Leoz
06-28-17, 08:16 PM
This is a question for the SHIII dev experts to see if this a an achievable goal or mission impossible. I would be willing to take on the work to do this if it is possible.
1. Early WWII German subs had the stadimeter on their periscopes. Later war scopes got rid of this in favor of something more simple and less costly and also preferring the binocular viewing option.
2. Goal: create a JSGME enabled add-on which puts a (proper) stadimeter on the basic vanilla game and if successful, work it into popular mods.
3. As we know currently in the stock SHIII game, by ticking a box on the recognition manual for a specific ship, it puts that number as a reference in regard to mast height.
4. I would like a function independent of that where you input in a number in meters. Let us say for the ship I am viewing, I just want to put in a number which might represent the waterline to the top of the superstructure or stack or tip of bow. And then use that as the reference. Right now, if I see a ship that I know has a 25 meter stack from the top to the waterline, I have to sift through the recognition manual until I find something with a 25 meter high mast to waterline and tick that box.
I can do all my fire control without a stadimeter, but it would be a nice capability to have for others new to the game or not new to the game that would like it.
5. I would be willing to forgo having a graphical stereoscopic image match up like what is in Silent Hunter IV for this one capability.
6. "Don't come to me with a problem without offering a solution". I would be willing to do this work however based on sage and grey-haired devs here, if it is a dead end to attempt it, than so be it.
7. Thanks in advance for any suggestions and/or opinions.
:Kaleun_Cheers:
1. Early WWII German subs had the stadimeter on their periscopes. Later war scopes got rid of this in favor of something more simple and less costly and also preferring the binocular viewing option.
2. Goal: create a JSGME enabled add-on which puts a (proper) stadimeter on the basic vanilla game and if successful, work it into popular mods.
3. As we know currently in the stock SHIII game, by ticking a box on the recognition manual for a specific ship, it puts that number as a reference in regard to mast height.
4. I would like a function independent of that where you input in a number in meters. Let us say for the ship I am viewing, I just want to put in a number which might represent the waterline to the top of the superstructure or stack or tip of bow. And then use that as the reference. Right now, if I see a ship that I know has a 25 meter stack from the top to the waterline, I have to sift through the recognition manual until I find something with a 25 meter high mast to waterline and tick that box.
I can do all my fire control without a stadimeter, but it would be a nice capability to have for others new to the game or not new to the game that would like it.
5. I would be willing to forgo having a graphical stereoscopic image match up like what is in Silent Hunter IV for this one capability.
6. "Don't come to me with a problem without offering a solution". I would be willing to do this work however based on sage and grey-haired devs here, if it is a dead end to attempt it, than so be it.
7. Thanks in advance for any suggestions and/or opinions.
:Kaleun_Cheers: