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Originally Posted by Aras
For manual targeting I can recommend to check this post : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=88961
I use Manual Targeting as well however I leave Auto Map Contacts on to measure the distance. I really love to gather all the information including range manually however the stadimeter and the recognition manual are not handy in this subject.
Values in Recognition manual are generally false, even the highest mast in given picture does not match with highest mast value  Which makes stadimeter useless in my opinion. Did i miss something about it?
I know that in real life everything was not perfect including recognition manual. My nerves can take being depth charged for hours but I can't handle wasting Third Reich's precious torpedoes just because I wasn't qualified enough to calculate a range correctly. |
I use basically the same options. Have you tried Hitman's Optics? No stadimeter, but FoV and scaling are adjusted to give accurate estimates of range and AoB with the graticles. As I understand it (based on Cap'n Scurvy's work on SH4) It's not the rec manual that is wrong, but the image scaling. AAR, I've done quite a bit of static testing, and range and AoB can both be determined pretty accurately.
Couple of other advantages: You don't need to make a positive ID before attacking - many similar classes had similar mast heights. And you don't need to use that thin whisp if a mast. The rec manual also gives you funnel and superstructure heights, A nice fat funnel can be easier to measure than a skinny mast.
Hitman says that these graticles are based on actual surviving Uboat periscopes. He tweaked the camera values to make the measurements work. And they seem to work. My tonnage scores are up, anyway.