HowTo use real navigation and the sextant

TheDarkWraith · 12-12-11, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Kretschmer the IV

Somwhere i found a thread, explaining the real navigation without using the automatic contact entries on the map.
I would like to try to use the speed+clock=> distance method to plot my course. Also i would like to use the sextant.

Can someone give me a link to a tutorial for the sextant in Magnum Opus? (dont know if its MO or OH2 which is containing the sextant).

Also i saw someone using some pimped plotting tools from TDW, which contained a really detailed compass rose for plotting a precise course. Cant find anything in the mod section.

Please help

Have you looked in my \Documentation section of my UIs mod?

The really detailed compass rose is either Church's Compass Dials Mod or updated plotting tools mod by can't remember the guy's name

jason210 · 12-12-11, 12:41 PM

I have done it in FSX, with the Bubble Sextant Gauge.

Using a Sextant itself and plotting the results is not so hard. What is needed is some form of almanac to predict where the stars should be at a particular time, and some kind of visual chart to explain the night sky you can see, so you can get your bearings.

If you have an iPhone or similar, two very good apps I recommend for this job is the iNA, (US nautical almanack) and a program called "Stellarium".

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jason210 Sonar Guy Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Sweden / UK Posts: 386 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	I have done it in FSX, with the Bubble Sextant Gauge. Using a Sextant itself and plotting the results is not so hard. What is needed is some form of almanac to predict where the stars should be at a particular time, and some kind of visual chart to explain the night sky you can see, so you can get your bearings. If you have an iPhone or similar, two very good apps I recommend for this job is the iNA, (US nautical almanack) and a program called "Stellarium". __________________ Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.6 GHz nVidia GeForce RTX 2070 32GB memory Windows 10 Pro Last edited by jason210; 12-12-11 at 07:37 PM.