How to Remove Target Spots and configure in flight labels

[nachtritter]

Can anyone direct me to where I can find out how to turn off the ground target spots and adjust the aircraft labels (distance/type/etc)?

[Sokol1]

Check "No object icons".

See this:

http://www.airwarfare.com/sow/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=150:mpdotrange&catid=92:icons&Itemid=163

Sokol1

[nachtritter]

Thanks! I will try this. And thanks for the resource link:
http://www.airwarfare.com/sow/index....ons&Itemid=163 , which will sure to be a great, well organized source for information as this game continues to improve. Already it is awesome!!! Once AA and SLI are improved and the community begins to build models it will be THE flight sim we have all been waiting for!

[M1sF1rE]

Check "No object icons".

See this:

http://www.airwarfare.com/sow/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=150:mpdotrange&catid=92:icons&Itemid=163

Sokol1

Thank you!!! I wasn't sure this was possible. I can now customize my icons like I had in 1946.

This was very helpful!!!

[nachtritter]

Excellent! After a few trials have customized to my liking... Thanks a lot!

Any suggestions on how to change the white dots on the ground targets to make them a little less obvious?

[klem]

Bear in mind that on-line servers will set the dot parameters.

I think the white dot target markers are a bug or at least something that Maddox Games are experimenting with. When CoD first came out I don't think hey were white.

It seems to me that there is a general problem in that the aircraft dots disappear too suddenly as range increases rather than tone-down before disappearing and as they get closer they change to an aircraft shape that is nowhere near as distinct (virtually invisible) as the dot it once was. I think the whole distance/dot/aircraft LOD needs sorting out.

[nachtritter]

Thanks for the feedback klem. I am interested in whether I can adjust the white dots by manually changing the code (wherever it is located) as I play almost exclusively off-line.
If it is a bug, then I guess I will try to see whether anyone else has reported it. Thanks again,

[M1sF1rE]

I have found a perfect compromise to the tag thing. This works great for singleplayer. I'm 40 years old and have a really hard time spotting aircraft, but I don't want that crap all over my screen.

I used the advice here and created a tag that just shows a small blue dot over enemy aircraft and nothing over your own. The best thing about it is it virtually disappears at close range.

Use the code above but set every setting but DOT to .01 on the first line (friendlys will have no tag info).

On the FOE line use .01 for everything except ID and COLOR (use however far in KM you want to see the little blue period). In SP enemy planes have no ID so it just uses a period in its place.

It works perfect for me without all the crap on the screen!! (see attachment). PS You can also make the little dot black by setting COLOR to .01


Here is the actual code for the icon.rcu file.

mp_dotrange TYPE .01 ID .01 RANGE .01 COLOR .01 DOT 25
mp_dotrange FOE TYPE .01 ID 15 RANGE .01 COLOR 15 DOT 50
timeout 60000 file icon.rcu