North symbol on compass doesn't point north?

[Wendot]

Compass point north? Ha! I'm sure our map in game also thinks that the world is flat.

[OutlawZ]

The world IS flat!!.... what grog are you drinking?


Okay lets get technical here...

Just like Jack Sparrow, we have two compasses.
Our ship's magnetic compass, the one that indicates our heading in the natural world.

And our "magic" compass that does not actually indicate direction other than pointing to the place we (in our hearts and minds) want to be.

So, I have fixed the map, to correlate with the magnetic compass (on your game screen)...not the "magic" compass.
Okay? got it now?
Now stop it!!!!.....I'm getting a headache!!!

[Plunderin Mom]

I've never payed attention to the whether my compass is accurate as far as direction is concerned, but what I have noticed is that it often doesnt display enemy ship positions correctly. Sometimes it even indicates them as friendly ships (blue dots or ships instead of red). That gets frustrating for me because I like to use it to guage just how close a ship we're firing on is getting when I'm sailing.

[OutlawZ]

I have never seen enemy as blue, or vice versa!


but did you also know there is a radius adjustment for your compass?

Look for the + and - symbols on the compass,
these adjust the view radius of your compass.

Personally I leave the compass "as is" for in-person
but when I go sailing, i hit the minus button, twice.

the compass will then show me ships outside my view,
but within cannon/broadside range
so I can battle using the compass view and don't have to see the approaching ships.

[Plunderin Mom]

Wow, didnt know that. Thanks. Learn something new everyday.