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It would be REALLY helpful if ......
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 5:20 am
by sanderz
.... when you click on an HQ all the subordinate units glow or something as i find i very time consuming to track units and keep formations together
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RE: It would be REALLY helpful if ......
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 5:40 am
by sanderz
also - why do some of the NATO unit symbols seem to be wrong (or at least misleading) e.g. it shows Infantry when its actually Artillery (if i switch to pictures it shows Artillery which was correct).
RE: It would be REALLY helpful if ......
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 5:55 am
by sanderz
a personal preference but it would be nice to see a main map filter to show controlled territory
RE: It would be REALLY helpful if ......
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 6:12 am
by Sheytan
All the commands are color coded. You can also delve the OOB tab to list specifics.
RE: It would be REALLY helpful if ......
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 6:14 am
by Sheytan
It does. The Strategic map and the ZOC border fufills this function.
ORIGINAL: sanderz
a personal preference but it would be nice to see a main map filter to show controlled territory
RE: It would be REALLY helpful if ......
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 6:41 am
by Sheytan
Forgot to add, the supply pathing overlay is also a good way to see things on the map as well. I never really needed a coloured overlay to see what was up though with the ZOC borders.
RE: It would be REALLY helpful if ......
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 7:07 am
by JMass
ORIGINAL: sanderz
also - why do some of the NATO unit symbols seem to be wrong (or at least misleading) e.g. it shows Infantry when its actually Artillery (if i switch to pictures it shows Artillery which was correct).
Those artillery units have a point over an "A" at the left of the NATO symbol (it is a bit small, maybe).
RE: It would be REALLY helpful if ......
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 7:15 am
by JMass
ORIGINAL: sanderz
.... when you click on an HQ all the subordinate units glow or something as i find i very time consuming to track units and keep formations together
+1, colors sometimes are less distinguished and units stacked below are hidden.
I would have also a button or hotkey to minimize the information bar (sometimes I need to see just the Unit base Info screen), on my laptop with resolution 1280x800 the map portion visible is very small.
RE: It would be REALLY helpful if ......
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 7:29 am
by Blind Sniper
I would have also a button or hotkey to minimize the information bar (sometimes I need to see just the Unit base Info screen), on my laptop with resolution 1280x800 the map portion visible is very small.
+1, I have a laptop too.
RE: It would be REALLY helpful if ......
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 9:13 am
by JameyCribbs
ORIGINAL: Blind Sniper
I would have also a button or hotkey to minimize the information bar (sometimes I need to see just the Unit base Info screen), on my laptop with resolution 1280x800 the map portion visible is very small.
+1, I have a laptop too.
+1, My laptop's resolution is 1366X768, which seems to be a popular one these days, the amount of visible map on the screen is miniscule.
RE: It would be REALLY helpful if ......
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 12:00 pm
by sanderz
when you click on a unit you can see what HQ it belongs to and eg for the GER 12th Division its "Wodrig Corps" - BUT when you click on it it doesn't centre on Wodrig Corps
also, when clicking on a unit it displays other units in the hex - all fine - but what i think would also be useful is a display with all other units in the formation that you can click on to centre on the unit e.g. at the moment i just can't find the Artillery that belongs to the 12th division (and the OOB doesn't seem to help here - it doesn't centre on the selected unit) - am i missing something here?
what i'd still like to see all units in a formation hightlighted when you click on the HQ (or possibly when you click on any units in the formation)
RE: It would be REALLY helpful if ......
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 12:05 pm
by LarryP
ORIGINAL: JameyCribbs
ORIGINAL: Blind Sniper
I would have also a button or hotkey to minimize the information bar (sometimes I need to see just the Unit base Info screen), on my laptop with resolution 1280x800 the map portion visible is very small.
+1, I have a laptop too.
+1, My laptop's resolution is 1366X768, which seems to be a popular one these days, the amount of visible map on the screen is miniscule.
I have the same resolution on my laptop. I agree. [:)]
RE: It would be REALLY helpful if ......
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 1:33 pm
by Wolfe1759
ORIGINAL: LarryP
ORIGINAL: JameyCribbs
ORIGINAL: Blind Sniper
+1, I have a laptop too.
+1, My laptop's resolution is 1366X768, which seems to be a popular one these days, the amount of visible map on the screen is miniscule.
I have the same resolution on my laptop. I agree. [:)]
+1,With a 1280x800 laptop I agree as well
RE: It would be REALLY helpful if ......
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 3:28 pm
by oldspec4
ORIGINAL: sanderz
when you click on a unit you can see what HQ it belongs to and eg for the GER 12th Division its "Wodrig Corps" - BUT when you click on it it doesn't centre on Wodrig Corps
also, when clicking on a unit it displays other units in the hex - all fine - but what i think would also be useful is a display with all other units in the formation that you can click on to centre on the unit e.g. at the moment i just can't find the Artillery that belongs to the 12th division (and the OOB doesn't seem to help here - it doesn't centre on the selected unit) - am i missing something here?
what i'd still like to see all units in a formation hightlighted when you click on the HQ (or possibly when you click on any units in the formation)
Agree w/ these comments..
RE: It would be REALLY helpful if ......
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 3:37 pm
by patchogue
It centre's on the corps if you click the corps name. I agree with highlighting all units belonging to the corps on map.
Have just understood the OOB comment. If you click on a unit on the OOB you centre the map on a subordinate unit.
I like the way the symbol fades as you use AP so a quick glance shows who's got AP left.
The Nato symbol shows the parent division - generally the organic artillery is in the R unit.
RE: It would be REALLY helpful if ......
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 4:11 pm
by sanderz
ORIGINAL: patchogue
It centre's on the corps if you click the corps name. I agree with highlighting all units belonging to the corps on map.
Ahh - just looked again and thats sort of right - for me me its not cnetred its centre screen ok but on the far right - i really should have noticed that - still it would be better if it was centred
ORIGINAL: patchogue
Have just understood the OOB comment. If you click on a unit on the OOB you centre the map on a subordinate unit.
this doesn't work for me - for some i get the right centre focus and for other it just seems to go to the wrong place. Also if you want a particular unit how do you select that as you only see one of the 4 units in a division?
ORIGINAL: patchogue
I like the way the symbol fades as you use AP so a quick glance shows who's got AP left.
yep a good feature
ORIGINAL: patchogue
The Nato symbol shows the parent division - generally the organic artillery is in the R unit.
But not very clear - i have stopped using the Nato symbols because of this
RE: It would be REALLY helpful if ......
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 9:34 pm
by Bamilus
Would be a nice addition. HoI3 added this with Semper Fi, I believe, and it was a really good addition.
That isn't to say HoI3:SF is not a complete buggy unplayable mess....it still is [:D]
RE: It would be REALLY helpful if ......
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 3:23 am
by kirkgregerson
yeah, really not liking no way to change HQ colors or unit names. Very hard to tell what belongs to what. When click on HQ should see all units. Or unit clicked should show all units in subordinate HQ. I believe this is like 101 in wargames. Reading about WitE, sounds like this is done nicely. I know that this game was great to get out quick, but seems some user feed back or a shorter beta testing (limited group) was unfortunate choice? Otherwise, this would have been exposed sooner.
Not being able to change unit names is bad, for me air units hard to tell what they capable of since unit designations don't tell me crap about what is in it. Thus, when getting air support on hex, have to look into each unit which is a pain.
Thanks
RE: It would be REALLY helpful if ......
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 6:25 am
by Hexagon
The problem with NATO symbols is that not all are correct for example in HPS use a symbol per unit type without using letters i think that letters are to small and if there is not space for a big letter use another symbol is better.
The list of NATO symbols, for example motorized infantry have the same symbol as infantry but with 2 little sticks down same for all motorized units like artillery and AA guns (artillery in halftracks have one of the sticks bigger)
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RE: It would be REALLY helpful if ......
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 7:12 am
by sanderz
ORIGINAL: Hexagon
The problem with NATO symbols is that not all are correct for example in HPS use a symbol per unit type without using letters i think that letters are to small and if there is not space for a big letter use another symbol is better.
good point - the main symbol itself needs to convey the prome function of the unit