Reggie Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Hi All, It was discussed on ops last week that you all use a mod which allows for icons to be displayed, albeit small. This is why you could all see the enemy aircraft below the cloud, but I could not as I am not using any icons of any sort and never have in all the years I have played since original IL2. Could you let me know which mod it is you use please so I can have a look at it, and ensure I am not at a disadvantage in spotting. I think I may have frustrated Artie and ApeHill by staying above the clouds, for a fair bit on the op as I could't see the contacts. It would be good to be in the same ball park as the rest of you. Just to add - I have looked on the forum, but the mods room here seems to be all old mods for CLOD, nothing to do with BOX. Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators fruitbat Posted August 23, 2020 2. Administrators Share Posted August 23, 2020 Here you go, Unzip this, has three icon mods in it, 1) plane icons (just a small triangle), 2)remove all other plane icons from the map,. 3)Removes floating waypoint icons. icons.7z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Painless Posted August 24, 2020 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted August 24, 2020 Hey Reggie, I think most use just the small triangle icons for aircraft in the air both friendly and enemy. Usually red for enemy and blue for friendly irrespective of which side you fly on. No names shown, no distance shown. The colour only becomes clear as the distance reduces. For ground targets most see a small square icon, again coloured accordingly. You are right, it would put you at a huge disadvantage to see no icons at all especially in a fur ball or for ground targets so please feel free to use whatever you are comfortable with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta7 Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Icon mods available from here https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/38978-mod-icons/ Various options available so find one that suits, I could not play without them as I can't spot anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Sid Posted August 25, 2020 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted August 25, 2020 I know it's something I have gone on about a lot....🙄... but I get disappointed when our guys call out enemy aircraft that have been spotted on the mini map or main map. Not many still use full icons ie. names, types, distances, but I don't see the need for them at all as long as each of us has a dot or triangle to aid in spotting similar to what the majority use now. I would love to have the '46 system where icons can be set to be visible at a distance but we don't. Still hoping..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 Thanks everyone, I will give it a try and see how I get on. With this aid in place I may even be able to return to VR, as I only stopped using it due to my spotting being so poor in VR. 🤔 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 ok, so I have downloaded and installed the mod, it shows up in JSGME, I have enabled it in JSGME and received no errors on enabling it - all looked good. Went into game and set up a few quick missions, I dont see icons on enemy aircraft in any of the missions, it is as if the mod just isn't working. Is there something I have forgotten here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted August 25, 2020 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted August 25, 2020 20 minutes ago, Reggie said: ok, so I have downloaded and installed the mod, it shows up in JSGME, I have enabled it in JSGME and received no errors on enabling it - all looked good. Went into game and set up a few quick missions, I dont see icons on enemy aircraft in any of the missions, it is as if the mod just isn't working. Is there something I have forgotten here? Icons may have been switched off in the Realism settings? Keep it simple, and connect to our dogfight server, climb into a cockpit, make sure the HUD bar is visible, look around or press F2 and you should see a blue triangle over your a/c ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators fruitbat Posted August 25, 2020 2. Administrators Share Posted August 25, 2020 You need to enable 'mods on' in the game as well, in settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 Hi guys, I have logged into the DD server with the mod activated, and it does not seem to be working, as there is no icon above my aircraft at all as FT said there should be. Does anyone have any ideas? I have mods enabled in the game, and get the expected warning whenever I start the game - "Mods are enabled - blahblah" I also have the icon mod enabled through JSGME as shown in the screenshot below. This is how the mod creator stated he enables it as well in the thread (https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/38978-mod-icons/) Inside the mod folder below I have the "Data" and "SWF" folders, so it is not due to not extracting the folder properly. I have tried all the variety of the mod, and none of them seem to work. Any ideas would be appreciated so I can try and get this working to be on a more level playing field. If not, I will post in the IL2 mod forum as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted August 29, 2020 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted August 29, 2020 in game, you can also switch off the icons completely... Check what key you've got set at 'Service, Show/Hide Instrument Panel, Navigation and Map markers' - and try and press that one in cockpit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 Thanks FT - that seems to work, so in order to see the icon, I have to have the instrument panel visible as well by the looks of it, do you all have that visible too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted August 29, 2020 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted August 29, 2020 I do ... except when we do the P38 Campaign, it's a server side 'realism' option ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD_Arthur Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 4 hours ago, Reggie said: Thanks FT - that seems to work, so in order to see the icon, I have to have the instrument panel visible as well by the looks of it, do you all have that visible too? I use the icon but I don't have the hud up. I press H to get rid of the hud, server messages, chat and icons. I then press I and It gives me just the icons back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Sid Posted August 30, 2020 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted August 30, 2020 And F11 toggles the instrument panel and aircraft/ground markers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 Hmm, ok, thanks guys, it will take me a little bit to get used to, lets see how I go :)Appreciate you all taking time for my little questions 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Painless Posted August 30, 2020 1. DDz Quorum Share Posted August 30, 2020 Same here Reggie, I press “H” and it all disappears including the HUD then I press “J” which brings only triangle and square icons back. Both are assigned as toggle functions. 👍🏻😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APHill Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 I had to manually install it as the JSGME didn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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