Icons file (in users (pilots) folder) Needs Documenting

[Tolwyn]

No information is available for this new feature since 4.12 or maybe 4.11...
So those of us that have noticed it are perplexed by its purpose.

This file is either not read or ignored by the game.

Please do not tell me about rcu files, aliases, and file (re)reads by the timeout command. I know how THOSE work. This file is a new introduction and you would assume that it controls icons without the need for the other stuff.

This post is a request for TD to explain its use. It is specifically for the Icons file in each pilots' folder.

No other file is overriding this. I will post my RCU file below.

So the question is this:

When is the Icons file utilized?
What is its purpose?


My rcu (to prove that it is not overriding the Icons file):

@set fast off
@set echo on
@set alias on
@set history 20

@alias a alias
@a h history
@a s show

I have edited my Icons file (one is created for each pilot) to read as such:

mp_dotrange FRIENDLY DOT 25.0 COLOR 1.65 RANGE 0.01 TYPE 1.65 ID 0.01 NAME 0.3 ALTICON 0.1 ALTSYMBOL • ALTCOLOR 0
mp_dotrange FOE DOT 25.0 COLOR 1.65 RANGE 0.01 TYPE 1.65 ID 0.01 NAME 0.01 ALTICON 0.1 ALTSYMBOL • ALTCOLOR 0

Yet it seems always the default icon settings are used.