realistic navigation, maybe?

Evonator3 · 07-29-10, 06:03 PM

hello my name is evonator3 ( stupid name, yes). im new here and have had sh5 for awhile now and i love some of the mods that have been made for it which make it much better then it was. but there is one thing thats been bugging me, being a sailor myself i have to manually plot my course and find out were i am. (i don't trust GPS for some reason) so i was wondering if was possible to make the navigation a whole lot more realistic. or is this to much of a long shot? or just not possible? just a thought, thank you for your time.

THE_MASK · 07-29-10, 06:08 PM

Check this thread out for the previous game silent hunter 4 , maybe it can be applied with SH5 , i dont know .
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ght=navigation

Capt Jack Harkness · 07-29-10, 06:19 PM

Personally I figure that's why I have a navigator, he knows how to do all that!

However, I do think it would be kinda cool if the accuracy of your position indicator on the map depended on having a clear sight of the sun or stars within x hrs or else you would start to drift off course (own sub indicator could fade like a lost contact).

Which brings up an interesting question... American subs' obs scopes could go vertical partly because they could be used for stellar navigation while submerged; I know the U-boats had obs scopes that could go to 90º elevation, but could they/were they used for stellar navigation?

Evonator3 · 07-29-10, 06:26 PM

well i mean you wont have an icon being updated every second and never losing your direction. plus you wont have a big blue line to follow and evaporate as you travel over it. but i think it would be cool to have like a series of little marks to show were you have been at like 30 minutes to an hour intervals rather then were you are going. but i dont know the extent of this for i am no modder. i wish i could be but i just dont have the patients

Capt Jack Harkness · 07-30-10, 01:23 AM

It'd sure make plotting convoy intercepts a lot more involving!

Vanilla · 08-02-10, 01:21 PM

Think of Kiel chanell - you will have to navigate it all by hand since you will not be able to plot course.

Evonator3 · 08-02-10, 06:43 PM

yeah. the complexity of my idea is getting to big for it to happen

TheDarkWraith · 08-02-10, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evonator3

but i think it would be cool to have like a series of little marks to show were you have been at like 30 minutes to an hour intervals rather then were you are going. but i dont know the extent of this for i am no modder. i wish i could be but i just dont have the patients

I'm toying over this idea currently. I've done something like it when I was just fooling around to see what I could do with the game

Evonator3 · 08-02-10, 06:54 PM

really?? this is great news! thanks!

07-29-10, 06:03 PM	#1
Evonator3 Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: united states, Oregon Posts: 12 Downloads: 284 Uploads: 0	realistic navigation, maybe? hello my name is evonator3 ( stupid name, yes). im new here and have had sh5 for awhile now and i love some of the mods that have been made for it which make it much better then it was. but there is one thing thats been bugging me, being a sailor myself i have to manually plot my course and find out were i am. (i don't trust GPS for some reason) so i was wondering if was possible to make the navigation a whole lot more realistic. or is this to much of a long shot? or just not possible? just a thought, thank you for your time.

07-29-10, 06:08 PM	#2
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	Check this thread out for the previous game silent hunter 4 , maybe it can be applied with SH5 , i dont know . http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ght=navigation

07-29-10, 06:19 PM	#3
Capt Jack Harkness Samurai Navy Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 567 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 1	Personally I figure that's why I have a navigator, he knows how to do all that! However, I do think it would be kinda cool if the accuracy of your position indicator on the map depended on having a clear sight of the sun or stars within x hrs or else you would start to drift off course (own sub indicator could fade like a lost contact). Which brings up an interesting question... American subs' obs scopes could go vertical partly because they could be used for stellar navigation while submerged; I know the U-boats had obs scopes that could go to 90º elevation, but could they/were they used for stellar navigation?

07-29-10, 06:26 PM	#4
Evonator3 Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: united states, Oregon Posts: 12 Downloads: 284 Uploads: 0	well i mean you wont have an icon being updated every second and never losing your direction. plus you wont have a big blue line to follow and evaporate as you travel over it. but i think it would be cool to have like a series of little marks to show were you have been at like 30 minutes to an hour intervals rather then were you are going. but i dont know the extent of this for i am no modder. i wish i could be but i just dont have the patients

07-30-10, 01:23 AM	#5
Capt Jack Harkness Samurai Navy Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 567 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 1	It'd sure make plotting convoy intercepts a lot more involving!

08-02-10, 01:21 PM	#6
Vanilla Lieutenant Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: St. Petersburg, Russia Posts: 264 Downloads: 72 Uploads: 0	Think of Kiel chanell - you will have to navigate it all by hand since you will not be able to plot course.

08-02-10, 06:43 PM	#7
Evonator3 Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: united states, Oregon Posts: 12 Downloads: 284 Uploads: 0	yeah. the complexity of my idea is getting to big for it to happen

08-02-10, 06:54 PM	#9
Evonator3 Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: united states, Oregon Posts: 12 Downloads: 284 Uploads: 0	really?? this is great news! thanks!