Plane Skins Unloading When Not in View

[=Elite=BlitzPuppet]

While flying escort for a bomber this weekend I noticed the distracting feature of when you look away from a plane the chosen skin will unload and revert back to default for the first second or so when you look back at it.

 

Not only is this distracting/confusing, but it also made the bomber WAY easier to spot since the default camo stood out against the background of the terrain before loading the camo the pilot had chosen.

 

I understand the point of this as it saves resources when planes are not in view, but I would think this would be a valid reason to change this system as it can easily be exploited to find the plane when you lose sight.  This is actually what I did when I lost sight of the bomber, I looked away, looked back to where I thought he was and saw a flash as the skin reverted to default, then reverted back to the skin the pilot had chosen.

 

While on the topic of skins, PLEASE let us change our own plane numbers/squadrons like we did in 1942 and CLoD.  So much easier with wingman identification other than "I'm the brown one" or "I'm the red nose".

Edited October 7, 2019 by =Elite=BlitzPuppet