Forged Alliance Forever

Re: Show unit icons off map

2013-02-26T09:27:57+02:00

I have yet to see a replay where a plane forgot his order while being offmap during a turnaround.

The script take the speed of the unit in consideration for the allowed offmap time, so even a spy plane running straight into offmap and turning around won't lose it.

Statistics: Posted by Ze_PilOt — 26 Feb 2013, 09:27

Re: Show unit icons off map

2013-02-26T03:45:34+02:00

No, that is not possible. As you may have seen in supcom 2, an entire retooling of the system was necessary to fix that.

Regarding my off-mapping fix, no, I tested it as I wrote it, and any bomber not intentionally forced off map will be able to complete innumerable passes before being forced to forget its orders.

Statistics: Posted by FunkOff — 26 Feb 2013, 03:45

Show unit icons off map

2013-02-26T00:21:13+02:00

Is it possible to mod the game such that when units go off map, their icons will still be able to be seen off map? This includes even just gray radar icons. I ask because if this were possible, it could eliminate the ability of folks to exploit off-mapping effectively.

I realize there is a "fix" to off-mapping currently, that is the units that off-map after a short time forget their orders and then come back into map range, needing a new order after that point, but this fix also punishes instances in which planes inadvertently fly off-map. Being able to see unit icons regardless of whether they are on the map would be a much better fix, imo. Even if folks tried to off map, they would no longer be invisible on radar if they pulled it off.

Statistics: Posted by Pathogenic — 26 Feb 2013, 00:21