Plane Icons

[pzvg]

Icons are not good, yep right in one,
Icons are needed for the game to work,
yeppers again.
My (insert brand name) monitor hasn't the stones to provide visual cues like IRL eyeballs. Again, (yawn) right.
These are good points guys, on both sides of the discussion (a mannered well spoken dicourse if you please)
In the long run Icon settings will probably
undergo some mods to see what will work, but let's stay out of the "all or nothing" fight,
it's generally unhealthy for the sense of community. I agree with Verm on the HA too little contrast= unrealistic tactics and damn few people flying, not a winning combo for someone trying to make a profit.
I'm not actually trying to take a side here, why? because I agree with the points made by both sides. What I will say is, keep a perspective on the discussion, because unless you're arguing with HT,the guy you are yelling at cannot really do anything to the sim, no matter how bad they want to.
keep it polite, I was in WB since about V .95
I was there from AW because of the sense of community, I left about 2.01 because that feeling had pretty much left the WB arena.
I don't want to see it again.
My skills in this game will probably never get me looked up to, but that's not why I'm
here, nor you I hope.



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pzvg- "5 years and I still can't shoot"

[Rocket]

Just another Idea to throw out.  

Have the Icon size change in relationship to distance.  At max. distance the icon would be small enough to make out red or green color but not plane type.  As the distance decreases the icon grows larger.  At the point that RL visual cues would allow you to identify the plane the icon would be near the size it is now.  It may be a way to get away from the distance meter if there was a large enough interest in doing that.  
  I don't know if this is possible or not but would be a great way to balance from no icons and the disadvantage of not being able to tell plane types until 1000yds, but at the same time not being able to see what kind of plane you are engaging outside of a range a real pilot at the time would have seen.

 

Rocket

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