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Offline Eagler

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Reduce Icon Range
« on: August 04, 2020, 01:19:32 PM »
Change icon range to what MNM is set to now

friendly icons 3K

enemy icons 1K

Keep dar dot the same

Makes for great fun there and would be at least a spin in MA IMO

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Re: Reduce Icon Range
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2020, 02:53:39 PM »
lots of us are older with bad sight.  reduce icon range and might as well tell us to leave.


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Re: Reduce Icon Range
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2020, 03:04:37 PM »
Quote from: guncrasher on August 04, 2020, 02:53:39 PM
lots of us are older with bad sight.  reduce icon range and might as well tell us to leave.


Semp,

Give it a try next Monday (or on a subsequent Monday).  It isn't "no icons."  It's "reduced icons."  Makes a nice balance between reality and fantasy.  And because of the efforts of the AvA staff, it gives people a chance to actually try it before they condemn it.

- oldman (who is - by definition, almost - older, and with bad sight)
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Re: Reduce Icon Range
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2020, 03:07:43 PM »
Quote from: Oldman731 on August 04, 2020, 03:04:37 PM

Semp,

Give it a try next Monday (or on a subsequent Monday).  It isn't "no icons."  It's "reduced icons."  Makes a nice balance between reality and fantasy.  And because of the efforts of the AvA staff, it gives people a chance to actually try it before they condemn it.

- oldman (who is - by definition, almost - older, and with bad sight)

...and then there are those who are just plain resistant to change.
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Offline guncrasher

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Re: Reduce Icon Range
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2020, 03:34:54 PM »
actually the only reason i don't play ava is my nearsighted is bad, I tried it many times before, couldn't see anything. actually yesterday somehow i disabled icons while flying bombers. i got a kill only because the guy came right on my six. next one was smarter got all 3 of my drones.


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Offline DmonSlyr

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Re: Reduce Icon Range
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2020, 06:10:44 PM »
Would probably reduce ganging.

Anything to reduce ganging....

+1 (even though it probably won't happen.)
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Re: Reduce Icon Range
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2020, 09:51:48 PM »
Quote from: DmonSlyr on August 04, 2020, 06:10:44 PM
Would probably reduce ganging.

Anything to reduce ganging....

+1 (even though it probably won't happen.)

I like it.. makes the fight more intense.
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Offline Eagler

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Re: Reduce Icon Range
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2020, 07:48:17 AM »
Quote from: guncrasher on August 04, 2020, 02:53:39 PM
lots of us are older with bad sight.  reduce icon range and might as well tell us to leave.


semp

Legally blind here

It is not no icons it just takes longer for them to pop in

With friendly popping 2k sooner than enemies there is no chance of friendly fire

No icons is not the way IMO..see DCS

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Offline waystin2

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Re: Reduce Icon Range
« Reply #8 on: August 07, 2020, 01:18:15 PM »
You get this flavor in FSO.  Not sure it work as well in the melee.
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Offline Eagler

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Re: Reduce Icon Range
« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2020, 06:35:11 AM »
Quote from: waystin2 on August 07, 2020, 01:18:15 PM
You get this flavor in FSO.  Not sure it work as well in the melee.

Radar is left as is so you can see that there are planes somewhere..you just have to get closer to see them

The scenarios I have tried, the lack of dar made it extremely boring as you flew around for hours to have a 10 min encounter.

Real maybe boring yes

As it seems like a minimal code change you would think it is something that could be tried easy enough

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Re: Reduce Icon Range
« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2020, 07:28:29 AM »
1k... B17 50cals will chew you up at 1.5k.. think about that.
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Re: Reduce Icon Range
« Reply #11 on: August 08, 2020, 09:26:22 AM »
Quote from: LCADolby on August 08, 2020, 07:28:29 AM
1k... B17 50cals will chew you up at 1.5k.. think about that.

Never happened to me. But then, I don't fly balls out into the stream.
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Offline Eagler

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Re: Reduce Icon Range
« Reply #12 on: August 08, 2020, 02:19:37 PM »
Quote from: LCADolby on August 08, 2020, 07:28:29 AM
1k... B17 50cals will chew you up at 1.5k.. think about that.

You would know they were enemy bombers way before that as the icon shows on dar as they do now

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Re: Reduce Icon Range
« Reply #13 on: August 08, 2020, 06:37:46 PM »
Quote from: Eagler on August 08, 2020, 02:19:37 PM
You would know they were enemy bombers way before that as the icon shows on dar as they do now

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Re: Reduce Icon Range
« Reply #14 on: August 11, 2020, 12:54:00 PM »

I would be nice if the mossie bomber and fighter put up the same icon..........on the map screen.
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