Cross/target box only visible in HUD for units within 32km

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huginn
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Cross/target box only visible in HUD for units within 32km

Post by huginn »

Switched today to current svn HEAD (12377) and started from scratch with the campaign.

Something changed between 12308 and 12377 with the cross/target box indicating a target in the HUD. It is not there anymore for far away targets.

Targets only appear augmented with a cross/target box in the HUD if they are within a distance of max. 32~33 km. Either the cross appears then (for ships) or the target box (for big units like bases).

I thought that might be related to the scanner, so I installed the best one (Hawkeye ZX-86). Did not have any effect, though.

Did I miss something?
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Post by loki1950 »

may be finally enforcing sensor range :wink: that's the only thing i can think of off the top anything mentioned in the commit log.

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Post by huginn »

Thanks.

Enforcing the sensor range sounds reasonable.
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(But don't the different scanners have different ranges? The observed behavior is independent of model, though)

On the other hand, I'm missing the cross as a pure navigational aid indicating the position of a target no matter how far away. It makes reaching a distant target manually difficult.

The scanner knows this position, (I see a plus in the forward/aft scanner display, I think, here the range comes in) and could display the target in the HUD as well. I still get the arrow, if the target is not in the viewscreen. So, probably the cross got lost somehow.
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