left click to follow aircraft

[Lord of the Exiled Winks]

Is there an easier way to select aircraft, it seems I am constantly fighting the camera.

[Drydock Dreams Games]

Hitting numpad enter will lock/unlock the camera on the selected unit in the order of battle panel. Double clicking on the aircraft in the 3D world will achieve the same result. Cheers.

[Lord of the Exiled Winks]

Originally posted by Drydock Dreams Games:

Hitting numpad enter will lock/unlock the camera on the selected unit in the order of battle panel. Double clicking on the aircraft in the 3D world will achieve the same result. Cheers.

I dont have numpad on my keyboard, anyway to just add left click functionality when in tactical/strategic map? That would be much easier and functional, left clicking on units in the 3D space is extremely difficult and requires alot of pausing. Perhaps adding the ability to enable unit highlighting/visible unit names when in 3d mode would help with spotting and selecting units.

Just an idea.

[schnupfi]

Originally posted by Lord of the Exiled Winks:

Originally posted by Drydock Dreams Games:

Hitting numpad enter will lock/unlock the camera on the selected unit in the order of battle panel. Double clicking on the aircraft in the 3D world will achieve the same result. Cheers.

I dont have numpad on my keyboard, anyway to just add left click functionality when in tactical/strategic map? That would be much easier and functional, left clicking on units in the 3D space is extremely difficult and requires alot of pausing. Perhaps adding the ability to enable unit highlighting/visible unit names when in 3d mode would help with spotting and selecting units.

Just an idea.

also dont have numpad on my mobile keybord

[ezjax2]

One way you can view your Air assets is via the OOB, Hit F2, the OOB is on your left, make sure you have the Air button selected at the top. Then click on the group you want to follow, then open all the + taps till you see the pilots name, click on it and then hit the 3D world view button.

[King Ramses]

Originally posted by schnupfi:

Originally posted by Lord of the Exiled Winks:

I dont have numpad on my keyboard, anyway to just add left click functionality when in tactical/strategic map? That would be much easier and functional, left clicking on units in the 3D space is extremely difficult and requires alot of pausing. Perhaps adding the ability to enable unit highlighting/visible unit names when in 3d mode would help with spotting and selecting units.

Just an idea.

also dont have numpad on my mobile keybord

same i made the i guess mistake of buying a micro keyboard i also dont have a numpad <3

[Lord of the Exiled Winks]

Originally posted by ezjax2:

One way you can view your Air assets is via the OOB, Hit F2, the OOB is on your left, make sure you have the Air button selected at the top. Then click on the group you want to follow, then open all the + taps till you see the pilots name, click on it and then hit the 3D world view button.

Thank you, I've been doing it this way now. However there still is a significant amount of time spent figuring out the correct units to select etc.

Basically what I've been doing is using the OOB menu to select the correct squadron and then using pgup/pgdn to cycle through until I get to the right unit.

This is the easiest way I've found so far.

Issues with this method;

Additional clutter on screen

much greater time spent on navigating menus and selecting correct units

Linear nature of the "pgup/pgdn" means significantly more time swapping through units to navigate to the desired one.

Possibility of "breaking lock" I.E. clicking on the ocean will cause your camera to break the lock on the desired unit, forcing you to reset the entire process.

Solution;

Allow players to left click on units in the Tactical overlay in order to lock camera + hotkey a "lock free cam" so that no external inputs will make the camera disengage from the locked unit.

Originally posted by Drydock Dreams Games:

Hitting numpad enter will lock/unlock the camera on the selected unit in the order of battle panel. Double clicking on the aircraft in the 3D world will achieve the same result. Cheers.

[Raphx]

for mee all this tip of game and sim need a keybord a complet keybord how can you play game wytout
if dev make game for pc you need a keybord
sorry but for the start of developemnt of a game this is normal

[Lord of the Exiled Winks]

Originally posted by Raphx:

for mee all this tip of game and sim need a keybord a complet keybord how can you play game wytout
if dev make game for pc you need a keybord
sorry but for the start of developemnt of a game this is normal

completely incomprehensible.

[Reaverbait]

Originally posted by ezjax2:

One way you can view your Air assets is via the OOB, Hit F2, the OOB is on your left, make sure you have the Air button selected at the top. Then click on the group you want to follow, then open all the + taps till you see the pilots name, click on it and then hit the 3D world view button.

Related to this, it would be nice if to follow a formation you didn't have to click on the formation, then the subgroup, then the element of that sub unit and then click on the pilot's name each time you want to change your PoV in the 3d mode using the OOB as described above. If I click on the formation it should jump to the leader of the formation in one click, if I want to pick a particular subgroup then when I select it I should go to the leader of that group, ditto for the element, not always having to go through 4-5 clicks to get the PoV of a particular plane. When you have opened up several different formations and elements you end up with a huge amount of clutter. Dozens of nested levels and elements of planes, and dozens of little + and - signs you are continually clicking to open and close the various groups, elements and individual planes you can select.
This game already has a lot of micromanagement which can be not the most exciting, watching the air battles and bombing happening is the most fun part of the game. But having to pause air combats continually so you can try to figure out who's in combat and actually watch it happening really slows things down and breaks the immersion.