Intel Markers

[Exorcet]

I'd consider this a component of revamping the briefing/mission planner systems in DCS. By intel markers I mean icons on the map that represent where friendly intel thinks enemy forces are. Right now, everything on the map is shown in its exact position and includes waypoints. That's a bit too specific for many situations. I get around this by hiding some units on the planner and then placing dummy units that don't spawn which represent intel. This works well enough, but real units looks the same as intel on the planner. Also for things like SAM's that appear on MFD's, you also need to add multiple units to make the SAM rings show up.

This could be simplified a bit by having an intel layer on the map, or by having dedicated intel markers that are distinct from real units, perhaps with additional details like radii showing uncertainty in positions or timestamps showing when the unit related to the intel was last spotted.

[Northstar98]

+1

Firstly, for showing approximate positions of enemy forces, perhaps the existing drawing tools could be used - all we need is a more complete and corrected set of icons available.

As for things like threat rings, this should be handled using waypoints like it is IRL (for instance, steerpoints 56-70 are for pre-planned threats in the F-16, I assume the Hornet does the same thing, same for the Apache). For that we're probably waiting on mission planner and data cartridge functionality.

Edited November 29, 2022 by Northstar98

[upyr1]

this would be awesome