Support Panel Question

[Truppenfuhrung]

What's the meaning of the "green cross"? Indicating that the unit is "ok" ?

I search the manual but I found nothing.

[ToadMan]

But did you search the forum?

Well it would have only partially helped anyway...

To sum up, BFC were not sure exactly what that icon meant....However they deduced that it was there to show how well the spotting unit can communicate with the support unit.

Although this wasn't stated I take it that a unit that is good at spotting and in good comms with the support unit can call the strike more accurately and more quickly.

However, try testing that in the game and something weird is evident...

If you choose a few different spotters for a particular support unit, you'll see that the cross changes colour, orientation and size. Sometimes it is a big green cross, sometimes it is smaller green cross, sometimes it's a red 'X' etc

You'd expect that if the cross is Green, then that would indicate better comms than if the cross is Red.

However, in my simple tests it seems this is backwards - if you check how long from calling the strike to rounds landing, it is quicker if the cross is red than green with the best spotter units showing a red 'X' and the "worst" units showing a green cross.

TM.

[Krinks]

Could it be the fire status of the gun? Big Green + means loaded and ready to fire. Small green + meaning firing and red X for reloading...?

Just a guess. I haven't paid much attention when playing, as long as the shells arrive on target.

To sum up, BFC were not sure exactly what that icon meant....However they deduced that it was there to show how well the spotting unit can communicate with the support unit.

This statement concerns me. If I'm reading you correctly, the people who programmed the game don't know what the symbols mean? That just seems weird, and I want to believe I misunderstood, otherwise there's a SERIOUS problem...

[ToadMan]

Originally posted by Krinks:

Could it be the fire status of the gun? Big Green + means loaded and ready to fire. Small green + meaning firing and red X for reloading...?

Just a guess. I haven't paid much attention when playing, as long as the shells arrive on target.

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This statement concerns me. If I'm reading you correctly, the people who programmed the game don't know what the symbols mean? That just seems weird, and I want to believe I misunderstood, otherwise there's a SERIOUS problem... </font>

[Truppenfuhrung]

Originally posted by ToadMan:

However they deduced that it was there to show how well the spotting unit can communicate with the support unit.

I tough that this thing was indicated by the green dots :confused:

[Roter Stern]

Green and red dots represent the status of the gun battery... i.e. their ability to respond to new fire missions.

But the "comms status" icon does sound a little messed up, if ToadMan is correct.

As for “BFC not knowing” – it was Steve who didn’t remember, which I can’t blame him for, especially since he’s not the programmer on the team. To be honest I don’t know how a small team can pull off a project like this on the first place, kudos.