Help! No pilots to rescue

hmatthias · 12-26-07, 07:35 PM

I am on a lifeguard mission (using TM and RSRD mods), and am supposed to rescue 4 aviators. I have gotten 2 so far, and can't find any more! I have seen a few red smoke signals on the land (no pilots though), but none in the water. I have been at the icon area for about a week now, and no dice. Will I ever find more, or should I just bag it and go sink some tonnage? Any ideas?

-Pv- · 12-26-07, 07:51 PM

You usually need about 5 or 6 in the stock campaign to fulfill the mission. In the stock game, the pilot rescue gets triggered when you get a certain distance from the mission marker. You have a limited time to pick those guys up and need to be aggressive. Chase the closest smoke at high speed and keep working your way around chasing the closest smoke targets (not the icons on the map.) Again, in default, the game gives you enough targets to fulfill the requirement easily if you don't dawdle (dropping about 2-5 every 10 minutes into the game.) Don't know if the mods have affected this.
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donut · 12-26-07, 09:29 PM

[quote]I have been at the icon area for about a week now, and no dice.[quote]
SOL Pilots,wind blows smoke,& a week being shark bait;thats Survivors less

I miss this mission

We stoped down a large liner,waited till dark,surfaced gunned her.22 life boats,& rafts=survivers.Swimmers don't last.

12-26-07, 07:35 PM	#1
hmatthias Loader Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: United States Posts: 82 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Help! No pilots to rescue I am on a lifeguard mission (using TM and RSRD mods), and am supposed to rescue 4 aviators. I have gotten 2 so far, and can't find any more! I have seen a few red smoke signals on the land (no pilots though), but none in the water. I have been at the icon area for about a week now, and no dice. Will I ever find more, or should I just bag it and go sink some tonnage? Any ideas?

12-26-07, 09:29 PM	#3
donut The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: The Shifting, Whispering Sands, NM Posts: 1,463 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Capt.Hmatthias,downed pilots drift. [quote]I have been at the icon area for about a week now, and no dice.[quote] SOL Pilots,wind blows smoke,& a week being shark bait;thats Survivors less I miss this mission We stoped down a large liner,waited till dark,surfaced gunned her.22 life boats,& rafts=survivers.Swimmers don't last.

12-26-07, 07:51 PM	#2
-Pv- The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,434 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	You usually need about 5 or 6 in the stock campaign to fulfill the mission. In the stock game, the pilot rescue gets triggered when you get a certain distance from the mission marker. You have a limited time to pick those guys up and need to be aggressive. Chase the closest smoke at high speed and keep working your way around chasing the closest smoke targets (not the icons on the map.) Again, in default, the game gives you enough targets to fulfill the requirement easily if you don't dawdle (dropping about 2-5 every 10 minutes into the game.) Don't know if the mods have affected this. -Pv-