pop up target recon photo on map....a thought for bombers....

[[APAF]VR_Spartan85]

So i was just flying and A-20 and was looking for my target from 3km up... i know its pointless to bomb from up there but i wanted to try... target was a railway station.

Now on approach to target, lining up on map was  no problem.. then on final run, there was a cluster of things around the so called target i was about to hit..

i know what a railway station looks like, but the target intended, not entirely...

 

Idea:

when in map, with mouse pointer over target, would it be possible to have recon photos of target pop up?  

that way we as bomber/ground pounders can have an idea of what we are actually targeting...

so we can plan better... set proper alt for strike, bomb release intervals, course direction, and how many aircraft/bombs we'd need to be effective...

also. for the new map coming out... i believe this is a must have

 

yes, custom coops and missions probably have a briefing screen with recon or whatever but I'm taking even in quickies like WoL and such...

 

 

I dunno. Just my 5 cents....

[Trooper117]

When I used to make missions for the old IL2, I would always include several recon photo's, showing approach routes, primary and secondary targets and known flak positions... it certainly would be great to have something similar here as well... 

[THERION]

Well then - let's hope this is going to be addressed or even implemented with their "Marshal mode", which would

make sense indeed.

[Juri_JS]

On 11/13/2018 at 7:17 PM, spartan85 said:

when in map, with mouse pointer over target, would it be possible to have recon photos of target pop up?  

It shouldn't be too hard to implement, because parts of this feature are already in the game. You can already add text to map icons that it will get displayed when you move the mouse over the icon. What's still needed is an option that allows adding the path to an image that should be displayed.

[[APAF]VR_Spartan85]

1 hour ago, Juri_JS said:

It shouldn't be too hard to implement, because parts of this feature are already in the game. You can already add text to map icons that it will get displayed when you move the mouse over the icon. What's still needed is an option that allows adding the path to an image that should be displayed.

Awesome to know that it’s almost capable of doing it...

Well let’s add a path devs!!!!! Have ability for some pre mission recon photos available..

now further add to that would be real time recon.. but don’t think we can even see the ground targets from recon altitudes....