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Originally Posted by makman94
@Pisces : you meant something like this right ? ( the horizontal line that sh3's engine produce is impossible to go up there) :
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Exactly! Puting the '0'-line on the waterline hides it into the dark area of the hull. Not much use there. I think it is used better to see which part or mast is at the very top, while keeping the scale to the side of the ship's image, like right next to the sharp distinctive bow. (assuming the marks stand out against the darkblue water) Ofcourse, it seems to me it works better but that is in a large part because the uzo/periscope view is very stabilised (does not roll). And that wasn't the case in RL. But there wasn't such a scale anyway so it's a moot point.
The hardcoded blackline does confuse people a bit maybe. Nobdoubt they are going to ask about it's use, or make the mistake of putting it on the waterline. (old habbits die hard) It's very unfortunate that it has to stay in view.