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[w0qj]

Just curious, how do you spot Artillery/Airstrikes while in Thermal (Heat) Vision Mode?

I know that there's smoke showing where Artillery/Airstrikes will be,
but while in Thermal Vision mode this smoke is almost invisible, especially if you're moving.

[martian]

I agree that sometimes the smoke is barely recognizable when using infrared vision, but I think this is quite low on the PGI's adjustments list.

[Willard Phule]

Zooming out, thus increasing your peripheral vision, increases your chance of seeing it in whatever mode you're using.

[The pessimistic optimist]

Willard Phule, on 14 November 2020 - 07:35 AM, said:

Zooming out, thus increasing your peripheral vision, increases your chance of seeing it in whatever mode you're using.

Why most of my assault mechs have air strikes. If I get in to a fight with another assault or a slower moving mech I can drop air strike behind there back and unlike arty you can aim air strike's at a target. They don't see the smoke most of the time or if someone warns them

Edited by SirSmokes, 14 November 2020 - 07:43 AM.

[Horseman]

w0qj, on 14 November 2020 - 04:06 AM, said:

I know that there's smoke showing where Artillery/Airstrikes will be,
but while in Thermal Vision mode this smoke is almost invisible, especially if you're moving.

The answer is simple: don't use thermal unless necessary. It screws you over on visual information in more ways than one.

[w0qj]

1. All MWO has to do is to program the "smoke" texture "hot", so that it would show up in Thermal vision?

2. I was in a game just now, ingame time late afternoon going into late evening,
so everything was slowly going from dim into almost total darkness.

HAD to use Thermal vision.
But could not see buildings in Thermal vision, kept running/shooting into buildings.
Fortunately there were no airstrikes either, as would not see it either in such a 100% Thermal vision situation.

[RickySpanish]

It doesn't show up in thermal because it isn't hot, seems fairly self explanatory then that you won't be able to see smoke in thermal vision mode on most maps. So the way you spot it is to not use thermal too often.

[martian]

w0qj, on 14 November 2020 - 08:54 AM, said:

1. All MWO has to do is to program the "smoke" texture "hot", so that it would show up in Thermal vision?

I think that it should be possible.

When playing on Caustic Valley map, check those toxic vapours in the caldera. They show up as hot when using infra-red, so I would say that it should be possible to implement such solution, i.e. modify the Artillery Strike smoke marker to be "hot" when using infra-red..

Ask Russ Bullock and I am sure that in two years - three years at maximum - it is going to be added to MWO.

[Therax]

"cycle your vision modes" - some guy on my comp team every game start on certain maps

[Horseman]

w0qj, on 14 November 2020 - 08:54 AM, said:

2. I was in a game just now, ingame time late afternoon going into late evening,
so everything was slowly going from dim into almost total darkness.

HAD to use Thermal vision.

You realize there's a Night Vision mode separate from Thermal, right?

[The6thMessenger]

Get out of thermal?

[Willard Phule]

The6thMessenger, on 14 November 2020 - 02:03 PM, said:

Get out of thermal?

Dude. Just unzooming so you're not clustering your team or shooting them accidentally is harder than most can handle. Changing vision modes is simply out of the question.