Gums wrote:
Salute! Horrido!
Good point Oskar.
Seems to me that the plane type is even "cheating", huh? Ditto for early color.
I realize we have the "black dot" problem still not solved to everyone's satisfaction ( me and other pilots in RW) and it's hard to get a good feel for the outline of the plane unless, of course, it's a big buff like I usually fly, heh heh.
Up to me I would not display the color, and start displaying type when it's about 4,000 feet. From real world "searching", most of us could not see a F-5 aggressor that was needle nosing us until inside of a mile. Going into a huge furball with mixed folks we could easily tell the Tomcats, Eagles and Double Uglies out there two miles away. Next would be the Bugs (Hornets). Then the Scooters and Vipers. F-5's were, by far, the hardest ones to see.
Might be fun during the holidays to try a "special" that has no colors on the icons, but make the "black dots" bigger and use a generic icon in black, like "plane". LOL. Hell, with present graphics and pixels, we might get a tally at twice the distance. Of course, the worst case trial would be no icons!!!!
Gums opines...
Interesting suggestions Gums. Sounds like it would be fun. I have been bounced and shot down by my own side in an S3 even with friendly icons at D20. So I guess that could happen more often w/o longer range color icons. Not displaying plane type would be fun and a bit more realistic.
Muzz, I am surprised anyone really likes the display of pilot names in the S3. Thanks for sharing your opinion.
Oskar