GWX & Map updates

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Originally Posted by joegrundman

I noticed that map updates come with no realism penalty in GWX, i.e. i'm playing at 100% even though i selected auto map updates.

Does anyone know why this decision was made? When i decided to give it a go, i was guessing that some kind of assisted plotting mod had been installed and i was curious to see how it worked, but I was wrong. As far as I can see, it's just God's eye view with perfectly provided instantaneous fire solutions for all visible ships for anyone who knows anything at all about manual targetting.

I love GWX, am in awe of it really, but I really hate God's eye view and I have to finish this patrol with it on now. I'm just curious why that decision was made to separate it from its realism penalty, or am I missing something obvious?

Wasn't that already the case before GWX ? I think I remember that after a certain SH3 patch you could turn the map contact updates on/off without changing the realism %.