Capt Bubbles Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Hi, Navigating in the OW is a challenge and I love the scary part where there is no land insight and you are already some days at sea. For newer players it is common to get lost at least once, didnt we all? Back in the day, the Navigations officer would take his sextant out at noon and establish the position of the ship. Wouldnt it be a cool feature in game when: At 12am ow-time a message would popup and you could see your rough position on the ingame map? Grtzzz Bubbles 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maturin Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 At 12am ow-time a message would popup and you could see your rough position on the ingame map? You wouldn't see your rough position, you would in fact see a narrow line that contains all your possible conditions. A sextant at noon will get you latitude quite accurately, but finding longitude is dependent on either a good clock or very accurate account of your past speed and heading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powderhorn Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I think this idea has merit though. An upgrade you could add to your ship is a quality clock. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Holman Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 That would be very useful indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prater Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Here are my ideas: http://namap.neocities.org/nav.html The example shows idea #2 except without the actual sextant reading (instead this is simulated by the inputed z coordinate, in game you would have the sextant mini game instead of the z value) Check out the PBS Nova sextant mini game. You would combine that with a moving sextant (to make it difficult), in game weather, time, and perhaps a navigation question (again to make it difficult and not easy) to get a range of latitude. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/navigate/escapewave.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlavDeng2 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 i would argue that the sextant should be a tool to find your position, however it should not actually show your position, this together with being able to draw on your map(as i suggested) would be amazing) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prater Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 i would argue that the sextant should be a tool to find your position, however it should not actually show your position, this together with being able to draw on your map(as i suggested) would be amazing) That is why Maturin and I have suggested that you are given a range of latitude that you could be at, but yes, you would need to be able to draw on the map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teatrader Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I would like to see something like this added. Where you can select the average knots at which the ship has traveled in the top right and then you can move the vector-line in the direction you sailed. Making the line longer would mean longer sailing at e.g. 14 knots for 2 hours 40 minutes. When you change the speed to 8 knots then the line you would get for a travel duration of 2 hours 40 minutes would automatically be shorter. So really, someone only has to change the knots the ship sailed and then point the line in the direction you sailed and adjust its length until you see 2h40m (which is the time you sailed until you changed course ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prater Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Only problem with that is it is too exact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teatrader Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 (edited) Only problem with that is it is too exact. Maybe if you are really good at this navigating, but you have to guess the speed; since it varies a few knots when your sailing and when the wind changes slightly and then your speed does too. Time flies by so you might make small errors in the time you sailed between course changes and then you might deviate if you're not focused Edited October 13, 2015 by teatrader 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reki Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Truth is, that sextant was suggested as special feature here, as it is V.A.T.S. in fallout, on early start of OW testing. There was no answer from devs, but still i hope it will be created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigand Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 There may be hope for those who want navigation using the stars included. Some time ago, admin asked about Caribbean stars and how sailors would use them for navigation. ~Brigand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Nancy O'Malley Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 YES - there should absolutely be a sextant - how can the game really be good without this tool - But also, the Chart should be redone - to have some readings, or allow each player to manage their own chart - i ran into an island 'sand bar' in the midle of the ocean - i would have loved to put the location on my chart - could have used it later even in a battle; as some sailors did back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crankey Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 +1 I previously suggested a similar system whereby at Noon your position could be marked on the OW map, so that at least once a day you knew where you were on the high seas. Having this a player feature/sub game would make this even more fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Latham Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 There may be hope for those who want navigation using the stars included. Some time ago, admin asked about Caribbean stars and how sailors would use them for navigation. ~Brigand Can't use stars with a flat earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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