of Brisbane after getting a new sub (orig sub was out of Pearl) but when I get back to port - it only gives me the "Refit" and "postpone" options. The "End Patrol" option is not selectable. And I really did start the patrol out of Brisbane. Is this a known issue? Any ideas or work arounds? Thanks, Stuart

05-21-19, 04:23 AM	#3
THEBERBSTER Growing Old Disgracefully Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Dibden Purlieu - Southampton Posts: 9,605 Downloads: 1123 Uploads: 0	A Warm Welcome To The Subsim Community > StuartG Subsim <> Make A Donation <> See The Benefits <> Support The Community SH3 – 4 - 5 Tutorials > Downloads > Other Useful Information > See Links in My Signature Below You can refit in any friendly port but you have to return to your home port to end the patrol. You would need to transfer to the Asiatic Fleet which would give you Australasia home ports as the Japanese continue to invade current friendly ports. __________________ 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

05-21-19, 10:57 AM	#4
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05-21-19, 11:47 AM	#5
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05-21-19, 04:28 AM	#7
StuartG Nub Join Date: May 2019 Location: NH Posts: 2 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	When I completed my last mission and started home, Brisbane was the slanted anchor (I have a saved game at that point that confirms that). However, some time during the trek home it switched to Freemantle. Very inconvenient. Any way to manually switch it back? (Yes, I'm new to the forum - but I have lots of hours on the original SH Gold and SHIII - just been a way for a while but recently started getting back into it with IV) Last edited by StuartG; 05-21-19 at 04:42 AM.

05-21-19, 03:47 AM	#2
captcrane Electrician's Mate Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 139 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 0	Look for the slanted anchor on your map. That would be your new home port. You probably missed the message sent changing it. I think everyone does

05-21-19, 05:24 AM	#8
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,755 Downloads: 440 Uploads: 2	Go "End Patrol" at Fremantle, and once you're back in the Captain's Office, on the desk is a phone. Click on that, and see if a transfer is available for your sub. __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna

05-21-19, 05:51 AM	#9
Red Devil The Old Man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sutton Coldfield England Posts: 1,515 Downloads: 258 Uploads: 0	brisbane does change to fremantle. It very annoying but not unusual in WW2 when bases moved due to japense movements and priorities. Once I ran out of fuel trying to reach fremantle and another time grounded on a reef. Had to go back one save on the latter and restart mission on the former so I could deliberately be in range for the switch. __________________ > > Captain!, there's a destroyer on the por........ periscope is flooded Sir! > Darkness is only the absence of Light; Ignorance is only the absence of knowledge © www.worldwartwo.uk www.captainwalker.uk

09-23-19, 01:07 PM	#12
THEBERBSTER Growing Old Disgracefully Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Dibden Purlieu - Southampton Posts: 9,605 Downloads: 1123 Uploads: 0	A Warm Welcome To The Subsim Community > bischon SH3 – 4 - 5 Tutorials > Downloads > Other Useful Information > See Links in My Signature Below __________________ 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

09-23-19, 01:12 PM	#13
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,755 Downloads: 440 Uploads: 2	You will not receive "Change Base" missions in SH4 unfortunately. As a person who really likes to do campaign mods, it is ~very~ frustrating to not be able to send a boat from Fremantle to Truk for patrol, and then have them go into Pearl or Mare Island for an overhaul, and then spend an extra month not going on patrol. Just does not happen in the game. Everything is "simulated"... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna

10-06-23, 09:53 PM	#15
Rob Jacobsen Mate Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Irvington, NY, USA Posts: 54 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	No slanted anchor In a new career, I was based in Manila but was told that fell, so my new base would be Surabaya. However, I could only refit there--and no other port has a slanted anchor!