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tater · 06-22-07, 10:06 AM

Doesn't work.

I checked it last night. It's cool that ships are sunk below the horizon, but I tested last night vs this on a lark:

Using the profile of Kongo in ONI 41-42 I. No dice. I set up a mission at ~10 nm range, 90 degree AOB. Interestingly, my first guess (assuming a height above sea level on a Porpoise of 30 feet (looking at crew vs waterline)) showed around 20,000 yards!

Looked good.

I got closer, and the map contacts showed Kongo at ~5.3nm. The horizon cut Kongo about the same though.

Too bad, it'd make no contact reports so much cooler if you could get the range.

I guess it might be possible to make a similar table for SH4's world geometry...

06-22-07, 10:06 AM	#1
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	[TEC] Range finding using the horizon? Doesn't work. I checked it last night. It's cool that ships are sunk below the horizon, but I tested last night vs this on a lark: Using the profile of Kongo in ONI 41-42 I. No dice. I set up a mission at ~10 nm range, 90 degree AOB. Interestingly, my first guess (assuming a height above sea level on a Porpoise of 30 feet (looking at crew vs waterline)) showed around 20,000 yards! Looked good. I got closer, and the map contacts showed Kongo at ~5.3nm. The horizon cut Kongo about the same though. Too bad, it'd make no contact reports so much cooler if you could get the range. I guess it might be possible to make a similar table for SH4's world geometry...