Kiowa using wrong Mission Editor icon

[3000 Black Jets of Allah]

Currently the Kiowa uses the "САМОЛЁТ РАЗВЕДЧИК" (Scout Plane) icon in the mission editor. It should be using the "Recon Helicopter" icon instead. These icons are defined in the "DCS World\MissionEditor\data\NewMap\classifier.lua" file.

[Kinkkujuustovoileipä]

15 hours ago, 3000 Black Jets of Allah said:

Currently the Kiowa uses the "САМОЛЁТ РАЗВЕДЧИК" (Scout Plane) icon in the mission editor. It should be using the "Recon Helicopter" icon instead. These icons are defined in the "DCS World\MissionEditor\data\NewMap\classifier.lua" file.

Unfortunately ED don't understand the MIL-2525 standard properly and there is no accurate recon helicopter symbol at this time.

[3000 Black Jets of Allah]

18 hours ago, Kinkkujuustovoileipä said:

Unfortunately ED don't understand the MIL-2525 standard properly and there is no accurate recon helicopter symbol at this time.

The Recon Helicopter icon is similar to the Scout Plane  one but it has a pointed tip, It might not be accurate to the standard but it does exist in the game. The reason I noticed is I use a directional icon mod, and it means that the Kiowa looks like a plane, instead of a helicopter icon. And switching the icon would mess up other aircraft and make stuff like the An-30M look like a helicopter on the map because they are assigned the correct icons.

[Kinkkujuustovoileipä]

2 hours ago, 3000 Black Jets of Allah said:

The Recon Helicopter icon is similar to the Scout Plane  one but it has a pointed tip, It might not be accurate to the standard but it does exist in the game. The reason I noticed is I use a directional icon mod, and it means that the Kiowa looks like a plane, instead of a helicopter icon. And switching the icon would mess up other aircraft and make stuff like the An-30M look like a helicopter on the map because they are assigned the correct icons.

This would be great, except that's an OPFOR shape. Which is why I refuse to implement it until ED fix it. The pointed tip does not signify a helicopter but instead HOSTILE affiliation.

[3000 Black Jets of Allah]

13 hours ago, Kinkkujuustovoileipä said:

This would be great, except that's an OPFOR shape. Which is why I refuse to implement it until ED fix it. The pointed tip does not signify a helicopter but instead HOSTILE affiliation.

Yeah that's fair, it would be nice to get more shapes.