First experience with manual navigation in GWX

[Abd_von_Mumit]

Thank you very much, Corsair, for this report. I'm even more sure now that some day I'll try this kind of fun, maybe even I'll switch to it permanently.

As to attacks, you could always just:
— zoom in the map as much as possible after taking range and bearing of target,
— Ctrl + Click in the map center,
— draw a line from your boats position to target,
— draw a circle or mark the place where you estimate the target is,
— immediately after it delete the line from your position to target, thus leaving only the targets position, not yours,
— after engaging a target delete all the plotting marks, circles, lines etc.

What do you think about that method?

[Corsair]

Well in fact after giving it a first thought I come to the conclusion that in an attack sequence,what is important is the relative positions of your target and your own sub.
So in fact it makes no difference if you draw the plotting at the place where you really are or anywhere on the map. You could even do it outside of the map ...

So I think when I have a contact I will just mark my position where I think I am and do the plotting from there (my course and target course) Will see...

[Brag]

Originally Posted by Corsair

Well in fact after giving it a first thought I come to the conclusion that in an attack sequence,what is important is the relative positions of your target and your own sub.
So in fact it makes no difference if you draw the plotting at the place where you really are or anywhere on the map. You could even do it outside of the map ...

So I think when I have a contact I will just mark my position where I think I am and do the plotting from there (my course and target course) Will see...

Quite right, Corsair. Navigation and tactical plot are two different things. In the tactical plot, you're in the center of the universe and other vessels are in position relative to yours. You plot then by either visual or sound bearings.

When it comes to navigation, I would like to see a certain amount of ambiguity in one's position if the weather been foul (navigator unable to take sights) this being critical when near land. Radiogoniometry would help in this case when returning to base.

It would be fun to be able to take starshots, but one would need to get the tables etc. I already forgot the steps to even taking a bearing off the sun.

[Corsair]

Well I can tell you when I decided to try and find Lampedusa after 3 full days of estimated plotting, I was feeling a lot of ambiguity.
Using the depth to confirm position is taken from real life, although in these weather conditions on a real boat, I would not even have tried it ( riding a storm with bad visibility is always better far from land...) and I definitely wouldn't have headed for this underwater hill, because the depth going on a short distance from 300m to 30m would IRL induce huge breaking waves and would be a death trap.
Most boats having big trouble in bad weather/visi are those who try to make it to shore as soon as possible when it is in fact safer to stay away from it.. As long as there is water downwind to drift, I stay outside.

[dertien]

Absouuuuutely superb Corsair. Adds a lot of immersion and works!

great post.

[Morts]

could anyone give me a link for this mod?
thanks

[melnibonian]

Originally Posted by Morts

could anyone give me a link for this mod?
thanks

If you're talking about GWX you can get it from the link in my signature

[Corsair]

Originally Posted by Morts

could anyone give me a link for this mod?
thanks

There is no mod, you have to do the job yourself and get your hands dirty...