Protractor and ruler upside down and left to right?

hermangoring · 09-12-09, 12:00 AM

Is it me or is the protactor and ruler in help mode with compass seem wrong. My protactor has 180 north and 90 degrees looking west with 0 being south , and 270 at my right looking like east. Is this screwy?

can I fix this? Captain Herman

DigitalAura · 09-12-09, 07:11 AM

The idea is that when you extend a line out radiating dead north from the centre of the protractor tool and take a reading it will indicate 0 degrees. YOu don't look at the protractor itself, you take into account the LINE that you are reading, then the protractor makes sense and you can see why it has to be that way. Remember, the protractor is about angles, not single points. SO it wants you to measure the angle of a BEARING...or line. Once you begin drawing out a line you'll notice that now the protractor ISN'T upside down because it's taking into account the bearing you are drawing in relation to a straight course.
Most people make this mistake.

hermangoring · 09-12-09, 10:25 AM

Thank you I 'm new and so forgive mich.

DigitalAura · 09-12-09, 02:20 PM

Hey, I'm new too! And I suck at trigonometry.. or geometry..or whatever this game requires! LOL

I'm goin' down · 09-13-09, 09:31 PM

And, I thought my boat was upside down due to my deft manuevering.

No wonder most of my shots ran deep (opps, I mean flew out of the water).

SteamWake · 09-14-09, 02:24 PM

LOL remember way back when like patch 1.1 or something whenever you crossed the equator everything went haywire

vanjast · 09-17-09, 03:26 PM

We'll make sailors out of you clueless 'rubble', yet !!

09-12-09, 12:00 AM	#1
hermangoring Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	Protractor and ruler upside down and left to right? Is it me or is the protactor and ruler in help mode with compass seem wrong. My protactor has 180 north and 90 degrees looking west with 0 being south , and 270 at my right looking like east. Is this screwy? can I fix this? Captain Herman

09-12-09, 07:11 AM	#2
DigitalAura Straight and True Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: CANADA Posts: 276 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	The idea is that when you extend a line out radiating dead north from the centre of the protractor tool and take a reading it will indicate 0 degrees. YOu don't look at the protractor itself, you take into account the LINE that you are reading, then the protractor makes sense and you can see why it has to be that way. Remember, the protractor is about angles, not single points. SO it wants you to measure the angle of a BEARING...or line. Once you begin drawing out a line you'll notice that now the protractor ISN'T upside down because it's taking into account the bearing you are drawing in relation to a straight course. Most people make this mistake. __________________ ... ALL YOUR BEACH ARE BELONG TO US! ...

09-12-09, 10:25 AM	#3
hermangoring Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	Thanks Thank you I 'm new and so forgive mich.

09-12-09, 02:20 PM	#4
DigitalAura Straight and True Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: CANADA Posts: 276 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Hey, I'm new too! And I suck at trigonometry.. or geometry..or whatever this game requires! LOL __________________ ... ALL YOUR BEACH ARE BELONG TO US! ...

09-13-09, 09:31 PM	#5
I'm goin' down Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Notify command we have entered the Grass Sea Posts: 2,822 Downloads: 813 Uploads: 0	oh, wow! And, I thought my boat was upside down due to my deft manuevering. No wonder most of my shots ran deep (opps, I mean flew out of the water). Last edited by I'm goin' down; 09-14-09 at 12:31 AM.

09-14-09, 02:24 PM	#6
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	LOL remember way back when like patch 1.1 or something whenever you crossed the equator everything went haywire __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

09-17-09, 03:26 PM	#7
vanjast Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somewhere else now Posts: 1,733 Downloads: 825 Uploads: 4	We'll make sailors out of you clueless 'rubble', yet !!