Navigation in real life

[BigWalleye]

Originally Posted by CCIP

One thing that's good to remember, though, is that this wasn't the captain's job - it was the ship navigator (and his assistants) that took the measurements. There are "real navigation mods" for SHIII and iirc SHIV. I've never tried them - what I would personally rather see in SH instead is just a margin of error introduced into navigation. Otherwise for me having to take measurements as captain of the ship is as much a simulation as running around inside the boat hitting things with a wrench to stop leaks

SH5 has a really good implementation of "real navigation." Own position is not shown on the nav map. At regular intervals and when ordered, the navigator takes a sighting. Of course,the boat must be surfaced amd the weather clear. Then it takes a variable length of time for him to work up his sighting. His accuracy and speed depend on his skill. When he's done, your estimated position is marked on the map. For a faster result, the navigator will do a DR from the last celestial fix. The error of the DR plot increases with time from the cel fix. The Kaleun doesn't actually do anything - except worry about where his boat really is.

This is one of many things I find really good in SH5. Unfortunately, for me it still lacks flavor. Not enough U-52, too much NCC 1701.