Can we have the old Map Icons back?

[aac]

Personally I like the new map especially with the ability to do the shift/left click and scroll the map.  I also like the fact that there are symbols showing the strat targets which I used to have to go fly the map offline and map for myself along with landing at each field so I would have the alt. logged for every base on the map.  So.... lets keep the map

my penny's worth

[Mickey1992]

Can someone please explain how to get the left shift + mouse button scroll thingy to work?

Hopefully HTC will add scrollbars or something.  I can see how a newbie would be really turned off logging in for the first time and seeing this:
 

[Zippatuh]

I like the new map.  I like being able to turn the names and altitudes off or on.  It is busy when viewing the whole map with alt and name tags on but I don’t use it that way.  I also like being able to see where all the facilities are.

Most of the time I have the map zoomed in only showing 4 grids.  I may zoom out to check what base was just captured or where the front is moving but for the most part I’m zoomed in.

Mickey, if you hold the shift key down, then hold the mouse button down you can move the maps center point.  This is similar to the scroll bars, just without the scroll bars  .  I’m not sure how to explain it other than this.  Cya up!

Zippatuh

[Ripsnort]

Put me in Zips camp.

[AcId]

I would just like for the map to stay in place after I shift-left-click-move the map. After I hit Esc and bring it back up it defaults to center instead of where I manualy moved it to, hey, I wanted it right here    

[ 12-11-2001: Message edited by: AcId ]

[oki]

how about fewer fields, who needs so many fields anyways? Then that will clear up some room so that the base #'s can be actually read. Or even make the filed #'s single digit or letters, who the heck needs base 1 then 13 then 52 then ... whatever.

[Skorpyon]

A simple solution (which I posted elsewhere) would be to add the ability to toggle the field info icons.  Everything else can be toggled, why not those too?  Once I see the attributes of my target, I have no need for all the clutter and would like to turn the info icons off, like I can with everything else.  Just a thought.  

[San]

How about an option to toggle the map or the entire knee board to full screen.

Sandog

[lazs1]

lepaul said... "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"

Well... I would say that it falls more into the category of.... "even a blind hog roots up a truffle once in a while."  rather than some sort of cosmic event.
lazs

[Nifty]

I didn't know the hogs used their eyes to find truffles...  interesting...  

anyways, I have no prob using the new map.  

[hitech]

What the next go around of the map will have.

White text lables for fields, with rook/bish/knight only in red/green.
Will see if I can make the font clearer.

2. ability to turn on or off strat icons field icons will stay.

3. change color of the map rooms.

HiTech

[popeye]

Yeeha!    

[Tilt]

Originally posted by LePaul:
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?

I find the new map system a very significant improvement over what went before.

Field names are precise and not blurred by the zoom factor.

We can have as much or as little detail as we choose.

We know where the map rooms are (which is pretty good intelligence)(change your squad colour)

and the map definition is now superb as well.

Tilt