Stop Watch

steinbeck · 05-23-16, 03:06 AM

Can someone please explain how the wooden stopwatch works in GWX 3.0. I can't get it working at all and have no way to time a ships speed otherwise.

thank you!

nocken · 05-23-16, 03:54 AM

hi, you have to start the stop watch in your periscope view screen, top right .. then you can drag down and watch the wooden one.

bstanko6 · 05-23-16, 09:14 AM

That bug was one I always wished they fixed. It is annoying to be at the UZO, get my range, start the clock, and get back to the map to take my plots. It would be easier to use the watch offIcer to give me my range and start the clock myself!

Believe it or not I use to use a real stopwatch to alleviate the problem!

Sailor Steve · 05-23-16, 10:12 AM

You can start the watch yourself, but as stated only from the periscope view. This is not a bug. There is no stopwatch in the other views. The GWX team managed to add a repeater in other screens, but thus far there has been no way to separate it from the only "real" stopwatch.

Von Due · 05-23-16, 03:27 PM

The "missing" stopwatch has always been a bit of a PITA but there are some workarounds.

What I did was add a draggable watch with a seconds hand to the main GUI. It doesn't have a start/stop function but at least I can plot pretty accurately on the navmap now.

The draggable watch is available through other mods but you can add that one particular piece by doing some manual editing and adding the necessary files.

Aktungbby · 05-23-16, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

The GWX team managed to add a repeater in other screens, but thus far there has been no way to separate it from the only "real" stopwatch.

A repeater stopwatch!!

I'm getting GWX; I can't afford a real repeater watch in real life

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeater_(horology)

05-23-16, 03:06 AM	#1
steinbeck Frogman Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 295 Downloads: 808 Uploads: 0	Stop Watch Can someone please explain how the wooden stopwatch works in GWX 3.0. I can't get it working at all and have no way to time a ships speed otherwise. thank you!

05-23-16, 03:54 AM	#2
nocken Engineer Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: sheffield.uk Posts: 200 Downloads: 1763 Uploads: 0	stopwatch hi, you have to start the stop watch in your periscope view screen, top right .. then you can drag down and watch the wooden one.

05-23-16, 09:14 AM	#3
bstanko6 Admiral Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Murwik Naval Academy Posts: 2,130 Downloads: 390 Uploads: 13	That bug was one I always wished they fixed. It is annoying to be at the UZO, get my range, start the clock, and get back to the map to take my plots. It would be easier to use the watch offIcer to give me my range and start the clock myself! Believe it or not I use to use a real stopwatch to alleviate the problem! __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] BSTANKO6'S SH5 NAVAL ACADEMY http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPbe...W2NArCA/videos DISCORD https://discord.gg/6tFeTSUmVc

05-23-16, 10:12 AM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	You can start the watch yourself, but as stated only from the periscope view. This is not a bug. There is no stopwatch in the other views. The GWX team managed to add a repeater in other screens, but thus far there has been no way to separate it from the only "real" stopwatch. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-23-16, 03:27 PM	#5
Von Due Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,690 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	The "missing" stopwatch has always been a bit of a PITA but there are some workarounds. What I did was add a draggable watch with a seconds hand to the main GUI. It doesn't have a start/stop function but at least I can plot pretty accurately on the navmap now. The draggable watch is available through other mods but you can add that one particular piece by doing some manual editing and adding the necessary files.