Next gen SoW needs next gen Icons!

[Borsch]

While the game is still in development, I wanted to attract attention to the Icons issue in WW1-2 flight sims. The status quo with icons at the moment - in IL2, but also more recent sims like Rise of |Flight and Wings of Prey is that we are given colored boxes/arrows with letters/numbers to help us identify planes.

I strongly believe that this a HUUUUGE immersion killer! Looking out from your Gladiator/I16 cockpit to see electronic ticking numbers with a box surrounding an opponent plane!?!?!!!!.....

Yes, an alternative is to turn them off, but that causes too much eye strain with lack of 3D depth (available to real pilots) also making it harder to spot planes. In any case, icons are a necessary option for beginners/etc so why not have a more creative approach than the blunt conspicuous boxes we have now

Suggestion:
Why not make planes easier to spot by increasing their contrast against the background? For example, we can have green plane displayed as bright white when at a distance above 1km and when it is against dark background.

Another option is an exaggerated sun reflections from a plane, maybe as some combination with the above.


What do YOU think? The "make it easier to spot" effects can have a slider in the options and thus be open to tuning to achieve immersion-usability balance.

It will be pretty pathetic to see dozens of beautiful SoW planes against beautiful SoW landscapes with columns of red boxes/names/numbers totally ruining the immersion. Lets throw some ideas to Oleg's team!

What do you think?