[REL] 3D TDC and Radar Range Unit

[razark]

Originally Posted by razark

Had a try at this last night.

Results:
Failure.

Ok, thinking about this again after looking further into the files. I need a sanity check and some possible knowledge before I proceed.

What I was trying last night didn't work, so I poked into the files, and I found Maps.cfg. It has entries for SymbolZoom and GroupsZoom, SymbolZoom is commented as "units are drawn as symbols from this zoom up".

I'm thinking:
-If I remove the black spot *_shp.dds for ships, as well as the box symbol, ships will not show up.
-If I replace the blank TMO airplane *_shp.dds with the black spot, airplanes will only show up as the spot, without the little airplane drawing.
-If I change the SymbolZoom value to the maximum, contacts will always display the *_shp.dds graphic, which would be blank for ships and the black spot for airplanes, instead of the triangle and square symbols.

Intended result:
Ship contacts will not be seen on the map. Airplanes will always show up as the black spot, no matter the zoom level.

Questions:
-Would this work?
-Does anyone have any information regarding the Maps.cfg file?
-Am I crazy?