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Old 05-10-16, 05:38 PM   #1
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Does anybody knows if there is a tutorial on how to use the sextant in WoS?? I have tried looking for something related, even in youtube with no success.

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Old 05-10-16, 10:12 PM   #2
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I don't think it even works properly and there are no instructions.

But try this:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=206103
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I don't think it even works properly and there are no instructions.

But try this:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=206103
Not at all...According to Sjizzle, celestial sphere and sextant in SH5 are almost 100% correct...
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Old 05-11-16, 03:50 PM   #4
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I don't think it even works properly and there are no instructions.

But try this:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=206103
what do u mean by instruction ? if u have read that thread there clear instruction how to calculate your position

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Not at all...According to Sjizzle, celestial sphere and sextant in SH5 are almost 100% correct...
yup that's true sextant and the celestial is 99% accurate
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Old 05-12-16, 07:20 AM   #5
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I have read the thread, that's why I posted the link. But the sextant tool itself doesn't seem to give the proper reading and there is no instruction as to its use; what does Set Ref Azimuth mean as it applies to the game?

Even when I placed my sub in the exact position from the tutorial I got a different calculation, something like 100 -200km away and my initial altitude figure was way off.
The problem is when I try and get the initial altitude of the sun. In that tutorial in pics 3-4 you say to align the sextant to the water line and then search for the sun but the numbers in the altitude readout don't change for me. The only way to get them to change is to press Set Reference Azimuth, then when I do that the numbers change as i move around but the final number is not what its supposed to be.
So I tried different ways to use it to get that number but it's in the Set Ref Azimuth that the problem lies.

I hope I didn't come off as being too critical, the sextant tutorial is extremely valuable but I could never get a correct reading from the sextant. I'm sorry, i would have posted pics if I were at home.
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Old 05-12-16, 02:56 PM   #6
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I have read the thread, that's why I posted the link. But the sextant tool itself doesn't seem to give the proper reading and there is no instruction as to its use; what does Set Ref Azimuth mean as it applies to the game?

Even when I placed my sub in the exact position from the tutorial I got a different calculation, something like 100 -200km away and my initial altitude figure was way off.
The problem is when I try and get the initial altitude of the sun. In that tutorial in pics 3-4 you say to align the sextant to the water line and then search for the sun but the numbers in the altitude readout don't change for me. The only way to get them to change is to press Set Reference Azimuth, then when I do that the numbers change as i move around but the final number is not what its supposed to be.
So I tried different ways to use it to get that number but it's in the Set Ref Azimuth that the problem lies.

I hope I didn't come off as being too critical, the sextant tutorial is extremely valuable but I could never get a correct reading from the sextant. I'm sorry, i would have posted pics if I were at home.
relax m8 all is ok i accept all criticism to busy in real live to edit and upload all my tutorials videos i will upload them soon as possible there are more details in video and more instruction i hope that
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