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Title: Flying through clouds
Post by: Kovel on August 10, 2013, 10:23:48 AM

I think it would be nice that while your plane is flying throug clouds your dot disappear from Dar.  If you are hidden inside them it doesn't make any sense that enemies can go directly to you as if they were guided by a GPS to your exact position. I guess could be treated as NOES. IT would giveve you more excitement  and realism to the game. It soul be great for bombers, fighters and missions as well.  Hope you find it interesting.
 :salute

Title: Re: Flying through clouds
Post by: Dragon Tamer on August 10, 2013, 11:16:37 AM

Darbar maybe. Dot-dar, no.

Title: Re: Flying through clouds
Post by: Zacherof on August 10, 2013, 11:34:24 AM

Maybe hide icon? Or make it harder to see to see?

Title: Re: Flying through clouds
Post by: earl1937 on August 10, 2013, 11:53:16 AM

Quote from: Kovel on August 10, 2013, 10:23:48 AM

I think it would be nice that while your plane is flying throug clouds your dot disappear from Dar.  If you are hidden inside them it doesn't make any sense that enemies can go directly to you as if they were guided by a GPS to your exact position. I guess could be treated as NOES. IT would giveve you more excitement  and realism to the game. It soul be great for bombers, fighters and missions as well.  Hope you find it interesting.
 :salute

:airplane: During the time period of which our a/c in AH are based, 1939 to 1945, early warning radar systems had no way of filtering out clouds and rain showers. If a cloud formation had a lot of moisture in the cloud, it would show up as a green glob on the radar and most a/c could not be seen while they were in the cloud. While some a/c were equipped with IFF, Identification, Friend or Foe, in late 44 and the rest of the war, unless the ground radar transmitter had a method of interrogating the IFF, the target aircraft would still be shown as a primary target, which could and did, hide in weather. With the improvement in radar systems in late 40's, thru out 50's and 60's, air traffic controllers or warning radar system could filter out the rain showers, so that even primary targets could be seen.
In todays world, the controllers can shut down all weather related problems with radar returns, but the draw back to that is that they might just put you in a thunderstorm without realizing it, and that could be fatal, depending on the kind of a/c you are in.

Title: Re: Flying through clouds
Post by: asterix on August 10, 2013, 01:02:47 PM

I would like the clouds to disappear.

Title: Re: Flying through clouds
Post by: Zacherof on August 10, 2013, 01:05:28 PM

Quote from: asterix on August 10, 2013, 01:02:47 PM

I would like the clouds to disappear.

Or make them optional.

Title: Re: Flying through clouds
Post by: EskimoJoe on August 10, 2013, 01:29:34 PM

This is a flight game. Clouds are going to be here.

Title: Re: Flying through clouds
Post by: Zacherof on August 10, 2013, 02:01:35 PM

Which I accept. It just means I have to fly else where :furious