[TEC] Range finding using the horizon?

[tater]

Doesn't work.

I checked it last night. It's cool that ships are sunk below the horizon, but I tested last night vs this on a lark:



Using the profile of Kongo in ONI 41-42 I. No dice. I set up a mission at ~10 nm range, 90 degree AOB. Interestingly, my first guess (assuming a height above sea level on a Porpoise of 30 feet (looking at crew vs waterline)) showed around 20,000 yards!

Looked good.

I got closer, and the map contacts showed Kongo at ~5.3nm. The horizon cut Kongo about the same though.

Too bad, it'd make no contact reports so much cooler if you could get the range.

I guess it might be possible to make a similar table for SH4's world geometry...