Hi All
In the quest to refine my Periscope Objective mod i made a mission where a Zinbu Maru is placed at 6 different ranges at AOB 90°
The purpose was to calibrate the angular angle to give the correct altitude readouts at all the ranges as i had discovered some problems with the former mod.
In the periscope you have 6 lines horizontally below and to the right of the virticle line. Those 6 lines represent a height of 20 ft. at different set ranges. And the Zinbu Maru (Medium European Composite Superstructure Freighter) has very close to 20 ft. to the top of the deck behind the funnel.
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------------------------------------------- Horizontal line
|---------- 20 ft. @ 11.000 yards
|---------- 20 ft. @ 7500 yards
|---------- 20 ft. @ 2500 yards
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|---------- 20 ft. @ 1000 yards
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|---------- 20 ft. @ 500 yards
|---------- 20 ft. @ 400 yards
The problem turned out to be unsolvable
Problem is that the image are compressing near the center. This was true for SH3 as well. As far as i could see it happend inside 1° from center only.
An offset from this is that the ships are "placed" too far away visualy from around 1000 yards and out. They will appear smaller then they actualy are. It's not a visual problem at 1000 yards as you can still estimate AOB, but it becomes more problematic around 3000 yards.
Below are some images of the Zinbu at different ranges. I have marked the line where they SHOULD appear with the deck, and where they DO appear.
Please Dev's - Help us out on this one !! If not with the compression then with the physical placement of the ships. They do get placed further and further away and the error increases with distance. Its not showing up in the stadimeter range - that will be good for all ranges, but it shows on the physical height of the deck/mast.