Seagulls

[Hadrys]

Yeah, that's a question of life and death lol - how far from the land SH3 seagulls fly? I'm lost SW of Shetlands and trying to pin point a small island as a nav point but the weather is bad as usual - why would I expect tropical sun and a flat sea in this area??

The only hope are the Seagulls, they are there, flying carelessly over our boat. The land must be not that far!

[Corsair]

When you start hearing sheep, you shouldn't be far away...:D

PS : as a manual navigation user, I also use depth as a navigation help in bad visibility conditions near land as in real life ( like night and heavy fog ) it helped me many times...

[Ula Jolly]

I haven't quite introduced myself to this part of SH3 yet; is it possible to use stars for navigation?
Of course that needs visibility aplenty, but I'm thinking in a more general term. I'd also love to hear from the OP, if he has found that damned island yet. :)

[Hadrys]

I haven't quite introduced myself to this part of SH3 yet; is it possible to use stars for navigation?
Of course that needs visibility aplenty, but I'm thinking in a more general term. I'd also love to hear from the OP, if he has found that damned island yet. :)

Actually you can! Read on the whole thread: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=114812

About that island, yeah got it: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=565810&postcount=29

PS seagulls probably fly up to 10 km away from shore when you're going into the sea and 8 km when you're approaching. But that's a little bit odd...

[blackdog_kt]

Actually, the stars in SH3 are fairly accurate in positioning. They lack proper colours and sizes, but if you are slightly familiar with astronomy you can find constellations. Also, they move due to the earth's rotation and in the correct direction too. Being a physics student with astronomy as the chosen sub-faculty, that was one of the first things i looked for when i started playing SH3.

If you want to, you can download some free/limited license astronomy programs to help you get acquainted. Starry night is one that has both full license and shareware versions (i think you can get it from Space.com) and also the ability to set the date and watch the sky at that date from a certain longtitude/latitude. I have been able to recreate past eclipses, the Haley comet crossing in 1987 and also simulate an upcoming eclipse, it's pretty accurate. So i guess you could use it to gather data on star positions during WWII if you don't have access to any of the old data charts from that time period.