[REQ] Sextant Mod

Cthulhus · 03-19-10, 10:06 AM

Totally agree, that mod will be excellent !

Castorp24 · 03-19-10, 02:41 PM

As I said above, finding Latitude would be peace of cake in the northern hemisphere: if Polaris is 40º above the horizon, you are at 40º North. It just couldn´t be simpler. Of course, bad weather would make finding Latitude harder.

Regarding Longitude, we would "just" need two clocks: one of them showing either GMT time or the time at your base and the other clock showing local time (the time where the sub is positioned). The time difference between them would increase/decrease as we sail, giving us our Longitude. We wouldn´t even have to rely on dead reckoning. Not completely, at least

This clock thing is, of course, where the difficulties begin. I just don´t have the skills nor the time to try to acquire them. I don´t even know if the current clock in SH5 shows local or GMT.

However, if anybody was able to create the clock(s) needed...

...that would be great

03-19-10, 04:39 PM

Hmmmmmm

an idea...

If a station on the deck was made with a 3d sextant you could click on (much like the UZO) then the camera for that station could be tweaked into showing 45° angular field of view. and the ability to tilt the camera from its lowest position at +22,5° on Y-axis to +67,5° on the y-axis. That would cover from horizon to zenith and make placement of the view "easy". I'm picturing a sextant hanging on the inside of the wall next to the hatch fx.

And the station could only be used when surfaced witch would be a realism step. The camera viewport could like the UZO be provided with two graticule scales. One on the left going from 0-45° and one on the right going from 45-90°. Even if the view (like in SH4) is compressed on the horizon (in SH-4) a degree near the horizon is not as big as a degree on the top of the screen the graticule scales could be made to reflect this as they are "made" to measure on a particular place of the sky.

Just an idea tossed up - i have no skills making this except for the tweaking of the camera.dat file for getting the correct zoom and angular angle etc.

03-19-10, 10:06 AM	#1
Cthulhus Planesman Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bordeaux, France Posts: 191 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Totally agree, that mod will be excellent ! __________________ Xavier Jehl - Bordeaux

03-19-10, 02:41 PM	#2
Castorp24 Loader Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Spain Posts: 83 Downloads: 275 Uploads: 0	As I said above, finding Latitude would be peace of cake in the northern hemisphere: if Polaris is 40º above the horizon, you are at 40º North. It just couldn´t be simpler. Of course, bad weather would make finding Latitude harder. Regarding Longitude, we would "just" need two clocks: one of them showing either GMT time or the time at your base and the other clock showing local time (the time where the sub is positioned). The time difference between them would increase/decrease as we sail, giving us our Longitude. We wouldn´t even have to rely on dead reckoning. Not completely, at least This clock thing is, of course, where the difficulties begin. I just don´t have the skills nor the time to try to acquire them. I don´t even know if the current clock in SH5 shows local or GMT. However, if anybody was able to create the clock(s) needed... ...that would be great __________________ Castorp U-34 / 24 Flotilla

03-19-10, 04:39 PM	#3
Mav87th Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Hmmmmmm an idea... If a station on the deck was made with a 3d sextant you could click on (much like the UZO) then the camera for that station could be tweaked into showing 45° angular field of view. and the ability to tilt the camera from its lowest position at +22,5° on Y-axis to +67,5° on the y-axis. That would cover from horizon to zenith and make placement of the view "easy". I'm picturing a sextant hanging on the inside of the wall next to the hatch fx. And the station could only be used when surfaced witch would be a realism step. The camera viewport could like the UZO be provided with two graticule scales. One on the left going from 0-45° and one on the right going from 45-90°. Even if the view (like in SH4) is compressed on the horizon (in SH-4) a degree near the horizon is not as big as a degree on the top of the screen the graticule scales could be made to reflect this as they are "made" to measure on a particular place of the sky. Just an idea tossed up - i have no skills making this except for the tweaking of the camera.dat file for getting the correct zoom and angular angle etc.