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nodlew · 01-03-10, 03:03 PM

What I meant to say was--the compass does not show my heading on a 360 deg scale juxtaposed against the 360 magnetic compass showing N,S,E,W and all the little points in between. I know that the sighting reports, sound contacts, etc are on a 360 deg scale relative to my Bow at 0 deg. If you have the two side by side, it is very simple to see where on the mag compass the sighted ship is. Ship at 50 deg--my 50 equates to 20 NNE etc. With the inner ring of the compass adding up to 10, things become confusing. If the crew reported sightings at, say, 2.5 as Due East, things would be a little simpler (except the compass units are so tiny, the inner ring is rendered useless in the OLC mod). I have seen compasses like the one in OLC's mod before--perhaps it is a historically accurate one. But I'll be damned if I've figured out how to use it yet. Wikipedia was no help.

01-03-10, 03:03 PM	#4
nodlew Engineer Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Virginia Posts: 202 Downloads: 572 Uploads: 0	Maybe wasn't clear... What I meant to say was--the compass does not show my heading on a 360 deg scale juxtaposed against the 360 magnetic compass showing N,S,E,W and all the little points in between. I know that the sighting reports, sound contacts, etc are on a 360 deg scale relative to my Bow at 0 deg. If you have the two side by side, it is very simple to see where on the mag compass the sighted ship is. Ship at 50 deg--my 50 equates to 20 NNE etc. With the inner ring of the compass adding up to 10, things become confusing. If the crew reported sightings at, say, 2.5 as Due East, things would be a little simpler (except the compass units are so tiny, the inner ring is rendered useless in the OLC mod). I have seen compasses like the one in OLC's mod before--perhaps it is a historically accurate one. But I'll be damned if I've figured out how to use it yet. Wikipedia was no help.