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#4003514 - 09/01/14 03:06 AM Where am I going?!?!?  
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Hello all,

Having partially fixed my mixture problem over in the tech support section, I return to training in April 1915 in the B.E. 2c. I'll follow Capt. Triggers on my first cross country to another field. But there isn't a compass (that I can see) in my crate, and so if I ever go solo, how do I get from A to B? The in-game map is almost cheating, because it shows where you are, but not detailed enough to use alone anyway. Do I just have to get used to the area, and then reorient myself (and print one of RAF-Louvert's maps) when I get out of training and assigned to a unit?

When did these beauties get compasses?

Oh, and I didn't have Robert_Wiggins's pilot backup utility installed, and had to turn back to the field on my first cross country trip. Any way to delete that or re-fly it? I seem to have credit for a competed mission, and I sure didn't complete it.

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I've been checking around here all summer but I couldn't fly much at all. We had a micro-burst hit our place and we lost something like 20 good-sized trees (thankfully no house damage or injuries), and had to fell others due to their proximity to the house. I have 8 FULL cords of wood at least (not face cords, I mean 4' x 4' x 8' cords) split and stacked, but still have much clean up to do. (this is the short version. I could tell some stories...) This winter my trusty chain saw and I will be mighty busy, but nights will hopefully be for more WOFF.


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#4003519 - 09/01/14 03:41 AM Re: Where am I going?!?!? [Re: HumanDrone]  
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I believe F6 cycles through the various views. Some planes have a dedicated compass screen. Also, both the F5 and "z" keys will give you some extra info that might help!


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#4003528 - 09/01/14 04:15 AM Re: Where am I going?!?!? [Re: HumanDrone]  
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F5 is a hand held compass.On clear days check the time the mission starts at and then use the sun as a compass as it rises in the east etc.As for navigating,its very easy once you get it.

#4003711 - 09/01/14 06:59 PM Re: Where am I going?!?!? [Re: HumanDrone]  
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Just take note of the time of day and use the position of the sun to determine your direction. Its very easy. If you have Ankor's shadow mod installed, then the shadows cast by your struts give a quick indication of your direction without having to find the sun in the sky.

When you get to France, it gets even easier because you can print out a map of your area (RAF_Louvert's maps are excellent) and simply follow the landmarks (forests, roads, etc).

#4003726 - 09/01/14 07:29 PM Re: Where am I going?!?!? [Re: HumanDrone]  
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It should be under your seat ...I don't know why! If you haven't got anything like trackIR you need to alter your head position to get a reasonable view of it when you alter your view.

#4003828 - 09/02/14 01:40 AM Re: Where am I going?!?!? [Re: HumanDrone]  
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Well, y'all have saved me a bunch! A handheld compass, an under the seat compass - I ought to be fine. Who knew? But I knew about Lou's maps and we have a wide format plotter at works, so once I get deployed I'm gold! And I do have TrackIR and I have looked down, but I didn't know I had to bend over so far as to kiss my tail feathers goodbye!

I was going to install Ankor's shadow mod but sometime last winter I got into a problem with an Nvidia driver update, and I'm still not quite right. I rolled back, but my nice Samsung HDMI monitor comes up as a non-plug-and-play and I csn't get rid of the Windows Vista (green bar) startup screen. I've tried the bcdedit commands that are easy to find, tried re-installing the display driver, tried leaving the monitor unplugged - it's not a huge deal but it's frustrating not to be able to fix something that seems so simple.

Plus I was hoping the dev's would have it incorporated into a patch by now...! But I'll be even happier to get the Zepplin add-on.

Thanks to all - good to see so many familiar "faces"!


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#4004084 - 09/02/14 06:45 PM Re: Where am I going?!?!? [Re: HumanDrone]  
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Originally Posted By: HumanDrone
And I do have TrackIR and I have looked down, but I didn't know I had to bend over so far as to kiss my tail feathers goodbye!


It's certainly not the most convenient of locations. I usually try and and find a good landmark in the right direction and head for that until I can pick a new one further on ... and so on.

#4004230 - 09/03/14 01:37 AM Re: Where am I going?!?!? [Re: HumanDrone]  
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Yessir, an old trick from orienteering days!


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