opticsZoomInit - What exactly does it do?

[doc. caliban 34]

Hello.

 

Custom optic.  opticsZoomMin and opticsZoomMax set and working.  (float values for 10x & 1x respectively)

 

My understanding of opticsZoomInit is that it's supposed to be the default zoom level when you first bring the scope up.  Is that not correct?

 

I try to set it to the value for 4x, but the scope always comes up at 1x.   Messing around with things seems to indicate that opticsZoomInit is completely ignorred.  The default is always whatever the lowest zoom setting is.  (opticsZoomMax)

[da12thMonkey 1943]

Is your optic using continuous zoom like you get with 3D scopes, or the stepped zoom with a modelOptics[] array that contains models for multiple sight pictures?

 

If it's the latter, the magnification values are set by the values in discretefov[] array instead or opticsZoomMin/opticsZoomMax.

And your init value is discreteInitIndex, instead of opticsZoomInit.With the index number being the position in the discretefov[] array (0, 1, 2 etc.)

[doc. caliban 34]

14 minutes ago, da12thMonkey said:

Is your optic using continuous zoom like you get with 3D scopes, or the stepped zoom with a modelOptics[] array that contains models for multiple sight pictures?

 

If it's the latter, the magnification values are set by the values in discretefov[] array instead or opticsZoomMin/opticsZoomMax.

And your init value is discreteInitIndex, instead of opticsZoomInit.With the index number being the position in the discretefov[] array (0, 1, 2 etc.)

Hey, that taught me a bit more about something I've seen, but didn't understand the distinction between. Thanks.

 

Mine is continuous zoom, so there must be something else that I'm missing.  The only thing I'm doing that's out of the norm for the vanilla scopes is setting the default zoom level to something other than the lowest magnification.  I think most scopes init to the low magnification anyway, so the issue may not show in most cases.

 

Best,

 

-Doc

 

p.s. A note on the stepped-zoom scopes: We determined last night that those are the only ones affected by the MP bug in which only one person can zoom with that type of scope at a time.  It does not affect continuous zoom scopes.  Posted the info to the bug tracker.  I'd rather my scopes be stepped, but no can do until that bug is fixed.