Next gen SoW needs next gen Icons!

[BadAim]

Don't forget guys that Oleg and the boys (and girl[s]) must have improved the LOD/Dot situation by now. Il2 is optimized for 1024x768 on computers from the early part of last decade. Modern machines and rendering techniques should alleviate much, if not all of the trouble with IL2 in high realism settings.

I do however like the Idea of perhaps a higher contrast setting for newer/more casual players, though I'm not sure how much help that will be. I think a less obtrusive version of standard icon types might be in order as well. Maybe icons that appear at longer distances and go away closer (impossible with IL2).

[Feathered_IV]

All I require from icons is the ability to shut them off.

[6S.Manu]

I only want a more realistic way of spotting enemies under or above your plane.

It's really frustrating not seeing a contact 500m under your plane because of forest but still you can see enemies 4km above because they are big black dots: like inferior camo was useless.

Usually planes were visible because of sun reflections or exhaust emissions, and on night because of the red hot exhaust tubes.

I'm so pissed off by those single grey discs on your six (yes I'm talking about spitfires' propellers... the only thing I see together with the flames from the side of the disc, that are her cannons when she fires)

[winny]

Nobody, as yet, seems to have worked out how to simulate the human eye.

I think visual cues as already mentioned would be good, a quick flash of reflected light or a slight flicker of movement down low would be good.

And when is somebody going to introduce a padlock view that only keeps lock on as long as you have line of sight from the cockpit (apologies if someone already has) whatever view you use.

[Schallmoser]

Winny, IL2 Does. if the padlocked a/c disapears for a couple of seconds behind a cocpit bar or somewhere else it gets unlocked.

cheers
Schallmoser

[winny]

Originally Posted by Schallmoser

Winny, IL2 Does. if the padlocked a/c disapears for a couple of seconds behind a cocpit bar or somewhere else it gets unlocked.

cheers
Schallmoser

Lol.. as with most good ideas.. Someone already thought of it.. I'll be quiet.

[Aviar]

Some people may not be aware, but IL-2 already has a custom icons feature that can be set by the server (online) or by the player (offline). I've been using custom icons in my coops for many years.
Here is a simple tutorial on how to do it:


http://www.il2-fullmissionbuilder.co...b2cef688e074ae


Also:

ECV56_Lancelot stated--->

"Maybe, just as an idea, a good option would be that you have to press a key to see the icons, and keep it pressed to keep the icons on. When you release the key the icons fade away."

IL-2 already has the 'Toggle Icon Types' command, which basically does exactly that, except it is a 4-stage toggle. The player can toggle 3 stages of icon visibility or totally disable them. That pretty much achieves what Lancelot was requesting. *If you have some sort of joystick mapping software, like CH Manager, you could easily set up a macro command that does EXACTLY what Lancelot was requesting.....


Aviar

[Skoshi Tiger]

If you still want the functionality of icons but with less impact on your imersion, how about only showing the icons when the aircraft is in the center of your vision - so you need to be actually looking and concentrating at the aircraft to identify it.
You could even have it so the icons for the plane in the center of vison are only shown when your holding down a mapped a key?


Cheers

[kendo65]

Originally Posted by 6S.Manu

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It's really frustrating not seeing a contact 500m under your plane because of forest but still you can see enemies 4km above because they are big black dots: like inferior camo was useless.

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Sounds realistic to me