Or how about this totally unfeasible (infeasible?) idea?
Make icons only appear after a certain time in a view, tied to ranges. How would it work?
OK.. there's a con barrelling in on your 6 at 6000yds. You check your 6 view but an icon at that range will not appear until you have spent, say, 6 seconds in that view. Since you only check your 6 view for 3 seconds this time, no icons appear.
He continues to close, and he's now at 3000 yds. You check 6 again, but this time only for a quick look-see of 1 second. But a con at 3000yds only has the icon appear after 3 seconds, so you miss him again.
He continues to close, and drops into your low 6. When he reaches 1000yds you check 6 again, for one second. But he's below your tail and you don't see him at all. A pity really, because a con at 1000yds shows up after 1 second in any view.
Cons within, say 500 yds show up immediately etc.
Now, if this could be done, it would simulate 'scanning' a region of sky in order to locate a con.
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