Kiel Canal Blues...

Sailor Steve · 10-13-11, 10:33 AM

I never do an 'automatic'. I lay my own waypoints, take my time and enjoy the view. Which is not to say I do it in real time. I usually run at 128x.

soopaman2 · 10-13-11, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I never do an 'automatic'. I lay my own waypoints, take my time and enjoy the view. Which is not to say I do it in real time. I usually run at 128x.

This, I zoom in and try to stay dead center.

It is a habit I picked up from SH4 and always running aground on tiny islands and all the shallow mess on them infernal volcanic produced islands.

Yes stupidity is only stupidity if one does not learn from it.

Missing Name · 10-13-11, 11:16 AM

I skip over the canal completely. A few days longer to get to sea? Oh well.

Jimbuna · 10-13-11, 11:24 AM

I was going to explain the 'automatic waypoint' from GWX then realised you use NYGM.....manual inputs whilst zoomed in is possibly your only option.

Herr-Berbunch · 10-13-11, 01:15 PM

I try not to use Kiel, and if I do I don't use the canal. I think I've used it a handful of times but always regret it.

Wilhelmshaven FTW.

Raptor · 10-13-11, 01:23 PM

With the "Start at Sea" mod enabled, using the GWX automatic route for the Kiel Canal runs me aground and destroys my boat everyime.

Gerald · 10-13-11, 01:27 PM

I always plot the course manually, regardless of what I am, and right now I'm in the red sea ... towards the Indian Ocean,

postalbyke · 10-13-11, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

I was going to explain the 'automatic waypoint' from GWX then realised you use NYGM.....manual inputs whilst zoomed in is possibly your only option.

Could you explain, and possibly point out where that function lives, that i might use it to my own nefarious ends?

Jimbuna · 10-14-11, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by postalbyke

Could you explain, and possibly point out where that function lives, that i might use it to my own nefarious ends?

In GWX you click on the navigator at bottom left of screen and a number of options appear, eg Kiel In and Kiel Out.

The above was scripted into the mod using Mission Editor.

Flaxpants · 10-14-11, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

In GWX you click on the navigator at bottom left of screen and a number of options appear, eg Kiel In and Kiel Out.

Based on my experiences using those two buttons, I think they should be renamed to 'Smash boat into rocks' and 'Let your grandmother drive'.

I always do it manually.

10-13-11, 10:33 AM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I never do an 'automatic'. I lay my own waypoints, take my time and enjoy the view. Which is not to say I do it in real time. I usually run at 128x. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-13-11, 11:16 AM	#3
Missing Name Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Westun New Yahk Posts: 748 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	I skip over the canal completely. A few days longer to get to sea? Oh well. __________________ Largest target sunk with deck gun: Japanese auxiliary cruiser, 15000 tons Largest engaged: HMS Nelson. Results inconclusive. Read Brag's stuff

10-13-11, 11:24 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,770 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I was going to explain the 'automatic waypoint' from GWX then realised you use NYGM.....manual inputs whilst zoomed in is possibly your only option. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-13-11, 01:15 PM	#5
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	I try not to use Kiel, and if I do I don't use the canal. I think I've used it a handful of times but always regret it. Wilhelmshaven FTW. __________________

10-13-11, 01:23 PM	#6
Raptor Weps Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Pacific NW, USA Posts: 350 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	With the "Start at Sea" mod enabled, using the GWX automatic route for the Kiel Canal runs me aground and destroys my boat everyime. __________________ Raptor

10-13-11, 01:27 PM	#7
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	I always plot the course manually, regardless of what I am, and right now I'm in the red sea ... towards the Indian Ocean, __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

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