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Offline LePaul

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Can we have the old Map Icons back?
« on: December 10, 2001, 03:10:00 PM »
No, Rude, not a whine   :)

I'm absolutely lost with the new icons.  Even with the Names/Labels on, and zoomed in deeply, I'm still not able to find bases.  

Again, this is just speaking for myself.  I thought the old icons worked great.

The Map Room/Yellow dot is very confusing as well, since our squad uses the orange dot.  If the radar bar overlaps the maproom, instant orange dot.  Opps.

Any chance we can have the old Map icons back?
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Offline Eagler

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« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2001, 03:20:00 PM »
one thing I noticed about the new icon labels is you can press the brake key (B I think) to toggle on/off while you have the map up..I like the alt info best.
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Offline popeye

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« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2001, 03:26:00 PM »
Maybe the map room dots could toggle on/off with one of the buttons, or at least change the dots to "sky blue".  Yellow is very visible and useful for icons, "sky blue" is useless for icons, but could still be seen on the green map background.
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« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2001, 03:32:00 PM »
Agree, the map is rather cluttered if airfield names are displayed and you have to zoom in to make any sense of the map.

The additional information now supplied is fantastic, but please tweak the icons and it'll be better   :)

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Offline jpeg

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« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2001, 03:44:00 PM »
Smaller font size for the labels would help a lot also
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Offline aknimitz

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« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2001, 06:45:00 PM »
I agree, I would like standard while letters for all the fields stating number/alt that are easy to read and color of which cannot be changed.

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Offline 2Late4U

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« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2001, 07:35:00 PM »
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Originally posted by jpeg:
Smaller font size for the labels would help a lot also

   :eek:  What are you TETCHED!?!?!?!   :eek:


I cant but barely make out the itsey bitsey lettering as it is.  I play at 1600x1200 and the fonts are so small as to be completely unreadable without noseprints on my monitor.  

I think we need a scalable/selectable font

[ 12-10-2001: Message edited by: 2Late4U ]
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Offline Beegerite

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« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2001, 07:41:00 PM »
I agree with my old squaddie regarding the alt. info.  This kind of info should be expanded upon and I would be so bold as to ask for a topographical map someday and while I'm at it a distance measuring tool so we can calc out how far away a target is.
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one thing I noticed about the new icon labels is you can press the brake key (B I think) to toggle on/off while you have the map up..I like the alt info best.
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Offline TeeeRex

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« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2001, 08:27:00 PM »
Hi Guy's  :p

Just a Thought,  What if the Bro's at AH could create a Square or a circle zoom via the mouse.
Put the mouse pointer on the map, click on it and it zooms or circles a 9 square grid area that U are working on the map. That area that U just clicked on becomes full size on the clipboard.  There would have to be a toggle tab on the clipboard to return to the arena map.    

Just a Thought.     ...Te...

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Offline Blue Mako

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« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2001, 10:00:00 PM »
My $0.02 to make the map more readable:

Make the base label text WHITE so we can see them through the sector DAR bars and against the map background.

Make the text change size with the zoom function.  (When you are zoomed out, the current one-size-fits-all labeling makes it impossible to read.)

Thanks.   :cool:
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Offline Ozark

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« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2001, 10:15:00 PM »
At first I didn't care too much for it. Now, after using INSERT and DELETE to zoom in and back...and placing the info I want on the map...I really like it.
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Offline majic

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« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2001, 11:22:00 PM »
Dunno, I really like all the info available and have adapted to the new style.  Keep it.  Sorry BD5.
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Offline TeeeRex

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« Reply #12 on: December 11, 2001, 01:42:00 AM »
Brother Oz & Guy's   :p

I just went and tried the "INSERT & DELETE" feture. AWESOME..

THAT'S THE TICKET!!  :cool:  ...Te...

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Offline lazs1

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« Reply #13 on: December 11, 2001, 10:22:00 AM »
hate to agree with lepaul but he's right.   I really don't need to know where the KOA campgrounds are on the map.
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Offline LePaul

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« Reply #14 on: December 11, 2001, 12:54:00 PM »
Oh my

Laz is agreeing with me, wow.

Mark your calendars, it doesn't happen often.

Come to think of it, we are due for another odd event soon, a solar eclipse...Friday.   :D
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