GWX 2 - I miss my bearings on the maps

[94cruiser]

Installed GWX 2.0 and commander mod.
This game is SUPER TOUGH now.
I even cheated and most of my crew have special abilities and I still manage to barely make it back home.

I have already modded to include the circle when submerged.
Don't have any other mods, but would like to get the torpedo damage mod if I can find it.

The single worst thing I can't live without is the fact that all boats including mine don't show the heading, only a square, rectangle, or circle unless at very close zoom.

Also the game is VERY choppy while external view and at map view especially when close to ports.
This is on a P4 dual core 2.8 or 3 ghz
3gb ram
nvidia 8600
xp pro sp2 with no internet connection

any way to mod it back to get the bearings of the boats? It is so difficult to get a way from armed trawlers at silen running 1 knot speed while in the north sea I'm debating only to attack single merchants...