It's the small things: "H"

[cfrag]

So what makes a good map great? It's the small things. Sinai by itself is a very good map. But there are the small things that show that the people who designed the map go the extra mile to make it better. Things that aren't revolutionary by itself, and that other people simply did not bother to do.

One such thing is the "H"-Mark. It simply sits on the map and silently, unassumingly tells everyone that there is a helicopter port here. 

That's the difference between good and great. Thinking about your users, and making simple, mundane things even simpler. If I now go back to other good maps (e.g. Syria), the difference is obvious, and I'm suddenly annoyed that I don't have that simple, static information as readily available as in Sinai. Sure, I could add all those marks myself. OnReTech went that mile for me, and I'm really glad they did. 

Fantastic work, @OnReTech, thank you. When you wake up after not sleeping for the past few weeks, and are done counting the (hopefully mountains of) cash from your release - please accept this "THANK YOU" from a satisfied customer for delivering a GREAT map.

Edited June 9, 2023 by cfrag

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I absolutely love these markings, it's such a timesaver not having to visually scan through the map to find helipads and SAM sites.

[bal2o]

+1000 That is a fu**ing good idea : seeing heliport, sam and wall in editor.

[AhSoul]

The SAM site marks - showing you were you could use proper designed earthworks to put your SAM sites in the editor - are brilliant!

[OnReTech]

On 6/9/2023 at 10:28 AM, cfrag said:

So what makes a good map great? It's the small things. Sinai by itself is a very good map. But there are the small things that show that the people who designed the map go the extra mile to make it better. Things that aren't revolutionary by itself, and that other people simply did not bother to do.

One such thing is the "H"-Mark. It simply sits on the map and silently, unassumingly tells everyone that there is a helicopter port here. 

That's the difference between good and great. Thinking about your users, and making simple, mundane things even simpler. If I now go back to other good maps (e.g. Syria), the difference is obvious, and I'm suddenly annoyed that I don't have that simple, static information as readily available as in Sinai. Sure, I could add all those marks myself. OnReTech went that mile for me, and I'm really glad they did. 

Fantastic work, @OnReTech, thank you. When you wake up after not sleeping for the past few weeks, and are done counting the (hopefully mountains of) cash from your release - please accept this "THANK YOU" from a satisfied customer for delivering a GREAT map.

 

Thanks a lot! 
I am worried that there are negative reviews, I rested a bit and will solve these problems. But believe me, we did a lot in a small team in 1.5 years to get users to start flying. And now we have the next stage - to make a map as we originally intended!

This is the first product for our team, and in 1.5 years it was necessary not only to do something on the map, but also to work out the work of the team for further development. I, as a leader, will say that this is a very good experience. Even communication with users helps a lot and I learned a lot of new things about dcs.

Thanks for the support, thanks for the tips!