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Title: channel 5 highlite
Post by: anton on January 04, 2003, 10:26:11 PM

wondering how difficult it would be to enable a highlite feature for everyone on channel 5.  Would be nice to have a way to highlite everyone tuned to my channel, that way id know where they are. Or maybe possible to have multiple wingmen???
Anton

Title: channel 5 highlite
Post by: TheFatz on January 05, 2003, 12:07:24 AM

When 1.11 came out I talked to HiTech over vox he said its dooable and will consider it.  Dont take that as offical although.

Title: channel 5 highlite
Post by: wetrat on January 05, 2003, 01:53:37 PM

as I said when you suggested this in ch 1 the other day; good idea... even if you are a yak dweeb.

Title: channel 5 highlite
Post by: anton on January 05, 2003, 02:50:10 PM

Yea, Yak is a true dweeb machine. I really like the 2 1/2 sector range it allows me for round trip flights. And those 120 rounds of cannon afford me the ability to start sprayin at 900ft. Best of all Its a gem at 20k & turns Excellent when slow, Hell I dont know why they ever bothered to make any other planes after the yak.

But the REAL point of this thread is to see if any others out there agree, Channel-5 highlite is a worthwhile & fairly simple improvement that could/should be added to our virtual world.
Anton

Title: channel 5 highlite
Post by: SlapShot on January 05, 2003, 02:53:04 PM

Would be REAL nice ... The MAW is made of of multiple squads so all I can see is just my squad ... would like to see where ALL the MAW are.

Title: channel 5 highlite
Post by: Shamus on January 05, 2003, 05:00:12 PM

Yup, sure would be nice. Lots of times we have a fair number of none squadies tuned that we are talking to, would be cool to know where they are.

shamus

Title: channel 5 highlite
Post by: Frodo on January 05, 2003, 06:36:24 PM

Agree it would be a great addition.

Frodo

Title: channel 5 highlite
Post by: mosgood on January 06, 2003, 10:05:39 AM

Sure would be nice to have that for multi-squad efforts.

Title: channel 5 highlite
Post by: mosgood on January 06, 2003, 10:08:20 AM

Hey HTC!

It's my birthday on wednesday... Can I have this for that?

Title: channel 5 highlite
Post by: popeye on January 06, 2003, 10:31:34 AM

Speaking of highlighting.....

Still waiting for the "Map Room" dot color to get changed from yellow to "sky blue".

Title: channel 5 highlite
Post by: SLO on January 06, 2003, 10:41:03 AM

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Originally posted by anton
And those 120 rounds of cannon afford me the ability to start sprayin at 900ft.
 

Bah dweeb.....I use only 32 rounds at 500 and less:p


Who needs more then 32 rounds:eek:

Title: channel 5 highlite
Post by: anton on January 06, 2003, 01:47:18 PM

I dont fire till under 500, I was just being sarcastic;)

 Still wishing for ch-5 hilite

Anton

Title: channel 5 highlite
Post by: gofaster on January 06, 2003, 03:08:50 PM

I'd rather see names associated with dots on the radar.

Title: channel 5 highlite
Post by: Killjoy2 on January 06, 2003, 03:54:12 PM

I vote for this idea.  It's the single biggest problem I have with the arena.

Title: channel 5 highlite
Post by: Corrs on January 06, 2003, 08:30:48 PM

Great idea! Be neat to also see a selection in the Club screen to link squad wings together on Squad Channels. Or maybe raise the # of people in a squad. But it would be neat to see where folks tuned to the radio are located.

Title: channel 5 highlite
Post by: Hajo on January 06, 2003, 10:55:28 PM

Enlarge Squad sizes  (36 in WW2 usually) USAF

Or..as Anton suggested anyone on same radio Frequency shows on dar as identifiable.

Title: channel 5 highlite
Post by: Saurdaukar on January 07, 2003, 10:48:25 AM

I second an increase in squad size, and if thats not doable, then Anton's idea is a great one.

Where are the MAW's?  They have like 458 members - wouldnt they love this idea?

Title: channel 5 highlite
Post by: Corrs on January 07, 2003, 11:11:03 PM

PUNT

:cool:

Title: channel 5 highlite
Post by: anton on January 09, 2003, 12:27:28 AM

Started a similar thread in the feedback forum as this one has fetched no official notice. Please see "wheres my squaddies? " on the feedback board.
 If its feedback they want........
Anton

Title: channel 5 highlite
Post by: anton on January 09, 2003, 05:48:04 PM

Its feedback they SHOULD get...

Title: Re: channel 5 highlite
Post by: Odee on January 11, 2003, 08:31:47 PM

Quote

Originally posted by anton
wondering how difficult it would be to enable a highlite feature for everyone on channel 5.  Would be nice to have a way to highlite everyone tuned to my channel, that way id know where they are. Or maybe possible to have multiple wingmen???
Anton

 But it DOES highlight....  If you're in a mission. ;)   Otherwise use the tried and true ".wingman anton"  dot command.

Title: channel 5 highlite
Post by: anton on January 12, 2003, 02:08:49 AM

The real basis for this post is that my squad has exceeded AH squad size limits, causing us to split. Resulting in many of the guys in the squad are currently harder to recognize.

 The .wingman command would be sufficient if I could have more than 1. But thats not the case.  
 
 I have made several attempts to fetch a staff type answer to this topic & the perma-squelch topic, But apparently neither are topics HTC is ready to openly discuss,  Or provide a logical reason why/why not.  Both topics have been on boards for over a week with plenty of response & great input.

 So why even have the feedback forum If yer gonna pick & choose the topics you respond to?

Anton

Title: channel 5 highlite
Post by: Odee on January 12, 2003, 03:39:48 AM

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Originally posted by anton
The real basis for this post is that my squad has exceeded AH squad size limits, causing us to split. Resulting in many of the guys in the squad are currently harder to recognize. ...
 So why even have the feedback forum If yer gonna pick & choose the topics you respond to?

Anton

CREATE MISSIONS!

 Or did you not try this already?  Missions tune radio 5 to the mission itself.  Highlighting everyone that is in the same mission.  And they're fairly easy to create.

PLUS.... Once created and saved, MISSIONS are easy to modify on the fly (no pun intended)[/b]

Title: channel 5 highlite
Post by: anton on January 12, 2003, 12:05:30 PM

Shall we discuss the many problems with mission maker?
 Maybe just the fact that its rather a detailed process, especiially accomidating everyones plane preference, armament/ fuel load. & by the time you get all the mission set up the whole strategic situation has changed.

WHY NOT JUST INCREASE SQUAD SIZE???? Or  ENABLE CH-5 HIGHLITE????????

Making a mission is not a solution to  keeping a large squad highlited, no matter how big or what color you type the suggestion in. But thanks anyway.
Anton