Celestial navigation by day

[Arlo]

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Arlo, I wouldn't mind the ability to do celestial navigation if it were possible in-game. What's being done now is that people have turned off their position indicator in the nav map. Then they feed the game position to a separate planetarium program. Apparently they even have an in-planetarium sextant so you can actually simulate taking a sight. Then, after doing the calculations to obtain longitude and latitude for your sub, you go back into SH4 to plot the position.

Unfortunately, you also give up the ability to track target positions relative to your boat because there is no indicator for your boat's position. You just end up giving away three times more authenticity than you gain.

If you're not playing the game as such and just want to learn celestial navigation it's a great practice tool.

But in-game our sky isn't good enough to navigate from. I've demonstrated that moon phases and positions are totally wackazoid. You see, I have some of those whiz bang planetarium programs, Maurice Chevalley's Sky Charts (highly recommended and free!) and The Sky for Windows by Software Bisque.

If someone can guru a mod that can make it come to pass, I'm good with it. Alas, I'm also good with no mod of this nature surfacing (currently - ya never know what I may get a hankerin' for the next day). It's pretty skies (or stormy, which, well, as long as I'm not really cold and wet, is pretty too) and water breaking over the prow and I'm good with that. What would really float my boat, so to speak, would be the ability to do some shore fun - both as part of a party sent ashore in combat or on liberty. And it would be fun to have the ability to form and join a boarding party (on those oh so rare occasions that a sub got to board a combatant).

We all got dreams and I support all of em ... just mine more. But until I become a modder all I am is a voice in the peanut gallery. Well, I guess even if I manage to mod, I am.