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Old 10-20-09, 01:55 PM   #114
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I understood, that you do not use the stadimetr, right? How do you get the range?
Basically there are two ways of doing it, as in real life Kaleuns did:

1.- By making a quick estimate of distance based on how much of the lense is covered by the target ship. F.e. if you see a 150 metres long ship covering the full field of view, it is at 1000 metres. If it covers half the FOV, it is at 2000, if only one third, at 3000, and so on. This is good for shooting when you are at very close range.

2.- By using the periscope vertical/horizontal scale. Sadly in SH3/SH4 it is hardcoded to display in degrees, and not in mils, as it was in real life. And that makes such quick calculations impossible. I have made my own custom reticle for the periscopes in mils, though, but it comes at the cost of losing some FOV to hide the old reticle.
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