Need Help Setting Gunsight Magnifications

[HMSmith1963]

This is not a request for a mod so much as it is a request for help with a mod. 

 

I don't have very good eyesight anymore, so I am very happy that Aslain includes gun sights that go up to 60x magnification. The problem is, the list that goes up to 60x takes too long to scroll, as my bad eyesight is coupled with really lousy hand-eye coordination and finger speed. This is not a theoretical issue. For example, just this morning I was blown up on Mannerheim Line because I could not zoom in fast enough to target the little bugger who was shooting at me. 

 

I did a lot of research and figured out how to edit the *.json files in the mod pack so that i could pare the list to something quicker to scroll through. (SO I THOUGHT!!!) My efforts at programming are not highly successful, to put it mildly. 

 

I spent a couple hours today writing up what I do when I attempt to edit the *.json files, along with the depressing (mostly lack of) results that comes from it. 

 

 

I'm hoping that one of you tech wizards will be able to look at it all, and immediately say "Hey dummy, you neglected to ..." Or perhaps someone knows of a good "*.json for Dummies" web sight?  

 

Any and all help will be highly appreciated. 

 

 

Here is what I do when I am trying to edit things on my own. 

 

 

First, I shut down WoT

 

Next, I go into the “C” directory on my laptop and scroll down until I find the following folder

C:\Games\World_of_Tanks_NA\mods\configs\pmod

In that folder there are three files of interest:

_single.json

zoomX.json

zoomDistance.json

 

I.  In the file “_single.json” I make the following changes in the sections on arcade mode and sniper mode (my input in bold)

 

[ARCADE MODE SECTION]

// Настраиваемое отдаление в аркадном режиме.

            // Customizable distancing in arcade mode.

            "arcadeSmartDistance" : {

                       

                        // true - включить функцию.

                        // true - enable function.        

                        "enable" : true,

                       

                        // Использовать готовую настройку

                        // Use predefined values

                        "useForcedSteps" : true,

                       

                        // Готовая настройка шагов

                        // Predefined velue list

                        "forcedSteps": [1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 5.0],

 

 

[SNIPER MODE SECTION]

/ Количество шагов в снайперском прицеле и ихняя кратность.

            // The number of steps in the sniper scope and multiplicity of theirs.

            "zoomX": {

                       

                        // true - включить модуль.

                        // true - enable the module.

                        "enable": true,

                       

                        // Список значений кратности снайперского режима.

                        // минимальное значение - 0.8, максимальное значение - 60, максимальное количество шагов - 20

                        // List of multiplicity sniper mode.

                        // minimum value - 0.8, maximum value - 60, maximum number of steps - 20.

                        "zoomXSteps": [8.0, 13.0, 21.0, 34.0, 55.0, 60.0]

 

 

II.         [In the file “zoomDistance.json” I make the following changes to the arcade mode settings:  

 

// Настраиваемое отдаление в аркадном режиме.

            // Customizable distancing in arcade mode.

            "arcadeSmartDistance" : {

                       

                        // true - включить функцию.

                        // true - enable function.        

                        "enable" : true,

                       

                        // Использовать готовую настройку

                        // Use predefined values

                        "useForcedSteps" : true,

                       

                        // Готовая настройка шагов

                        // Predefined velue list

                        "forcedSteps": [1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 5.0],

 

III.      In the file “zoomX.json” I make the following changes to the sniper mode settings

 

// Количество шагов в снайперском прицеле и ихняя кратность.

// The number of steps in the sniper scope and multiplicity of theirs.

 

{

           

            // true - включить модуль.

            // true - enable the module.

            "enable": true,

           

            // Список значений кратности снайперского режима.

            // минимальное значение - 0.8, максимальное значение - 60, максимальное количество шагов - 20

            // List of multiplicity sniper mode.

            // minimum value - 0.8, maximum value - 60, maximum number of steps - 20.

            "zoomXSteps": [8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 60]

 

IV.       AFTER MAKING ALL THESE CHANGES, I SAVE THE FILES AND RESTART WoTanks

 

I then go “back to bootcamp” (so that I can see if I accomplished anything without having to play a battle I’m really not into at the time). Results fall into three categories:

 

1.         No effect

 

This is the most common result. I would guess that I get no result at all at least 60% of the time and probably closer to 80% of the time.

 

2.         The changes “take” to some degree and for some (usually limited) length of time. This happens 20-30% of the time, (probably closer to 20%).

 

3.         The changes happen exactly as I was aiming for, and I can scroll seemlessly from Arcade Mode (at 1x, 2x, 3x, 5x, and 8x magnification), and one more slight bump of the scroll wheel takes me into Sniper Mode, overlapping the highest Arcade setting, and switching me automatically into Sniper Mode, and moving right up my list: 5x, 8x, 13x, 21x, 34x, 55x, 60x

 

This has happened a few times, but always something messes it up and I have to start all over again.

 

[Aslain]

I dont use single json in my modpack, I'm using splitted config. If you want to change camera, make your edits to zoomX.json and zoomDistance.json only and it should have work.

[HMSmith1963]

16 hours ago, Aslain said:

I dont use single json in my modpack, I'm using splitted config. If you want to change camera, make your edits to zoomX.json and zoomDistance.json only and it should have work.

Thanks so much, Aslain!  It works perfectly!