Hi CapnScurvy,
Just a thought, I understood the way the stock range finder works ie against mast height. Was this how the original US range finding system worked, I understood that at least in this regard the US targeting system was quite advanced, (for their day) as compared to other nations.
Is the targeting system featured in the game historically accurate?
My real question is this:
As a former photographer I used Range Finder Cameras, unlike the old, film, not digital SLRs where you focused through the lens, with a range finder you start with two converging images, which gradually you converge until they were exactly superimposed when you were properly focused.
I never understood why the US targeting system was calibrated against mast height when perhaps it would have been easier, not to mention quicker to set range by simply adjusting two opposing images of the target in the perescope view until they were superimposed exactly, and you took your range from the resultant sharply focused image.
What I'm trying to say is why stop at the deck height or smoke stack height, why not just set your system by the direct focus system I'm trying to describe above.
Hope I am describing the concept so folks can understand what I'm trying to describe
Regards
Rascal
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Originally Posted by CapnScurvy
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By fireship4
You send the height of the mast (or whatever part) to the stadimeter using the numbers in the manual, before you do the split imaging. What im saying is there a way to manually input the height into the stadimeter, maybe through one of the dials on the stadimeter.
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Ok, I'm a bit dense but I understand the question now. Yes, the Attack Data Tool (the dial that has multiple parts to it, one of which is the Stadimeter, in the right top corner) can have the mouse click & drag the outer marker to any height measurement you choose. So lets say in the game manual or someone else's historically accurate manual (or for that matter a fictitious manual) you read the measurement to the poop deck is 110 ft. You can move the Attack Data Tool dial to 110 ft. and take a Stadimeter reading of the poop deck (wherever that is), and a range to target will appear in the Position Keeper. Will this range be correct? Probably not, because the height must be calibrated to the ship at a known correct distance before it will be accurate. If I were part of the game engine design team I might understand the complete equation and match the correct figures together to get accurate findings. Since I'm not, the only part I can manipulate is the mast height figure and calibrate it to a known distance for a particular ship. |