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So far, it looks like OLC is the best one, but I am not TOO knowledgeable as to what I should expect from my optics, targeting materials, and so on. Is it reasonably realistic?
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You must always bear in mind that realism in such a limited environment as a game is many times a matter of trade-offs. So yes, OLC is overall
very realistic in recreating the first models of periscopes installed in WW2 german Uboats. It is specially adequate for simulating the attack periscope installed in the Type II U-Boats and some of the fixed-height attack periscopes in other Types (Like the one seen in Das Boot, where the captain sits on a chair and embraces the whole periscope column that rotates hydraulically at his command).
The are however minor aspects where it can't be as realistic as one would wish, but that is not OLC's fault, just a game limitation. I am referring to the size of the scopeview. While it is realistic in that it offers good detail of what you see, it is irrealistic in that it doesn't keep the proportions with the rest of views, and makes you lose the sense of those proportions. This is a game limitation, either you have a good definition and lose the proportions, or you get the right proportions and lose definition. A decission had to be done, and OLC chose that.
In my interface mod, the opposite route has been taken, and it is obviously realistic in a different way. Each has advantages and disadvantages, but you bet 99% of the GUI mods out there are miles ahead in terms of realism when compared to the original interface.
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So far as I can understand, there were no stadimeters, and the UZO didn't have a rangefinder.
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Not exactly. In the early war models there were stadimeters, but later they were sacrificed in favour of binocular view and cheaper & easier construction. The UZO hnever had a rangefinder, that's correct.
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Both scopes should run at 1.5x and 6x, as opposed to the 10x and 4x (or whatever) in the stock scope config.
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Yes, but the 10x/4x is a GWX setting. Stock is 1,5/6x for attack and 1x/4x for observation.
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OLC also has that great attack wheel, and the range/AOB/speed finder. I am still new to researching this stuff. Are these tools historically accurate? I sure hope so, because I do love them.
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Historically accurate to a 100%