Is there a way to filter the map view by unit class/type?

[Texashawk]

For example, if I wanted to only show air radars, or just airports, or just surface ships. This seems like it would be extremely handy (for example, when planning SEAD missions) but I can't seem to find a way to filter the view this way. Any help would be appreciated - I'm sure I'm missing something basic!

-Steve

[Parel803]

I see the advantages for having more view-filter possibilities, especially with large number of different tracks.
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[Rory Noonan]

How would this work UI-wise? I am imagining a huge tickbox option screen and I don't know if that's a great thing to have.

[Parel803]

I'm not sur if there is already a filter function in the game. Might be a operator on my side. If there lots of contacts on the screen and I wanna do a single warfare it might be nice to view-filter out the other environment tracks. No big thing just nice for me.

[Texashawk]

So I'm going to assume based on these answers that there is no map filtering currently.

What I would do (I'm a professional game designer and programmer) to make this functionality simple is this:

Add a new section on the unit tooltip with 5 options:
-Show only this unit type
-Show only this unit class
-Do not show this unit type
-Do not show this unit class
-Reset all filters

It's not perfect and obviously you can't have too many filters but I think most people would just use it for target and mission planning. It probably actually belongs on the wishlist but here it is. Thanks!

-Steve

[Rory Noonan]

Great feedback, feature request added.

0013751

[marksdoran]

ORIGINAL: apache85

How would this work UI-wise? I am imagining a huge tickbox option screen and I don't know if that's a great thing to have.

How about...

To the right of the "hide short cut bar" there's a big giant space...I can imagine moving the blue arrow to the right far enough to accommodate a set of buttons each of which has the icon for a type of unit on it...those could be highlighted or greyed out to reflect what's displayed. Or if that's too busy perhaps a single button there that brings up a pane with an array of buttons that you can pick and mix from. Bonus for making the symbol images follow the NTIDS preference selection.

[Texashawk]

ORIGINAL: apache85

Great feedback, feature request added.

0013751

Awesome, thanks! I feel like a lot of people will use this feature, especially with more complex scenarios where the map fills up fast!

-Steve

[Parel803]

Thank you, sounds nice.
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