Icon Ranges

[Ping]

I for one will fly the Storch and call out targets...cause as a fp I SUCK 

I also agree friendlies should have Icons reduced the same.

[CAP1]

I have never seen a light colored dot. only ever seen black ones.

Sometimes I can see the general shape of an aircraft. It is usually to the degree that I can tell it's not a flying gv but nothing more than that until very close and under the current system I have icon by that time.

I am not trying to be smart here, I simply don't see what some of you seem to think is present on everyone's screen. Must be a setting or system failure on my part I guess.

 even with my old computer, i'd sometimes see a lighter color dot. i usually interpreted that as a "glint"

 mostly, i see black dots, but it generally becomes pretty obviousd pretty quickly what they are......

[2ADoc]

This is a good idea, but for a few problems.  I like the idea about the icon reduction, just have country, but not type, no distance.  The problem I see is with the guys using lower end computers that can't run the high graphics setting, or the hi res package.  What about the guy running on a laptop with a small screen.  Me running a large monitor already has an advantage, not that I mind with the way I fly, but I think doing this would cause some problems for the guys that are playing from laptops.

[mthrockmor]

I remember reading a story written by Chuck Yeager. He notes that he saw the Luftwaffe birds at roughly 50 miles. All he could see was dozens of black specks but he could see them. My Dad was a fire control director in the US Navy (served on the same class of cruiser found in this game, Baltimore Class, CA-73 St Paul). His primary qualification was his eyesight. He could spot planes at similar distances to the Yeager claim. As for me, got my Mom's eyes. Almost need a mid-air collision to spot it. In any case, very different ranges to consider. I personally think we should be able to see specks much further but not complaining.

Boo

[dkff49]

even with my old computer, i'd sometimes see a lighter color dot. i usually interpreted that as a "glint"

 mostly, i see black dots, but it generally becomes pretty obviousd pretty quickly what they are......

I'm not calling you a liar but I have seen P51's and P38's fly away from me and I have always seen a black dot fly away once out of icon range, never a lighter colored one. Maybe you have seen these things but I never have.

So how do I get the lighter colored dots.

[Karnak]

I've only ever seen the dots as black as well.

I use nVidia cards and Windows XP Pro, 32 bit.

[captain1ma]

the old midway map, you could see a white speck for Japanese planes a distance way further out then the icons. navy planes show up as blue dot. thats the only time ive seen colored dots.

[MK-84]

the old midway map, you could see a white speck for Japanese planes a distance way further out then the icons. navy planes show up as blue dot. thats the only time ive seen colored dots.

<--Windows 7 64bit laptop running everything except for ground range at pretty much minimum.

All airplanes appear as little grey/dark grey dots at a distance.  and I get the phantom Light grey dots when something is within range that appear infront of me, but are not actually at that position.

GV's appear as black specks at fairly long range, turning into lighter and lighter shades as I get closer.

Never seen aircraft appear different (other than bombers)

But thats on my crappy pc, not sure if this helps

[321BAR]

strange. guess its more of a help for certain comp systems but knowing the enemy for 30 seconds more is 30seconds ill take. in a major fight or mission those 30 seconds can be crucial

[guncrasher]

At a distance of two miles (11600 feet actually, 3733 yards) I can tell the difference between a Cessna 172 and a Cessna 206.  I have identified (including the airline livery) a 747 at 12 miles (radar call by approach -  21120 yards)  I can easily tell the difference between a B-17 and B-24 at over 5 miles.  From 13000 AGL it's quite easy to look down and check the cars in the parking lot to see if that hot skydiver chick has arrived yet.

The human eye is remarkable.

see that's the problem most of the guys who play the game couldnt tell the difference between a 747 or a cessna 206 even from 5 feet.

as a side note:  i flew the spit8 and the 9 for years and I got pretty familiar with it.  but i cant tell if the airplane is a pony or a spit from 3k out.  I can always spot the p38's. but you put a gun to my head and and I cant tell if it's a spit, pony or a 109.  specially when they're moving around.  I guess my eyes are pretty tired now since I must wear reading glasses.  I play with 3 23in monitors and except for some special shape planes, like the f4u, p38, i cant tell the difference between the rest.

and some guys can argue to death that yes at 6k you can tell the difference between a spit 8 and a spit9 then more power to you.  but if you insist on the lower icon range and we lose players because we cant see as good as you can, and keep in mind a lot of players are around my age, then you will be saving 15 bucks a month pretty soon.




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