drifting

[Sea Sap]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

No, this is NOT just as in real life. It is a major bug in the game, and one I'm hoping is fixed in SH5.

The boat will wander due to tides, currents and wind, but if you give your helmsman a heading ("One six five!&quot he will gold to that course come hell or high water. You will drift, but your heading should never change. That's the helmsman's job, and if he can't do it you replace him with someone who can.

I didn't claim it was as in real life, I said it added to the immersion. I doubt many of us would want all the hassle of real wartime navigation and in my opinion it is nearer to real life then always being exactly where you want to be in the vast ocean by use of waypoints.