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  1. I think it happens when the album in the gallery of the poster is set to private (or friend only). If you embed images from a private album, the preview is visible for everyone, but enlarging fails because of the lacking permission.
  2. I found a nautical map of the Channel Islands and the Gulf of St. Malo: http://www.harbourguides.com/charts.php/Channel-Islands You can see how many small islands, rocks and banks there are. Lot of fun, even without tides. I have read that the developers have been working on a map of the channel. Does anybody know how detailed the map is? Is it finished?
  3. The Channel Islands Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark and Herm have a rich maritime heritage. Lots of scenarios can be made from it. We have: Privateers from the Channel Islands, authorized by the English Crown, raiding french merchants heading to St. Malo. See: Guernsey Info about privateering Privateers from Jersey French corsairs (privateers) from St. Malo attacking english merchants in the Channel, e.g. Robert Surcouf. See: Robert Surcouf on Wikipedia English smugglers, especially from Cornwall, trying to transport goods from the (tax-free) Channel Islands to the english coast. English tax cutters (revenue cutters) patrolling the english coast and chasing the smugglers. See: Guernsey Info about smuggling King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 by E. Keble Chatterton French and English Navy fighting each other several times and destroying hostile privateers. Several attempts of the french to capture the islands. English Raid on St. Malo and Battle of St. Cast. The map could be either small, containing just the triangle Guernsey - Alderney - Jersey (about 20 x 20 nm). Or rather big from St. Malo up to the cornish coast (120 nm). If necessary the distances could be tweaked to shorten the travel times. Apart from the two navies, the vessels would be small and fast ships chasing or evading each other. The difference between high and low tide in St. Malo is up to 12 meters (link) which affects at least the navigability of the coastal areas. I have read that it's currently not planned to implement tides in Naval Action. But perhaps this is an idea for the long term. Finally, if the 3D designers have some spare time or are bored from modelling ships, they could add the Mont St. Michel.
  4. Could you please add an option to remap this function to another key? Dell was so clever to omit the Home key from my laptop keyboard. I have to press two keys simultaneously to get the Home key. I've looked at the Input tab on the NA configuration window. It's not there in the current version.
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    Battle Plans

    Battle Plans
  6. From the album: Battle Plans

    Plan of the Engagement Between the Constitution and Guerrière Source: A. T. Mahan: Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812, Volume 1, p. 333 on Project Gutenberg Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25911
  7. I fully agree with you that this is not a key feature. It's a nice add-on in the long term, but other features are much more important and should be implemented first. I have no problem in paying for it as an add-on. I haven't made my mind up about an exact price, but I think you will find a reasonable price :-)
  8. After a PVP or PVE battle has ended I would like to see a replay of it on a 2D chart. Look at A. T. Mahan's plan of sea battles, e.g. here: (Source: A. T. Mahan: Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812, Volume 1, p. 333 on Project Gutenberg, Link) I think that such an animation would be a great tool to understand the outcome of battle, especially for large PVP battles. Where did we lose the battle? What was a good, what was a bad manoeuvre? What happened at the other side of the battle? I like the details in Mahan's plans: Direction of wind Position and direction of the ships a the same time Plotted course Orientation of the yards (in smaller plans) Identification of ships I would like to have such a battle plan after the end of a battle, but not during the battle. I shouldn't be a static plan, but a video/animation. It should be possible to pause the animation and to move forward and backward in time. Zooming in and out in larger battles would be nice. In addition to Mahan's plans it would also be nice to see when a ship fires a broadside. You can find more examples of historic battle plans here: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25911 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25912 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16602 Edit: Changed the links to Project Gutenberg to match their terms of use.
  9. Added some books and moved it all to the first post.
  10. I'm going to clean up later, once I have collected enough books to group them by topic.
  11. Here's a list of historical books found on Google Books or the Gutenberg project. As the their copyright is expired, they can be download free of charge in various file formats. 1. Naval history, tactics and historical battles Naval Battles, from 1744 to the peace of 1814, crtically reviewed and illustrated, by Rear Admiral Sir Charles Ekins, published in London, 1824: http://books.google.de/books?id=CvZBAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=de#v=onepage&q&f=false A Manual of Naval Tactics, together with a brief critical analysis of the principal modern naval battles, by James H. Ward, Commander U.S.N, published in New York, 1870: http://books.google.de/books?id=6lNJAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=de#v=onepage&q&f=false ​Naval History of the United States, from the commencement of the revolutionary war to the present time, in 2 volumes, by Thomas Clark, published in Philadelphia, 1814. Volume 1/2: http://books.google.de/books?id=PqYOAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=de#v=onepage&q&f=false Volume 2/2: http://books.google.de/books?id=csVCAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=de#v=onepage&q&f=false A Treatise on Naval Tactics, by P. Paul Hoste, published in Edinburgh, 1834: http://books.google.de/books?id=tgAHAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=de#v=onepage&q&f=false An Essay on Naval Tactics, systematical and historical with explanatory plates, in four parts, by John Clark, published in London, 1790: http://books.google.de/books?id=Sv6gAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=de#v=onepage&q&f=false Famous Sea Fights, from Salamis to Tsu-Shima, by John Richard Hale, published in Boston, 1911: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25088 The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783, by A. T. Mahan, published in Boston, 1890: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13529 A History of Sea Power, by William Oliver Stevens and Allan F. Westcott, published in New York, 1920: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24797 The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence, by A. T. Mahan, published in Cambridge (Mass.), 1913: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16602 Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812, by A. T. Mahan, in 2 volumes, published in London, 1905. Volume 1: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25911 Volume 2: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25912 Tactique navale à l'usage de la marine française, Paris, 1832: http://books.google.de/books?id=VlYHwZloel8C&printsec=frontcover&hl=de#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttp://books.google.de/books?id=VlYHwZloel8C&printsec=frontcover&hl=de#v=onepage&q&f=false Many issues of the Naval Chronicle are available on Archive.org or Google Books: https://archive.org/search.php?query=%22naval%20chronicle%22 2. Ordnance and gunnery Marshall's Practical Marine Gunnery, containing a view of the magnitude, weight, description and use of every article used in the sea gunner's department in the navy of the United States, by George Marshall, published in Norfolk, 1822: http://books.google.de/books?id=KFtGAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=de#v=onepage&q&f=false Ordnance Instructions for the Unted States Navy, published in Washington, 1866: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19058 (probably too late for the time period of NA) A Treatise on Naval Gunnery, by General Howard Douglas, published in London, 1855: http://books.google.de/books?id=PK50sbOOfjUC&printsec=frontcover&hl=de&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false 3. Rigging The Art of Rigging, containing an alphabetical explanation of terms and phrases ..., by George Biddlecombe, published in London, 1848: http://books.google.de/books?id=9RkEAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=de#v=onepage&q&f=false Rudimentary Treatise on Masting, Mast-Making and Rigging of Ships, by Robert Kipping, published in London, 1853: http://books.google.de/books?id=6l4BAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=de#v=onepage&q&f=false 4. Navigation A Complete Epitome of Practical Navigation, containing all necessary instructions for keeping a ships reckoning at sea, with ..., by J. W. Norie, published in London, 1852: http://books.google.de/books?id=v1QpAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=de#v=onepage&q&f=false The Elements of Navigation, containing the theory and practice, ..., in two volumes, by J. Robertson, published in London, 1780. Volume 1: http://books.google.de/books?id=gBikAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=de#v=onepage&q&f=false Volume 2: http://books.google.de/books?id=o20sAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=de#v=onepage&q&f=false
  12. Is it possible to switch to a not yet sunken ship in PVE? Not asking for myself but for a friend of course.
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    Bartle test

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