Better icons for ME and F10 map please

[Terzi]

I think the current icon set is really outdated. I don't know for what reason this was chosen, but icons similar to Tacview would be so nice. Aircraft type should be distinguishable and its heading should rotate.

 

Just why on earth would someone like to see "half egg-shaped F" without any heading rotation or any sort of indication of its type.

[Knock-Knock]

They are NATO symbols.

[Northstar98]

On 3/7/2021 at 12:33 PM, Knock-Knock said:

They are NATO symbols.

Even at that:

• We don't have the full set, or even the set covering our vehicles, leading to some units with the wrong symbols.
• No direction indicators (real symbology uses a line).
• No additional information is present.
• It works in the wrong way (blue is supposed to denote friendly units and red is supposed to denote hostile units, if you're on REDFOR, you should see other REDFOR units as friendly).
• Red is the wrong shape (the current shapes are all for friendly units).
• We can't group multiple units together (for instance, if I make a tank platoon, each tank will have its own individual icon, if I then zoom out these icons will become overlayed and squashed together - I'd rather they instead form the tank platoon symbol).

See here.

Edited March 30, 2022 by Northstar98
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[Mike_Romeo]

4 hours ago, Terzi said:

I think the current icon set is really outdated. I don't know for what reason this was chosen, but icons similar to Tacview would be so nice. Aircraft type should be distinguishable and its heading should rotate.

 

Just why on earth would someone like to see "half egg-shaped F" without any heading rotation or any sort of indication of its type.

 

You can edit the icons yourself. I recommend you to choose and edit the russian ones because they display there heading on the F-10 map. I trying to create a mod at the moment and I think I will upload it soon. Here a WIP picture that I took from Growling Sidewinders server.

 

The Icons are saved in \DCS World\MissionEditor\data\NewMap\images\themes

 

 

Edited March 7, 2021 by Mike_Romeo

[Terzi]

@Mike_Romeo good work. Still I would like to see such easy implementation from ED side to be universal and official.

Those who care about NATO symbols can still use them. To me they are pretty useless I am not NATO officer I am a gamer. Your work looks fantastic.

[scutxd]

Hey, there is a useful mod, F10 Map NATO Directional Icons,

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3311426/

[Tank50us]

I agree with the idea of basing it off of TacView, especially in the Mission Editor, while having the 2D version available for those with lower performance PCs.

 

The reason I'd like to see a 3D ME is fairly simple: I'd like to be able to see where units will be on certain terrain features, and so I can see how well (for example) troops can see and engage things from where they are.

[CaptHawk]

Speaking of icons, after the latest beta update on my dedicated server, there are Airplane Icons that appear after an AI is shot down. When you click on the icon, it displays for example "su_27 pilot. Never seen this before this update.