Insertion Missions

SH4 fan · 05-02-10, 01:55 AM

Hey All I have been tasked with a spy insertion and I have arrived at the prescribed location, (after taking some time to sink 4 ships and a zeke.

) But I can not seem to locate the dinghy launcher. This helped a bit but it doesn't say where the command would be located. Any help is appreciated. Guide to Completing Missions in SH4 - Topic Powered by Social Strata

razark · 05-02-10, 02:01 AM

Try going to periscope depth and then surfacing. If I remember correctly, that should trigger a menu asking if you want to launch the boat. I believe you also need to be stopped or moving very slow.

Gibus · 05-02-10, 02:23 AM

You must be at the surface and stop the engines. Nothing else.

Good hunting.

Admiral8Q · 05-02-10, 06:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gibus

You must be at the surface and stop the engines. Nothing else.

Good hunting.

Aye! stop all engines and it will give you a menu to launch the dingy.

convoy hunter · 05-02-10, 06:53 AM

-Surface the boat
-aye sir
-all engines stop
-aye sir
-launch the boat
-aye

BillBam · 05-02-10, 08:40 AM

An be close enough to the shore

Frumpkis · 05-02-10, 11:00 AM

And wait long enough. Sometimes it takes a minute or two to get that launch notice. The last time I had that mission, I had to go into mild time compression to trigger it after reaching the position, surface, dead stop.

SH4 fan · 05-02-10, 01:05 PM

Thanks! I will give it a try.

SH4 fan · 05-02-10, 04:14 PM

Is it possible for the weather to be too bad for the insertion? I have some nasty weather with waves topping 10+ feet and 15m/s wind strength.

I sat in the same place 68' deep water at periscope depth then came up and waited but no launch command ever appeared after 2 hours of sim time.

Thanks for the help!

Admiral8Q · 05-02-10, 04:39 PM

I doubt it. I like using the external cam. The Navy Seal was paddling upside down!

SH4 fan · 05-02-10, 07:45 PM

Hmm I wonder what is going on then because I haven't seen any buttons or commands for launching this spy aka catman onto land.

Did I have to be there by a certain time window?

Thanks for the help

magic452 · 05-02-10, 11:19 PM

There is not real time window.
Try moving a little and than go to PD again and resurface.
You need to be about 1500 yards or less sometimes to launch.
Might even need to go out of the area a little and than come back in???

Magic

tomoose · 05-03-10, 11:22 AM

You need to be at a dead stop or almost and very close to shore (as mentioned previously).

One thing you should be aware of. Once the dinghy is in the water you might hear a horrendously loud crashing/grinding noise as if you've collided with something. Don't panic. It's just the dinghy bumping into your sub. For some inexplicable reason the devs completely missed the fact that they used the same sound effect for the rubber dinghy bumping into you as the sound effect used for ship collisions. There is no seperate sound effect for the rubber dinghy so if you change the collision wave file to something more suitable then your ship collisions will end up with THAT file instead.

For all the praise heaped on the devs this simple little thing is something I'll never forgive them for. Relatively easy to fix and yet numerous patches later no joy.

SH4 fan · 05-05-10, 11:15 PM

I will try...I may need to reinstall SH4 into a different folder because I can't seem to get rid of the kernel.dll and ntdll.dll crashes. I am beginning to wonder if that has something to do with it. Is there a minidump file for SHIV?

Edit: is that possible with steam?

SH4 fan · 05-06-10, 01:13 PM

After more unsuccessful trying I have to ask, and I hate to ask this because it defeats the purpose of the game. Is there a way to mod the saved game files to show I completed this task? I ask because I now have 4 atika maru kills, 1 troop carrier and a zeke. Not much but enough that I wouldn't want them to go to waste.

Here is the current mission which is giving me hell. SpeOps_guerrilla_NegrosPI_2.mis.

05-02-10, 01:55 AM	#1
SH4 fan Mate Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 51 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Insertion Missions Hey All I have been tasked with a spy insertion and I have arrived at the prescribed location, (after taking some time to sink 4 ships and a zeke. ) But I can not seem to locate the dinghy launcher. This helped a bit but it doesn't say where the command would be located. Any help is appreciated. Guide to Completing Missions in SH4 - Topic Powered by Social Strata

05-02-10, 02:01 AM	#2
razark Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,731 Downloads: 393 Uploads: 12	Try going to periscope depth and then surfacing. If I remember correctly, that should trigger a menu asking if you want to launch the boat. I believe you also need to be stopped or moving very slow. __________________ "Never ask a World War II history buff for a 'final solution' to your problem!"

05-02-10, 02:23 AM	#3
Gibus Ensign Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: France Posts: 223 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	You must be at the surface and stop the engines. Nothing else. Good hunting. __________________ "Pacific is a big ocean. You don't have to find the enemy if you don't want to." Dick O'Kane

05-02-10, 04:39 PM	#10
Admiral8Q Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada Posts: 1,077 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	I doubt it. I like using the external cam. The Navy Seal was paddling upside down! __________________

05-02-10, 11:19 PM	#12
magic452 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Reno Nevada USA Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	There is not real time window. Try moving a little and than go to PD again and resurface. You need to be about 1500 yards or less sometimes to launch. Might even need to go out of the area a little and than come back in??? Magic __________________ Reported lost 11 Feb. 1942 Signature by depthtok33l

05-02-10, 06:53 AM	#5
convoy hunter Samurai Navy Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: kapandriti, Greece Posts: 576 Downloads: 103 Uploads: 0	-Surface the boat -aye sir -all engines stop -aye sir -launch the boat -aye

05-02-10, 08:40 AM	#6
BillBam Watch Officer Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Yuba/Sutter, CA Posts: 347 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	An be close enough to the shore

05-02-10, 11:00 AM	#7
Frumpkis Mate Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 60 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	And wait long enough. Sometimes it takes a minute or two to get that launch notice. The last time I had that mission, I had to go into mild time compression to trigger it after reaching the position, surface, dead stop.

05-02-10, 01:05 PM	#8
SH4 fan Mate Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 51 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Thanks! I will give it a try.

05-02-10, 04:14 PM	#9
SH4 fan Mate Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 51 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Is it possible for the weather to be too bad for the insertion? I have some nasty weather with waves topping 10+ feet and 15m/s wind strength. I sat in the same place 68' deep water at periscope depth then came up and waited but no launch command ever appeared after 2 hours of sim time. Thanks for the help!

05-02-10, 07:45 PM	#11
SH4 fan Mate Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 51 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Hmm I wonder what is going on then because I haven't seen any buttons or commands for launching this spy aka catman onto land. Did I have to be there by a certain time window? Thanks for the help

05-03-10, 11:22 AM	#13
tomoose Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 930 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Insertion stuff You need to be at a dead stop or almost and very close to shore (as mentioned previously). One thing you should be aware of. Once the dinghy is in the water you might hear a horrendously loud crashing/grinding noise as if you've collided with something. Don't panic. It's just the dinghy bumping into your sub. For some inexplicable reason the devs completely missed the fact that they used the same sound effect for the rubber dinghy bumping into you as the sound effect used for ship collisions. There is no seperate sound effect for the rubber dinghy so if you change the collision wave file to something more suitable then your ship collisions will end up with THAT file instead. For all the praise heaped on the devs this simple little thing is something I'll never forgive them for. Relatively easy to fix and yet numerous patches later no joy.

05-05-10, 11:15 PM	#14
SH4 fan Mate Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 51 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	I will try...I may need to reinstall SH4 into a different folder because I can't seem to get rid of the kernel.dll and ntdll.dll crashes. I am beginning to wonder if that has something to do with it. Is there a minidump file for SHIV? Edit: is that possible with steam? Last edited by SH4 fan; 05-05-10 at 11:53 PM.

05-06-10, 01:13 PM	#15
SH4 fan Mate Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 51 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	After more unsuccessful trying I have to ask, and I hate to ask this because it defeats the purpose of the game. Is there a way to mod the saved game files to show I completed this task? I ask because I now have 4 atika maru kills, 1 troop carrier and a zeke. Not much but enough that I wouldn't want them to go to waste. Here is the current mission which is giving me hell. SpeOps_guerrilla_NegrosPI_2.mis.