OLC"Gold"mkIIc update to mkIId magnifying question

IVO · 11-15-09, 06:33 PM

I know this might have already been gone over but I have the OLC"gold"mkIIc & mkIId update and my scope will not magnifying at all it just stays at normal setting.
Everything is working fine but I have to get closer to the target to get my solutions.

Ivo Aston U 706
Obertleutnant z.S.

tomfon · 11-15-09, 06:58 PM

Hi. Well, OLC removed the magnification ability from both periscopes. Both periscopes have now a fixed zoom level. If i recall correctly, the observation periscope is fixed to a x16 zoom level and the attack periscope to a x3 zoom level. OLC's opinion was -as far as i can remember - that the observation periscope should be used only for... observation thus the x16 zoom level. As far as the attack periscope is concerned, he had said that the x3 zoom level is a fair choice, not too much and not too less: Not too much, so that the targetting won't be too easy ; not too less so that it won't be impossible for the player to make an attack following realistic procedures. Realistic procedures demand from the player to develop and adopt a realistic strategy for making attacks. This includes getting closer to the target/convoy.
If you don't want this kind of gameplay you can either mod the mod or play the game with another gui mod. For example, i know that makman's mod allows the player to use different (actually 3) zoom levels.

Pisces · 11-15-09, 07:02 PM

That is the way it was designed by OLC. He considered it neccessary because other magnification settings killed his wave rendering modifications. You'll have to get better at guestimating range yourself with the observation scope, learn to live with uncertain range measurements or rely more often on range/bearing reports of your watch officer.

tomfon · 11-15-09, 07:05 PM

Heh, plus what Pisces has just said.
Thank you Pisces.

IVO · 11-15-09, 07:21 PM

Thanks guys for the reply, I kind of thought that is what I read before but couldnt find the thread were I downloaded it. preset at x16 got it.
Thanks again.

Ivo Aston U 706
Obertleutnant z.S.

11-15-09, 06:33 PM	#1
IVO Loader Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 88 Downloads: 103 Uploads: 0	OLC"Gold" mkIIc & mkIId magnifying question I know this might have already been gone over but I have the OLC"gold"mkIIc & mkIId update and my scope will not magnifying at all it just stays at normal setting. Everything is working fine but I have to get closer to the target to get my solutions. Ivo Aston U 706 Obertleutnant z.S.

11-15-09, 06:58 PM	#2
tomfon Grey Wolf Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: CK7662 Posts: 918 Downloads: 178 Uploads: 4	Hi. Well, OLC removed the magnification ability from both periscopes. Both periscopes have now a fixed zoom level. If i recall correctly, the observation periscope is fixed to a x16 zoom level and the attack periscope to a x3 zoom level. OLC's opinion was -as far as i can remember - that the observation periscope should be used only for... observation thus the x16 zoom level. As far as the attack periscope is concerned, he had said that the x3 zoom level is a fair choice, not too much and not too less: Not too much, so that the targetting won't be too easy ; not too less so that it won't be impossible for the player to make an attack following realistic procedures. Realistic procedures demand from the player to develop and adopt a realistic strategy for making attacks. This includes getting closer to the target/convoy. If you don't want this kind of gameplay you can either mod the mod or play the game with another gui mod. For example, i know that makman's mod allows the player to use different (actually 3) zoom levels. __________________ "I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers which can't be questioned." - Richard P. Feynman [1918/1988] "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." - Michael Jordan Mods for SH3

11-15-09, 07:02 PM	#3
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	That is the way it was designed by OLC. He considered it neccessary because other magnification settings killed his wave rendering modifications. You'll have to get better at guestimating range yourself with the observation scope, learn to live with uncertain range measurements or rely more often on range/bearing reports of your watch officer. __________________ My site downloads: https://ricojansen.nl/downloads

11-15-09, 07:05 PM	#4
tomfon Grey Wolf Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: CK7662 Posts: 918 Downloads: 178 Uploads: 4	Heh, plus what Pisces has just said. Thank you Pisces. __________________ "I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers which can't be questioned." - Richard P. Feynman [1918/1988] "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." - Michael Jordan Mods for SH3

11-15-09, 07:21 PM	#5
IVO Loader Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 88 Downloads: 103 Uploads: 0	thanks for the replies Thanks guys for the reply, I kind of thought that is what I read before but couldnt find the thread were I downloaded it. preset at x16 got it. Thanks again. Ivo Aston U 706 Obertleutnant z.S.