[Pisces]

Originally Posted by hachiman

Hi

The map tools are one thing I struggle with in this game.

I want to be able to draw a bearing line from my relative bearing and not my true bearing. So in my example picture i have attached i am pointing at true bearing 090°, but relative 000° and have a target bearing at relative 150°.
However when i draw a line from my sub it starts the line from my true bearing and so the line from my sub to the target says 240°.

How can i get the bearing lines i draw or mark to be from my relative bearing and not my true bearing?

Hope this makes sense?



Thanks

How do i get the protractor to lock and not turn as i draw my bearing line?

That is easily do-able. First rotate the protractor mouse cursor. Click the protractor button (left button stack, bottom-most). Click anywhere. (or at the end of the current course line if you need to draw it still further) Drag the line to whichever course your boat is on. (if you have the top-menu button 'Show Angle (A)' on you can see the direction of the line) Or you can enter your course as numbers on the numerical keypad on your keyboard (laptop users might need to press the Fn key in addition to them if they don't have dedicated keys) Any next click will leave a line. Which you don't need for this, so release by pressing escape. (or extend your current course line for however long you want if you don't press Escape)

Now, switch over to line drawing with the proper line button. (leaving protractor mode selected will screw up the course previously set) Click from your current position, or whatever position the plot should be taken from. The protractor image stays fixed in rotation as you drag out the end of the line. You can even enter the relative bearings now with the numerical keypad. After acknowledging the (relative) bearing with Enter you can also key in the range with numerical keypad. If you need to draw a reciprocal bearing (180 degrees backwards) then simply enter the minus-key first, followed by the distance along the bearing line. If you are dragging the cursor, simply move it back across the mouse-cursor center. Acknowledge that with Enter as wel to place the line. The 'show angle' and 'show distance' will indicate the true bearing and distance along the sides of the line. You can write relative bearing with the text tool and 'snap to end' if you need.