taking notes on marks on the nav chart?

shortpeople · 08-12-19, 09:44 PM

I think I saw something about being able to make a note on the chart using the "mark" pencil. But never figured out how to do it. For a long while I just dismissed it as a feature that never actually got implemented. But tonight I loaded a saved campaign game and saw that one of the marks I had made previously on the navigation chart had a random string of characters under it (rather than the usual "Mark" #). As if maybe I thought I was typing to my notepad (I play in windowed mode and make contact notes in a notepad), but the focus was on the game.

So is there a way to put notes to the marks we make on the nav chart?

-ShortPeople

propbeanie · 08-13-19, 05:42 AM

Not that I'm aware of. The closest I get to making notes is "X" marks the spot, or "O" if using the compass tool, ---- with the ruler, etc... sigh. Loading a saved game can cause "glitches" in the display and sound as, and immediately after, it loads.

mikesn9 · 08-13-19, 05:43 AM

"So is there a way to put notes to the marks we make on the nav chart?"

I've always thought that would be nice. especially when I'm trying to figure
out the speed of a distant contact : note the time of the mark.
I just use a note pad (made of paper) .

propbeanie · 08-13-19, 06:39 AM

No way to make "notes" on the chart. I do similar to you with paper, if I'm not lazy about it...

mikesn9 · 08-13-19, 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by propbeanie

No way to make "notes" on the chart. I do similar to you with paper, if I'm not lazy about it...

UH OH... using paper! Are we showing our age?

propbeanie · 08-13-19, 09:06 AM

... and PENCIL... that a person has to sharpen... I sometimes use my pocket knife to sharpen my pencil to write in SCRIPT - long-hand we used to call it in school...

As a side-note, I know how to tie my shoes, but I do have a couple of velcro pairs also, for the old-man fickle flying fingers of flabbiness...

mikesn9 · 08-14-19, 05:06 AM

with a knife.. oh wow, I'm lazy: I have an electric sharpener (high-tech, for me)

THEBERBSTER · 08-14-19, 05:11 AM

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08-12-19, 09:44 PM	#1
shortpeople Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: Houston Posts: 10 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	taking notes on marks on the nav chart? I think I saw something about being able to make a note on the chart using the "mark" pencil. But never figured out how to do it. For a long while I just dismissed it as a feature that never actually got implemented. But tonight I loaded a saved campaign game and saw that one of the marks I had made previously on the navigation chart had a random string of characters under it (rather than the usual "Mark" #). As if maybe I thought I was typing to my notepad (I play in windowed mode and make contact notes in a notepad), but the focus was on the game. So is there a way to put notes to the marks we make on the nav chart? -ShortPeople

08-13-19, 05:42 AM	#2
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,735 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 2	Not that I'm aware of. The closest I get to making notes is "X" marks the spot, or "O" if using the compass tool, ---- with the ruler, etc... sigh. Loading a saved game can cause "glitches" in the display and sound as, and immediately after, it loads. __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna

08-13-19, 05:43 AM	#3
mikesn9 Sonar Guy Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Sarasota Florida Posts: 390 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	"So is there a way to put notes to the marks we make on the nav chart?" I've always thought that would be nice. especially when I'm trying to figure out the speed of a distant contact : note the time of the mark. I just use a note pad (made of paper) . __________________ I spent the cold war under water.

08-13-19, 06:39 AM	#4
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,735 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 2	No way to make "notes" on the chart. I do similar to you with paper, if I'm not lazy about it... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna

08-13-19, 09:06 AM	#6
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,735 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 2	... and PENCIL... that a person has to sharpen... I sometimes use my pocket knife to sharpen my pencil to write in SCRIPT - long-hand we used to call it in school... As a side-note, I know how to tie my shoes, but I do have a couple of velcro pairs also, for the old-man fickle flying fingers of flabbiness... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna

08-14-19, 05:06 AM	#7
mikesn9 Sonar Guy Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Sarasota Florida Posts: 390 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	with a knife.. oh wow, I'm lazy: I have an electric sharpener (high-tech, for me) __________________ I spent the cold war under water.

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