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Offline FLHMAN

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ZOOM TANK SIGHT
« on: October 04, 2011, 07:40:59 AM »
I have not been on the site for a bit. After loading all the updates I see a bunch of stuff has changed. I was not able to zoom the view when in a tank at the gunners position. Is it possable to do that anymore ?
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Offline Hap

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Re: ZOOM TANK SIGHT
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2011, 07:53:27 AM »
in some of the german tanks; but from position 1 you can zoom.  us tanks no zoomy zoomy from pos 2
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Offline gyrene81

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Re: ZOOM TANK SIGHT
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2011, 11:39:32 AM »
the tank main gun sight magnification is now based on what the real life version was capable of.
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Re: ZOOM TANK SIGHT
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2011, 09:40:08 PM »
so commanders never heard of binoculars, huh?  :P
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Re: ZOOM TANK SIGHT
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2011, 02:54:04 PM »
Quote from: Raptor05121 on October 04, 2011, 09:40:08 PM
so commanders never heard of binoculars, huh?  :P

Most of the binocs in WWII had a zoom of 7X, or there about.  The thing with giving the TC's that much zoom is that there would be almost no transition between the 7X zoom of their binocs and to the 2.5X zoom of a typical tank sight.  So, my hunch is that HTC may have sought to level the playing field a wee bit and omit the 7X binocs. 

Not a bad call, really.  In fact, I almost think that the standard 2.5X zoom the TC's have now is too much.  Maybe 2X?
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Re: ZOOM TANK SIGHT
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2011, 08:38:40 AM »
Quote from: Raptor05121 on October 04, 2011, 09:40:08 PM
so commanders never heard of binoculars, huh?  :P

You do have zoom on all vehicles from the commaders position (no 1)!
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Re: ZOOM TANK SIGHT
« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2011, 02:25:19 PM »
Remember that when "zoomed all the way in" in the tank commander position (or any other non-optics gunnery position), it's actually a 1:1 representation of what you'd see in reality. Problem being most of us don't have virtual-reality-esque headsets to not need the FOV compression that you get before you "zoom."
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Re: ZOOM TANK SIGHT
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2011, 02:02:12 PM »
Quote from: OOZ662 on October 09, 2011, 02:25:19 PM
Remember that when "zoomed all the way in" in the tank commander position (or any other non-optics gunnery position), it's actually a 1:1 representation of what you'd see in reality. Problem being most of us don't have virtual-reality-esque headsets to not need the FOV compression that you get before you "zoom."

This is not an accurate statement.

There are many issues when relating real life to a flat computer screen.

With optics the idea of zoom really doesn't make much since on a computer.

You can make an object larger (zoom in) just by moving your head closer to the screen.

Because of this simple fact you really can not say any give setting of zoom is what you would see in real life, because what you would see in real life is all defined by how far your eyes are from the monitor.

What we do in the tanks sights is make them all relative to each other with the same relative FOV (the black circle size) and ZOOM (how big objects are on the screen really the projection FOV) as the real world.


The amount zoom on the commanders position really depends on what your default FOV is in your graphic setup. But no matter what your (zoom out ) FOV is set at. When zoomed in your FOV is 25 degrees.

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