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Offline Adogg

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« on: May 12, 2004, 09:39:33 AM »
This probably doesn't count as a bug but it is a design flaw -

The Clipboard as it stands right now is a major impediment in the Hangar Area. With the Aircraft menu down it takes up way too much of the screen at a decent zoom to be useful.

Worse having to move it around a lot in order to select different aspects of the aircraft weapons layout slows you down when you are trying to scramble in defence of an airfield.

Finally, the absence of a "category" menu to let you quickly choose between aircraft types (fighters, bombers, vehicles) is also a major irritant.

Anyone else find this to be the case?

Offline Waffle

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« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2004, 09:53:54 AM »
Try a "right click" for your catagories :)

Offline Batz

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« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2004, 10:15:46 AM »
Why dont you just close the clipboard? Hit ESC and the clipboard is gone, hit esc and its back....

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« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2004, 01:36:40 PM »
personally I'd like a clipboard move speed setting, I get impatient waiting for it to go all the way from off to HUD position.
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Offline Adogg

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« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2004, 02:45:20 PM »
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Originally posted by Waffle BAS
Try a "right click" for your catagories :)


Thanks I will.


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Originally Posted by Batz Why dont you just close the clipboard? Hit ESC and the clipboard is gone, hit esc and its back....


Used not to be necessary I could look at the map and decide whether I had time to gain alt and pick a boomer or if i needed a turn fighter flipping back and forth seems tedious.

Just lazy and liked the old interface I guess:D

If it ain't broke don't fix it.

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« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2004, 04:00:22 PM »
Well I liek the new version, as a mentioned to the other guiy who has the same complaint as yours, you just spent several months worth of "hitting esc" typing out your 2 post. Each letter is 1 esc push :)