What is real navigation?

SnipersHunter · 08-03-13, 02:33 AM

Hello i dont really understand what real navigation is. Can somebody explain it? Is it a kind off autopilot? What can i do with it?

Fifi · 08-03-13, 04:10 AM

Real navigation is a mod for NewUIs, wich makes you navigate on a map without any information...
-You don't see your sub
-you don't see any boats
-you don't see any contact line
-you can't draw automatic stock course line
-you have to draw your bearing and use compass tool
-you can ask navigator for your current position if good weather
-you can have your current position drawn on map if good weather
-you can have current position automaticaly every 2 hours (Trevally script)
-you have to calculate where you could be, and beware of coast!
-you have to determine if boat is ennemy or friendly
-you have to determine ennemy trajectory using hydro and clock
-you have to determine ennemy speed via hydrophone and clock
-you have to follow ennemy at distance when in sight
-you have to intercept ennemy best as possible!

Really awesome experience!...but need some time to play it...

SnipersHunter · 08-03-13, 04:14 AM

Oh thats hardcore. I think i play the game first without it^^

Sjizzle · 08-03-13, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by SnipersHunter

Oh thats hardcore. I think i play the game first without it^^

yup it is a bit hard to play with real navigation for beginers but when u have some xp u can try it.... with real navigation i have more fun to play als without real navigation.

SnipersHunter · 08-03-13, 04:23 AM

Yeah it seems like fun to calculate the own position etc. But first i better play without .

Fifi · 08-03-13, 04:44 AM

You have even more hardcore!...only use the new sextant to find your position without asking navigator!...bit too much for me right now

SnipersHunter · 08-03-13, 04:51 AM

Oh thats to hardcore ^^

oakdesign · 08-03-13, 06:02 AM

Yes it's harcore but that turns a game into a simulation.

I serverd between 1989 and 1993 as Navigator in the Federal German Navy most of those 4 years as Navigationsmaat on the Minenkampfboot Klasse 343 "Passau".

From my experience from that time I'm really waiting to have a working sextant with the upcomming TDW UI 7.5. This will bring so much more realism to the sim.

SnipersHunter · 08-03-13, 06:06 AM

Ok yeah the sextant feature is really realistic. But the navigation officer have to earn his money too ^^

THE_MASK · 08-03-13, 08:21 AM

You don't have to calculate your position at all if you don't want to . Just ask the navigator for a dead reckoning or a celestial fix . Its way more fun than the old waypoints system .

Stoli151 · 08-07-13, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by SnipersHunter

Ok yeah the sextant feature is really realistic. But the navigation officer have to earn his money too ^^

Until your navigator gets wounded.

Fifi · 08-07-13, 07:51 PM

Real nav is anyway really cool.
And find boats can sometimes be quite easy:

Right straight on this medium cargo! lol

THE_MASK · 08-08-13, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Stoli151

Until your navigator gets wounded.

Another reason to play realistically aka very cautiously .

Stoli151 · 08-08-13, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by sober

Another reason to play realistically aka very cautiously .

I wholeheartedly agree. It was a warning to the uninitiated. Also a reason to learn how to use the sextant if you do something reckless and have to save your career by navigating on your own.

08-03-13, 02:33 AM	#1
SnipersHunter Samurai Navy Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 596 Downloads: 201 Uploads: 0	What is real navigation? Hello i dont really understand what real navigation is. Can somebody explain it? Is it a kind off autopilot? What can i do with it?

08-03-13, 04:10 AM	#2
Fifi Navy Seal Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: France Posts: 6,091 Downloads: 466 Uploads: 0	Real navigation is a mod for NewUIs, wich makes you navigate on a map without any information... -You don't see your sub -you don't see any boats -you don't see any contact line -you can't draw automatic stock course line -you have to draw your bearing and use compass tool -you can ask navigator for your current position if good weather -you can have your current position drawn on map if good weather -you can have current position automaticaly every 2 hours (Trevally script) -you have to calculate where you could be, and beware of coast! -you have to determine if boat is ennemy or friendly -you have to determine ennemy trajectory using hydro and clock -you have to determine ennemy speed via hydrophone and clock -you have to follow ennemy at distance when in sight -you have to intercept ennemy best as possible! Really awesome experience!...but need some time to play it... __________________ https://www.mediafire.com/file/rfw2h...N_V7.8.7z/file

08-03-13, 04:44 AM	#6
Fifi Navy Seal Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: France Posts: 6,091 Downloads: 466 Uploads: 0	You have even more hardcore!...only use the new sextant to find your position without asking navigator!...bit too much for me right now __________________ https://www.mediafire.com/file/rfw2h...N_V7.8.7z/file

08-03-13, 06:02 AM	#8
oakdesign A-ganger Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 76 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Yes it's harcore but that turns a game into a simulation. I serverd between 1989 and 1993 as Navigator in the Federal German Navy most of those 4 years as Navigationsmaat on the Minenkampfboot Klasse 343 "Passau". From my experience from that time I'm really waiting to have a working sextant with the upcomming TDW UI 7.5. This will bring so much more realism to the sim. __________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Seemann prüf dein Sackgewicht an Backbord kommt Laboe in Sicht ----------------------------------------------------------------

08-07-13, 07:51 PM	#12
Fifi Navy Seal Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: France Posts: 6,091 Downloads: 466 Uploads: 0	Real nav is anyway really cool. And find boats can sometimes be quite easy: Right straight on this medium cargo! lol __________________ https://www.mediafire.com/file/rfw2h...N_V7.8.7z/file

08-03-13, 04:14 AM	#3
SnipersHunter Samurai Navy Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 596 Downloads: 201 Uploads: 0	Oh thats hardcore. I think i play the game first without it^^

08-03-13, 04:23 AM	#5
SnipersHunter Samurai Navy Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 596 Downloads: 201 Uploads: 0	Yeah it seems like fun to calculate the own position etc. But first i better play without .

08-03-13, 04:51 AM	#7
SnipersHunter Samurai Navy Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 596 Downloads: 201 Uploads: 0	Oh thats to hardcore ^^

08-03-13, 06:06 AM	#9
SnipersHunter Samurai Navy Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 596 Downloads: 201 Uploads: 0	Ok yeah the sextant feature is really realistic. But the navigation officer have to earn his money too ^^

08-03-13, 08:21 AM	#10
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	You don't have to calculate your position at all if you don't want to . Just ask the navigator for a dead reckoning or a celestial fix . Its way more fun than the old waypoints system .