Improved Church's Observation Scope

[Wolfehunter]

Look I made it Generic Mod enabled possible. I did the corrections so its easy for everybody and added 2 pics to prove it works. If the creator wants it I can email it to him so he can repost it here as soon as he PM's me. Unless I missed something?:hmm:


http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ewopscope2.jpg

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ewopscope1.jpg

Now if sometime did this faster than I oops my bad. I didn't read all the post.

This is for Stock 1.4b. I'm not using any megamod yet.

[Hitman]

I'm sorry to arrivel late to this topic I have been reading from the beginning and there was a question left unaswered where I think I can help.

Apparently the shape of the periscope field of view has been done following the pattern of the external look of the lense. Thus it is squared.

Well, the external pattern is squared to allow prism tilting (Looking up and down) due to the bigger size of the scope head, where the lenses are located. The look through the eyepiece still shows a circular field of view, like the Attack scope, not a squared one.

Hope that helps :hmm:

[Hitman]

Here is a picture of a real manual from a WW2 german observation scope, showing the reticle displayed in the field of view, and how this last one looks like:



P.S. the manual states that the zoom is 1.5x and 6x, not 1x and 4x !

[Mast]

That's great info Hitman! I'm I the only one that thinks that Church's Observation scope should be the attack scope? With Hitman's recent info, I feel that Church's scope should be for the attack scope and observation scope should look like Hitman's picture. What do you think?

Mast

[Wolfehunter]

Originally Posted by Mast

That's great info Hitman! I'm I the only one that thinks that Church's Observation scope should be the attack scope? With Hitman's recent info, I feel that Church's scope should be for the attack scope and observation scope should look like Hitman's picture. What do you think?

Mast

I think your right.:hmm: It makes sense.

[Hitman]

Sorry guys, the attack scope had also the same rounded field of view. Again, the squared upper part of the scope head was to allow prism tilting. See it here, in this technical drawing of the attack scope head:



You can clearly notice that there is a diagonal mirror sending down the tube the light rays that enter the ocular. Tilting that mirror you could elevate/depress the view, and for it to have a clear view all around the form of the external protecting glass window had to be squared.

[Mast]

Originally Posted by HitMan

Sorry guys, the attack scope had also the same rounded field of view.

Thanks for clearing that up Hitman. I was going by the exterior pictures of the periscopes themselves.

Mast

[Sailor Steve]

I too said on a different thread that since the eyepiece is round the view would be round, no matter what the shape of the head. Same with the binoculars, though you see that view in movies so much that the real view looks wrong.:rotfl:

Originally Posted by Hitman

P.S. the manual states that the zoom is 1.5x and 6x, not 1x and 4x !

What does the manual say about the Attack 'Scope zoom? Are they the same?

[Hitman]

What does the manual say about the Attack 'Scope zoom? Are they the same?

Yes, AFAIK the zooms used in the KM where 1.5x and 6x always. The reason for choosing 1.5x as low power instead another is that after some experimenting they found out that ships looked that way almost identical size to the eye than when being seen through naked eye from the bridge. I.e. the zoom was chosen to keep the view as similar as possible to the real thing and thus allow a better awareness of the situation to the commander

Hitman

According to the information you gave, i think the stock look of observation scope is not correct eather .