thebs wrote:Cmdr Kharma wrote:I cannot get that fooking latitude...Longitude thing for the life of me.......
That's because you're always looking at the Earth from head-on, North up. Latitude-Longitude is easy when you're looking at a map.
Now realize you can come in at a planet from any angle, any vector, and that entire N-S, E-W coordinate system is completely rotated on you, in a 2D map across a 3D sphere! There's a reason we transform rectangular to radial coordinates in engineering!
So don't feel bad ... not at all. Heck, most people still don't understand why the nautical (not international) mile is used in navigation, and why (HINT: it has to do with latitude). That said ...
In fact, it would help if -- like 'orbit lines' -- Elite created show a simple E-W equator and N-S circle around the planet too. That would go a long, long way to help people visualize where they are in the rectangular coordinates.
But noooo ... you're going to read the numeric display at the bottom of your HUD ... and you're gonna like it!
Baring all the UI issues, which for most cases the coordinates are almost the same colour as the bloody ground..
Here Kharma, read this:
https://scouts.org.uk/media/61718/os_-_ ... y_pack.pdfAs for ED specific.
Where you enter onto the grid is irrelevant, sure it would be nice to control this, but as it is, it's irrelevant.
We have the compass in cruise now, we have since 2.2 I believe.
Just follow your directions.
Although it hasn't helped that the people designing this system is as unsure about coordinates as Kharma, they have flipped the lat\long coordinates at least three times already....
(seriously, talk to a 10 year old scout sometime)
0 is North (Lat).
180 is South(Lat),
90, East (long)
270, West (long)
If you stick to these headings you will only affect either latitudinal position or longitudinal position.
Our ships are fast enough that in orbital cruise you can easily follow one to set it correctly, say the latitude, by flying either at a heading of 0, or 180 as needed.
When the latitude is dialed in, start on longitude by flying at 90, or 270 degrees.
If you are in relatively high orbit, you will have to correct by applying yaw, cause it's spherical.
There is also no point in getting the exact coordinates in cruise, once you are down to a few minutes off your mark, drop down to the surface and dial it in.
