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By fireship4
As to reality, i guess they chose the most appropriate height at the time and input it into the stadimeter, then did the measurements. Is this possible by moving bits on the stadimeter about?
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Sorry if I don't understand you, but I think your asking by moving the stadimeter waterline image to another spot on the ship that has a known height, could you get an accurate range to target? The short answer is yes and no. The spot would have to be calibrated to how the game calculates the particular height. Unfortunately the game does not take into account more than one point of reference height, nor does it consider the amount of difference the point could have when the ship is at different AoB positions. The AoB settings have no realationship to finding range, it only sets the gyro angle for the torpedos. So when you set the stadimeter to the stern mast the range reading will be off centered from the true center of the ship. This is providing the stern mast has been calibrated to be correct for the game calculations, which they are not!
Quite the conundrum indeed.
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By WernerSobe
ive noticed that you have centered your horizon line with real horizon.
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Thanks for noticing the detail, but its purely coincidental. I just left the periscope positioned wherever the opening screen took me. But your right, the periscope horizontal line has no bearing on range finding. So move the periscope up or down to whatever spot that suits you. The vertical line only helps in lining up the center of the ship when "locked" in view. If the vertical line is in the way of placing the Stadimeter waterline at the correct spot, "unlock" the view, and move it a bit out of the way. The line is only for reference.