Real Navigation Mod files - FINAL

karamazovnew · 03-18-09, 01:02 PM

Patchman123, don't copy the files straight over. If u read the detailed description of the mod it'll show you which part of the menu.ini file to modify, and be carefull about the index. Just look around in that file to understand what value to put.

Cheers Van, thanks for the effort you put in this Mod. I've tried to make it work for a while but didn't manage it. I could never get correct readings with the sextant and I think it's because of the bridge camera fov (the Conning Deck Camera to be more precise). I used a fov of 60 but then I abandoned the idea of real navigation and later switched to a fov of 75. While sailing from Wilhelmshaven on a superb night I was so amazed by the beauty of the sky that I tried to find the Polaris star, and there it was, smack where your sextant used to show about 54 degrees

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So what fov did u use for that camera? I sail by dead reckoning anyway and CTRL-click at each sunrise and sunset to emulate the sextant. But I sure would like using those charts. Anyway, here's a few bright ideas I picked up while navigating.

1. Is there a way to pause the game at certain clock times? I keep missing my timed bearing changes.
2. Can you add a visibility option for the sextant when pressing a button? Maybe reroute the Plot Course button.

And here's the weird part I've found. Each day the sun rises at a different bearing range from true 90. Isn't this linked to the Latitude by the time of the year? I'll see if i can find any data on the net about this.

03-18-09, 01:02 PM	#25
karamazovnew The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 1,403 Downloads: 151 Uploads: 0	Patchman123, don't copy the files straight over. If u read the detailed description of the mod it'll show you which part of the menu.ini file to modify, and be carefull about the index. Just look around in that file to understand what value to put. Cheers Van, thanks for the effort you put in this Mod. I've tried to make it work for a while but didn't manage it. I could never get correct readings with the sextant and I think it's because of the bridge camera fov (the Conning Deck Camera to be more precise). I used a fov of 60 but then I abandoned the idea of real navigation and later switched to a fov of 75. While sailing from Wilhelmshaven on a superb night I was so amazed by the beauty of the sky that I tried to find the Polaris star, and there it was, smack where your sextant used to show about 54 degrees . So what fov did u use for that camera? I sail by dead reckoning anyway and CTRL-click at each sunrise and sunset to emulate the sextant. But I sure would like using those charts. Anyway, here's a few bright ideas I picked up while navigating. 1. Is there a way to pause the game at certain clock times? I keep missing my timed bearing changes. 2. Can you add a visibility option for the sextant when pressing a button? Maybe reroute the Plot Course button. And here's the weird part I've found. Each day the sun rises at a different bearing range from true 90. Isn't this linked to the Latitude by the time of the year? I'll see if i can find any data on the net about this.