first off apologies for such large screen shot but I needed you all to see details:
I added another dial, DIAL_TGT_RANGE, which uses the SH4 style TDC dial. I measured the distance from my ship to the other ship using the ruler - distance was 700m. I clicked on the XOs use stadimeter - immediately it was saying distance was 500m.....I checked the new dial and it wasn't registering, yet. So I used the stadimeter - the top distance dial did not move while I was moving the stadimeter. The new distance dial moved in real time to show me the distance - and it was showing the incorrect distance. Once I aligned the images and clicked the mouse button the top distance showed around 500 (incorrect) and the bottom showed around 700m (correct - it snapped from around 500 to 700). I used the tallest mast for height on the ship (which was the very front one). I did not have manual control enabled when I did this (autoupdate was on)
SH3 style TDC distance dial:
[Dial13]
; will be changed by code
Name=Sol_Range
Type=26; DIAL_SOL_RANGE
Cmd=Set_TDC_target_range
Dial=0x3B0E00FF
CrtVal=0x3B0E0001
NewVal=0x0
DialVal=0,330
RealVal=300,10000; meters
CmdOnDrag=Yes
RelativeDrag=Yes
Circular=Yes
Logarithmic=30
SndStep=100
SndList=1,Menu.TDC.Range,10000
New dial added:
[Dial75]
; will be changed by code
Name=TorpedoSolution_Temporary_Range
Type=68; DIAL_TGT_RANGE
;Cmd=Set_tgt_sel_value;
Dial=0x3B1A0001
CrtVal=0x3B1A0003
NewVal=0x0
DialVal=10,0
RealVal=11000,220; range
Circular=Yes
;CmdOnDrag=Yes
Logarithmic=-0.98;51.0
;RelativeDrag=Yes
;SndStep=5
;SndList=1,Menu.TDC.AngleOnBow,360
now I wonder if because this is a 'Temporary range' if this is why? Maybe it has to be sent to TDC (like SH3/4 notepad)