ARGH! Photo recon with broken camera

Akula4745 · 05-15-09, 12:33 AM

Ok, I spend four days getting into Singapore harbor at just the right time of day - just before daybreak and then I sit patiently waiting... sun comes up and no camera button. Fair enough... we must need better daylight... so I wait and get dive bombed by a plane in the process - slight damage and not much more - easily repaired. All the while I am checking the scope and camera button... still no button, so I move in even closer... 1800 yards from the docks. I am so close a guy on the dock waves... still no camera button. 10 AM comes and goes... seriously BRIGHT daylight by now, gents... but still no camera button. I tried and I tried and I tried... then I just said the hell with it and went ballistic and sank everything there (except for a little patrol boat which only caught fire from a torpedo - go figure). Now they want to send me back - incomplete mission... what the heck? There is nothing there to photograph anymore... no worries now. <G>

So what gives guys? I have seen the posts about others having trouble with photo recon missions and I took notes... still no luck. Anyone care to share the secret?

Thanks in advance!

Akula4745

Torplexed · 05-15-09, 01:19 AM

Did you try locking your periscope on an enemy vessel, or just on the docks?

Akula4745 · 05-15-09, 01:58 AM

Heya Torp,
I did aim the periscope direct at the ship(s) individually and get the distance and solution. Is there another way to "lock" the periscope? I might not know everything I thought... duh.

Akula4745

rditto48801 · 05-15-09, 04:29 AM

The manual is Lazy and Lackluster when it comes to being Lucid about Lucrative details relating how to Lock the periscope/TBD/UZO on Lumbering Loot Laden ships soon to be... er... sorry about that, got a mild sugar buzz...
Anyways...

L key for "Lock View", keeps the periscope/TBD/UZO always 'aiming' at the 'center' of the target you were looking at when you press L.
L again to "unlock" the view.

The option to take a photo should appear once locked onto a ship.
Just lock onto and take a photo of every ship in the area, although sometimes you might get lucky and only need to photo a few of the present ships before the mission is complete.

Akula4745 · 05-15-09, 07:39 AM

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... I'm a doofus! Thanks rditto. I learn something new about this game every day! I owe ya!

Akula4745

SteamWake · 05-15-09, 08:14 AM

When you get the photos done send them a thank you note in the form of a Mark10

What I found interesting is that an aircraft prosecuted you yet they sent no further assault?

05-15-09, 12:33 AM	#1
Akula4745 Convicted Ship Killer Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Just out of sight... plotting your course and speed Posts: 846 Downloads: 371 Uploads: 1	ARGH! Photo recon with broken camera Ok, I spend four days getting into Singapore harbor at just the right time of day - just before daybreak and then I sit patiently waiting... sun comes up and no camera button. Fair enough... we must need better daylight... so I wait and get dive bombed by a plane in the process - slight damage and not much more - easily repaired. All the while I am checking the scope and camera button... still no button, so I move in even closer... 1800 yards from the docks. I am so close a guy on the dock waves... still no camera button. 10 AM comes and goes... seriously BRIGHT daylight by now, gents... but still no camera button. I tried and I tried and I tried... then I just said the hell with it and went ballistic and sank everything there (except for a little patrol boat which only caught fire from a torpedo - go figure). Now they want to send me back - incomplete mission... what the heck? There is nothing there to photograph anymore... no worries now. <G> So what gives guys? I have seen the posts about others having trouble with photo recon missions and I took notes... still no luck. Anyone care to share the secret? Thanks in advance! Akula4745 __________________ Akula4745 "If you sit by the river long enough... the body of your enemy will float by -- SunTzu"

05-15-09, 01:19 AM	#2
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Did you try locking your periscope on an enemy vessel, or just on the docks? __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

05-15-09, 01:58 AM	#3
Akula4745 Convicted Ship Killer Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Just out of sight... plotting your course and speed Posts: 846 Downloads: 371 Uploads: 1	Heya Torp, I did aim the periscope direct at the ship(s) individually and get the distance and solution. Is there another way to "lock" the periscope? I might not know everything I thought... duh. Akula4745 __________________ Akula4745 "If you sit by the river long enough... the body of your enemy will float by -- SunTzu"

05-15-09, 04:29 AM	#4
rditto48801 Mate Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: In the middle of a giant mitten. Posts: 54 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	The manual is Lazy and Lackluster when it comes to being Lucid about Lucrative details relating how to Lock the periscope/TBD/UZO on Lumbering Loot Laden ships soon to be... er... sorry about that, got a mild sugar buzz... Anyways... L key for "Lock View", keeps the periscope/TBD/UZO always 'aiming' at the 'center' of the target you were looking at when you press L. L again to "unlock" the view. The option to take a photo should appear once locked onto a ship. Just lock onto and take a photo of every ship in the area, although sometimes you might get lucky and only need to photo a few of the present ships before the mission is complete. __________________ Darn the speed, full torpedoes ahead! Run Silent, Run Deep, Run them Ragged, Let The Prey Not Sleep.

05-15-09, 07:39 AM	#5
Akula4745 Convicted Ship Killer Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Just out of sight... plotting your course and speed Posts: 846 Downloads: 371 Uploads: 1	Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... I'm a doofus! Thanks rditto. I learn something new about this game every day! I owe ya! Akula4745 __________________ Akula4745 "If you sit by the river long enough... the body of your enemy will float by -- SunTzu"

05-15-09, 08:14 AM	#6
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	When you get the photos done send them a thank you note in the form of a Mark10 What I found interesting is that an aircraft prosecuted you yet they sent no further assault? __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648