No stabilize periscope.

gutted · 03-27-10, 04:40 AM

Do anyone use this?'

I tried it briefly back in SH3, but found i could not use the stadimeter at all unless the water was nearly dead still. Since then i've never ever turned it back on. It's currently the only option i have turned off.

How did the real captain's deal with the scope pitching and bobbing around like that? I can't measure squat with it.

TH0R · 03-27-10, 04:56 AM

I SH4 you can pause the game and still take measurements. Try it and see if it still works in SH5.

gutted · 03-27-10, 06:45 AM

If you're gonna pause to get around it.. then why enable it in the first place?

TH0R · 03-27-10, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by gutted

If you're gonna pause to get around it.. then why enable it in the first place?

To get 100% realism and thus max renown.

The General · 03-27-10, 09:12 AM

This reminds me of a question I always wanted to ask: Surely the UZO was on a gyroscope?! In affect making the image stable when looking through the UZO. This obviously doesn't apply to the handheld Binocs or Periscopes.

tater · 03-27-10, 10:25 AM

People care about renown? LOL.

03-27-10, 11:08 AM

Using it here. Would not know why not to use it. It was a real problem for a U-boat captain - now it's a problem for me...to me that's simulation and immersion

Sailor Steve · 03-27-10, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by TH0R

To get 100% realism and thus max renown.

Better to adjust the renown to get 100% no matter what.

Actually in SH4 you could do what SH3 could not. The split-image rangefinder works at any angle, so you can ignore the bouncing of the periscope and concentrate on the target, without having to pause.

Onkel Neal · 03-27-10, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Better to adjust the renown to get 100% no matter what.

Actually in SH4 you could do what SH3 could not. The split-image rangefinder works at any angle, so you can ignore the bouncing of the periscope and concentrate on the target, without having to pause.

Yeah, I noticed that too, make it 100x easier to get range, doesn't it?

Sailor Steve · 03-27-10, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Yeah, I noticed that too, make it 100x easier to get range, doesn't it?

Only if you're good at it. I still suck.

TH0R · 03-27-10, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Only if you're good at it. I still suck.

Well I am good at it, even without pausing.

Turm · 03-27-10, 07:10 PM

My optics are not stabilised, and it wouldn't be a problem except for the inaccurate stadimeter! I too want to make the game harder for myself, and more realistic when possible.

In SH3 I eventually enabled the option in order to make use of OLC's GUI, but I felt guilty to do so

gutted · 03-27-10, 07:37 PM

AHAHA!

I never realized that with the split image you dont need to have the scope's horizontal line at the targt's waterline. *slaps head*

Well, I knew it would work in real life in theory, it just never dawned on me that it actually works in SH. I guess i was so turned off by the bobbing scope in SH3, that i never really tried in SH4 with it's split prism.

Can you imagine trying to keep that line stable at the ships waterline while you measure him... the horror!!

Welp. looks like im doing 100% realism now.

Sailor Steve · 03-28-10, 04:05 PM

Oh yeah, in SH3 you can't do it without the thing stabilized. SH4 is another story altogether, and another reason to play it.

Frederf · 03-28-10, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by The General

Surely the UZO was on a gyroscope?!

Nope, just bolted to a rotating plate. Periscopes were not stabilized either. Nor was the deck gun.

03-27-10, 04:40 AM	#1
gutted The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA. Posts: 1,353 Downloads: 470 Uploads: 10	No stabilize periscope. Do anyone use this?' I tried it briefly back in SH3, but found i could not use the stadimeter at all unless the water was nearly dead still. Since then i've never ever turned it back on. It's currently the only option i have turned off. How did the real captain's deal with the scope pitching and bobbing around like that? I can't measure squat with it. __________________ Solution Solver 2.3.2 - Visual Targeting Tools & Aids

03-27-10, 04:56 AM	#2
TH0R XO Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Croatia Posts: 420 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	I SH4 you can pause the game and still take measurements. Try it and see if it still works in SH5. __________________ *My IL2 stuff:* LEVEL BOMBING MANUAL v2.0 \| 'MUSTANG'

03-27-10, 06:45 AM	#3
gutted The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA. Posts: 1,353 Downloads: 470 Uploads: 10	If you're gonna pause to get around it.. then why enable it in the first place? __________________ Solution Solver 2.3.2 - Visual Targeting Tools & Aids

03-27-10, 09:12 AM	#5
The General The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Mountain Ash, Wales, U.K. Posts: 1,548 Downloads: 179 Uploads: 3	This reminds me of a question I always wanted to ask: Surely the UZO was on a gyroscope?! In affect making the image stable when looking through the UZO. This obviously doesn't apply to the handheld Binocs or Periscopes. __________________ *THE GENERAL*

03-27-10, 07:37 PM	#13
gutted The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA. Posts: 1,353 Downloads: 470 Uploads: 10	AHAHA! I never realized that with the split image you dont need to have the scope's horizontal line at the targt's waterline. slaps head Well, I knew it would work in real life in theory, it just never dawned on me that it actually works in SH. I guess i was so turned off by the bobbing scope in SH3, that i never really tried in SH4 with it's split prism. Can you imagine trying to keep that line stable at the ships waterline while you measure him... the horror!! Welp. looks like im doing 100% realism now. __________________ Solution Solver 2.3.2 - Visual Targeting Tools & Aids

03-27-10, 10:25 AM	#6
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	People care about renown? LOL.

03-27-10, 11:08 AM	#7
Mav87th Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Using it here. Would not know why not to use it. It was a real problem for a U-boat captain - now it's a problem for me...to me that's simulation and immersion

03-27-10, 07:10 PM	#12
Turm Engineer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 210 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	My optics are not stabilised, and it wouldn't be a problem except for the inaccurate stadimeter! I too want to make the game harder for myself, and more realistic when possible. In SH3 I eventually enabled the option in order to make use of OLC's GUI, but I felt guilty to do so

03-28-10, 04:05 PM	#14
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Oh yeah, in SH3 you can't do it without the thing stabilized. SH4 is another story altogether, and another reason to play it. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo