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02-20-16, 08:21 AM | #1 |
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wrong readings with sextant in Wolves of steel
Since i dont want to necro a 3 years old thread i will just ask like this. I hope its ok.
Using wolves of steel megapack. (properly installed) Using sextant to measure my position at the start of the Historical mission: Balloon test mission 14 oct 1939 12:00 GMT REAL Location N 58°57' W 2°59' 12:00 GMT Readings: Altitude 21°56' Zenith: (89°60' minus 21°56') =68°4' Sun declination for 14 oct 1939 :south 7°54' My latitude: zenith minus declination =61°50' (that's way off) what am i doing wrong? Could this be due to my screen resolution (aspect ratio) : 16:9 Wolves of steel default aspect is set to 16:9. |
02-20-16, 09:01 AM | #2 |
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Hmmm, Sjizzle?
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02-20-16, 10:30 AM | #3 |
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let me check it cos for me the sextant work great and all celestial objects are 99.9 accurate.
Edit: the sun position at that date is at azimuth +164 degree and and altitude of 23.10 degree so 89.6-23.10-7.54 = 58.96 this one without any sextant correction PS.i have check it also with stellarium and is 99.9% accurate
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02-20-16, 11:29 AM | #4 | |
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There might be a problem with Historical mission dates. The ones showing 11:00 GMT actually start at 23:00 GMT (but its day, and sun is in the sky) Maybe i should not use Historical mission for this exercise. Here is what i get in Balloon test mission. |
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02-20-16, 11:34 AM | #5 | |
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02-20-16, 02:30 PM | #6 |
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03 sep 1939 Nautical 12:00 time 11:00 GMT+1 Real location: N 54° 40' E15° 16' Readings: Alt 40°13' dec 7°47' zen 49° 47' lat 57°34' Am I still doing something wrong? i took multiple readings. I'm reading bottom of the sun, at the correct time. EDIT: new reading in the attachment. Last edited by VentHorizon; 02-20-16 at 02:49 PM. |
02-20-16, 04:15 PM | #7 | |
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02-20-16, 04:31 PM | #8 |
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16:9 1920x1080
I think the problem is that i did not calculate corrections for the apparent local noon, and instead was blindly measuring at 12:00. I will try to do those corrections and see what Ill get. |
02-20-16, 04:39 PM | #9 |
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Cpy... Cant help you much though because I still haven't learned how to use full real nav...
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02-20-16, 05:43 PM | #10 | |
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a really good videos about celestial navigation PS. Try to measure from the middle of the sun i think that tdw has changed something in camera.dat since i have made that navigation tutorial i am not sure or my memory's is playing with me now ....
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02-22-16, 07:25 AM | #11 |
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What does Set Reference Azimuth do? I noticed clicking that has a different effect, but how to use it?
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