Custom Icons Part 2/4
We can make the game more challenging and realistic
by limiting icon information. Here's how!
by
Flying Nutcase
We can make the game more challenging and realistic
by limiting icon information. Here's how!
by
Flying Nutcase
Full Mission Builder Tutorials
For IL2 Forgotten Battles and Pacific Fighters
3. How To Customize Icon Distances In-Game:
Now you know the theory, let's try it. Choose a mission with friendly and enemy aircraft, where you start near the enemy. Or make a quick mission yourself.
Just after the mission starts, pause the game ('p' by default), and press 'Shift-Tab' to get the command line we saw above. Type in this:
mp_dotrange TYPE 2 ID .5 RANGE 6 COLOR 3 DOT 10
And press Enter. See the pic below...
Now you know the theory, let's try it. Choose a mission with friendly and enemy aircraft, where you start near the enemy. Or make a quick mission yourself.
Just after the mission starts, pause the game ('p' by default), and press 'Shift-Tab' to get the command line we saw above. Type in this:
mp_dotrange TYPE 2 ID .5 RANGE 6 COLOR 3 DOT 10
And press Enter. See the pic below...
Then press 'Shift-Tab' again to remove the command line. Un-pause the game and take a look around.
Check out the aircraft. Notice when the colors change and when you see the aircraft type, ID, and so on.
Also notice that between when the range starts showing and the color shows, you don't know whether it's an enemy or friendly aircraft - an attempt to mimick real life visibility. For example, you can see an aircraft before you can make out whether it's friend or foe.
These setting are just an example. Later, have a think about what's best for you.
I've set the color at a slightly longer distance than the aircraft type to model the 'sensing' friend from foe, for example by the way the plane is manouvering, approximate size or shape, and so on.
If you want to change the settings, pause the game again and type in any changes you would like to make. For example, if you want to change the color to 4 kilometers, type:
mp_dotrange COLOR 4
The other parameters will remain unchanged.
There are two more commands that we should know. To check the current icon settings, don't add any parameters:
mp_dotrange
And to restore the default settings of 6 km (4 mi):
mp_dotrange DEFAULT
Right, well that's how to set custom icon distances in-game, but it requires a fair bit of typing at the beginning of every mission. Fortunately there's a shortcut. Let's have a look at that next!
Check out the aircraft. Notice when the colors change and when you see the aircraft type, ID, and so on.
Also notice that between when the range starts showing and the color shows, you don't know whether it's an enemy or friendly aircraft - an attempt to mimick real life visibility. For example, you can see an aircraft before you can make out whether it's friend or foe.
These setting are just an example. Later, have a think about what's best for you.
I've set the color at a slightly longer distance than the aircraft type to model the 'sensing' friend from foe, for example by the way the plane is manouvering, approximate size or shape, and so on.
If you want to change the settings, pause the game again and type in any changes you would like to make. For example, if you want to change the color to 4 kilometers, type:
mp_dotrange COLOR 4
The other parameters will remain unchanged.
There are two more commands that we should know. To check the current icon settings, don't add any parameters:
mp_dotrange
And to restore the default settings of 6 km (4 mi):
mp_dotrange DEFAULT
Right, well that's how to set custom icon distances in-game, but it requires a fair bit of typing at the beginning of every mission. Fortunately there's a shortcut. Let's have a look at that next!
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by Oleg Maddox and 1C: Maddox Games, published by Ubisoft.
This is a fan site and completely independent of the above companies...
Other than a love for this sim. :-)