Making a Quadrant Calculator

Gustav Schiebert · 10-02-13, 03:06 AM

Some of you might remember the KTBs I made. Well part of keeping a real war diary is plotting a 4-figure KM grid - AM5217 rather than AM52 which is marked on the game. Usually I look at the map, get a ruler out, and work out where I am on the screen to get my position.

I could do this by measuring the entire grid and dividing it into 9x9 squares. So, if the grid is 9cm long along the x axis, and my sub is, say, 1.5cm along, I know it's in the second column of squares. Do it for the y axis and you have your position. Make sense? No? Okay...

Here you can see, I've measured the size of a grid square at a specified zoom level.
Then I've cut that shape out of an index card.
The whole thing gets put through a laminator.
Then a 9x9 grid is drawn on, and the numbers filled in.
Be aware that there are different sized grids in different areas of the map! I did this twice.

So I can read off my current position (pretty accurately, but not perfectly) as BF5818!

sublynx · 10-02-13, 03:19 AM

Thanks for this. This is a fast and accurate enough way of keeping track of the grid

For those players who want to do some SH3 editing, Tycho has made an excellent in-game version. You can download it from here:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=4196

My Charts addon mod from version 1.4 onwards also has Tycho's grid scheme. Charts addon is JSGME compatible if and only if you use a combination of GWX+MaGuiF or NYGM+MaGui F - and don't add any other mods that change menu_1024_768.ini file.

With your laminator solution and Tycho's grid scheme there really is no need to guesstimate grids anymore

And yeah I believe many of us remember your KTB's. Do keep them coming if you have time to play the game!

Gustav Schiebert · 10-03-13, 03:40 AM

Thanks sublynx! And great shout on the electronic version, that seems like it would be much more convenient for most people. I like to do stuff 'out the game' if possible, so navigation, stopwatch etc all done IRL but this is so easy to use.

Glad you enjoyed them, I took a bit of a hiatus (it did make the game very long) but just started a new patrol yesterday, so hopefully will have that up soon.

sublynx · 10-03-13, 05:59 AM

That's great to hear

I feel that writing a KTB while playing adds to the game, as writing makes one think more about how and why am I going to do things in the game.

10-02-13, 03:06 AM	#1
Gustav Schiebert Sparky Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: AM52 Posts: 151 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Making a Quadrant Calculator Some of you might remember the KTBs I made. Well part of keeping a real war diary is plotting a 4-figure KM grid - AM5217 rather than AM52 which is marked on the game. Usually I look at the map, get a ruler out, and work out where I am on the screen to get my position. I could do this by measuring the entire grid and dividing it into 9x9 squares. So, if the grid is 9cm long along the x axis, and my sub is, say, 1.5cm along, I know it's in the second column of squares. Do it for the y axis and you have your position. Make sense? No? Okay... Here you can see, I've measured the size of a grid square at a specified zoom level. Then I've cut that shape out of an index card. The whole thing gets put through a laminator. Then a 9x9 grid is drawn on, and the numbers filled in. Be aware that there are different sized grids in different areas of the map! I did this twice. So I can read off my current position (pretty accurately, but not perfectly) as BF5818! __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] GWX 3 + OLC Gold + 100% Realism + Commander "Attack! Always attack!"

10-03-13, 03:40 AM	#3
Gustav Schiebert Sparky Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: AM52 Posts: 151 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Thanks sublynx! And great shout on the electronic version, that seems like it would be much more convenient for most people. I like to do stuff 'out the game' if possible, so navigation, stopwatch etc all done IRL but this is so easy to use. Glad you enjoyed them, I took a bit of a hiatus (it did make the game very long) but just started a new patrol yesterday, so hopefully will have that up soon. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] GWX 3 + OLC Gold + 100% Realism + Commander "Attack! Always attack!"

10-02-13, 03:19 AM	#2
sublynx Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: In the conning tower of my VIIC scanning the sea through the periscope Posts: 1,698 Downloads: 173 Uploads: 7	Thanks for this. This is a fast and accurate enough way of keeping track of the grid For those players who want to do some SH3 editing, Tycho has made an excellent in-game version. You can download it from here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=4196 My Charts addon mod from version 1.4 onwards also has Tycho's grid scheme. Charts addon is JSGME compatible if and only if you use a combination of GWX+MaGuiF or NYGM+MaGui F - and don't add any other mods that change menu_1024_768.ini file. With your laminator solution and Tycho's grid scheme there really is no need to guesstimate grids anymore And yeah I believe many of us remember your KTB's. Do keep them coming if you have time to play the game!

10-03-13, 05:59 AM	#4
sublynx Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: In the conning tower of my VIIC scanning the sea through the periscope Posts: 1,698 Downloads: 173 Uploads: 7	That's great to hear I feel that writing a KTB while playing adds to the game, as writing makes one think more about how and why am I going to do things in the game.