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Offline Virage

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Dot visual range?
« on: February 03, 2001, 05:41:00 PM »
At what range do "dots" become visible?
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Dot visual range?
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2001, 09:22:00 PM »
Threw in more info than you probably needed.  Look at number 30.0

27.0 ) RadarAlt = 500         ( min setting = 1 / max setting = 1000 )  believe this is in feet
Not sure if this means that planes that fly below Radar Altitude setting are not picked up on radar.

**(Ver2.1)    Sets minimum radar altitude range "Above Ground Level".   

28.0 ) TowerBasedRadarRange = 63360   ( min setting = 0 / max setting = 264000)  
a ) 1 = 1 foot        b ) 5280 = 5280 feet ( 1 mile )    c ) 63360 = 12 miles      d ) 264000 feet = 50 miles
Distance that the radar senses from towers.

29.0 ) RadarMode[0] = 0         ( min setting = 0 / max setting = 63)   
29.1 ) RadarMode[1] = 0         ( min setting = 0 / max setting = 63)
29.2 ) RadarMode[2] = 0         ( min setting = 0 / max setting = 63)
Haven't tried anything with this yet.  Believe this is the distance from your plane or vehicle radar sees in miles so that you can see players on your map.  In miles?

**(Ver2.1)  Radar must be set for each country individually.  
Radar mode is a combination of the following flags:
      Full Friendly - 1
      Tower Friendly - 2
      Full Enemy - 4
      Tower Enemy - 8
      Disable Friendly Counters - 16
      Disable Enemy Counters - 32

To turn on full radar for everyone, the commands would be
" .vset RadarMode[0] 5 " for Bishops,
" .vset RadarMode[1] 5 " for Knights, and
" .vset RadarMode[2] 5 " for Rooks.
 
To turn radar dots off completely, use
" .vset RadarMode[0] 0 ",
" .vset RadarMode[1] 0 ", and
" .vset RadarMode[2] 0 ".
 
To turn sector counters off, use
" .vset RadarMode[0] 48 ",
" .vset RadarMode[1] 48 ", and
" .vset RadarMode[2] 48 ".
(or use gui to set, comes down to what your most familar with.)

30.0 ) IconMode[0] = 0         ( min setting = 0 / max setting = 1)
30.1 ) IconMode[1] = 0         ( min setting = 0 / max setting = 1)
30.2 ) IconMode[2] = 0         ( min setting = 0 / max setting = 1)
Haven't tried anything with this yet but I quess it control the icons that show the players name, plane type or distance?

**(Ver2.1) AH currently supports 2 different icon settings. One visible at 6k, the short setting at 3k.
0 =  FAR ( 6k ),  1 =  NEAR ( 3k ).

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Dot visual range?
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2001, 04:02:00 AM »
Thnx Pokie.

What I am curious about is at what range will a plane first become a black dot at the default setting?  Neon icons appear @ 6k but you first see the black dot at a much greater distance.  Does anyone know how far it is?
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