No idea where I am :-)

vanjast · 07-09-14, 05:28 AM

RealNav on... hit foul weather west of Stavanger, went around the Shetlands and heading down towards St. Kilda...

Haven't seen a blink of stars or sunlight for the past 1400Km..(6 game days) just rain, sleet and heavy seas.

I estimate that I'm just north of Carloway (Outer Hebrides) Having closely missed Rona, I think it is - couldn't see it... Slowed my TC (16x) and sounded my way through with Depth Under Keel coming up to 25m.

All I had to do was shunt my sub up a beach on my first patrol

Visibility is zip most of the time - and every now and then, the watch tells me they can see fog

I just bang my head against the periscope shell.

Navigating to 6 hourly waypoints at max TC=128... but hell's I could be just south of the Faroe Islands the way things are going

Jimbuna · 07-09-14, 08:06 AM

banryu79 · 07-09-14, 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vanjast

RealNav on... hit foul weather west of Stavanger, went around the Shetlands and heading down towards St. Kilda...

Haven't seen a blink of stars or sunlight for the past 1400Km..(6 game days) just rain, sleet and heavy seas.

I estimate that I'm just north of Carloway (Outer Hebrides) Having closely missed Rona, I think it is - couldn't see it... Slowed my TC (16x) and sounded my way through with Depth Under Keel coming up to 25m.

All I had to do was shunt my sub up a beach on my first patrol

Visibility is zip most of the time - and every now and then, the watch tells me they can see fog

I just bang my head against the periscope shell.

Navigating to 6 hourly waypoints at max TC=128... but hell's I could be just south of the Faroe Islands the way things are going

This is... awsome! In someway, at least.

flag4 · 07-09-14, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vanjast

RealNav on... hit foul weather west of Stavanger, went around the Shetlands and heading down towards St. Kilda...

Haven't seen a blink of stars or sunlight for the past 1400Km..(6 game days) just rain, sleet and heavy seas.

I estimate that I'm just north of Carloway (Outer Hebrides) Having closely missed Rona, I think it is - couldn't see it... Slowed my TC (16x) and sounded my way through with Depth Under Keel coming up to 25m.

All I had to do was shunt my sub up a beach on my first patrol

Visibility is zip most of the time - and every now and then, the watch tells me they can see fog

I just bang my head against the periscope shell.

Navigating to 6 hourly waypoints at max TC=128... but hell's I could be just south of the Faroe Islands the way things are going

...the beautiful game. marvellous. im envious. how real can it get?

maillemaker · 07-09-14, 11:38 AM

Real navigation is probably a step I will never take.

Steve

vanjast · 07-10-14, 10:06 AM

Here's my daily weather...
Every couple of waypoints I do sound check - I have a contact and we're on the chase. Doing a 30 minute surface speed burst and will sound it again

Range estimate around 15-20km (Sound still faint on hyrdophone)
Speed estimate before ID around 4-8 knots (34rpm)

vanjast · 07-10-14, 10:56 AM

Lost contact ..

(just disappeared from 360 sonar scan - could be the hyperspacing ships thing)
Also just missed a task force going south.. but we have instructions to leave military targets alone

Anyway about to round St Kilda on the final course to the patrol grid - weather is still lousy.. but my depth sounding starting to give me deep water, so it looks like I'm on track
This is still a very estimated position, but I'm using all the 'clues' I can

This pic was taken at my 6 hour waypoint save... I'm already starting the next waypoint at 06:00.

vanjast · 07-10-14, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by maillemaker

Real navigation is probably a step I will never take.

It's not that difficult, and after playing with it you'll facepalm yourself

, that you didn't use it before....

Gotta go to family supper but will come back later with a simplified explanation.

Aktungbby · 07-10-14, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Yup! time for a little DEAD RECKONING Here!

maillemaker · 07-10-14, 12:54 PM

Quote:

It's not that difficult, and after playing with it you'll facepalm yourself

, that you didn't use it before....

I'm sure it is, the idea of doing it just holds no appeal for me. I'm not interested in celestial navigation of my uboat. I want to plot a series of waypoints for a course and have my uboat magically go there. I only pop into the game when we have a contact. Especially with external views disabled, most of the eye candy of the game is gone. It's all about pressing contacts, making attacks, and evasion until I'm out of fish or too damaged to continue, then return to port.

Steve

vanjast · 07-10-14, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maillemaker

I'm sure it is, the idea of doing it just holds no appeal for me. I'm not interested in celestial navigation of my uboat.

Back again...

OK, no problem.... if/when you get bored and want to take it to a 'new level', you know where it's at...

Gotta go sailing...

Tupolev · 07-10-14, 02:48 PM

@vanjast - OK I'm game. I'm always on the lookout for more realism.

Does it require a whole new GUI though?

The

vanjast · 07-11-14, 08:54 AM

The weather clears after 8 days of junk, and within 12 hours we have a convoy..

I know I'm in the Western approaches area... Full of BDU 'aggression'
get into position ahead and beam direct into the convoy aiming to slip quietly past the front guy, only to find that the little horror has asdic.

Dive deep and come up within the convoy.. with the pesky mosquito hounding me. Got one hit from 90 degree shot - not sure which ship.

Mannn.. there is no shaking this pest.. doesn't he want to go play somewhere else ??
Did a classic Das Boot crash dive here...

He's not good with the DCs though.. I still do not have a scratch

vanjast · 07-11-14, 09:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tupolev

Does it require a whole new GUI though?

Not if you're prepared to install in manually.

Find the older RealNav mod and the manual installation method is in the documents.
Explains what changes are made.

Depending on your screen vertical resolution though, you might have to rescale the sextant (the draggable one).
With the one that exists in the obs-scope (later NYGM wide screen), you can copy the reticule image files into your scope images - might still require scaling.

vanjast · 07-15-14, 01:07 PM

Game crashed before I could save this.. Was giving the escort the slip... and kaboom - Errr.. SH3 now refuses to work !!!

I guessed the speed (no time for fancy calculations) and just fired 5 torps at 5 targets.. 2 hits ??
I was an idiot.. the last 3 torps I forgot to set the TDC back to auto...

07-09-14, 05:28 AM	#1
vanjast Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somewhere else now Posts: 1,733 Downloads: 825 Uploads: 4	No idea where I am :-) RealNav on... hit foul weather west of Stavanger, went around the Shetlands and heading down towards St. Kilda... Haven't seen a blink of stars or sunlight for the past 1400Km..(6 game days) just rain, sleet and heavy seas. I estimate that I'm just north of Carloway (Outer Hebrides) Having closely missed Rona, I think it is - couldn't see it... Slowed my TC (16x) and sounded my way through with Depth Under Keel coming up to 25m. All I had to do was shunt my sub up a beach on my first patrol Visibility is zip most of the time - and every now and then, the watch tells me they can see fog I just bang my head against the periscope shell. Navigating to 6 hourly waypoints at max TC=128... but hell's I could be just south of the Faroe Islands the way things are going

07-09-14, 08:06 AM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	__________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

07-10-14, 10:06 AM	#6
vanjast Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somewhere else now Posts: 1,733 Downloads: 825 Uploads: 4	Here's my daily weather... Every couple of waypoints I do sound check - I have a contact and we're on the chase. Doing a 30 minute surface speed burst and will sound it again Range estimate around 15-20km (Sound still faint on hyrdophone) Speed estimate before ID around 4-8 knots (34rpm) Last edited by vanjast; 07-10-14 at 10:57 AM.

07-15-14, 01:07 PM	#15
vanjast Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somewhere else now Posts: 1,733 Downloads: 825 Uploads: 4	Dam, the dam dam dam :-) Game crashed before I could save this.. Was giving the escort the slip... and kaboom - Errr.. SH3 now refuses to work !!! I guessed the speed (no time for fancy calculations) and just fired 5 torps at 5 targets.. 2 hits ?? I was an idiot.. the last 3 torps I forgot to set the TDC back to auto...

07-09-14, 11:38 AM	#5
maillemaker Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,639 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	Real navigation is probably a step I will never take. Steve

07-10-14, 10:56 AM	#7
vanjast Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somewhere else now Posts: 1,733 Downloads: 825 Uploads: 4	Lost contact .. (just disappeared from 360 sonar scan - could be the hyperspacing ships thing) Also just missed a task force going south.. but we have instructions to leave military targets alone Anyway about to round St Kilda on the final course to the patrol grid - weather is still lousy.. but my depth sounding starting to give me deep water, so it looks like I'm on track This is still a very estimated position, but I'm using all the 'clues' I can This pic was taken at my 6 hour waypoint save... I'm already starting the next waypoint at 06:00.

07-10-14, 02:48 PM	#12
Tupolev Hauptman Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: FL410 Posts: 174 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	@vanjast - OK I'm game. I'm always on the lookout for more realism. Does it require a whole new GUI though? The

07-11-14, 08:54 AM	#13
vanjast Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somewhere else now Posts: 1,733 Downloads: 825 Uploads: 4	The weather clears after 8 days of junk, and within 12 hours we have a convoy.. I know I'm in the Western approaches area... Full of BDU 'aggression' get into position ahead and beam direct into the convoy aiming to slip quietly past the front guy, only to find that the little horror has asdic. Dive deep and come up within the convoy.. with the pesky mosquito hounding me. Got one hit from 90 degree shot - not sure which ship. Mannn.. there is no shaking this pest.. doesn't he want to go play somewhere else ?? Did a classic Das Boot crash dive here... He's not good with the DCs though.. I still do not have a scratch