It's only a game...

[don1reed]

Hey FW. I had always hoped that something could be done with the Obs Scope. If some modder would find a way to measure the altitude from horizon to body with enough precision we'd be in business.

I'll have to take a look.

thanks.

[flag4]

don1reed

i am reading your posts, they are truely impressive - a little jaw dropping perhaps. i whish i had your ability with navigation, computers and the time you put into this 'game.'

my god! you are living it at a completely different celestial/cerebral level!

if you ever decide to make a mod or write something to explain how you do all this for meer beginners - i'm in!

...can't help wondering if you have read 'The Lost Flying Boat' by Alan Sillitoe

happy travells don1reed

[don1reed]

Why tnx, Flag. Kind words indeed.

If I can do it. You can do it.

If you've glanced thru that python script, you'll see the true genius of this endeaver, one, Michael Jones.

The beauty of this adventure is that you don't have to mod your game to do this. The trick is to DL the two freeware programs and that "script" in post #1 of this thread. Just cut 'n paste and edit it to suit your directory.

The next trick is to get them to work on your computer...a little iffy with vista or W7, but I can attest that they do work.

As far as Celestial Navigation is concerned...I can highly recommend one small book to get started:

CELESTIAL NAVIGATION FOR YACHTSMEN by Mary Blewitt

I don't know if she's still alive or not, but my understanding of the art is mainly due to that little book. Her writings on cel nav during WWII are top notch and taught many sailors and pilots how to navigate.

I believe it can still be purchased through SUBSIM at Amazon dot com.

Sailors have gotten a tad lazy in recent years with SatNav having taken over Cel Nav. This is a system that worked and still works. Just like Sliderules. In the right hands they help build the Uboats, the P-51 Mustangs, put man in space and on the moon. Handheld electronic calculators were just a dream.

I, along with cel nav and sliderules, just hate to get old I guess.

cheers,

[Jimbuna]

I am impressed

[don1reed]

No. Tnx to you, Jim and all the straight shooters @GWX without which, playing at tc 1x would be like sitting thru a sermon.

@Flag: Tnx for the tip on the book. I've a prime account w/amazon and just picked it up for $4.20.

cheers

[maillemaker]

I'm just now trying to figure out how to shoot torpedoes manually. I think I'll worry about celestial navigation later.

Steve

[don1reed]

I'm a septuagenarian, Steve. Don't wait too long.

(Not as much fun as a sexagenarian; but, time and tide wait for no man.)

@don1reed

Very impressed, sir.
Bowditch & Dutton?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by don1reed

No. Tnx to you, Jim and all the straight shooters @GWX without which, playing at tc 1x would be like sitting thru a sermon.

Thank you sir....I will see to it that your kind remarks are posted at The Lair

[don1reed]

Very impressed, sir.
Bowditch & Dutton?

and HO 211 (I don't believe they used HO 229 or 249 back then)

For those interested 211, check out Henning Umlands freeware HERE toward the bottom of the page.