Thanks for the new version OLC. Personally, I think its a brilliant mod, one of the best i've seen in 3 years of playing SH3 so well done. Hope my post didn't add to the confusion.
I know the game engine is restricting and I know you have endeavoured to mod the optic stations (periscopes, UZO, Binnocs) so that we can use them in a fashion similar to the way they were really used in real life. I believe your goal is for a commander to obtain info from these stations that reflect the info they would have obtained in real life, ideally with a similar level of uncertainty. I suppose what i'm saying is that as long as the commander is able to aquire target data to the same level as in real life then the mechanism of how that is acheived is secondary.
That said, the mechanism you've employed in your mod are very good and go a long way in overcoming the failings of the original SH3 release in this domain.
So a big thankyou to you.