Zoom of the Periscope?

Fortune · 03-22-08, 02:20 PM

Is it correct, that both, the observation and the attack periscope zooms 1x or 4x?
I always thought that the obersavtion periscope can zoom 1x and 4x but the attack periscope 1,5x and 6x?
It's hard to get the range of a target at long distances just seeing it 4 times bigger than normally.

AVGWarhawk · 03-23-08, 04:02 PM

There is a magnification of the scope mod in the SH4 mod forums. I know it worked for 1.4 but may not be ready for 1.5. Search the mod forum for it.

Hitman · 03-23-08, 04:42 PM

There were lots of periscope models for UBoats in WW2, however, all attack periscopes I have seen were 1.5x/6x.

For late war observation periscopes, the correct zoom would also be 1.5x/6x. Fortunately, this is easy enough to fix in the cameras.dat file.:hmm:

Here is a pic of a real german observation periscope manual, indicating clearly the 1.5x/6x for this late war model (Binocular type):

LukeFF · 03-23-08, 05:02 PM

Nice one there, Hitman! Is that yours?

1.5x and 6x magnification is valid for both periscopes on the German and American submarines.

Fortune · 03-23-08, 06:53 PM

Thanks a lot, Hitman!

Fortunately I don't have to translate

03-22-08, 02:20 PM	#1
Fortune Watch Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 20 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Zoom of the Periscope? Is it correct, that both, the observation and the attack periscope zooms 1x or 4x? I always thought that the obersavtion periscope can zoom 1x and 4x but the attack periscope 1,5x and 6x? It's hard to get the range of a target at long distances just seeing it 4 times bigger than normally.

03-23-08, 04:02 PM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	There is a magnification of the scope mod in the SH4 mod forums. I know it worked for 1.4 but may not be ready for 1.5. Search the mod forum for it. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

03-23-08, 04:42 PM	#3
Hitman Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 6,099 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 2	There were lots of periscope models for UBoats in WW2, however, all attack periscopes I have seen were 1.5x/6x. For late war observation periscopes, the correct zoom would also be 1.5x/6x. Fortunately, this is easy enough to fix in the cameras.dat file.:hmm: Here is a pic of a real german observation periscope manual, indicating clearly the 1.5x/6x for this late war model (Binocular type): __________________ One day I will return to sea ...

03-23-08, 05:02 PM	#4
LukeFF Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Riverside, California Posts: 3,610 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 5	Nice one there, Hitman! Is that yours? 1.5x and 6x magnification is valid for both periscopes on the German and American submarines. __________________ ROW Sound Effects Contributor RFB Team Leader

03-23-08, 06:53 PM	#5
Fortune Watch Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 20 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks a lot, Hitman! Fortunately I don't have to translate