Range Icons and Ground Vehicles?

[-=Silo=-]

I know I am kinda new around here so perhaps i may have missed the thread, but if icons are off in Tank vs. Tank... why shouldnt they be off in AC vs. Tank?
(with friendly icons on of course   )

Its logical and consistant with ground warfare that ground forces should have no icons at all. You can see dots already... isnt that enough? Besides what makes the Tank vs Tank battles so fun is the lack of icons. the same could be said for anti-ground aircraft attacks.

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-=Silo=-
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[Ripsnort]

Hiya Silo!

I agree, theres no reason why enemy A/C icons shouldn't be off for tanks , since tank vs. enemy tank icons already are off.

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[This message has been edited by Ripsnort (edited 07-13-2000).]

[Fishu]

I was considering of writing thread like this too...

Theres not really any sense why planes can see tank icon but vehicles cant see vehicle icons, at least, planes can see your tank from over 8000 yards away as BIG dot in the ground.. that does NOT need icons.

Though, my wish would be to hide that dot for the vehicles until more realistic range..

Other idea would be to modify those different land layers so that forrest ground layer would totally hide tank from aircrafts (very hard to see tank through thick forrest!)
and then make it more visible on open fields.

[Mickey1992]

From the 1.03 patch:
Enemy vehicle icons can now only be seen at 1500 yards by planes and not at all
by other vehicles. Friendly vehicle icons remain unchanged. Long range dots
are no longer shown on vehicles.

Aircraft no longer see vehicle dots from 10K away.  I feel that the vehicle icons at 1.5K makes up for the fact that there is no exhaust or dust visible from the tank's movement.

Mickey

[snafu]

Hi All,
Why not extend this to Aircraft as well if they are below Radar. (Currently to high @ 500ft). Lower it to 200 ft This would mean that Aircraft would still have Icons most of time except in the "Lowlands" but would give the goon a better chance. Oh yes and lose the Icons for the Troops, They might as well be wearing "Dayglo" tunics and they serve no useful purpose. Make the M16's etc work for the kill.

Just my Opinion.

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