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Originally Posted by NefariousKoel
Thanks Dirty.
However, I've been using the length of the ship to estimate it's speed and I don't think a magnification will fix the Stadimeter output, but I'm hoping.  |
Hmm, think you mis-understood. What I'm referring to does
nothing to fix the Stadimeter bugs. What I was referring to is Kim Rohnof's Range Calculator whiz-wheel that he made for SH1 way back when.
It's got two wheels, outer one representing the "tic marks" in the scope, and inner one representing mast head height plus ranges for 1x, 2x, 4x and 8x magnification thru the periscope.
Once you've printed it and laminated it and assembled it, what you do is put the scope on the ship with the horizontal line on the waterline, then count the number of "tic marks" to the top of the masthead as seen thru the scope.
Then you move the inner wheel so that the mast head height in feet, of your target is aligned with the number of "tics" you observed.
Finally, you move the clear "alignment tool" to line up with the "2.0" tic mark on the outer wheel and read the range to target (via the appropriate magnification scale) on the inner wheel.
The problem with it is, SH4's magnification is supposedly totally screwed up. (and also the % of a degree per tic mark on the scope) The mod I mentioned supposedly fixes this so that you can get
accurate ranges using this wheel.
As it is, the wheel seems to work
great with 1x magnification thru the observation scope. Very accurate for close targets, but then 1x mag isn't optimal for distant ones... If the mod does what it says, it will be exciting to say the least!
Do yourself a favor, D/L Kim's package that I linked to and read his manual. It might get you a little excited about the possibilities
When I get back to port, I'll put the cameras.dat mod on and report how well it works!
DH