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Offline SNO

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Re: Radar Feedback
« Reply #15 on: October 31, 2026, 02:19:55 PM »
Old habits are hard to break...

Give it time and most will adjust..

Trying to clear SNO's six I got him killed by looking at dar and not rolling over to see they were alot closer than dar showed..

I think he forgave me.. :)

It's a nice change for some of us..

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Re: Radar Feedback
« Reply #16 on: October 31, 2026, 03:52:33 PM »
I havent heard a single player praise the dar change. All are in agreement it was an awful implementation. In a game that demands situational awareness, where the default views are awful already, the clip board map is something players heavily rely on.

I dont understand why a detrimental change to game play would be implemented to the MA. You dont fix what is not broken.  :bhead

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Re: Radar Feedback
« Reply #17 on: October 31, 2026, 04:06:56 PM »
I havent heard a single player praise the dar change. All are in agreement it was an awful implementation. In a game that demands situational awareness, where the default views are awful already, the clip board map is something players heavily rely on.

I dont understand why a detrimental change to game play would be implemented to the MA. You dont fix what is not broken.  :bhead

I love it! There, there is one whos happy with it !   :)

I think once Hitech gets the icons to do a fade as the positioning report gets older it will be even better. I like the old "Keep your head on a swivel" mantra

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Re: Radar Feedback
« Reply #18 on: October 31, 2026, 04:16:33 PM »
I like the idea of the radar not being as accurate. I just think that the way it's displayed makes it confusing for people. Most of us by now know how it's working but maybe other people still don't realize what's going on with the radar. Because they see an individual plane that kind of burns the image in your head that that's like a location for an individual plane.


But I do love the idea that it's not up to date accurate. I think that it's cool to be relying on your own situationianal awareness. For instance when you go into the clouds, you can't just pull up the clipboard and see exactly where the guy is you're fighting. We have to keep eyes on him. I like that.

I know you guys were talking about having the fading color thing to represent how new the radar image was. I think that's a good idea. I think it might be cool that if initially the symbol shows up as the plane but then as it fades it just becomes a square so you can instantly look at it and see that's just like a representation of the general area..
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Re: Radar Feedback
« Reply #19 on: October 31, 2026, 04:24:46 PM »
I havent heard a single player praise the dar change. All are in agreement it was an awful implementation. In a game that demands situational awareness, where the default views are awful already, the clip board map is something players heavily rely on.

I dont understand why a detrimental change to game play would be implemented to the MA. You dont fix what is not broken.  :bhead

I agree.. exactly on point.. What the H*** was this supposed to accomplish?
Is it possible it was done to "go easier" on the game's server?
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Re: Radar Feedback
« Reply #20 on: October 31, 2026, 04:39:33 PM »
I remember dot dar.

I remember having to use more situational awareness back then, and I got good at it.

I detested the nearly-"tell all" dar that it became, but I got used to it.

I have no issue with the current dar as it is forcing me to get back into the old SA practice I was in the habit of doing 20 years ago.

If I did it then, I can do it again.
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Re: Radar Feedback
« Reply #21 on: October 31, 2026, 06:10:35 PM »
Yeah..it is a game..where's my f3 view for my 109..... :banana: :banana: :banana:

Close the clipboard when you are near a fight and look outside the cockpit..

It's a game but it's a ww2 aircraft game where in flight instant radar never existed..

I find it a refreshing change myself..even as the change has caught me not checking my six as often as I should..

Thanks HT  :aok

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Re: Radar Feedback
« Reply #22 on: October 31, 2026, 06:21:18 PM »
I remember dot dar.

I remember having to use more situational awareness back then, and I got good at it.

I detested the nearly-"tell all" dar that it became, but I got used to it.

I have no issue with the current dar as it is forcing me to get back into the old SA practice I was in the habit of doing 20 years ago.

If I did it then, I can do it again.

Love this, it’s wild that people forgot you actually had to look for enemy planes when you left your radar bubble…. I love the new radar. Brings back the thrill of actually having to use my views and look for planes than relying on my clipboard tracking system

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Re: Radar Feedback
« Reply #23 on: October 31, 2026, 07:13:52 PM »
HiTech said something about implementing a system that required a player to see and "report" a contact to make it appear on the clipboard (outside the field radar rings), and then have that contact fade away.  Sounds promising, I'm interested to see what he comes up with.
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Re: Radar Feedback
« Reply #24 on: October 31, 2026, 08:03:20 PM »
Love this, it’s wild that people forgot you actually had to look for enemy planes when you left your radar bubble…. I love the new radar. Brings back the thrill of actually having to use my views and look for planes than relying on my clipboard tracking system

I actually prefer the old dot system. I was surprised to see what the Dar system had become after a 16 year hiatus. That being said, the delay setting as it is now is like playing wack a mole. HT is working on it. And that is what matters.  :salute

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Re: Radar Feedback
« Reply #25 on: October 31, 2026, 08:47:40 PM »
The dar should go back to how it use to be back in AH2, with one easy change, make the radar harder to destroy. Make it 5k pounds.

The way I see it now, 2 things are happening.

Fighters getting ganged. Regardless of the timing, it still shows players near and around you no matter where you are on the map, whether inside the rings or not. Outside the rings should be no man's land where there is no radar. The conga line of players coming to gang makes it extremely difficult for players. There almost better off not being seen on radar. They should only show up inside the dar rings when the radar is up. A tank should not give away a players location

Bombers getting jumped way too early being spotted before they get to a field ruining their time spent. 90% of bombers arnt master gunners. This causes more players to get into Tu2s, or B26s which are extremely hard to shoot down and catch, they should be perked.

IMO ganging is the absolute worst due to this full on awacs dar and kill messages. Kills messages for whole arena should be removed. I hate that it shows everyone in the furball who is there when they shoot someone down. There is no anonymity. Players can choose not to roll if they know a good stick is in the area. They can immediately change their tactics and tell all their buddies to come gang. I feel like its simply not fair from a SA point of view because now the whole furball knows where im at and what im flying. 

While it would seem that open radar makes it easier for noobs, it really only males it harder for them. As soon as I see a kill message and I know whose in the fight and I can adjust my style accordingly which is not good for them and puts them at a major disadvantage.

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Re: Radar Feedback
« Reply #26 on: October 31, 2026, 09:16:51 PM »
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Re: Radar Feedback
« Reply #27 on: October 31, 2026, 11:02:22 PM »
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Re: Radar Feedback
« Reply #28 on: October 31, 2026, 11:10:21 PM »
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Re: Radar Feedback
« Reply #29 on: November 01, 2026, 06:04:22 AM »
Gotta give it a go Violator..

It's a much better experience with the 20 second delay imo..

Best fun last night than in a while..

Thanks again HT  :cheers:

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