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don1reed · 10-15-09, 07:53 AM

I must add my voice to those who desire SH5 to include an accurate chart and celestial firmament for the years 1939-1945.

As all navigators know, real progress over/under/on sea during WWII was conducted on paper, using real “tools”. All through SH3 and SH4 I was content to use Stellarium and Phython to obtain my Line of Position off screen on real paper, using dividers, compass, parallel rule, and protractor and making my own charts; and for the last two years have been playing TC x1. I’ve been taking my dawn, forenoon, noon, afternoon, evening twilight sights to get my boat around the F5 screen. I also have a ton of recycled paper to prove it.

My accuracy varied with the weather, sleepy helmsman and my own mistakes converting game time to UTC (GMT). Many times my position was unknown due to overcast skies, but through it all, it was great immersion. It was one of the reasons I enlisted, (bought the game).

I’m one of those players, now closer to 70 than to 60, who will admit the thing that would pinch my cheeks is an accurate sextant tool, like the one featured in Virtual Sailor-7, to compliment whatever is doable for the Devs.

10-15-09, 07:53 AM	#12
don1reed Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Valhalla: Silent Generation Posts: 1,149 Downloads: 910 Uploads: 0	I must add my voice to those who desire SH5 to include an accurate chart and celestial firmament for the years 1939-1945. As all navigators know, real progress over/under/on sea during WWII was conducted on paper, using real “tools”. All through SH3 and SH4 I was content to use Stellarium and Phython to obtain my Line of Position off screen on real paper, using dividers, compass, parallel rule, and protractor and making my own charts; and for the last two years have been playing TC x1. I’ve been taking my dawn, forenoon, noon, afternoon, evening twilight sights to get my boat around the F5 screen. I also have a ton of recycled paper to prove it. My accuracy varied with the weather, sleepy helmsman and my own mistakes converting game time to UTC (GMT). Many times my position was unknown due to overcast skies, but through it all, it was great immersion. It was one of the reasons I enlisted, (bought the game). I’m one of those players, now closer to 70 than to 60, who will admit the thing that would pinch my cheeks is an accurate sextant tool, like the one featured in Virtual Sailor-7, to compliment whatever is doable for the Devs. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ~ George Orwell