Drifting off course

warlimont · 02-08-08, 11:45 AM

Playing SH3 with GWX2. 9/39 start.
1st patrol.
I was assigned AM19 from Wilhelmshaven.
In moving east and west across the top of Scotland, the boat wanted to drift off-
course to the south.
Is this built-in to the sim for wind/current movement, or is it a quirk in the sim itself?
Anyone else notice this?

thanks

Brag · 02-08-08, 02:09 PM

In bad weather the effect of wind and waves will make your boat drift off course. (helmsman should catch this, but is a bug)This can be eliminated by using waypoints.

papa_smurf · 02-08-08, 02:46 PM

I use waypoints to and from my partol grid to avoid drifting off course, unless I have to go sink some ships.

Turm · 02-08-08, 03:05 PM

Even using waypoints there is usually a little drift. If it's a particularly long leg, I've ended up around 3km off course by the middle of the leg. But you always reach the exact spot of the waypoint in the end, even if you take a very slightly curved route to it.

I actually like that it's not 100% accurate and that I don't travel in a dead straight line for hundreds of kilometres.

Brer Rabbit · 02-08-08, 09:01 PM

I notice this but have put it down to the reality of the times. First the boat will drift left ot right on a parallel course even with the efforts of the helmsman. Second I am not sure how the developers compensated with the declination between true north and map or chart north.

02-08-08, 11:45 AM	#1
warlimont Helmsman Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Nevada Posts: 104 Downloads: 122 Uploads: 0	Drifting off course Playing SH3 with GWX2. 9/39 start. 1st patrol. I was assigned AM19 from Wilhelmshaven. In moving east and west across the top of Scotland, the boat wanted to drift off- course to the south. Is this built-in to the sim for wind/current movement, or is it a quirk in the sim itself? Anyone else notice this? thanks __________________ USN 1963-1966 USS Estes AGC-12 USS Oriskany CVA-34

02-08-08, 02:09 PM	#2
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	In bad weather the effect of wind and waves will make your boat drift off course. (helmsman should catch this, but is a bug)This can be eliminated by using waypoints. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

02-08-08, 02:46 PM	#3
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	I use waypoints to and from my partol grid to avoid drifting off course, unless I have to go sink some ships. __________________

02-08-08, 03:05 PM	#4
Turm Engineer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 210 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Even using waypoints there is usually a little drift. If it's a particularly long leg, I've ended up around 3km off course by the middle of the leg. But you always reach the exact spot of the waypoint in the end, even if you take a very slightly curved route to it. I actually like that it's not 100% accurate and that I don't travel in a dead straight line for hundreds of kilometres.

02-08-08, 09:01 PM	#5
Brer Rabbit Briar Patch Runner Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 95 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	I notice this but have put it down to the reality of the times. First the boat will drift left ot right on a parallel course even with the efforts of the helmsman. Second I am not sure how the developers compensated with the declination between true north and map or chart north.