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10-31-17, 06:06 PM | #1 |
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Reading the contact report?
So... I'm having a hard time understanding the contact reports from my screen. I'm talking about the info I get from BdU about Task Forces, Convoys and such. I have looked around the forum but I can't seem to find anything explaining how to read the report only about sending your own
My problem is that I'm trying to get my head into the map itself. I don't have any previous experience with navigating. The horizontal on the map is marked with a number and "E or W" and the vertical an "N". So yeah, where do I look for the contact? I get some confusing information for a new guy like me. Please break it down for me. "Contact Reported. Enemy Task Force, Long 11° 47'E, Lat 35° N, Course S, Speed 15 KTS!" Hope there is a few helping minds out there, Thanks. |
10-31-17, 11:53 PM | #2 |
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The contact will be East of the 11 degree line, almost to the 12 degree line, and on the 35 degree North line, which, if I remember right, would put them in the Mediterranean.
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11-01-17, 09:38 AM | #3 |
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aren't those contact reports marked on the map ? maybe an option disabled ?
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11-01-17, 10:29 AM | #4 |
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map reading
its a little easier to understand if you see the map as a globe as in this video Simon Last edited by Cyborg322; 11-01-17 at 10:42 AM. |
11-01-17, 11:26 AM | #5 |
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Not with the optional Real Navigation on board since it would brake the whole point of it...
Without Real Nav, yes...
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11-02-17, 02:43 PM | #6 | |
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Here is an old thread regarding radio contact reports that may help. Also there is a link below for the plotting tools I use for plotting contact reports that can be put in the C:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\MODS folder and enabled using JSGME and then found ingame in the User Charts, Real Navigation.
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Radio Intercepts Thread SH5 Real Nav Tools
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