Craftable Compass

[erkkiqaz 4]

at the moment compasses are rare to find. there needs to be a way of improvising one. like needle in a sawed in half water bottle or a pond or river or something.

[IkaikaKekai 1957]

You'd need a magnet wouldn't you?  Compasses seam 'common' enough.  I rarely use them to be honest (then again I know most of the map and have my ways to travel)

[byrgesen 1341]

You'd need a magnet wouldn't you?  Compasses seam 'common' enough.  I rarely use them to be honest (then again I know most of the map and have my ways to travel)

No no magnet, but you need some metal which is magnetic :)

And the chances of you making a functional compas, is about as good as finding a functional compas tbh.

Just getting the needle to point the right direction, in the half water bottle, would be a bitch, if you had nowhere to place it and there was wind around you, etc.

Im just thinking about the time we did this in school, half the time it didnt work correctly, and that was inside, with proper materials and no wind :)

[fox0rz 56]

There are other options to find compasses as well, like the free compass advertized at the bottom of the cereal box, and some survivel knives actually have one stuck to the bottom or in the grip with a screw off top. that would multiply the amount of compasses without complicated crafting!

[erkkiqaz 4]

true. but if you are wandering inland and are planning to keep going northwest its easy to lose sense of direction when you get food from cities on the way. to make cimpass materials common, junk piles such as those found by streets ane junkyards should be lootable and contain crap like magnets needles empty milk cartins and stuff

[erkkiqaz 4]

also sorry for the late reply and typos. im on the mobile and i cant find a way to edit posts

[byrgesen 1341]

true. but if you are wandering inland and are planning to keep going northwest its easy to lose sense of direction when you get food from cities on the way. to make cimpass materials common, junk piles such as those found by streets ane junkyards should be lootable and contain crap like magnets needles empty milk cartins and stuff

Very true, it is possible, but you try and go outside, with half a milk carton, filled with water and make it work as a compas, which actually showes the currect bearing :)

Its difficult mate, and most of the time it wont show the correct bearing, because of all the inteference from the wind and other factors.

+ in order to use a compas like this, you need to remain stationary for several minutes.

[erkkiqaz 4]

I could make one in 5 mins in real life and see how reliable it is outside compared to a real compass. Maybe later

[byrgesen 1341]

I could make one in 5 mins in real life and see how reliable it is outside compared to a real compass. Maybe later

 

Go try it out mate :) 

I know its possible and it can be done, but im not sure it will ever make it into the game.

[Khad (DayZ) 293]

I would like to see clocks ingame. You could use them as compass, but I don't know, if chernorussia got summertime O_O.

[DMentMan 707]

i don´t need them, compasses are kinda useless, but a cool feature 

[AP_Norris 1018]

No no magnet, but you need some metal which is magnetic :)

And the chances of you making a functional compas, is about as good as finding a functional compas tbh.

Just getting the needle to point the right direction, in the half water bottle, would be a bitch, if you had nowhere to place it and there was wind around you, etc.

Im just thinking about the time we did this in school, half the time it didnt work correctly, and that was inside, with proper materials and no wind :)

To get the needle magnetic you can touch it with the magnet several hundred times to get its poles all lined up.

I find the sun in the south of the sky and the clouds rolling east to be enough.

[snowcrash 82]

@ BigMike

 

 

you cam magnetise the needle on fur, hair, silk, any kind of metal..

[doublebrain 255]

There are other options to find compasses as well, like the free compass advertized at the bottom of the cereal box, and some survivel knives actually have one stuck to the bottom or in the grip with a screw off top. that would multiply the amount of compasses without complicated crafting!

 

Survival knife with compass sounds awsome!

[Fry76 23]

Btw did you know that you can take direction from stars, i have done that in real life and was suprised that there is real stars in sky compared to real world. I also counted from them that cherno area is somewhere between 55 and 58 latitude. Think about that.