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In real life, many tanks use different reticles depending on the current zoom and shell. This could make it easier to detect targets when zoomed out because there isn’t that much clutter in the way.
M1 Abrams zoomed out:
M1 Abrams zoomed in:
CV 90120 zoomed out:
CV 90120 zoomed in:
There are also non-digital sights with different reticles depending on the zoom. This is because you press a button on the fire control system that changes the zoom and reticle.
Image Stabilized Fire Control System on multiple Chinese tanks (from the manual of the MBT 2000):
Zoomed out:
Zoomed in:
Adding this feature to the game would significantly increase the immersion and realism of War Thunder, and I have already come up with a solution:
I suggest adding a new tab in the options menu. There you can choose two different sights (sight group 1) and a keybind to switch between them. If you bind the zoom key, it will change the sight when you zoom in and zoom back out again. It’s as simple as that.
For tanks with night vision/thermal devices, you could select two more sights (sight group 2) and a keybind to change sight group. If you bind “change sight group” to your night vision key, it will change the sight group when you select night vision.
Let’s say you are zoomed in on sight group 1 and switch to sight group 2, will the wrong sight be selected since you’re already zoomed in when switching sight group? This can easily be solved by making it so that every time you change the sight group, you zoom out. This will not be a problem since you can quickly zoom back in and most people will get used to it quickly.
Thank you for reading this suggestion!
Edit: this is just one idea that I have regarding custom sights. Other suggestions could be different sights for different cannons, and ammunition types and maybe a working backup sight system if the main optic gets destroyed.