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Old 01-04-07, 05:04 PM   #8
vanjast
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Originally Posted by Woof1701
.. Now I only have to learn how to use a sextant and off I go ..
Using a sextant is as easy-as-pie.. Using the North Pole star (polaris), whatever angle/position it is on the sextant is your latitude (north/south) position. SH3 does not seem to have any of the anomaly's like atmospheric refraction, etc... and the map has been flattened so that it's linear. Establishing longitude is a simple matter of comparing the SH3 local time and the Greenwich time -> 15 degrees earth rotation equals 1 hour. Star maps will be provided. This is a scanned, 'fitted' and very much reduced Northern Hemisphere map. The Mod one is big, but I'd encourage you all to buy this, as it's cheapy. This list goes on so I think the Mod will probably be broken down to game files and educational docs..
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