Does anyone play at max difficulty?

[CapnScurvy]

Originally Posted by jcope

Good to know. When your OTC upgrade for RFB is complete, I'll be first in line.

I assume the problem is with the range measurement and not bearing/azimuth.

I know there is a thread on this somewhere... I need to go read it again.

The inconsistently rendered periscope/TBT views create the problem of not getting an accurate range to target when you use the Telemeter Divisions (the hash marks on the scope lens) for measurement. There's no problem with getting the relative bearing of a target.

The lens themselves never change in size......the outside ("camera") view of the world does. Depending on what you've set your screen resolution/aspect ratio to, each of them have the world view "sized" differently. A target will measure differently at a specific distance depending on the screen option you choose. This issue occurs for both American and German side of play, and for all I know, is found in both SHIII and SH5.

The OTC thread points out the particulars further down in the first post of the thread.

As far as gleaning the range with the stadimeter, the world view doesn't make any difference. The measurement can be made accurate (least as accurate as can be done with a steady hand of placing the waterline onto the exact point that's supposed to be used) with having correct height measurements. Do each target height measurements need to be corrected? Well, they need to be checked.

Take for instance TMO's 2.5 measurement of the Japanese Hiryu CV. It's listed at 20 meters tall to the top of the mast. To get an accurate range measurement at ANY distance, the mast height needs to be set to around 37 meters tall. Nearly double what it's listed measurement is. This means the TMO stadimeter range taken for the Hiryu is going to be only half the true distance it should be. You'll not get a good firing solution with that kind of measurement.