the best orienteering i have done

[Murphinator 0]

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.

[beavaroo 90]

Clouds move from West to East if their are any.

[derailed000 20]

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.

[Godparties 7]

Take things slower, watch landmarks, things like that.

[Virfortis 111]

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

[noobfun 87]

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 spot

or switch to a day server and use your watch as a makeshift compass

you probably know how but just incase http://dayzwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=How_to_find_North

Edited July 23, 2012 by stuffnthings

[Murphinator 0]

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.