Murphinator 0 Posted July 23, 2012 I am supposed to have been a loyal scout, and top of the class at orienteering. done both DoE hikes passed with flying colours. many, many moons ago.BUT WHY DO I FAIL SOOO HARD!!!I set out from elektro aiming for above polana and ended up SW of stary sobor!uber fail.now it is pitch black, I have a watch, thats it, no moon is out.what the fuck do I do. I have no sense of direction, I have looked for north star but can't find it/can't discern it.any idea's? I just want to know which way is north. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beavaroo 90 Posted July 23, 2012 Clouds move from West to East if their are any. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
derailed000 20 Posted July 23, 2012 Use http://dayzdb.com/map and try to located where you are. Then the best way is to head from one building, mark or road to another. In worst case scenario find a road which will eventually lead you to a town and sign, but i would not recommend it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godparties 7 Posted July 23, 2012 Take things slower, watch landmarks, things like that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Virfortis 111 Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) Don't trust the sun or moon, I dunno why but they always seem to take me the wrong direction.To be fair, it beats starting near Cherno, trying to get to Guglovo, and ending up in in Sobor. Edited July 23, 2012 by Virfortis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
noobfun 87 Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) north star can be a little screwy to find sometimes you usually have to look almost straight up, and if youve adjusted brightness/gamma it makes it 10 times harder to spotor switch to a day server and use your watch as a makeshift compassyou probably know how but just incase http://dayzwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=How_to_find_North Edited July 23, 2012 by stuffnthings 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murphinator 0 Posted July 27, 2012 wow, thanks so much all of you all of this is so helpful.in the end i alt tabbed out and forgot and died =) (like a boss)but hey, who cares, i am going to do it all again.and now i know how.yet again thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites