Hi, Shaun. Correction 45 degrees is North-East. Remember each major compass direction is every 90 degree angle 0, 90, 180, 270, 360. Every miner compass direction is every 45 degree angle 45, 135, 225, 315. All other degrees in between are just precision on which direction you want to go.
shaun everiss wrote: > if It helps you nickel I never understood degrees that well. > I know its part of a circle, 0 is north 360 is also north. > 180 is south > 45 is east and 90 is in betwene but I go by ranges most of the time. > If an enemy is 40 lightyears away and I adjust to what the scanners > say and it gets to 30 but then I make a incorect adjustment and it > gets further then I know I have made a mistake. > However if i had to manually put stuff in I would be stumped. > At 07:51 PM 5/25/2006, you wrote: > > >> NB: This email and its contents are subject to our email legal notice >> which can be viewed at http://www.sars.gov.za/Email_Disclaimer.pdf >> >> ---- >> I want to make sure if a star wars game is really the thing for me >> before I purchase trek 2000 or stc. I want to clear the problems i >> experience while playin the demo of trek 2000. My big problem is: I >> don't understand how degrees works. I was never taught degrees in >> school. I feel so desperate about it. When I don't understand >> something, I sometimes feel my IQ is extremely low. Anyway, let me tell >> you how I understand degrees then you can correct me. The manual said: 0 >> degrees is straight up or north, 90 degrees is to the right or west, >> 180 is down or south and 270 is left or east. Ok, now my compus is >> showing 270 degrees. If I want to move ahead again, how do I go from >> here. 0 is north or up. I don't understand. So in other words, if I'm >> moving my ship 89 degrees does that mean that I moved up or north? Is it >> correct that from 0 to 89 degrees I'm moving my ship north, then from 90 >> to 179 I'm moving right or west , and then from 181 to 270 I move down >> or south? Then from 270 to 360 I move north again. >> >> It really confuses me. I know 360 degrees is a circle. When playing >> the demo of sod, that is quite clear to me. If I turn my character 180 >> degrees that's a half circle. I just turned the other way. But when >> moving my ship it's really tricky. How do I compare degrees with units >> in space. Say for instance my ship is at 1 1. If I move my ship till it >> is on unit 89 1. 89 for vertical, 1 for horizontal. Since 90 degrees >> is right or west, does it mean that I can only go north from units 1 >> 1 to 89 1? >> >> I don't understand what the manual says: 225 degrees is as many units of >> space down as it is units of space to the left? >> >> 270 degrees is to the left. 180 is down, 270 plus 180 doesn't give me >> 225. It is much more than 225. It's even more than a complete circle, >> it gives me 450. So what does it mean, 225 is as many units to the left >> as it is units of space down? >> >> I would appreciate clarity on this! >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make >> any subscription changes via the web. >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.1/347 - Release Date: 5/24/2006 >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. > > > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
