help with vanjasts real navigation mod

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Originally Posted by Sebbe02

I have a question too:

I've been having doubts wether I should install it or not.
I kinda have the idea that it should be lots of fun, and give lots of immersion,
but that's its really cumbersome and takes a lot of time to do...

Is this true?

Hi. Once you got into it it doesn't need THAT much time to do all the navigation. The star readings at night are really fast and since you did the process of getting longitude by the sunrise time (for example) it doesn't take long either. But there are a few things which will change the whole gameplay though:

- You have to travel at lower TC. Maximum 512x, normally I use 512 or
256x. This comes because you set your course manually and not by the
plotting tool and because of that the realistic weather influences can
disturb your course and you have to correct it by yourself from time to
time
- There are some interruptions when you take the star readings at 0
o'clock and (for ex.) in the morning when the sun rises. But this also
means that there are not that long phases anymore where you can
travel around for days under 1024x TC having absolutely nothing to do.
- AND you have get away from the idea of always knowing exactly your
position. You plot along your course as good as you can and try to
calculate your latitude/longitude as often as you can, but as in real life
there are several factors which can hinder you. Mostly it's the weather.
It's a whole new experience.
- Because I cannot just simply ask my Nav Officer for the max km's I can
travel with the remaining fuel anymore I have to roughly count the
travelled kilometers, watch the fuel gauge and have to estimate when it is
time to return to port.

So altogether you get

a fair amount of added realism with this mod. You cannot just race around the world map getting 200k tonnage per patrol. Just intercepting convoys which may be reported by radio is not a 100% sure thing anymore.
Though once you've found a convoy or single ship you can proceed as you are used to even if you don't know your position 100% exactly.

So go and play that mod and don't be bathtub kaleuns