Strategic dots for projectiles

Please Uber?

sorry i was lazy I just took an image of of google, this one isn't very telling, you can only see the projectile dots (small yellow dots) in front of green's base.

they came in three sizes :

• light tickle
• OUCH!
• GOD THAT HURTS!! AAAH!!! STOPPIIIT!!!

they were very useful to be able to tell at a range if units needed to be dodging or running away from something.

but mostly dodging, as the icons flickering on and off for damage was also very usefull (perhaps another thread for that)

Anyways what I'm asking for is a more feature-complete take on strat icons.

So you're saying that projectiles (mostly artillery since you can already see projectiles in clashes) should have it's own icon or show up on the radar?

Yes! Thats a good suggestion. Would be cool to see this in game.

Oh yes completely forgot about that one. Loved those small yellow dots for projectiles in Supcom.

yes.
Might I remind you all that we do have icons for projectiles in the game already under the form of nuke and nuke defense icons.
I got less lazy and took some screenshots of my own:

if you click on this icon : and zoom in, you'll be able to see the small dots better

+1

- 1 .... would make strategic view even more busy as it is already mid to late game
should be definitively offturnable

I have problems pointing them out to you because of how barely visible they are and they cause "clutter" ? tsk-tsk, @MrTBSC, tsk-tsk

+1

I think TA also had projectiles show up in the minimap, I'm sure someone here can confirm that.

I also agree that it would make a good addition, though it might make sense to be able to toggle the visibility on / off (maybe even a transparency option) so that people can turn them off if they don't like them / get in the way.

I really feel like it did as well.

I have memories of playing The Final Frontier mod and bringing in huge swarms of capital ships which all had multiple independent weapons and watching the mini-map fill with dots as hundreds of ships blew each other to pieces

If I'm wrong and TA didn't have it, then I suppose I could be remembering the spring version of the mod.

I'm pretty sure TA did have this. I remember watching big bertha projectiles fly to see if they hit that radar spot.

lol noone knows for sure.

And units that were hit would blink...

TA had them.

This sort of thing is useful because it allows you to zoom out and tell at a glance who is fighting whom.

Is it possible to have it in the game in the first place, or would it simply take too much performance/clutter up ui in your opinion?