HowTo use real navigation and the sextant

[GinoC]

Originally Posted by stiki

Hi I am 2nd mate on merchant ships (mostly bulkers and containers) and to be honest sextant is only necessary during PSC inspection when you have to prove to some idiot you know how to use it this is obsolete instrument however still required by law.

You have a point, but how can you call yourself a true mariner if you can't haul out the ol' sky wrench and do a sight reduction? What happens if your GPS goes TU or the Yanks turn off the satellites?

[sparrs]

Originally Posted by GinoC

You have a point, but how can you call yourself a true mariner if you can't haul out the ol' sky wrench and do a sight reduction? What happens if your GPS goes TU or the Yanks turn off the satellites?

Well, its only a game...uh, well I thought so until I started seeing constellations in my night sky whilst on patrol. Noticed it in fact in Silent Hunter 4 first of all, but much more prominent now in SH5. Real Nav will have to wait until I finish my first stock campaign and really get a wider monitor (currently 17") to really get the feel of the game. Adds a dimension to the game that really ups the bar of just pointing and shooting, no? Manual TDC is hard enough, but without the nav map updates and leaving it to the navigator, then...