icon idea

[AKSeaWulfe]

 

Originally posted by Gunslayer:
As always, the anal retentive SW has told us where to post. Now as soon as he starts paying for my Aces High account, I will listen too him.

First time I've told anyone where to post. Oh but wait you missed the joke completely. I will explain it to you.... no wait I won't. You still wouldn't get it.
-SW

[Furious]

Zigrat,

This is the best icon solution I have seen.  I like it alot.

One would have to keep an eye on a con much longer in order to positively ID it, This is a nice compromise since "no icons" in the MA is not practical for many reasons.

It'll make bounces more realistic, because you could sneak in closer before the neon alarm goes off.

If a fade effect is not possible due to FR hits, perhaps increasing and decreasing the icon size would work.

F.

[Tac]

Well, if there is no way for others to live without icons (I mean, sheesh, you played SWOTL, Aces of the Pacific and many other sims without them), then at least get rid of the laser range finders.

Alpha blending the icons may be good, but also keep in mind that there are color blind/hue blind players which may be severely handicapped by this.

Best idea ive seen so far is to remove the laser rangefinder numbers and replace the distance indicator with symbols indicating a set amount of yards.

Ex:

Old:

B-26
d6.0

New:
B-26
++++ (+'s in yellow color, each yellow + = 1.5k distance)

Old:
B-26
d900

New:
B-26
++++ (+'s in red, + = d250)

Distance shown in red +'s are rounded up to the nearest 100, so 4 +' in red would be 1k (yet the plane really is at d900). By putting each YELLOW + be d1.5 instead of d2.0, the player will not get an exact ranging (as with red +'s, yellow +'s are rounded up to the nearest 500yd, so if con is at d3.2, icon would show symbol equivalent to d3.5), but will have a very good idea if the con is moving away or moving closer.

Comments?  

[Zigrat]

yes i dont like the ++++ idea, again thats more symbols being where they shouldnt

i like my idea, combined with a ability to adjust colors from just green red to green burple yellow blue or whatever like in warbirds, plus the transparency idea


i really dont believe in no icons for MA, but i like my idea as a good compromise.

[LLv34_Camouflage]

Very good idea Zig. Definately worth looking into.

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[Fokker]

I can see this work well for us with hi res and 32-bit color.

How would it work for lads with 800x600 and 16-bit color?

To work it need to be fair for all pilots.

[Tac]

I hate icons ziggy  

Alpha blending the icons would still handicap hue blind/color blind pilots a lot more, even with an icon color RGB bar. I like the idea a lot, but i know i would only see that icon 1/3rd of the time when compared with a non-hue/color blind pilot.  

[Gunslayer]

Sorry, SW i guessed i mistook you for another AK. You guys all look alike