Spotting AA guns in hostile port mission

[Tycondero]

After transporting a spy to Cardiff port successfully, I now got a new mission from HQ to spot 5 AA guns in the port. However, even when I am in visual range of the port and can spot all the ships in harbor, I do not see the AA guns nor does the mission auto-complete. How do you successfully finish this mission?

[CloudPiercer]

Supposedly you're supposed to creep up on the port (at night) and use your periscope to zoom in and spot them

[Finny]

There does exist a bug where you cannot "tag" the AA guns if you are trying to continue a saved game where you had received the orders to identify the AA guns but decided to save the game first, then went and had some dinner, came back and loaded the saved game.

You will never tag the AA with that save game.

However, if you complete the spy drop-off, get said mission, and sail within periscope range of the port. you should be able to look around and find AA guns ranging from just outside the port to next to the docks that become tagged with a Diamond icon when you hover over them the first time.

So - SaveGame = No Taggy for u
NoSaveGame = Use the Forc-- er, periscope, Luke.

[[ MARMITE ]]

I had started a similar thread a little earlier today, also stuck at the AA Guns in Cardiff Harbour.
Managed to spot 4 out of 5 AA emplacements, but impossible to identify them...
Gave up on that, and decided to crawl my way back out of the Bristol Channel.
We shall see.

If all fails, I will launch IL-2 Cliffs of Dover and fly a high altitude reconnaissance mission to Cardiff in a He 111.
Are the 2 titles compatible?...

:-p

Red

[Tycondero]

How can I officially cancel the current mission when I cannot complete the objective?

[T.]

go back to port and speak with the officer

[Tycondero]

Originally posted by T.:

go back to port and speak with the officer

Does this need to be your "home" port. I am now at Rochelle instead of Bergen and I cannot cancel the mission there.

Also I noticed that now Rochelle is out of fuel to buy. It doesn't seem to be replaced?

[Tycondero]

Originally posted by T.:

go back to port and speak with the officer

Doesn't work. Even when I am back in my home base the officer does not allow me to ask about missions, so I cannot see any way to cancel the current one.

EDIT: swapped to beta version 1.19 and now I can cancel the mission with the leading officer.

[Solid Snack]

I can't for the life of me find the 5th gun. 4/5 spotted, yet the 5th one doesn't seem to exist (I'm sure it does but it's probably behind something weird that you can't see from the sea?) Anyone got a rough map for where to tag the guns?

[Bad Brad]

I managed to find them all but it took forever. Just randomly click your mouse like crazy all along the port area. It's basically a hidden "hit box" you have to click on to find them.

[Fatbaby]

Go farther in...its on a angle

[Rockymnt]

When you enter the bay head North and start looking for the AA placements. Move scope slowly and hold scope in spots. You will spot 2-3 AA positions. Keep looking as the sub moves north. Eventually you will find all five. All they need to is "light up" as AA. Once you hit five mission will flag as complete. You cannot find them all from one position (at least I couldn't).

[bobcor]

Originally posted by Finny:

There does exist a bug where you cannot "tag" the AA guns if you are trying to continue a saved game where you had received the orders to identify the AA guns but decided to save the game first, then went and had some dinner, came back and loaded the saved game.

You will never tag the AA with that save game.

However, if you complete the spy drop-off, get said mission, and sail within periscope range of the port. you should be able to look around and find AA guns ranging from just outside the port to next to the docks that become tagged with a Diamond icon when you hover over them the first time.

So - SaveGame = No Taggy for u
NoSaveGame = Use the Forc-- er, periscope, Luke.

128 Stable. I went to docks with no resistance. I was surfaced the the whole way until about 2 miles out. No resistance! Then periscope depth. Sailed with in 6 cables and none of the ships in the harbor noticed me. My spy was delivered. I gave up on AA guns and started back home and then fast boats started attacking me in the bay exit. It was hell. Had to save and reload several times. I finally surfaced and maned AA gun and deck guns and fought 4 boats off. Two boats rammed me and after damage repairs I made it back to port only to discover I received no credit for mission. Now I need to start mission all over again but not sure since it is saved game I will run into same no credit issue on port return?
Do you have to look through the periscope in manual mode to see AA guns? Can u see the AA guns in map view? How do u tag? Bob C.

[Ruby]

Hi,

Do you have to look through the periscope in manual mode to see AA guns?

yes. When the AA flak is detected, it is automatically marked.

Cheers Ruby

[martin]

don't forget you rise your periscope a lot higher than default by clicking in the top left corner on screen when in manual mode

[bobcor]

Thanks. So much to learn.