I often find myself greatly annoyed by the target icons when the commander starts assigning proper targets. The diamonds block the view horribly at longer ranges and distract me more than they'd help. Radar targets are much more user friendly because they pulse, letting you see through the icon. My proposal is, make the commander targets either transparent or change the diamond, or make this a menu option. Pro: - higher visibility at long ranges Con: - might be *slightly* less noticeable 1 suggestion would be to remove the middle part of the lines, leaving only the diamond edges... crap ascii skills, let me show you them: GO GO CRAP ASCII! ######### ######### ######### ######### ######### ######### ######### ######### #########
I think they ought to be smaller and more transparent when they're further. This way the targets that are actually relevant to you in that position would be highlighted, while you'd still see the others back there.
if they are even smaller, they overlap the actual target even more, which brings me back to my first problem: Because of the diamond overlapping the actual target, it gets harder to properly see and aim at distant targets. Shooting in the general area of the diamond just doesn't take the cake.
For me, the problem starts when i can't tell which targes are close to me, and which are far away, because at mid range, all diamonds look same-sized
"Quick fix" for it is just abandoning comms orders if they are blocking your view. Don't remove them, they are awesome with skilled comm.
attention: this contains personal opinios a trained monkey could do that ... just because half of empires players wouldnt hit shit if they dont see red diamonds, doesnt mean they are good for the game. there is so much wrong with them ...
I mean good comm...Not the red diamond SPAM. One who gives you targets really close to you, not on entire map. It's awesome when you exactly know where to hit. AS i said, you can always cancel those orders.
http://www.forums.empiresmod.com/showthread.php?t=9341&highlight=listening+posts. Far better solution there.
i have no problem distinquishing targtes from map geometry ... my brain is powerful enough to just ignore them. but they are wallhacks. - i can live with cameras, you can kill them. - i can live with those listening posts things, you can kill them. - i can live with the scout ability, you can kill the scout. but there is no way to kill commander targtes ... get it now? :D
