Immersive Periscope [WIP]

Warning: this mod is under active development - WIP. The interface, balance, compatibility, and individual features may change. If you encounter a bug, describe the conditions under which it occurred and attach your LuaCs log.

A standard periscope simply shows the target. Immersive Periscope turns it into a complete optical observation and weapon control system, featuring a separate camera display, optical zoom, interference, telemetry, a scanner, and a rangefinder.

Main Features

• A separate resizable periscope window with a startup animation and a live view of the game world.

• Smooth optical zoom with 12 fixed steps and a brief lens refocusing effect.

• A weapon interface displaying ammunition data, velocity, deceleration, penetration, available power, and barrel temperature.

• External interference, firing interference and camera shake, image degradation at high magnification, and overheating effects.

• A directional scanner / mini-sonar with configurable range, cooldown, and a persistent scan map.

• A laser rangefinder with a separate assignable key and toggle or hold mode.

• Optional automatic highlighting of living moving creatures, including a full bounding frame, movement data, and armor analysis without manual target-locking mechanics.

• Camera quality, resolution, and refresh-rate settings, including a mode without an internal FPS limit.

• Server settings for unified control of gameplay features in multiplayer.

Controls

• Mouse Wheel - optical zoom.

• Mouse 5 by default - scanner. A short press creates a standard pulse and resets the stored map; holding the button performs a persistent scan.

• Mouse 4 by default - laser rangefinder.

Singleplayer and Server

In singleplayer, the parameters are available in the LuaCs settings. In multiplayer, gameplay features are configured by the server and displayed in its settings panel: scanner, rangefinder, automatic highlighting, extended zoom, interference, camera shake, image quality, and camera FPS.

Compatibility

• LuaCs for Barotrauma is required.

• Compatibility with Performance Enhancement has been added: the separate periscope camera correctly refreshes object culling so that the image and aiming do not break when both mods are used together.

Things to Know

• Immersive Periscope is still a WIP.

• High zoom levels may intentionally reduce image quality and FPS if the corresponding settings are enabled.

• Extended zoom up to 5× must be allowed by the server in multiplayer; otherwise, the zoom is limited to 2×.

• Some combinations of content mods, non-standard weapons, and graphical modifications may require additional compatibility support.

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