[TorpX]

The 3000 yard bearing compass is accurate. As I remember, the game's idea of what is exactly 360 degrees is at error. The game can't quite register that zero and 360 degrees are the same....

I've found the bearing plotter I use (forget which size it is) to be accurate. Certainly good enough for most purposes. With the HUD compass, I do well to get a course within 2 degrees of what I intend. To get the exact course I want, on the first try, is pure luck.

I remember Duci saying that the game used a 361 degree circle, but I don't think that is the case. Imo, it is just a case of rounding; a value of 359.6 will display as 360, while a value of 000.4 will display as 0. An extra step is required in a program to round 360 to 0, and they apparently forgot this.

The ultimate problem (as it relates to the bearing plotter) is that the graphical icon of your ship on the map doesn't seem to account for the same momentum-- Once your helmsman sets rudder amidships, the navmap sub/bearing graphic stops short (even though the physical sub continues settling onto desired course).

This isn't necessarily the case. It might seem so with your game, but I was testing different rudder/prop factors in turning and found that they are definitely not all equal. Some combinations gave very sloppy helming; overturning in some cases as much as 7 or 8 deg. You might not be able to see any residual turning moment, but it is there.