0002820: Wrong zoom values on lots of scopes

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(0005640) reyhard (administrator) 2016-12-27 00:36	not going to change anytime soon due to huge effort with reticle remaking

(0005641) Griggs (reporter) 2016-12-27 00:45 edited on: 2016-12-27 00:56	Maybe changing all other scopes with fov 0.25 to fov 0.35 will be more balanced solution until major changing of all other reticles? It's also faster - there is no need to draw new textures - just decrease height and weight of existing textures and that's all. I've counted only 3 scopes with fov 0.25 - M145, Specter and Premier. It's really not good having them with increased zoom, compared to other optics. Especially M145 which has nearly x4 magnification feeling, comparing to ACOG. And Specter which has x5.6 magnification, comparing to ACOG, again.

(0005642) reyhard (administrator) 2016-12-27 10:22	we will investigate changing fov to 0.35 to these scopes

(0005643) da12thMonkey (administrator) 2016-12-27 15:39	Ideally I'd like to use 0.25/Magnification for all the optics too. Since BIS made the change, new scopes added to the mod have generally followed that convention; as you have noticed with the newer SpecterDR, Premier M8541A etc. But as reyhard stresses it's a matter of remaking some reticles and recalibrating them. So probably wont change for old scopes soon For most of the scopes you listed it's a simple matter of scaling the reticle by 1.4x (0.35 / 0.25 = 1.4)and perhaps doing some small ballistic adjustments for the PGO sights. However, the 4x ACOG and 1P29 have bigger issues when the magnification factor is changed to match 0.25/4. Namely that rescaling the reticle according to the new magnification, means it no longer fits inside the screen aperture. For the ACOG it would mean creating a wider scope aperture texture like this: http://i.imgur.com/PG7Z3y0.png [^] Reticle scaled by 1.4 to match 0.25/4 magnification http://i.imgur.com/Y0oUhHs.png [^] Widening of the aperture to fit the newly scaled reticle Since some more new optics attachments are being added in 0.4.2 that use 0.25/Magnification we'll have to do an assessment in future on whether to scale up old scopes, or scale down new ones, or just continue to leave it as is and accept the limitations of computer displays being unable to properly represent true optical FOV and acuity within their limited screen space.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2016-12-27 00:23	Griggs	New Issue
2016-12-27 00:36	reyhard	Note Added: 0005640
2016-12-27 00:36	reyhard	Status	new => closed
2016-12-27 00:36	reyhard	Assigned To	=> reyhard
2016-12-27 00:36	reyhard	Resolution	open => won't fix
2016-12-27 00:45	Griggs	Note Added: 0005641
2016-12-27 00:46	Griggs	Note Edited: 0005641	View Revisions
2016-12-27 00:52	Griggs	Note Edited: 0005641	View Revisions
2016-12-27 00:54	Griggs	Note Edited: 0005641	View Revisions
2016-12-27 00:56	Griggs	Note Edited: 0005641	View Revisions
2016-12-27 10:22	reyhard	Note Added: 0005642
2016-12-27 15:39	da12thMonkey	Note Added: 0005643

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