[POLL] Which radar ranges (yards) you prefer?

[LukeFF]

I say keep it at option A, as it's both historically accurate, and not much other than battleships could be detected at 30,000 yards. Plus, the 1945 edition of the Radar Operator's Manual notes that the maximum reliable range was, in fact, 30,000 yards.

[Anvart]

At first ... my native system is metrical system ...
Second ...
I would like to have historically true parametres ...

[ichso]

I don't have used radar in the campaign myself yet but I would also opt for the historical accurate version.

[Hitman]

LOL so the most of you admit that 40.000 yards is the maximum reasonable and usable distance, and that 40.000 to 60.000 is just empty space but then you prefer 60.000 because of its historical value?

OK, OK, so be it

Unless a dramatic change in the poll takes place, 3.000/20.000/60.000 will be the scale used

Not sure of this helps at all .... I've been lead to believe the game doesn't make anything appear beyond 40 Km ..... however in some very extensive radar testing I've been doing for the TSWSM, the maximum distance I've been able to track a unit out to is 42.67 Km.

If anyone knows how to get stuff to appear well beyond 40 km ... I'm all ears.

That's with Trigger Maru, which I have no idea if it tweaked the sensor, and of course the game seems to have some sort of random component where you might detect targets at longer ranges in certain conditions.

[Hitman]

UPDATE:

I'm very happy to report that Anvart's advice wroked as a charm and has allowed me to make all division in the screen equal, thus allowing effectively to create precision scales with high accurancy and in a quick time

Seems that finally different options could be available, after all, but the 60.000 one will ne the first to come out.

Thanks for the input guys!

[jmr]

Do you need help testing, Hitman?

[LukeFF]

Originally Posted by Hitman

UPDATE:

I'm very happy to report that Anvart's advice wroked as a charm and has allowed me to make all division in the screen equal, thus allowing effectively to create precision scales with high accurancy and in a quick time

What all did you change? This will be important for integration into RFB if/when the time comes.

[Hitman]

Do you need help testing, Hitman?

I hadn't thought about it since I am mainly testing this myself, but now that you mention it I will drop you a PM if you are interested for a brief testing period before the release

What all did you change? This will be important for integration into RFB if/when the time comes.

In the imperial units version changes are minimal and easy to add to the RFB files or whatever mod. I will release the mod with a changes log for modders willing to make it compatible. In the metrics version it gets more complicated because the range readout 3D model has to be added and that is a PITA according to Nisgeis. May be the inverse option would be better in that case, i.e. using the file from Nisgeis (Stock 1.5 files with the range readout added) and tweaking on it whatever is needed.

The only files touched are the CT .sim and .dat of all submarines. Tweaking the cameras.dat is not necessary, but very convenient for a closer look and better readability.

Cheers