grave violet
It would be great, if the squares on the map (and HUD) would be with different colors.
For example, the squad leader has a orange square, the second one is red, third is purple and the fourth is yellow.
This way you would see within a second who is where, without opening the big map and Mouse over every square to know who it is.
Additionally a direction indicator where the person is looking.
So we could tell him where something is. For example "tango on your 2 o'clock 50 meters out"
manic sphinx
Oooo I think this is great. Not sure how the real world bluefor trackers treat friendly / squad tagging, but for in-game purposes this would be a huge QOL.
Even if you turned your overhead compass off and chose to use your quick map for immersion, identifying where squad-mates are would greatly help streamline comms.
clever robin
squadmates green, other friendlys blue?
manic sphinx
squadmates green, other friendlys blue?
Nah he means each squad member gets their own color. Great for comms / placement / movement.
manic sphinx
Adjacent topic - since we have armbands that can only be seen by friendlies. Having IR strobes that can only be seen by squadmates would be sick. Would be a grounded / semi-realistic way to easily PID your buddies while using NVGs.
Also…maybe eventually the armbands for your squad mates match the icon color.
grave violet
Adjacent topic - since we have armbands that can only be seen by friendlies. Hav...
Or colored chem lights on the backpack
clever robin
the armbands can be seen in nvgs
idk if having them only visible to squadmates would be a good idea
manic sphinx
the armbands can be seen in nvgs
True. I’ve had issues with this tho. Depending on the lighting and distance they can sometimes be occluded or nearly impossible to see. Could be a settings issue tho.
manic sphinx
idk if having them only visible to squadmates would be a good idea
Sorry I meant the strobes would only be seen by squad mates. Armbands still visible to faction.
clever robin
yeah same applies to that imo too
manic sphinx
Either way I’m down for a more grounded approach to PID mechanics, however that shows up 😀
clever robin
ye same
manic sphinx
Or colored chem lights on the backpack
Colored chem lights sounds dope as hell. Very good idea.