Serp Supreme Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Hello, pilots As I state in the thread title, how can I go about increasing the distance at which units appear? Recently I've been working on the base Su-25, not the 25T, and with this one spotting is done all by eyesight, as you know. I can't do this very well if I can't see the enemy until 3 seconds before a safe engagement point. Thanks in advance This post is protected by a pilot who has a serious lack of negotiating skills, but is absolute hell in a dogfight. If you do not belong here, please leave. You have now been properly negotiated with. MiG-29S Instant Action Mission Fix Come check out and add to my list of all landmarks in DCS World! ^that works now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtraChrisP Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Also, nav and anticollision lights need to be waaay more noticeable. In the game, all you get is a single pixel on the screen. Easy to miss. In real life, you can see those lights from 100 miles away if it's a clear night. It would be nice if something was done to make those lights easier to spot. Just a thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VapoR Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 In FC1 days I used to be able to spot ground targets as distinct black dots at 18km or so. This is obviously a thing of the past, probably for realism reasons. Not sure when this change was made, I completely missed the FC2 era so it could have happened then. Occasionally I get lucky and spot stuff at about 6-8km nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtaliaA1 Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Also, nav and anticollision lights need to be waaay more noticeable. In the game, all you get is a single pixel on the screen. Easy to miss. In real life, you can see those lights from 100 miles away if it's a clear night. It would be nice if something was done to make those lights easier to spot. Just a thought You do realize this is a "War Time" Simulator and those lights you want to spot from 100miles can be seen by your enemy too? Just to give you a better feel for what you are doing, read Keith Rosenkranzs' Vipers in the storm. I think you will find it quite enlightening as to our genre of passion. This was a Boutique Builder iBuypower rig. Until I got the tinker bug again i7 920 @3.6Mhz 12Gig Corsair XMS3 ram 1600 Nvidia 760 SLi w/4Gig DDR5 Ram Intel 310 SSD HDD 160 Gb + Western Digital 4Terabyte HDD Creative SB X-Fi HD Audio Logitech X-530 5.1 Surround Speaker System Dual Acer 32"Monitors. PSU 1200 w Thermaltake Win10 64Bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtraChrisP Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 You do realize this is a "War Time" Simulator and those lights you want to spot from 100miles can be seen by your enemy too? Just to give you a better feel for what you are doing, read Keith Rosenkranzs' Vipers in the storm. I think you will find it quite enlightening as to our genre of passion. Yeah I'm aware of that, but that can apply to muzzle flashes and ground explosions and stuff like that. Merely trying to illustrate that the lighting effects need work, and that lights at night should be much more noticeable than they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtaliaA1 Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 (edited) In FC1 days I used to be able to spot ground targets as distinct black dots at 18km or so. This is obviously a thing of the past, probably for realism reasons. Not sure when this change was made, I completely missed the FC2 era so it could have happened then. Occasionally I get lucky and spot stuff at about 6-8km nowadays. There is nothing wrong with using the Binoculars in game, Pilots use them in the jets during all wars. Binocular Laser M-L Binocular IR W-Z Binocular View W-B W left windows key L Left Alt Key I haven't used them in a long time, they did bring those over to the latest ver. of A10 Warthog I hope. There is also an enhanced Terrain download available in the user files section of downloads page. Edited September 22, 2013 by AtaliaA1 This was a Boutique Builder iBuypower rig. Until I got the tinker bug again i7 920 @3.6Mhz 12Gig Corsair XMS3 ram 1600 Nvidia 760 SLi w/4Gig DDR5 Ram Intel 310 SSD HDD 160 Gb + Western Digital 4Terabyte HDD Creative SB X-Fi HD Audio Logitech X-530 5.1 Surround Speaker System Dual Acer 32"Monitors. PSU 1200 w Thermaltake Win10 64Bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serp Supreme Posted September 22, 2013 Author Share Posted September 22, 2013 Wait, so can someone please answer my original question? Being, is there any way to increase the distance that units are seen at? This post is protected by a pilot who has a serious lack of negotiating skills, but is absolute hell in a dogfight. If you do not belong here, please leave. You have now been properly negotiated with. MiG-29S Instant Action Mission Fix Come check out and add to my list of all landmarks in DCS World! ^that works now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudester22 Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Not to my knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paganus Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 You can make a custom label file consisting of a single black dot, set the range you want it to be visible, and turn on labels. DCS World\Config\View\Labels.lua Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serp Supreme Posted September 22, 2013 Author Share Posted September 22, 2013 You can make a custom label file consisting of a single black dot, set the range you want it to be visible, and turn on labels. DCS World\Config\View\Labels.lua Okay I'm looking at this file All I can think of is "What" Could you please explain how to do this? This post is protected by a pilot who has a serious lack of negotiating skills, but is absolute hell in a dogfight. If you do not belong here, please leave. You have now been properly negotiated with. MiG-29S Instant Action Mission Fix Come check out and add to my list of all landmarks in DCS World! ^that works now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milli Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 See here: http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1736075&postcount=10 And download this mod: http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/270020/ I've been using it for along time. I like it, though I may have tweaked it a bit more myself, i can't remember. Regards, Milli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavagai Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 See here: http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1736075&postcount=10 And download this mod: http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/270020/ I've been using it for along time. I like it, though I may have tweaked it a bit more myself, i can't remember. Regards, Milli That's a good mod, but there is no way to enforce its use in multiplayer. I have to agree with others that it is extremely difficult to spot contacts at only moderate or even short ranges without adopting a telescope field of view. P-51D | Fw 190D-9 | Bf 109K-4 | Spitfire Mk IX | P-47D | WW2 assets pack | F-86 | Mig-15 | Mig-21 | Mirage 2000C | A-10C II | F-5E | F-16 | F/A-18 | Ka-50 | Combined Arms | FC3 | Nevada | Normandy | Straight of Hormuz | Syria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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