F-45A JHMCS-like Symbology for AirBoss/LSO

[obtuse geyser]

Inspired by https://discord.com/channels/319915885575798785/1258069981141405707

Futuristic visor/glasses that can be toggled to show symbology of friendly aircraft in 3D space. Additional symbology next to aircraft icons to show speed, altitude, callsign, aircraft type, current heading, and distance from carrier.

(This is not intended to be a double request, rather, to be used in tandem with the first suggestion)

By either selecting an aircraft by touching its respective icon in the AirBoss screen, or by looking directly at an aircraft in 3D space and pressing the “select” button, you can press a button which takes you to the ship camera which functions very similar to the TGP. It automatically follows and gradually zooms in and out to fit the aircraft on the screen for a good view. You can adjust the zoom level that it automatically stays at.

Ex: if you want the aircraft to fit a certain percentage of the screen, it will remain at that percentage no matter the distance from the carrier until the aircraft leaves its view distance (~25nm)

In addition, certain symbology can be toggled to prevent overcrowding information.

[blazing wren]

or smart glass on the window

maybe you have to select a specific aircraft on the radar display and only that one shows up

[obtuse geyser]

That too, however, you do not have 360* of view from the windows alone

[blazing wren]

that's a fair point

[obtuse geyser]

For the glasses? Or the camera?

[blazing wren]

the glasses, the camera idea is a bit much I think

having aircraft show up in 3d is already a stretch

[obtuse geyser]

The reason that I argue for it is because all the aircraft appear on the screen already. It’s is just symbology taken from a 2D screen and pasted in glasses to display them in 3D space

[blazing wren]

yeah I get that, and it would be great to have
but adding a camera display has issues

[obtuse geyser]

It is, but it kinda exists somewhat already with the F-45A

[blazing wren]

even in the 45 you can notice the difference in camera position compared to the pilot, in an ATC tower the camera would have to be at the top so the distance would be huge

not to mention we like to put radars on top of the tower a lot

and those would obstruct the view

[obtuse geyser]

What if there were multiple cameras placed in different parts of the carrier, which handed off to one another when an aircraft would move out of view?

[blazing wren]

that would be very jarring when the camera view switched to the next camera since the position is different, especially up close

and I don't see why you would need that if you can just have the HUD on the glasses show you where the plane is

it's not like you need to track it for targeting so there's no need to zoom

[obtuse geyser]

Helpful for seeing the aircraft to check for damage, loadout, and formation

[blazing wren]

datalink information would be more than enough for that, no camera required

[obtuse geyser]

Idk. Futuristic camera magic

I mean, it wouldn’t be hard for Baha to implement. It’s essentially just a TGP on a carrier

[blazing wren]

you usually deal with that using other (already established) methods
like ATC calls (flight of 3), having them report weapons carried or having them do a flyby to check damage

though in game you can see all the damage yourself as a pilot