Newbie Help - A little overwhelmed

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

One last thing - you do know to order the Nav to follow your planned route? We've all done it, several times, and even knowing we did it (or didn't do it) it doesn't stop us from doing it again. Nothing worse than plotting your route out of the harbour, set your engines ahead and plough into a quay or some land!!!

Also be aware that when you are plotting a course in the vicinity of land, you should zoom in pretty close to do so.

Let's just say that some of the shorelines that look all nice and even when you're zoomed out a bit, are in reality all jagged and whatnot in ways that can only be seen when you zoom in on them, or when you run aground on them because there's a spit of land that juts out into the spot you plotted your course over top of without zooming in close enough to notice it. (For maximum thrills I suggest doing this and then ordering flank speed and retiring to your bunk for a nap.)