OLC: Attack Disk wrong?

snwcrsh · 01-18-08, 04:31 PM

Hi again, I wondered about this:

Shouldnt the attack disk be aligned in a way that my actual course 311 is at the bottom? (And I was not turning). At least that's how I understood it or did I get something wrong?

Avatar · 01-18-08, 04:33 PM

Holy cow! I've never seen that thing! Is that a mod?

edit: thanks for the link below.

snwcrsh · 01-18-08, 04:35 PM

Yes, it's the OLC GUI for GWX2.0, see here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=123955

Abd_von_Mumit · 01-18-08, 04:43 PM

snwcrsh: Alignement of the largest wheel is believed to be most intuitive when the 180 degrees is on the top, as it represents your boat's bow. But this is nothing more than a suggestion how it could be done, in fact you can successfully operate the wiz-wheel keeping your bow indicator in any other direction.

I read in a readme/tutorial (?) that the three wheels in this WizWheel are 'attached' to games gauges/dials, so they are probably not freely movable. The big one is just the compass needle, and it rotates as your true bearing changes... I doubt there is a fast and easy twick for that. :hmm:

snwcrsh · 01-18-08, 05:54 PM

Thank you... I was just wondering because the outer ring will turn when my ship turns. but it's not aligned to my course (311) neither it is aligned to true north, but instead to 48 degrees. Which I cant meke any sense of.

EDIT: Wait. 311+49 is 360. I think I'm getting somewhere. Doh!

joegrundman · 01-18-08, 07:59 PM

It is correct. Your heading is indicated on the yellow compass ring by the small white triangle on the outer ring. the outer ring represents your ship's heading with a reversed azimuth. the reason it is reversed is because of the way it is used.

01-18-08, 04:31 PM	#1
snwcrsh Engineer Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lübeck Posts: 211 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	OLC: Attack Disk wrong? Hi again, I wondered about this: Shouldnt the attack disk be aligned in a way that my actual course 311 is at the bottom? (And I was not turning). At least that's how I understood it or did I get something wrong?

01-18-08, 04:43 PM	#4
Abd_von_Mumit The Old Man Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Warszawa, Polska Posts: 1,453 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 4	snwcrsh: Alignement of the largest wheel is believed to be most intuitive when the 180 degrees is on the top, as it represents your boat's bow. But this is nothing more than a suggestion how it could be done, in fact you can successfully operate the wiz-wheel keeping your bow indicator in any other direction. I read in a readme/tutorial (?) that the three wheels in this WizWheel are 'attached' to games gauges/dials, so they are probably not freely movable. The big one is just the compass needle, and it rotates as your true bearing changes... I doubt there is a fast and easy twick for that. :hmm: __________________ Long, hard, wet and full of seamen. My precious. SH3+GWX+OLC — sunk x4, retired x2; SH5+TDW — still exploring My SH5 mods: EQuaTool - Elite Quality Map Tools, Patrol Routine Scripts, No Logo Intro Menu_Animation, Less Annoying Stopwatch Links: SH5 mods I use, FileFront, Manual plotting how-to

01-18-08, 07:59 PM	#6
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	It is correct. Your heading is indicated on the yellow compass ring by the small white triangle on the outer ring. the outer ring represents your ship's heading with a reversed azimuth. the reason it is reversed is because of the way it is used. __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill

01-18-08, 04:33 PM	#2
Avatar Commodore Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Way out there Posts: 603 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Holy cow! I've never seen that thing! Is that a mod? edit: thanks for the link below.

01-18-08, 04:35 PM	#3
snwcrsh Engineer Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lübeck Posts: 211 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yes, it's the OLC GUI for GWX2.0, see here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=123955

01-18-08, 05:54 PM	#5
snwcrsh Engineer Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lübeck Posts: 211 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thank you... I was just wondering because the outer ring will turn when my ship turns. but it's not aligned to my course (311) neither it is aligned to true north, but instead to 48 degrees. Which I cant meke any sense of. EDIT: Wait. 311+49 is 360. I think I'm getting somewhere. Doh!