Staging Area Icon

Cassius · 2012-12-24, 04:32

Can there be some sort of staging area icon, an Icon the commander can mark an area with, where squads are to rally before they attack? I think it would be more effective than a waypoint marker as in less ignored.

Rhino · 2012-12-24, 05:21

Sounds like a good idea

I don't see why not, but don't know the python code very well.

Any ideas what the icon should look like?

Rabbit · 2012-12-24, 05:24

A circle with AA in the center for Assembly Area?

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita.../image3621.jpg

Rhino · 2012-12-24, 05:57

Ye, might work, but keeping in mind that the icon needs to 32x32px it might not really fit in that space.

Also AA sounds more like Anti-Aircraft

Murphy · 2012-12-24, 07:48

Would a flag maybe work? How about changing the color of an existing marker?

AfterDune · 2012-12-24, 08:58

Most of the times, commanders just use waypoint icons.

Rhino · 2012-12-24, 08:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]AfterDune

Most of the times, commanders just use waypoint icons.

Ye, if we are going to do this, it needs to be an icon that is super obvious its for this, otherwise there is no real point of having it over just using a waypoint marker.

40mmrain · 2012-12-24, 09:04

speaking of commander markers, could the recharge be accelerated a bit, often I wont have a marker to make for something, it makes the commander less useful than it really ought to be.

Rhino · 2012-12-24, 09:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by 40mmrain

speaking of commander markers, could the recharge be accelerated a bit, often I wont have a marker to make for something, it makes the commander less useful than it really ought to be.

I don't believe so, pretty sure it was hard coded into BF2 v1.5 to stop the vehicle drop hack spam hackers use to do in vBF2 where they would make the sky rain jeeps:

CTRifle · 2012-12-24, 14:36

Hey I agree, the marker would make it alot easier to organize sqds than the waypoint one so I made these

Colors can be changed I just picked random ones to fill it in

2012-12-24, 04:32	#1
Cassius Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3,941 Italy Location: Cologne Germany	Staging Area Icon Can there be some sort of staging area icon, an Icon the commander can mark an area with, where squads are to rally before they attack? I think it would be more effective than a waypoint marker as in less ignored.
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2012-12-24, 05:21	#2
Rhino Retired PR Developer Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 47,448 United Kingdom Location: Somerset - UK Blog Entries: 45	Re: Staging Area Icon Sounds like a good idea I don't see why not, but don't know the python code very well. Any ideas what the icon should look like?

2012-12-24, 05:24	#3
Rabbit Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,750 United States of America Location: Ohio Blog Entries: 7	Re: Staging Area Icon A circle with AA in the center for Assembly Area? http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita.../image3621.jpg

2012-12-24, 05:57	#4
Rhino Retired PR Developer Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 47,448 United Kingdom Location: Somerset - UK Blog Entries: 45	Re: Staging Area Icon Ye, might work, but keeping in mind that the icon needs to 32x32px it might not really fit in that space. Also AA sounds more like Anti-Aircraft

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2012-12-24, 07:48	#5
Murphy Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 2,332 Canada Location: Montreal, Quebec	Re: Staging Area Icon Would a flag maybe work? How about changing the color of an existing marker?

2012-12-24, 08:58	#6
AfterDune Retired PR Developer Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 17,028 Netherlands Blog Entries: 10	Re: Staging Area Icon Most of the times, commanders just use waypoint icons.

2012-12-24, 09:04	#8
40mmrain Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,246 Canada	Re: Staging Area Icon speaking of commander markers, could the recharge be accelerated a bit, often I wont have a marker to make for something, it makes the commander less useful than it really ought to be.
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2012-12-24, 14:36	#10
CTRifle Retired PR Developer Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,044 Canada Location: Ontario! Blog Entries: 1	Re: Staging Area Icon Hey I agree, the marker would make it alot easier to organize sqds than the waypoint one so I made these Colors can be changed I just picked random ones to fill it in