⚓ Nautic XP Alpha – Version Revision 638

🗓️ New Expiry Date: 31.07

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🧭 Changelist

⚓ Mooring & Support:

• Mooring line max forces are now active – watch out during heavy weather and thin lines! 🌬️🌊
• 🧠 AI Captains received training – they now try to stop before running aground 🚫⛵
  → 🛥️ If you’re in a Tug Boat, you can now pull stranded vessels back to safety!

🕹️ Controls & UX:

• ⌨️ Use Shift + Arrow keys to move faster around the ship 🏃‍♂️💨
• ☀️ Reduced overexposure inside large bridge interiors 🏗️
• 🎛️ Sonar keys now also work with Left Shift / Left Ctrl
• 🛰️ Radar: Screen artefacts removed – still noisy in storms, use Sea Filter 🌩️
• Over 2000 seabed stones placed – marked on the map, with size variations. Navigate carefully! 🧭
• ⚓ ~190 historic shipwrecks added around Rügen 🗺️ – placed at their original positions. Dive in! 🛳️

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👨‍✈️ Real Captains Feedback Integration:

• 🎯 Echo sounder is back as the main depth measurement (realistic mode).
  → Activate in Gameplay Settings – it’s the reference on Hard Mode
• 🌊 Sonar is still available and more helpful, design improved.
• 🚫 Bow & Stern thrusters removed from bulk carriers – they usually don’t have them in real life.
• 🛑 Stern thruster also removed from the LNG carrier.

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🚢 Tug Support:

• 📻 Tug assistance can be requested via Harbor Radio Menu
• 💰 Costs XP during missions
• ⚠️ Watch maximum allowed speed
• ➕ Tug needs a clear push/pull area
• 🛑 Stop support via Radio Menu
• ⌛ Arrival depends on distance from harbor

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👨‍✈️ Pilot Support:

• 📻 Requestable via Radio Menu
• ⌛ Arrival time also depends on harbor distance
• 🔎 Echo sounder adds a pilot forward depth line
• ⚙️ Adjust distance & warning depth via sonar key config

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🔧 Improvements & Features:

• 🎚️ Radio in 3D cockpit now supports scroll wheel for channel switching 📻

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📌 Stay safe, sailor – and good luck with the upcoming heavy seas! 🌊🫡