How long do I patrol off honshu to complete goal?

Immacolata · 03-23-07, 06:56 AM

Ive paddled around the icon with the mission for over a day now and nothing happens. The air plane attacks are driving me crazy. How do I complete goal?

hyperion2206 · 03-23-07, 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Immacolata

Ive paddled around the icon with the mission for over a day now and nothing happens. The air plane attacks are driving me crazy. How do I complete goal?

I guess you've got the stock game (1.00) and the mission icon shows a binocular? Then you can't complete the mission (based on my experience). As soon as you patch the game the icon shows a flag and you can complete the mission.
I would suggest to try it and let us know if that really works (it did with my game).

darkfin · 03-23-07, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by hyperion2206

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Originally Posted by Immacolata

Ive paddled around the icon with the mission for over a day now and nothing happens. The air plane attacks are driving me crazy. How do I complete goal?

I guess you've got the stock game (1.00) and the mission icon shows a binocular? Then you can't complete the mission (based on my experience). As soon as you patch the game the icon shows a flag and you can complete the mission.
I would suggest to try it and let us know if that really works (it did with my game).

I patched to 1.1 and still have the binoculars. Been there forever, mixed it up with a convoy, and still not complete.

Galanti · 03-23-07, 07:10 AM

I'm at work now, so I can't remeber the exact file structure, but there are .MIS files for each of these new mission types in SH4. They are stored in folders called 'PatrolHonshu01'or 'PatrolCelebes04' or something like that, under another couple of folders I can't remeber the names of.

Anyway, these .MIS files reveal the length of time required to complete the patrol. Unfortunately they give a numeric value, with no measrement. The default I believe is 2880. I couldn't tell you if it's hours, minutes, seconds, epochs or whatever. but if it's minutes, that's 48 hours. And it could vary from one patrol to the next, I haven't looked at them all.

The bottom line is that you will eventually complete the objective. I would suggest running submerged during the day, and surfaced at night.

Immacolata · 03-23-07, 07:10 AM

Yup. Got a binoc, no flag.

Grr.

walsh2509 · 03-23-07, 07:31 AM

At least 14 days on patrol , I did that one in my 1st mission from PH to Japan. Left PH 10th Dec 41 got on station (star binoculars) about the 27th Dec, the star didn't change colour until about the 11th Jan 42 to indicate that the mission was complete.

hyperion2206 · 03-23-07, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Immacolata

Ive paddled around the icon with the mission for over a day now and nothing happens. The air plane attacks are driving me crazy. How do I complete goal?

I guess you've got the stock game (1.00) and the mission icon shows a binocular? Then you can't complete the mission (based on my experience). As soon as you patch the game the icon shows a flag and you can complete the mission.
I would suggest to try it and let us know if that really works (it did with my game).

I patched to 1.1 and still have the binoculars. Been there forever, mixed it up with a convoy, and still not complete.

Curious! Here's what I did: I de-installed SH4 and got rid of any files related to it. Then I installed it again and chose the english language option because the game was horrible in German. Then I installed the patch and ervythings was just fine, my SD radar does not even pick up ships anymore.

partyboy · 03-23-07, 08:47 AM

I've had it take ~14 days before it changes to complete.

Tieg · 03-23-07, 08:48 AM

I just did this one last night. Prior to patching I did my first patrol in career and was sent to tokyo harbor for a photo recon....then I patched and decided to start all over again so my 1st patched patrol had me patrolling and sinking merchant shipping in honshu area. Prior to getting there I sank a large freighter and a small freighter in seperate attacks...then I ran into a convoy and sank 5 ships using up all of my torpedos. I decided because it wasn't to far away to take a run to the spot in the map where the binocs were so I could complete the objective and get the renown bonus...I was about 2 squares away when it said getting there was complete and assigned me a new objective of sinking merchant shipping there. Kind of hard to do without torpedos and I didn't expect to see in sampans for deck gun that far out so I just went back to pearl and called it a patrol.

stabiz · 03-23-07, 09:02 AM

I have the flag. Strange.

hyperion2206 · 03-23-07, 09:13 AM

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I have the flag. Strange.

Could the patch have different affects to European and American versions of the game?:hmm:

Immacolata · 03-23-07, 09:14 AM

Hm. I think I will restart my career and see if it changes stuff.

mookiemookie · 03-23-07, 09:30 AM

I was ordered to patrol the SE Celebes Sea in my current career. I made it close to the star icon on the Nav map, it turned gray, and I recieved a popup saying the first part of my orders were complete. It shows as such on my clipboard. The only thing that's yet to be completed is the goal of "Engage and destroy merchant shipping" but that makes sense, as I haven't seen anything yet!

Not sure what triggers the "completed mission" tag, but I did it somehow.

walsh2509 · 03-23-07, 09:39 AM

I did 2 missions in 1.0 , star+binoculars (14days to change colour) star+flag, get on station (arrive on flag) new orders. Each star with symbol will I take give different orders and certain objectives to change colour.

apache_longbow · 03-23-07, 10:36 AM

I got 2 missions in after another to get to Tokyo harbor and do a photo recon, but i can't take anny pic. The colur of the binoculars on thr map is the same, not gray

Becouse of the air attack and all stuff I decided 2. time to go else where to hunt some targets then tkae pic. I use 1.1 patch.

Edit:

My avatar says I am nub, I don't like that

03-23-07, 06:56 AM	#1
Immacolata Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 798 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	How long do I patrol off honshu to complete goal? Ive paddled around the icon with the mission for over a day now and nothing happens. The air plane attacks are driving me crazy. How do I complete goal? __________________ "The power of the executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers, is in the highest degree odious, and the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist." - W. Churchill

03-23-07, 07:10 AM	#5
Immacolata Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 798 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Yup. Got a binoc, no flag. Grr. __________________ "The power of the executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers, is in the highest degree odious, and the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist." - W. Churchill

03-23-07, 09:02 AM	#10
stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,224 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	I have the flag. Strange. __________________

03-23-07, 09:14 AM	#12
Immacolata Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 798 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Hm. I think I will restart my career and see if it changes stuff. __________________ "The power of the executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers, is in the highest degree odious, and the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist." - W. Churchill

03-23-07, 09:30 AM	#13
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	I was ordered to patrol the SE Celebes Sea in my current career. I made it close to the star icon on the Nav map, it turned gray, and I recieved a popup saying the first part of my orders were complete. It shows as such on my clipboard. The only thing that's yet to be completed is the goal of "Engage and destroy merchant shipping" but that makes sense, as I haven't seen anything yet! Not sure what triggers the "completed mission" tag, but I did it somehow. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

03-23-07, 07:10 AM	#4
Galanti Captain Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ottawa Posts: 536 Downloads: 106 Uploads: 0	I'm at work now, so I can't remeber the exact file structure, but there are .MIS files for each of these new mission types in SH4. They are stored in folders called 'PatrolHonshu01'or 'PatrolCelebes04' or something like that, under another couple of folders I can't remeber the names of. Anyway, these .MIS files reveal the length of time required to complete the patrol. Unfortunately they give a numeric value, with no measrement. The default I believe is 2880. I couldn't tell you if it's hours, minutes, seconds, epochs or whatever. but if it's minutes, that's 48 hours. And it could vary from one patrol to the next, I haven't looked at them all. The bottom line is that you will eventually complete the objective. I would suggest running submerged during the day, and surfaced at night.

03-23-07, 07:31 AM	#6
walsh2509 XO Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 410 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	At least 14 days on patrol , I did that one in my 1st mission from PH to Japan. Left PH 10th Dec 41 got on station (star binoculars) about the 27th Dec, the star didn't change colour until about the 11th Jan 42 to indicate that the mission was complete.

03-23-07, 08:47 AM	#8
partyboy Helmsman Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 106 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	I've had it take ~14 days before it changes to complete.

03-23-07, 09:39 AM	#14
walsh2509 XO Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 410 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	I did 2 missions in 1.0 , star+binoculars (14days to change colour) star+flag, get on station (arrive on flag) new orders. Each star with symbol will I take give different orders and certain objectives to change colour. Last edited by walsh2509; 03-23-07 at 09:54 AM.

03-23-07, 10:36 AM	#15
apache_longbow Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 8 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	I got 2 missions in after another to get to Tokyo harbor and do a photo recon, but i can't take anny pic. The colur of the binoculars on thr map is the same, not gray Becouse of the air attack and all stuff I decided 2. time to go else where to hunt some targets then tkae pic. I use 1.1 patch. Edit: My avatar says I am nub, I don't like that