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Title: Did I miss a memo?
Post by: LilMak on September 02, 2017, 02:54:43 PM

Icons were set to 1.5. Kinda would've been cool to know that up front.

Title: Re: Did I miss a memo?
Post by: j500ss on September 02, 2017, 08:55:30 PM

Before you brought it up in text, I gave it no thought.   Then I realized ( from what I saw anyways )  friendly was set to 3k, but enemy was 1.5

Quite the  :headscratch:

Title: Re: Did I miss a memo?
Post by: kilo2 on September 02, 2017, 08:58:37 PM

We noticed it as well and wondered as to why it was set that way. We saw some p38s at high alt early in the frame, I had icon at 3k. I assumed it was set to that. When we got to the deck late in the frame it was 1.5

Title: Re: Did I miss a memo?
Post by: perdue3 on September 02, 2017, 11:39:00 PM

I mentioned it to DH in the arena, but he claimed it was set to 3.0. I figure it has something to do with alt or the clouds in the area.

Title: Re: Did I miss a memo?
Post by: ImADot on September 03, 2017, 07:25:33 AM

There is an arena setting for distance multiplier based on altitude. Usually, it's set to 0.5 at some low altitude. This means that under a certain height, the icon range is cut in half. It should be set the same as it is in the melee arena.

Title: Re: Did I miss a memo?
Post by: j500ss on September 03, 2017, 08:07:47 AM

I had no clue such a setting even existed, or was used in FSO.   Just never noticed it before I guess.   Being as it's there, and does get used, maybe knowing what alt it is set at might be worthwhile info.

Thanks Dot for the explaination

   :salute

Title: Re: Did I miss a memo?
Post by: MachNix on September 03, 2017, 09:29:01 AM

I think the arena settings were inherited from The Hardest Day that was played August 19th.  There, the icons where set to 6k above a certain altitude and 3k (half) below.
 :cheers:

Title: Re: Did I miss a memo?
Post by: perdue3 on September 03, 2017, 10:52:06 AM

Quote from: MachNix on September 03, 2017, 09:29:01 AM

I think the arena settings were inherited from The Hardest Day that was played August 19th.  There, the icons where set to 6k above a certain altitude and 3k (half) below.
 :cheers:

This should not be the case. FSO is in SEA 1, whilst Scenarios are in SEA2.

Title: Re: Did I miss a memo?
Post by: Nefarious on September 03, 2017, 01:22:41 PM

Quote from: perdue3 on September 03, 2017, 10:52:06 AM

This should not be the case. FSO is in SEA 1, whilst Scenarios are in SEA2.

Correct. Also, it doesn't list the setting being used in the event write-up.

Title: Re: Did I miss a memo?
Post by: perdue3 on September 03, 2017, 03:03:54 PM

I know for a fact the claims are correct because we did not see those P-40's until 1.5k.

Title: Re: Did I miss a memo?
Post by: Nefarious on September 03, 2017, 04:01:35 PM

Quote from: perdue3 on September 03, 2017, 03:03:54 PM

I know for a fact the claims are correct because we did not see those P-40's until 1.5k.

Yep, I noticed it too. We had enemy JU88s on the deck, you could tell they were low formations, but the icons seemed to appear later and disappear quicker. I ended up colliding with a trio, It was my first FSO using Occulus.