Author Topic: SPIT14 Icon (Read 295 times)

Hooligan · « **Reply #15 on:** June 17, 2002, 05:09:49 PM »

Karnak wrote:

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it isn't fun to have every fighter in the area after just you...

It isn't? I was thinking of taking an F4U-4 up for a few sorties just so that I could feed hordes of drooling perk-slayers to my squaddies.

Hooligan

Kevin14 · « **Reply #16 on:** June 17, 2002, 07:39:21 PM »

The anyone part of some of this is that camo doesn't matter at all in this game. You either see an easily visible black dot on the horizon or a tag over the dot. Like with the Dora if someone is on your six and you dive for the ground and then pull up, your top camo would blend into the ground and make you less visible. I like the idea of making the icons less visible from certain angles and distances.

Tilt · « **Reply #17 on:** June 21, 2002, 07:17:34 AM »

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Originally posted by Kweassa
I've posted this icon suggestion some posts back. I think it's a good compromise which is within current limits of AH

This is neat but its a bit complex...........

actually AH has a short / long range icon switch already at about 6k and 3k.

hence the easy start would be generic type identification at 6k (ie La) and subtype at 3k (ie La5fn)

Tilt.

lazs2 · « **Reply #18 on:** June 21, 2002, 08:34:51 AM »

I think not giving the -1c a different icon than the a or d is an admission that the performance of the c is no better, indeed, worse than both of the others. The c is also the plane that has the lowest cost and would most likely not be targeted much anyway.

The other planes have clear performance advantages and should be called out if they are to be in the same arena as other planes.

I believe that all the spits perform enough different to get seperate icons. I believe that all the 109's need seperate icons.
lazs

TMASTadon · « **Reply #19 on:** June 21, 2002, 02:49:01 PM »

The perk planes HAVE to seperate identifiers. I actually like Kweassa's idea but there has to be something that tells us what we are dealing with. I wouldnt mind at least having a G, K, F on the end of those 109's but some abiguity is ok. I mean even the actuall pilots themselves would sometimes misidentify some planes in combat and their lives depended on knowing the flight envelopes of the enemy AC. Could you IMAGINE the howls on Chn1 in MA when people are getting punced by Spit14's & Temps thinking they are dealing with Spit5's or 9's or Typh's?

Anything that has a signifcant flight performance advantage over its cousins needs to be identified as such. ACM begins with knowing the flight envelope of your AC and the flight envelope of the AC you are fighting. Computers just cant, at this stage allow you to take a look at a plane and tell what kind it is. I cant even tell the diff between a Spit5 or 9 or P51B or D until I get REAL close and can see the paint on it. But I dont mind that so much, it adds a lil something to the game and their performance levels arent so different as to be a major deal.