[HELP] The ruler tool

[archer9]

Ok, alright, I get it. But no, that is not what I was looking for. Here I'l give you an example:



You see it shows that the distance is 100 meters although the actual lenght is 50 meters. So what I want is a ruler which shows the EXACT correct values. I've had no moding experience with SH3 at all. But looking at all the wonderful mods you guys have made, adjusting ruler values wouldn't seem too hard to be done. Would it?


Ok, it might seem nitpicking to you. But here is why it is so important to me. I always like to get into a perfect position before launching torpedoes. That means 90 degree angle. To do that I MUST know the exact course of the target. Which means drawing a straight line connecting the 3:15 marks. But because I'm a noob and the ruler "problem" I often get false results which means I can't get a straight line... And that is a problem. Especially when my speed barely exceeds the enemy ship's speed. Which means I'll have to race him for quite a distance. (That would of course involve time compression.) That means I can easily lose the target if the course is not corect. Even 50 meters can make a huge difference in a long run.

[Fader_Berg]

There are no such mod, and I doubt there will be one, since it's in the code and cannot be changed. (Well, not with ease anyway...)

There is nothing like a perfect position or exact distance. Like Pisces said, the WO can be 100 meters off to begin with, (which must be considered quite accurate at a distance of 4000 meters). Estimates are all you've got.
Each and every measurement will and can not be exact. But by doing a whole bunch of them, you can end up with a course pretty close to exact. They might not show up in a straight line off course, but you can still draw a stright line that averages your marks. That's what its all about. Two or three marks will not do it. You'll have to make ten or twenty. By doing so, the WOs 100 and the rulers 50 meters off, doesn't make any significant difference.

Sometimes you ain't got the time it takes to get a fair course of the target. That's how life is. You'll have to gamble a bit or wait for a better opportunity. In a Type II you can rule out the gambling.

[makman94]

actually there is an accurate ruler . here : [REL] Improved Malloy's Ruler

@Archer9 : you will find the instructions of how to use it inside its .rar
you can use it at any scale of navmap but the most comfort scale is the 0-500m of map . study carefully the readme and you will figure out that the tool can be used at any scale with the proper attention at the divisions of map's scale

@Fader_Berg : you are drawing lines on paper and not at sea !
if i give you a ruler and a paper and ask you to draw a 16,85 cm long line ...you can't do it with extreme accuracy ? it is the same thing ! Navigator officer has a ruler and a paper and wants to draw a 20cm long line....why not to be able to it with extreme accuracy ?

If you don't trust the ruler, use the compass.

[Fader_Berg]

Originally Posted by makman94

@Fader_Berg : you are drawing lines on paper and not at sea !
if i give you a ruler and a paper and ask you to draw a 16,85 cm long line ...you can't do it with extreme accuracy ? it is the same thing ! Navigator officer has a ruler and a paper and wants to draw a 20cm long line....why not to be able to it with extreme accuracy ?

Well, one might want to draw lines with extreme accuracy just for the sake of it. I didn't think of that.
However, if I had a ruler that made it possible for me to draw a line down to nanometer precision. I would not use it to that extent, since you told me just to be within a tenth of a milimeter.
What I'm trying to say is, that he'll be well off with the existing ruler. Since he will not get any data to work with, that makes the more accuracy worthwhile. Not in practikal use, anyway.