Protractor wrong angle!?

cptramos · 07-26-12, 07:02 AM

Hello

Fellow sailors , I am having a problem with my ingame protractor . It sems like it is not ginving me the rights angles and it is a problem when plotting straight runs and intercepts. When it shows 90degree it more looks like 100degree. I could have corrected this substracting 10 degree, but the error is not linear (Y=ax+b) I actually have to use a real prostractor on my computer screen sometimes.

have any of you had a similar problem?

If this has been posted before I apologize and i wil remove the post.

Oscar

troopie · 07-26-12, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by cptramos

Hello

Fellow sailors , I am having a problem with my ingame protractor . It sems like it is not ginving me the rights angles and it is a problem when plotting straight runs and intercepts. When it shows 90degree it more looks like 100degree. I could have corrected this substracting 10 degree, but the error is not linear (Y=ax+b) I actually have to use a real prostractor on my computer screen sometimes.

have any of you had a similar problem?

If this has been posted before I apologize and i wil remove the post.

Oscar

G'day Oscar,

Wow, that's one hell of a first post! You are obviously not a newcomer to subsimming eh?

palatum · 07-26-12, 07:27 AM

I believe this is due to that your game is visualized on a Widescreen-monitor 16:9, but the game itself is in 4:3 format, thus is 90 degree angles appearing wider/smaller. Test this by using your protractor along the grid lines of the map. That should confirm it

Palatum

troopie · 07-26-12, 07:39 AM

Yep, Just did a crude test at a couple of diferent resolutions with a piece of paper

; two perpindicular lines at NW and SW showed ~100 degrees in wrong resolution, and ~90 degrees in windowed mode, both showed 90 degrees when placed on grid lines.

Now to remember how to change resolution

!

cptramos · 07-26-12, 07:50 AM

I was thinking that it had to be something with the res. I guess I will have to use the res mod to change it right?

oscar

Gargamel · 07-26-12, 03:35 PM

Or run in windowed mode, as it's a waste not too with multiple monitors.

07-26-12, 07:02 AM	#1
cptramos Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: oslo Norway Posts: 6 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	Protractor wrong angle!? Hello Fellow sailors , I am having a problem with my ingame protractor . It sems like it is not ginving me the rights angles and it is a problem when plotting straight runs and intercepts. When it shows 90degree it more looks like 100degree. I could have corrected this substracting 10 degree, but the error is not linear (Y=ax+b) I actually have to use a real prostractor on my computer screen sometimes. have any of you had a similar problem? If this has been posted before I apologize and i wil remove the post. Oscar

07-26-12, 07:50 AM	#5
cptramos Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: oslo Norway Posts: 6 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	Thanks for reply kaleuns. I was thinking that it had to be something with the res. I guess I will have to use the res mod to change it right? oscar

07-26-12, 03:35 PM	#6
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Or run in windowed mode, as it's a waste not too with multiple monitors. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

07-26-12, 07:27 AM	#3
palatum Seaman Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Near Tirpitz' final grave Posts: 40 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	I believe this is due to that your game is visualized on a Widescreen-monitor 16:9, but the game itself is in 4:3 format, thus is 90 degree angles appearing wider/smaller. Test this by using your protractor along the grid lines of the map. That should confirm it Palatum

07-26-12, 07:39 AM	#4
troopie Captain Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Oz Posts: 507 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Yep, Just did a crude test at a couple of diferent resolutions with a piece of paper ; two perpindicular lines at NW and SW showed ~100 degrees in wrong resolution, and ~90 degrees in windowed mode, both showed 90 degrees when placed on grid lines. Now to remember how to change resolution !