Intro:
I’d like to suggest a very minor interface addition in regards to aircraft, that I’m quite surprised isn’t in the game yet. Simply to show whatever ordnance (bombs, rockets, gun-pods, Etc.) you have on your aircraft in the X-ray view, whether if it’s in the main menu, or in battle.
Specifics:
This concept is obviously not very complicated, any equipped ordnance you have on your aircraft will now also appear in any X-ray view. For colours, I think it’d make the most sense to make them a bright red similar to ammunition on ground and naval units, with the exception of gun-pods or other mounted weapons, which would appear in a more mild red just like all other weapons. In the main menu it would be a very quick and easily accessible way to see what ordnance you have equipped, as well as making your vehicle look a bit more complete. Similar to other components you see in the X-ray view, you can hover your cursor over any ordnance piece to show all the info about said ordnance, like weight, explosive mass, range, armour penetration, etc. Pretty much all the things you get when viewing ordnance in the ‘Secondary weapons’ screen. This would also make it (especially mid-battle) easier to see where exactly your bombs/ordnance are located if they are internal.
Additional features:
An additional feature you could add to accompany this is the ability to click on any of the ordnance slots in X-ray view to immediately switch to any other ordnance option for quick adjustments, though this is completely optional.
Another nice feature to have for this is whenever you hover over any bomb, rocket or missile, it will show which get dropped/launched first. This would be another ‘stat’ you’d see when hovering over any ordnance piece, and it’d simply be a sequence of numbers (‘number 1’ would be the first to drop, ‘number 2’ the second, etc.) This would be especially nice considering there is (as far as I’m aware) no other way to know which weapons get used first apart from trying it out in a battle/test flight.
Conclusion:
Overall quite a minor addition, but I think it would go a long way into helping make the game look more polished, as well as make things just a little bit clearer and cohesive, but let me know what you think!
- Yes
- No