[WEP] New Periscope, no need for a Stadimeter.

emtguf · 03-16-10, 11:01 PM

And of course that should say [WIP] damn lack of sleep.....
Been working on getting this new periscope calibrated today, and right now am about 100m off which is much better than the stadimeter at present.
I am thinking 100m could also just be chalked up to human error in taking a reading.

Here is how this works....
Using the new and improved Recog manual I get the mast height.
I take that number and multiply it by 100 so in this case it is 39x100=3900
Then I take a reading from the periscope. As you can see it is between 3.5 and 3.8 marks up from the waterline. I then divide 3900 by my reading. This gives me my range. In this case if I divide on the small end by 3.5 I get 1100 and some change, if I divide by 3.8 I get 1026. The ship is actually sitting at 1000m exactly.

So all together.
Mast height X 100 / Periscope reading = distance.

I plan on releasing a couple of versions of this. One for the Stock UI, then also for Darkwraith's UI mods.
Hoping I can just add in a couple of files that he hasn't modded to keep things all nice and neat.

Should have something out in a couple of hours unless I pass out.
Of course I can't log into the game right now seems UBI is down so testing against Darkwraiths mods may take a bit.

TheDarkWraith · 03-16-10, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by emtguf

And of course that should say [WIP] damn lack of sleep.....
Been working on getting this new periscope calibrated today, and right now am about 100m off which is much better than the stadimeter at present.
I am thinking 100m could also just be chalked up to human error in taking a reading.

Here is how this works....
Using the new and improved Recog manual I get the mast height.
I take that number and multiply it by 100 so in this case it is 39x100=3900
Then I take a reading from the periscope. As you can see it is between 3.5 and 3.8 marks up from the waterline. I then divide 3900 by my reading. This gives me my range. In this case if I divide on the small end by 3.5 I get 1100 and some change, if I divide by 3.8 I get 1026. The ship is actually sitting at 1000m exactly.

So all together.
Mast height X 100 / Periscope reading = distance.

I plan on releasing a couple of versions of this. One for the Stock UI, then also for Darkwraith's UI mods.
Hoping I can just add in a couple of files that he hasn't modded to keep things all nice and neat.

Should have something out in a couple of hours unless I pass out.
Of course I can't log into the game right now seems UBI is down so testing against Darkwraiths mods may take a bit.

you only changed a .dds file right to change the lines?

emtguf · 03-16-10, 11:38 PM

Actually changed a DDS file, and the cameras.cam file.
In my stand alone I also moved some things around in the periscope page files but that isn't needed for it to work since you already relocated your scope.
JSGME doesnt throw any errors when I add it after your mods, but just want to make sure it displays correctly as I had to calibrate the marks a lot to get good readings.

piri_reis · 03-17-10, 04:45 AM

Looks good.
Something like this will allow me to use "no map updates"

urfisch · 03-17-10, 04:50 AM

interesting! keep it up!

reaper7 · 03-17-10, 07:03 AM

Nice, great work there emtguf

Is the reading consistent with all ships.

03-16-10, 11:01 PM	#1
emtguf Machinist's Mate Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 128 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 3	[WEP] New Periscope, no need for a Stadimeter. And of course that should say [WIP] damn lack of sleep..... Been working on getting this new periscope calibrated today, and right now am about 100m off which is much better than the stadimeter at present. I am thinking 100m could also just be chalked up to human error in taking a reading. Here is how this works.... Using the new and improved Recog manual I get the mast height. I take that number and multiply it by 100 so in this case it is 39x100=3900 Then I take a reading from the periscope. As you can see it is between 3.5 and 3.8 marks up from the waterline. I then divide 3900 by my reading. This gives me my range. In this case if I divide on the small end by 3.5 I get 1100 and some change, if I divide by 3.8 I get 1026. The ship is actually sitting at 1000m exactly. So all together. Mast height X 100 / Periscope reading = distance. I plan on releasing a couple of versions of this. One for the Stock UI, then also for Darkwraith's UI mods. Hoping I can just add in a couple of files that he hasn't modded to keep things all nice and neat. Should have something out in a couple of hours unless I pass out. Of course I can't log into the game right now seems UBI is down so testing against Darkwraiths mods may take a bit. Last edited by emtguf; 03-16-10 at 11:11 PM.

03-17-10, 04:45 AM	#4
piri_reis Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Istanbul, Turkiye Posts: 715 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	Looks good. Something like this will allow me to use "no map updates" __________________ Lt.z.S. Barbaros Hayreddin, U-35, 2nd Flot/Kiel, Type VIIB Oct.29.1939, 2nd Patrol Eastern English Waters Running SH5/TWOS

03-17-10, 04:50 AM	#5
urfisch Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Deep down in Germany Posts: 1,969 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	interesting! keep it up! __________________

03-16-10, 11:38 PM	#3
emtguf Machinist's Mate Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 128 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 3	Actually changed a DDS file, and the cameras.cam file. In my stand alone I also moved some things around in the periscope page files but that isn't needed for it to work since you already relocated your scope. JSGME doesnt throw any errors when I add it after your mods, but just want to make sure it displays correctly as I had to calibrate the marks a lot to get good readings.

03-17-10, 07:03 AM	#6
reaper7 sim2reality Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: AM 82 Posts: 2,280 Downloads: 258 Uploads: 30	Nice, great work there emtguf Is the reading consistent with all ships.