Never-ending patrol: Bug?!

overandout · 05-18-10, 09:19 PM

I've been patrolling the Hanshou (sp?) islands for over 48hrs. Whenever I radio in status report, I get a message telling me to continue for two more hours. I then wait, and the process continues. Is this a bug, or will I eventually get assigned elsewhere? I am using TMO with training wheels in version 1.5. I've never had this happen!

TIA!

Lee

BillBam · 05-18-10, 09:43 PM

Are you running a supermod?

rein1705 · 05-18-10, 10:34 PM

just give it time. I have the issue that after my patrol time has ended and im low on diesel needing to return to midway they tell me to proceed to another A.O. near china. My port of call is Pearl...

peabody · 05-18-10, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by overandout

I've been patrolling the Hanshou (sp?) islands for over 48hrs. Whenever I radio in status report, I get a message telling me to continue for two more hours. I then wait, and the process continues. Is this a bug, or will I eventually get assigned elsewhere? I am using TMO with training wheels in version 1.5. I've never had this happen!

TIA!

Lee

I don't have TMO w TW so I don't know if there is a bug. But a simple solution, Stop sending Status Reports and they will stop telling you what to do and YOU can Captain the boat. Go where you want and do what you want, tell them about it when you get home.

Peabody

Admiral8Q · 05-18-10, 11:52 PM

What was the time and radius of stock?

Anyways stay close to the icon on the map for a while and eventually you'll get the patrol complete. I know, I had an issue with that thing too. In TMO it tells you the exact radius and the exact time to patrol.

nappy · 05-19-10, 03:58 AM

I am quite new (well im an old hand, but been away for a long time) here myself so what i say may not be correct (only my understanding of how it works).

1. Whenever i am given a mission: Go to A. stay within X nm for Y hours
I locate the place on the map, draw a sircle with the correct distance and stay within it for the duration, Y hours. I zig zag and move within the sircle, but always within it.
I have yet to encounter any problems with the mission not ending on time.

2. The status report you send over the radio is just that. a status report which normally
doesnt change your orders. As for the wait 2 hours, i believe it is strictly a way of saying: "we dont want endless status reports from you, please wait at least 2 hours before you send the next status report". And as such has no impact on your current orders.

at least this is what i believe

nappy

Quote:

Originally Posted by overandout

I've been patrolling the Hanshou (sp?) islands for over 48hrs. Whenever I radio in status report, I get a message telling me to continue for two more hours. I then wait, and the process continues. Is this a bug, or will I eventually get assigned elsewhere? I am using TMO with training wheels in version 1.5. I've never had this happen!

TIA!

Lee

rein1705 · 05-19-10, 11:13 PM

that sounds about right nappy.
The two hrs might have also been to make it harder for the japs to triangulate your position.

magic452 · 05-20-10, 12:28 AM

Don't call in until the star grays out. In TMO your orders should be very specific as to distance and time.
Use the radio as little as possible, one of the reasons it's called "The Silent Service" The Japanese were very good at radio detection.

Nappy nailed it right on the head.

Magic

Admiral8Q · 05-21-10, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by magic452

Nappy nailed it right on the head.

I agree, if you haven't completed your mission objective, they'll tell you to shut up for at least two hours

In stock its what? 50 nm radius for 48 hours? Anyone remember?

tlei123 · 07-20-11, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Admiral8Q

I agree, if you haven't completed your mission objective, they'll tell you to shut up for at least two hours

In stock its what? 50 nm radius for 48 hours? Anyone remember?

A8Q, yes, for stock it's 50nm for 48 hrs.

Armistead · 07-20-11, 05:15 PM

If you're using TMOwTW check your first message, it will give you a time and distance, with TMO it could be up to 72 hours. However, I've never heard or seen the message wait a mere two more hours.

Don't leave the zone, if you do the timer restarts.

WernherVonTrapp · 07-21-11, 06:12 AM

When in doubt, forget orders and go sink ships. It's always worked for me.

Daniel Prates · 07-21-11, 09:28 AM

Agreed, nappy is right, you're probably going off the mission goal radius and the time frame does not compute 'mission acomplished'.

Try checking another thing. Missions are always given in nautical miles (when they give you a radius or something), even if you are set to metrical system. At first that should not be a problem since kilometers are smaller than NMs so, if you are computing a X-kilometers radius instead of the same "x" in NMs, you are still well within the patrol area.

So what could be happening is that you are making some conversion error or somethin'?

But that's all irrelevant. We had a discussion here some time ago: if you don't fulfill mission goals, impact on renow is a big deal or a small deal?

The answer we eventually got is that unfulfilling goals does not impact too much your renown, as long as you have a good tonnage.

So what you do if you have your own priorities (sinking ships!)? Go after them, raise all kinds of hell, and if you feel like saying "shove it!" to comsubpac, do so. Unfulfilling mission goals does not prevent you from returning to port.

I think we all do that ocasionally.

razark · 07-21-11, 09:52 AM

@tlei123

Welcome to subsim!

@the rest of you

Do y'all realize you're responding to a thread from well over a year ago?

Daniel Prates · 07-21-11, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by razark

@tlei123

Do y'all realize you're responding to a thread from well over a year ago?

WTH!!! You're right, Tlei123 ressucitated it for some reason.

Arrr, there be ghosts in the deck, captn'!

05-18-10, 09:19 PM	#1
overandout A-ganger Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 78 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Never-ending patrol: Bug?! I've been patrolling the Hanshou (sp?) islands for over 48hrs. Whenever I radio in status report, I get a message telling me to continue for two more hours. I then wait, and the process continues. Is this a bug, or will I eventually get assigned elsewhere? I am using TMO with training wheels in version 1.5. I've never had this happen! TIA! Lee

05-18-10, 10:34 PM	#3
rein1705 Samurai Navy Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: somewhere in the Past. Posts: 582 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 0	just give it time. I have the issue that after my patrol time has ended and im low on diesel needing to return to midway they tell me to proceed to another A.O. near china. My port of call is Pearl... __________________ "Diesel Pig" Not so long ago...

05-18-10, 11:52 PM	#5
Admiral8Q Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada Posts: 1,077 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	What was the time and radius of stock? Anyways stay close to the icon on the map for a while and eventually you'll get the patrol complete. I know, I had an issue with that thing too. In TMO it tells you the exact radius and the exact time to patrol. __________________

05-19-10, 11:13 PM	#7
rein1705 Samurai Navy Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: somewhere in the Past. Posts: 582 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 0	that sounds about right nappy. The two hrs might have also been to make it harder for the japs to triangulate your position. __________________ "Diesel Pig" Not so long ago...

05-20-10, 12:28 AM	#8
magic452 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Reno Nevada USA Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Don't call in until the star grays out. In TMO your orders should be very specific as to distance and time. Use the radio as little as possible, one of the reasons it's called "The Silent Service" The Japanese were very good at radio detection. Nappy nailed it right on the head. Magic __________________ Reported lost 11 Feb. 1942 Signature by depthtok33l

05-18-10, 09:43 PM	#2
BillBam Watch Officer Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Yuba/Sutter, CA Posts: 347 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Are you running a supermod?

07-20-11, 05:15 PM	#11
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	If you're using TMOwTW check your first message, it will give you a time and distance, with TMO it could be up to 72 hours. However, I've never heard or seen the message wait a mere two more hours. Don't leave the zone, if you do the timer restarts.

07-21-11, 06:12 AM	#12
WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	When in doubt, forget orders and go sink ships. It's always worked for me. __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate

07-21-11, 09:28 AM	#13
Daniel Prates Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Curitiba, Brazil Posts: 938 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Agreed, nappy is right, you're probably going off the mission goal radius and the time frame does not compute 'mission acomplished'. Try checking another thing. Missions are always given in nautical miles (when they give you a radius or something), even if you are set to metrical system. At first that should not be a problem since kilometers are smaller than NMs so, if you are computing a X-kilometers radius instead of the same "x" in NMs, you are still well within the patrol area. So what could be happening is that you are making some conversion error or somethin'? But that's all irrelevant. We had a discussion here some time ago: if you don't fulfill mission goals, impact on renow is a big deal or a small deal? The answer we eventually got is that unfulfilling goals does not impact too much your renown, as long as you have a good tonnage. So what you do if you have your own priorities (sinking ships!)? Go after them, raise all kinds of hell, and if you feel like saying "shove it!" to comsubpac, do so. Unfulfilling mission goals does not prevent you from returning to port. I think we all do that ocasionally.

07-21-11, 09:52 AM	#14
razark Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,731 Downloads: 393 Uploads: 12	@tlei123 Welcome to subsim! @the rest of you Do y'all realize you're responding to a thread from well over a year ago? __________________ "Never ask a World War II history buff for a 'final solution' to your problem!"