A little trick to finding your home port

FlyingThermos · 04-24-07, 03:57 AM

Most have probly noticed that while on patrol your home base will change. Sometimes you will get a message informing you that it has changed, but most the time you wont.

If you are not sure where to dock to finish your patrol open up in notepad(default location):

mydocuments/sh4/data/cfg/savegames/<savegame folder>/careertrack.upc

search the text for CSS_BaseChange

the LAST OCCURANCE of this text will be the base that you can dock at and look something like this:

[CareerTrack 1.CareerStatusSave 29]
ID=ID
Reason=CSS_BaseChange
NameDisplayable=
CurrentDate=1942-04-24 00:00:00
BaseIDLink=Brisbane

So in this case my base will be Brisbane and i would be allowed to end my patrol there.

Hope this help some folks out; cause it sure drove me nuts.

Bill Nichols · 04-24-07, 05:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlyingThermos

Most have probly noticed that while on patrol your home base will change. Sometimes you will get a message informing you that it has changed, but most the time you wont.

If you are not sure where to dock to finish your patrol open up in notepad(default location):

mydocuments/sh4/data/cfg/savegames/<savegame folder>/careertrack.upc

search the text for CSS_BaseChange

the LAST OCCURANCE of this text will be the base that you can dock at and look something like this:

[CareerTrack 1.CareerStatusSave 29]
ID=ID
Reason=CSS_BaseChange
NameDisplayable=
CurrentDate=1942-04-24 00:00:00
BaseIDLink=Brisbane

So in this case my base will be Brisbane and i would be allowed to end my patrol there.

Hope this help some folks out; cause it sure drove me nuts.

Thanks. My S boat out of Manila had an unannounced base change. I first went to Melborne, then to Pearl, before finally landing in Brisbane

nattydread · 04-24-07, 05:34 AM

look west then north.

It seems they like to place you at the most forward port to the front, that means go to the westward most base and then north. If there is a basenorth of the western most base, thats yours. If there isnt a base north of the western most base, then the western most base is yours.

ReallyDedPoet · 04-24-07, 07:35 AM

Nice work, another feature that I like about this game, not just going to a grid patrolling and that is it.

RDP

AVGWarhawk · 04-24-07, 07:41 AM

Sometimes I get the base that I'm supposed to go to and sometimes not. What I do is hit the nearest base and get lucky. If not, I refit and head to the next sinking ships along the way. Sooner or later SUBCOM either provides the new base or I just keep working my way to each.

This is how they came up with 'There is a sailor in every port and port in every sailor' :rotfl:

FlyingThermos · 04-24-07, 08:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Sometimes I get the base that I'm supposed to go to and sometimes not. What I do is hit the nearest base and get lucky. If not, I refit and head to the next sinking ships along the way. Sooner or later SUBCOM either provides the new base or I just keep working my way to each.

This is how they came up with 'There is a sailor in every port and port in every sailor' :rotfl:

That's what i call going with the flow.

Maybe someone needs to make a "Girl in Every Port" mod/minigame, kinda like a "hot coffee" for SH4 that would make those long time compression session really worth it while searching for your home.

Frank Smith · 06-15-07, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlyingThermos

Most have probly noticed that while on patrol your home base will change. Sometimes you will get a message informing you that it has changed, but most the time you wont.

If you are not sure where to dock to finish your patrol open up in notepad(default location):

mydocuments/sh4/data/cfg/savegames/<savegame folder>/careertrack.upc

search the text for CSS_BaseChange

the LAST OCCURANCE of this text will be the base that you can dock at and look something like this:

[CareerTrack 1.CareerStatusSave 29]
ID=ID
Reason=CSS_BaseChange
NameDisplayable=
CurrentDate=1942-04-24 00:00:00
BaseIDLink=Brisbane

So in this case my base will be Brisbane and i would be allowed to end my patrol there.

Hope this help some folks out; cause it sure drove me nuts.

Thanks a Million, I have tried docking at Brisbane 5 times. and you link tells me I should be in Fremantle.
MAny thanks

Bear · 06-19-07, 06:31 PM

Thank You, Thank You. Man you are a life saver. I was thinking that something had screwed up in the program. I didn't get any message about a base change. After I read your post I looked up my base - sailed there and me and my Balo were mothballed in the middle of 43; ain't that a birch.:rotfl:

mbthegreat · 06-19-07, 08:21 PM

nice one, it has been a major kick in the teeth to limp 1000s of miles with major damage to find my base has moved

Frank Smith · 06-20-07, 10:32 AM

Great, perfect Now I can change base and Dock... but what do you do after you have been at the same Patrol Area 5 times and they send you back, reason: I can not make it say I have finished the Patrol. Gads Marshal Island is where Amelia Earhart went down, maybe you can make a RESCUE downed fliers there... have traveled around Marshal Is's, West 7 blocks south 5 blocks and very little is there.
HELP on Marshal Island Patrol appreciated...

SteamWake · 06-20-07, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frank Smith

Great, perfect Now I can change base and Dock... but what do you do after you have been at the same Patrol Area 5 times and they send you back, reason: I can not make it say I have finished the Patrol. Gads Marshal Island is where Amelia Earhart went down, maybe you can make a RESCUE downed fliers there... have traveled around Marshal Is's, West 7 blocks south 5 blocks and very little is there.
HELP on Marshal Island Patrol appreciated...

Patch notes

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• Eliminate the instances where the player gets assigned the same mission multiple times, even though the game is meant to give you variety and different missions, of course depending on historical context.

SteminDemon13 · 09-18-07, 12:23 PM

woops, wrong reply

roofinrobert · 11-06-07, 09:34 PM

Thank you for this info.
I had been cruising around trying to find a port to end patrol for quite some time,refitted and sunk many ships in my little quest but got tired of not knowing where to end patrol.
This helped alot.
Thanks again.

Melonfish · 11-07-07, 06:53 AM

to be honest i just follow my messages?
failing that the large blue anchor icon usually suffices... bugger going home anyway refit and fight on!
pete

SteamWake · 11-07-07, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Melonfish

to be honest i just follow my messages?
failing that the large blue anchor icon usually suffices... bugger going home anyway refit and fight on!
pete

Holy necropost batman !

Anyhow... Unfortunatly you dont always get the message or it is easly missed amongst all the contact spam.

Damage to your hull structure cannot be repaired anywhere but your home port. If you have hull damage you MUST return to home port or take your chances on the 'sudden mysterious catastrophic damage' "bug". Not really a bug but it happens.

From a 'role playing' point of view your sailors are going to want to go home sooner or later.

But its a game. Play it the way that YOU have fun with and enjoy !

04-24-07, 03:57 AM	#1
FlyingThermos Watch Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 16 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	A little trick to finding your home port Most have probly noticed that while on patrol your home base will change. Sometimes you will get a message informing you that it has changed, but most the time you wont. If you are not sure where to dock to finish your patrol open up in notepad(default location): mydocuments/sh4/data/cfg/savegames/<savegame folder>/careertrack.upc search the text for CSS_BaseChange the LAST OCCURANCE of this text will be the base that you can dock at and look something like this: [CareerTrack 1.CareerStatusSave 29] ID=ID Reason=CSS_BaseChange NameDisplayable= CurrentDate=1942-04-24 00:00:00 BaseIDLink=Brisbane So in this case my base will be Brisbane and i would be allowed to end my patrol there. Hope this help some folks out; cause it sure drove me nuts.

04-24-07, 07:35 AM	#4
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,884 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Nice work, another feature that I like about this game, not just going to a grid patrolling and that is it. RDP __________________ Back in the Day

04-24-07, 07:41 AM	#5
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Sometimes I get the base that I'm supposed to go to and sometimes not. What I do is hit the nearest base and get lucky. If not, I refit and head to the next sinking ships along the way. Sooner or later SUBCOM either provides the new base or I just keep working my way to each. This is how they came up with 'There is a sailor in every port and port in every sailor' :rotfl: __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

06-19-07, 06:31 PM	#8
Bear Helmsman Join Date: May 2005 Location: CSA - Confused States of America Posts: 107 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	Thank You, Thank You. Man you are a life saver. I was thinking that something had screwed up in the program. I didn't get any message about a base change. After I read your post I looked up my base - sailed there and me and my Balo were mothballed in the middle of 43; ain't that a birch.:rotfl: __________________ "When you are going to kill someone, it cost nothing to be polite." CRS

09-18-07, 12:23 PM	#12
SteminDemon13 Sparky Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 158 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	might as well sign up woops, wrong reply

04-24-07, 05:34 AM	#3
nattydread Captain Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 498 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	look west then north. It seems they like to place you at the most forward port to the front, that means go to the westward most base and then north. If there is a basenorth of the western most base, thats yours. If there isnt a base north of the western most base, then the western most base is yours.

06-19-07, 08:21 PM	#9
mbthegreat Bosun Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: 900 yards off your port side Posts: 61 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	nice one, it has been a major kick in the teeth to limp 1000s of miles with major damage to find my base has moved

06-20-07, 10:32 AM	#10
Frank Smith Seaman Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 40 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Great, perfect Now I can change base and Dock... but what do you do after you have been at the same Patrol Area 5 times and they send you back, reason: I can not make it say I have finished the Patrol. Gads Marshal Island is where Amelia Earhart went down, maybe you can make a RESCUE downed fliers there... have traveled around Marshal Is's, West 7 blocks south 5 blocks and very little is there. HELP on Marshal Island Patrol appreciated...

11-06-07, 09:34 PM	#13
roofinrobert Watch Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 27 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks Thank you for this info. I had been cruising around trying to find a port to end patrol for quite some time,refitted and sunk many ships in my little quest but got tired of not knowing where to end patrol. This helped alot. Thanks again.

11-07-07, 06:53 AM	#14
Melonfish XO Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Warrington, UK Posts: 417 Downloads: 106 Uploads: 0	to be honest i just follow my messages? failing that the large blue anchor icon usually suffices... bugger going home anyway refit and fight on! pete