red23 Posted August 3, 2024 Posted August 3, 2024 Why is it (see photo) that the grayed out aircraft like the P-51Ds even show up? They are set to Zero (0) and Unlimited aircraft is not checked. Am I doing something wrong??? Or is this just how it is? I have tried having "hide unflyable aircraft" checked and it doesnt get rid of them. its not a game breaker but its really annoying!
cfrag Posted August 3, 2024 Posted August 3, 2024 7 hours ago, red23 said: Why is it (see photo) that the grayed out aircraft like the P-51Ds even show up? I have no deeper insight into this than you do, but from a purely UX perspective (and I note that IMHO although ED devs are great, they severely lack in the UX department, just look at the new multiplayer dialog), this is a good choice. Standard UX docs will tell you that in a selection, if there is a possible choice show it even if it is currently not available. If not available disable it, do not hide it. That way, users know that there is such a potential choice, and they know where to look for it later. Since you can change the amount of P-51 available to that particular airfield during the course of the mission (e.g. by script), they can become available. Therefore it is good UX to show them even when not available now because they can become available later. I'm positively surprised and happy that ED's showing their UX proficiency here. Unexpected, but IMHO very good.
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