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Tim Myrrhs:xbox: /* Spotting Mechanics */

2015-05-05T01:16:21Z

‎Spotting Mechanics

jswap:na: /* Tips */

2015-03-20T21:19:44Z

‎Tips

jswap:na: /* Examples */

2015-03-20T21:16:58Z

‎Examples

jswap:na: /* Spotting Duration */

2015-03-20T20:42:31Z

‎Spotting Duration

Tigerus1:eu: /* Examples */

2014-12-01T23:58:19Z

‎Examples

DeltaOperator:eu: /* Examples */

2014-10-11T23:45:23Z

‎Examples

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 If a vision ray is obstructed by non-transparent objects like houses, terrain, or even just a lamp post, this ray ends there and does not reach the target vehicle. Important to know is that both the vehicle being spotted as well as other vehicles from other players are fully transparent as far as spotting mechanics go.
-If no vision rays reach their target, you will not spot it. But if at least one of the six vision rays reaches the target, you will spot the vehicle and it will ''light up'' if it was previously hidden. At this point it makes no difference if any of the other visions rays would reach their target as well because.
+If no vision rays reach their target, you will not spot it. But if at least one of the six vision rays reaches the target, you will spot the vehicle and it will ''light up'' if it was previously hidden. At this point it makes no difference if any of the other visions rays would reach their target as well.
 ==== View Range Ports ====

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 ==== Tips ====
-*A camoFactor of 1 means your tank is invisible up to 50m to any possible spotter.
+*A camoFactor of 1 means your tank is invisible when over 50m away from any possible spotter.
 *Bushes or standing trees within the 15m diameter become transparent to your view. This helps you determine your distance from them.
 *To maximize your use of camouflage bonus provided by your environment, do not sit inside of bushes while you fire, instead sit more than 15m behind one or even several bushes. This is particularly important for scouts. Firing reveals your position. If you absolutely need to take a shot, e.g. to track your target for your team's artillery, pull back just before you take the shot - your target will stay visible to you even with the bush intransparent for the normal [[#Spotting_Duration|spotting duration]]. However, don't forget that enemies can see your tracers, so you may see shells homing in on your position despite being invisible to the enemy.
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 *Baiting the enemy to shoot you can be an effective tactic to light them up because of the camouflage reduction while shooting.
 *As long as you are outside of 445m [[#Maximum_Spotting_Range|maximum spotting range]] you do not need to worry about camouflage, you will be invisible to the enemy team regardless of what you do. The difficulty is knowing whether you are outside of their maximum spotting range - keep paying attention to the minimap as enemy tanks get spotted and memorize their locations/count.
 === Radio Range ===

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 Say our spotting target has a baseCamo coefficient of 25% or 0.25 while standing still and 15% or 0.15 while moving the hull. The camoAtShot factor is 25% or 0.25 as well. The entire crew of 5 has 100% [[Crew#Skills|Camouflage skill]] level and the Commander has 100% [[Crew#Roles|primary skill]] level. [[Equipment#Improved_Ventilation|Improved Ventilation]] equipment is installed. Our noooo limit
-Should this calculation be confusing to you, remember that you need to factor in both the bonus from Improved Ventilation equipment as well as the [[Crew#Bonuses|Commander bonus]].
+Should this calculation be confusing, remember that you need to factor in both the bonus from Improved Ventilation equipment as well as the [[Crew#Bonuses|Commander bonus]].
-It would, however, be understandable if the calculation above still seems confusing, because there's no way to tell what those figures relate to unless you spend some minutes figuring out the equation.
+To make things easier, here are the above numbers explained:
-To make things easier for you, here's the above numbers explained:
 :(CommanderSkill + VentBonus + (CrewSkill + VentBonus + (CommanderSkill + VentBonus) * 0.1) * NumberOfNonCommanderCrewMembers) / TotalNumberOfCrewMembersIncludingCommander = X

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 ==== Spotting Duration ====
-Once spotted, a vehicle stays lit up for a minimum duration of 5 seconds which can extend up to 10 seconds after the spotter moves out of spotting range or gets destroyed. The exact duration seems to be random. Tanks spotted right next to each other may stay lit up for different durations. The [[Crew#Perks|Designated Target]] perk for the Gunner extends this duration further.
+Once spotted, a vehicle stays lit up for a duration of 5-10 seconds after the spotter moves out of spotting range or gets destroyed. The exact duration seems to be random. Tanks spotted right next to each other may stay lit up for different durations. The [[Crew#Perks|Designated Target]] perk for the Gunner extends this duration further.
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 === Camouflage ===

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 Let's look at an example to see how it all comes together.
-Say our spotting target has a baseCamo coefficient of 25% or 0.25 while standing still and 15% or 0.15 while moving the hull. The camoAtShot factor is 25% or 0.25 as well. The entire crew of 5 has 100% [[Crew#Skills|Camouflage skill]] level and the Commander has 100% [[Crew#Roles|primary skill]] level. [[Equipment#Improved_Ventilation|Improved Ventilation]] equipment is installed. Our tank is sitting completely inside of a dense bush and has not been moving for more than 3 seconds.
+Say our spotting target has a baseCamo coefficient of 25% or 0.25 while standing still and 15% or 0.15 while moving the hull. The camoAtShot factor is 25% or 0.25 as well. The entire crew of 5 has 100% [[Crew#Skills|Camouflage skill]] level and the Commander has 100% [[Crew#Roles|primary skill]] level. [[Equipment#Improved_Ventilation|Improved Ventilation]] equipment is installed. Our noooo limit
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-The [[Crew#Effective_Training_Level|effective camouflage skill]] is:
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-:(100 + 5 + (100 + 5 + (100 + 5) * 0.1) * 4) / 5 = 113.4
 Should this calculation be confusing to you, remember that you need to factor in both the bonus from Improved Ventilation equipment as well as the [[Crew#Bonuses|Commander bonus]].

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 Now to get a complete spotting example, let's add an example spotter with an [[#How_tank_stats_are_calculated|effective view range]] of 400m. [[#Spotting_Range|Spotting range]] is calculated as follows:
-''First example:'' 400 - (400 - 50) * 0.929140625 = 95.01m spotting range.
+''First example:'' 400 - (400 - 50) * 0.8713125 = 95.04m spotting range.
 ''Second example:'' 400 - (400 - 50) * 0.1387875 = 351.42m spotting range.