Real Navigation Mod files - FINAL

[Kumando]

Originally Posted by mikaelanderlund

Very cool mod!

how do you get lat. and long. in bad weather which sometimes last for weeks in SHIII? How do you keep the course in stormy weather?

Mikael

You dont, you travel by dead reckoning (the process of estimating one's current position based upon a previously determined position, or fix, and advancing that position based upon known speed, elapsed time, and course).

[mikaelanderlund]

I have tried , but after a week or two in stormy weather I'm lost mainly because of difficulty of keeping track of course and speed.

Mikael

[Kumando]

Originally Posted by mikaelanderlund

I have tried , but after a week or two in stormy weather I'm lost mainly because of difficulty of keeping track of course and speed.

Mikael

Thats what real U-boat skippers had to face in reality .

[mikaelanderlund]

I think real U-boat skippers also used radio transmitters on land to plot the intersection.

[jimmie]

[vanjast]

Longitude is a problem at the moment as the game GMT clock jumps around depending where you are when you save your game.
There is a method of working this out, which I'm still busy with. It just requires a lot more effort, so I'm trying to simplify it.

You can at the moment use the HOUR time difference between the Local and GMT clocks, plus the sunrise sunset almanac. Be carefull of the 2 times jumping around, If you note this you should have fewer problems. The current alamac game time difference looks to be around 4 minutes (1 degree Longitude).

A trick you'll pickup is that the interior sub lights switch from red to white (and visa versa) at the game sunrise/set, irrespective of the weather conditions - You now have your sunrise/sunset times in bad weather. A quick look at the almanac and you get your position within about 2 degrees.

I'll post a PDF when I've finished.

[mikaelanderlund]

Originally Posted by vanjast

Longitude is a problem at the moment as the game GMT clock jumps around depending where you are when you save your game.
There is a method of working this out, which I'm still busy with. It just requires a lot more effort, so I'm trying to simplify it.

You can at the moment use the HOUR time difference between the Local and GMT clocks, plus the sunrise sunset almanac. Be carefull of the 2 times jumping around, If you note this you should have fewer problems. The current alamac game time difference looks to be around 4 minutes (1 degree Longitude).

A trick you'll pickup is that the interior sub lights switch from red to white (and visa versa) at the game sunrise/set, irrespective of the weather conditions - You now have your sunrise/sunset times in bad weather. A quick look at the almanac and you get your position within about 2 degrees.

I'll post a PDF when I've finished.

I didn't think about interior sub lights switch from red to white (and visa versa) at the game sunrise/set. I will give your mod a new try this evening . Great mod!

Mikael