Arclight
07-09-14, 09:57 AM
My math skills are..... CRAP! Would someone be able to dumb down the math on how to figure out the range to target. I am guessing that I put my crosshairs at the waterline, center mast. Then count the little things on the left and do some math to figure it out?
Also where do I get the height of the ship to begin with?
Why I never added this to the first post is beyond me;
target height x 1000 / measured mils (in low power)
target height x 4000 / measured mils (in high power)
Say a target has a mast that stands 30m above the water. Put the horizontal crosshair on the waterline and measure the top of the mast on the scale. Say the measured height is 20 mils in low power:
30 x 1000 / 20 = 30.000 / 20 = 1500m
80 mils in high power, same target:
30 X 4000 / 80 = 120.000 / 80 = 1500m
Not particularly user friendly, but workable.
Normally you would get the mast height from a recognition manual. I seem to recall the game lacks this data by default. A mod would be required that adds it (should be around).
Also where do I get the height of the ship to begin with?
Why I never added this to the first post is beyond me;
target height x 1000 / measured mils (in low power)
target height x 4000 / measured mils (in high power)
Say a target has a mast that stands 30m above the water. Put the horizontal crosshair on the waterline and measure the top of the mast on the scale. Say the measured height is 20 mils in low power:
30 x 1000 / 20 = 30.000 / 20 = 1500m
80 mils in high power, same target:
30 X 4000 / 80 = 120.000 / 80 = 1500m
Not particularly user friendly, but workable.
Normally you would get the mast height from a recognition manual. I seem to recall the game lacks this data by default. A mod would be required that adds it (should be around).