Problem with 3000 yrd bearing tool

[CapnScurvy]

If the different aspect ratio/screen resolutions were simple in nature, the game would have figured out how to address the various ones available way-back-when. They didn't (mainly because when the game was released in 2007 we didn't even have flat, wide screen monitors available) so, we're left with a wide variety of resolutions/aspect ratios that produce inconsistent renderings of the game. We may be playing the same game but, what one player sees, can easily be different than another.

First off twm, what resolution do you use? You mention you've used a 4:3 screen aspect ratio, you also stated you've used the 1280x960 resolution. You've also stated you've jumped around trying different resolutions. So which resolution/aspect ratio are you using? The reason I need to know which you choose is because this is important for both Optical Targeting Correction and the 3000 Yard Bearing Plotter.

For instance, if you're using the 1280x960 resolution, this resolution has the 4:3 aspect ratio. OK then, your correct to use the basic OTC "main" mod since it corrects the 4:3 aspect ratio. But here's what puzzles me. Why are you using the 3000 Yard Bearing Tool that's for a 1152x resolution? Why not try the "3000 Yard Bearing Plotter (1280x)"??

If you use the 1280x960 resolution the correct Bearing Plotter is the 1280x one. Don't expect the 1152x, or any other resolution Bearing Plotter to work with a 1280xwhatever screen resolution.

I notice on the SubSim "Downloads" page for SH4, there is a mod called "3000 Yard Bearing Tool plus Air Contacts.7z". Is this the "tool" you're referring to? I don't know what this mod does and I've never downloaded it to see. The point is you may be using the wrong Bearing Tool/Plotter. Use the "Plotter" mods made by me to give an accurate measurement and pick the correct one to work with the screen resolution you settle upon.

For clarity, you should activate the OTC mod first, before the 3000 Yard Bearing Plotter 1280x.

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I'm going to check on my system, but I've got something to test regarding the games "Training Missions". It's something I've wondered about for quite some time. Does the Training Missions take a different "turn" with mods installed? I've heard of other players having results with the training missions that are inconsistent with a Campaign run game. It's been years since I've run a training mission, so I'm wondering if there's something to the mission reacting differently to an added mod, over a campaign game?