Real Navigation .

[Husksubsky]

I can t get the crew to give celestial. The weather is clear and it s night.Log says it will give then I get a weather report written and in voice.
I Use Mo patched DKW s latest ui with realnav and stormys soundmod. restart campaign maybe? I guess a celestial is far more accurate than deadreckoning.

[jwilliams]

Originally Posted by Husksubsky

I can t get the crew to give celestial. The weather is clear and it s night.Log says it will give then I get a weather report written and in voice.
I Use Mo patched DKW s latest ui with realnav and stormys soundmod. restart campaign maybe? I guess a celestial is far more accurate than deadreckoning.

How long did you wait???

It takes awhile (30mins to an hour) for a celestial fix to be marked on the map.

Dead-reckoning should be almost instant.

[Husksubsky]

good news.I ll try again .I missed that info somewhow .thx.

[LtzS_Petersen]

Really good Mod, thats a great Advantage for this Game.
I tried it on my second Mission in SH5, make it to England and back. Now i enter the Port of Brunsbüttel to wait with the Kiel Canal Passage on better Weather Condtions, cause i see nothing.

[Zedi]

When you will have the buoys, things will be much more fun. Placed buoys in every major ports all around the map. never was so much fun to sail on tc1 out and inside the ports.

[LtzS_Petersen]

Yes, this will be great.
I really enjoyed the Channel every Time i go trough it. Its so quiet there. Cows left and right (one was slayed any time ago with an Anchor of a Merchant, during a last minute Maneuver ), small Houses, a little Ferry and many Fisher. 8 Hours of chilling, till the hectically Times go on.

[tracker]

I am on my first patrol using real navigation arrived in patrol area in fog off hull no conntacts so moved up the coast just out side Tyne still foggy headed into the port area to check position .
Navigator says Iam 2000 m from the port 14km later I reached land .
So next job is to find where I am on the coast north or south of the Tyne
I was 5000 m south of the Tyne moved up to Blyth move in towards the port to check position as still foggy but before seeing the port ran in to a A Class Destroyer to shalow and late to dive so only chance was to attack with deck gun luckly disable and sunk him before he had a chance then full speed out of there in thick fog before a visual position from the port was available.
I am get radio messages giving my position even in this thick fog and no contacts from my sonar man.
I hope the fog clears so i can get a better fix but it is making navigating a lot more fun
Hope I can get back before the war ends
To all moders and players

[Itkovian]

So, just to confirm:

If I want to use Real Navigation, I will need to:

1- remove my current TDWUI Mod (I have an early version).

2- Download the new TDWUI and Real Navigation.

3- Install TDWUI and then Real Navigation.

Is there any special setting I need to take care of? TDWUI has become so complicated since my version and I'm bloody well lost in all the configuration option.

For example, I also have TDW's AI mod. Do I need to upgrade it as well, or is the UI and Real Navigation independent of that?

Itkovian

[Itkovian]

Here's a practical question about Real Navigation:

Since you no longer have your location on the nav map, how are Hydrophone contacts handled now?

In vanilla you see bearing lines from your sub's icon, but how does it work without the icon?

Or, is it that RN hides the sub in the large navigation map, but not in the minimap?

Thank you.

Itkovian

[Trevally.]

Originally Posted by Itkovian

Here's a practical question about Real Navigation:

Since you no longer have your location on the nav map, how are Hydrophone contacts handled now?

In vanilla you see bearing lines from your sub's icon, but how does it work without the icon?

Or, is it that RN hides the sub in the large navigation map, but not in the minimap?

Thank you.

Itkovian

No bearing lines will be drawn on any map.
You will only get information from your crew, spoken and in message box.
You will then need to draw the bearings yourself

[Itkovian]

Originally Posted by Trevally.

No bearing lines will be drawn on any map.
You will only get information from your crew, spoken and in message box.
You will then need to draw the bearings yourself

I see... but since we no longer have a submarine icon, how can I tell where to draw the bearing lines FROM?

Another question: is it wise to start a new campaign before implementing real navigation?

Itkovian

[Trevally.]

Originally Posted by Itkovian

I see... but since we no longer have a submarine icon, how can I tell where to draw the bearing lines FROM?

Another question: is it wise to start a new campaign before implementing real navigation?

Itkovian

Draw your line from anywhere. the bearings are all relitive to your boat so make a mark on map and draw from there.
Check my sig for tutorials. The one for four bearings will cover this.
You can also look at Stoianm's vids. They are stickied at the top of the forum and well worth a watch

No need for new campaign

[Targor Avelany]

Is there a tutorial, covering the use of sextant?

[Trevally.]

Originally Posted by Targor Avelany

Is there a tutorial, covering the use of sextant?

Not that I know off. Im not sure the stars/sun are at the correct deg.
Someone else mayk now more.

[Itkovian]

Originally Posted by Trevally.

Draw your line from anywhere. the bearings are all relitive to your boat so make a mark on map and draw from there.
Check my sig for tutorials. The one for four bearings will cover this.
You can also look at Stoianm's vids. They are stickied at the top of the forum and well worth a watch

No need for new campaign

These are tutorials within the sim itself, I take it? Found in your "downloads" section?

Itkovian