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Originally Posted by flaminus
Hi, guys. Just a small question:
The OTC mod change all the positions of conning towers of US sub more backward to match the "center", but that just some kind of unrealistic.
Is there any sulotion in FOTRSU mod that can fix the positions and at the same time, keep the optical world right?
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I'm not touching the conning tower placement, so there will be no correction to the error the game provides. There is no other way to correct the error. You'll be living with the realization that as unrealistic as it is, the periscope stadimeter will not read accurately in all directions.
For those that don't know, here's an image made from a Mission Editor test mission (anyone can make one too) showing the difference in found stadimeter range measurement of a Northampton CA:
You put the stationary ship at exactly 914 meters from the sub (that's only 1000 yards) and take stadimeter readings from the various relative bearings to see how close the stadimeter measurement really is. The image shows the stationary sub facing South (look at the compass heading), with the mast height of the ship at the stock measurement of 47m/154ft (FOTRS uses the same figure) the various stadimeter found readings are shown.
Obviously, the error in measured distance compared to the true distance is greater towards the front of the Porpoise sub than to the rear. The error is the same to the sides, which points to the only other variable that causes the stadimeter to not read at 914m or 1000 yards distance.......the mast height is off.
To the sides the stadimeter will error in true distance by 37m/40yds.
To the rear, by 28m/30yds
To the bow of the sub by 47m/51yds
Keep in mind this is at a true distance of only 1000yds........the error is
compounded greater as the target is measured at farther distances. At 2000yrds true distance, the error is not simply 51+51=102 yrds for the reading of a target towards the bow of the sub.....its more like 150yrds off.
As Rockin Robbins likes to call it......."realistic measurements".
