Cylindrical Earth

[karamazovnew]

Originally Posted by elanaiba

I know I'm tired and I'm missing something but we've always used a cylindrical projection. Sh3,4,5.

We know that (painfully) and you've always stated that the maps in SH5 will be cylindrical. However a few eyebrows were raised when the crew special abilities were shown on SH5 official site. The navigator was stated to be able to plot the shortest path between too points "if only the player was trusted him" ) We immediately began wondering if the game would actually use a spherical Earth with a cylindrical projection Map Screen instead of just a cylindrical Earth AND cylindrical Map.

There are quite a lot of us here on the forum that only need a blank paper with the proper tools and maps and a decent modeled sextant to figure out where we are and where we need to go. A real navigation feature with currents and tides and a bit of anchorage maneuvers would be a HUGE selling point for the game, as no ship simulator for PC offers the possibility to roam the entire world. One exception might be Ship Simulator Professional, but judging from the poor quality of the gamey version, I'd rather keep my money

A lot of effort has been put into trying to develop a real navigation mod for SH3 and SH4. Actual Kriegsmarine maps are available so yeah, it's a shame we'll have to miss that in SH5 AGAIN. But for me it will be a make-or-break features of SH6