[REQ]'No Map-Contact Updates' done properly

[etheberge]

Very interesting Seeadler, thank for that info. You seem to know about this stuff, is there a program that can let us open and edit those shape files visually?

I tried a bunch of vector editors but none of were able to open those SHP files.

Originally Posted by Seeadler

Shp files contain scaleable 2D polygon objects.

In ContactDirectionSymbol.shp
1. object -> 4 vertices = a quad
2. object -> 2 vertices = a line

to get rid off the course line, set the line vertices to zero

0 
4
0.0 0.13481 0.0
-2.14312 0.13481 0.0
-2.14312 -0.13481 0.0
0.0 -0.13481 0.0
2
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0

[thruster]

would it be easy to make all map contacts grey?
im not taken by the idea of knowing a ships range of awareness. [perhaps im misunderstanding something?]

[ironkross]

I've noticed when clicking on my ship's course setting if there are any ships in the area the ship icons appear, revealing their positions for miles around. And if I drag the course setting lines around the ship icons move on their course. It's a terrible spoiler ingame, you can't help but know those ships are there. This needs to be fixed.