Icon colour

[Westy]

"I think the one about painting wingtips or
 rudder specific colors within a certain
 range is absolutely fantastic! Best idea
 I've heard yet, actually..."

 I'd go for this one too if I was fortunate
enough to have a 21" .25dpi monitor.
 I do not have 20/20 vision and I have the best piece of junk 19" monitor I could afford when I bought this pc.
  I'm all for ditching the icons when computer technology can provide MUCH better resolution so that the wing tip/tail coloured visual clues can be seen from a reasonable distance
 - OR -
a better solution such as along the lines of Altairs idea. I reread Altairs proposal and that one has grown on me quite a bit.
 Lose your radio and you lose that capability too?
  -Westy

[Minotaur]

I believe there would be a real problem being able to tell if a con is 6k or 2k out.

I am not saying that in real life you could tell if the plane was a 109 or a Spit at 1 mile.  I am saying that you could tell if it was 1 mile away or 1/2 mile away or 2 miles away.

Computer graphics are just not able to represent distances well yet.   Until they can, I feel Icons are an amiable compromise.

I would like to see AH Icons only at ranges more than 1k and less than 5k.  A reduction in Icon text size would also be nice.

Mino

[SC-GreyBeard]

I'd like to know who in real life can tell a 109 from a 190 or a 51 at 8,000 yds.... (the silver flash of a 51 not withstanding)

I'd like to see the icons disappear untill planes are around 3-4 k out, and then only the distance as an Icon. Not the plane type until around 1,000 yds. And then only if ya have it toggled on. Oh yeah and maybe only in
8 typeface rather than the current 14 bold. (or so it seems when I'm in a 47...) and definately get rid of the bright red. Perhaps a dull grey, (though would wash out against canyon walls, be quite intrusive against ground colors)

 


 

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GreyBeard
Flight Commander, Aces High
Skeleton Crew


[This message has been edited by SC-GreyBeard (edited 12-02-1999).]

[Pongo]

Prepares to be soundly bashed....
How about national markings that are meaningfull.
Silver planes for One.
Cool grey camo for another.
Girly sea grey and green for the last.
Three times the art work i suppose but most realistic from SA perspecitve. The patterns chosen where for specific stratigic and tactical situation of country. This is not in place so (other then the asthetics that I value as much as anybody) why not have National (Knight etc.) paint themes....
On another note
you could certainly tell the diff between a P51D and a 109 at 1.5 or 2k. I know that there where mistakes made but think of how often out of all the times in combat the two were mistaken.
My opinion.

[Minotaur]

Having camo colored Icons is piontless.

Mino