Think I figured out who likes no icons. Last night I bought a new monitor. 24 inch LCD. Now I can see the dots past 1000 yards with no problems at 1920x1080 32bit. With my 22inch at 1680x1050 32bit I couldn't see them.
If this is a hardware thing. Not everyone can afford the equipment to play in the AvA. And if they do in spite of that, just give those who can easy kills. Like I used to do when I "couldn't" see anyone until it was almost too late to judge anything to begin ACM.
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1980x1024 on a 22" monitor? Ouch. I'm glad you were able to upgrade to a larger monitor, but standby for a cheaper, though not better solution.
Okay, my eyes are over 65 years old and looking at my monitor, even with my custom computer glasses sucks.
When I upgraded from my old 19" monitor, I did my proper research. I quickly realized that text in Word and Excel was going to look tiny with a 22" or 24" monitor at the native resolution. In Aces High, it was going to suck playing at the native monitor resolution on either size monitor. To do this, I obtained the horizontal width in inches and divided the native pixel width by the inches width. You can do the same thing.
I was running 1280x720(?), in-game on my 19" LCD. I knew I'd need to reduce the screen resolution to maintain the same view. I was willing to do it, but I caught a sale on a 27" monitor that I couldn't pass up. Call this full disclosure if you like but I was playing in the AvA on that 19" monitor and voted no enemy icons in jimson's pole. That was before my upgrade.
I already knew that I'd need to go to a 27" monitor to have the same dot size as my old 19" monitor. There's no improvement in dot size, but at least I didn't loose anything.
On your 22" monitor, you can do the same thing that I was prepared to do, and do NOW on my 27" monitor. Reduce the screen resolution in the game's Video configuration Settings when you play the game. The plane dots and everything else will become larger. I can't imagine playing at even 1680 on a 22" monitor. That would be crazy.
I'm using 1280x720 in my Video Settings. You won't believe the difference, and it doesn't take long to get used to the change.
If anyone else tries this, I hope you'll report your experience, good or bad, in this thread. It's not for me, I'm happy, it's for the rest of the community who might find confirmation helpful.
Sorry for the wall of text.
S!
Edit:
For the OPs wish, no icons in the MA, -1.
Players would feel forced into it, while in the AvA, they know it's a choice, part of the immersion factor.
