no icons for enemy GV's pls.

[ccvi]

The information that is there IRL but cannot be seen in AH even with icons is the most important one: attitude of the aircraft.

Range counters - too much information.  Light color to identify exactly who is the enemy - too much information. Perfect ID even at 4k (distinguish even very similar planes) - arguable, ihmo a bit too much information. Unable to see the attitude of the aircraft, easier to see than the other information IRL - impossible in the game at >1000 yards.

For GVs... I catch myself flying low to be within icon range of nme GVs to be able to spot them quicker. Maybe remove them, and make the GVs throw up dust when moving.

[ccvi]

Originally posted by Karnak
Without icons ito would not be possible to get any idea if you were catching or being outrun by a single engined fighter beyond 1,500 or 2,000 yards.

This is not a problem in reality.

So when at 2000 yards IRL, how long do you have to watch the enemy before you can estimated his rate of closure, if the speed difference is e.g. 20 mph?

How long do you need to get the same information in AH?

[Karnak]

Without icons you'd never be able to tell in AH. until the pixel either became two pixels as you got closer, or he'd managed to get out of dot range and the dot disappeared.

[sling322]

Actually...I think Toad did a study on icons and ranges and real life aircraft ID at some point in the past....not Animal.

[Virage]

nmy gv icons -
the only time u c an icon on an nmy gv is when u r in a plane.  I don't think a plane should see a nice neon sign.  I like it that gvs dont c other gv icons and think pilots should have the same problem.

spotting in RL-
is very much like an icon free flight sim imo.

[bockko]

yea, except that in rl there are a cubic *$#(load of people tooling around the ground rat'n out nmy gv's. We also need the ability to lay minefields at spawn points