Can we get a hotkey for a radar overlay please

Paging doctors @BradNicholson and @jables to the doctors' lounge. This would be a really nice feature. Currently you can only select a radar to see the coverage overlay, and selecting radar units is fiddly! A hotkey would be ideal.

Please please please!

+1

I like what we have on Sup Com.

good idea

Yes!

I like this idea.

I like this alot.

I'd love to have similar for AA and artillery, but that's just me.

Same here

I want to make sure I understand what you're suggesting -- like, if you hit the "K" key for example, it would light up the overlay for all of your radar coverage at once?

And/or do it like SupCom:FA and provide a menu in game that allows you to toggle what overlays you see and when you see them.

Mike

Correct. The hot key would I guess effectively select all radar units in the background (it should not over-ride your current selection obviously) and show their overlays. Currently I believe it is only possible to select one radar unit at a time and see the over lay for it. I haven't tried Ctrl+z, but of course that won't select radar units of different types.

I think this would be a really useful feature, it would let you determine where the gaps in your radar coverage is.

If you look at this video I just uploaded - https://forums.uberent.com/threads/fractal-jaguars-videos-32-player-ffa-pov-on-custom-server.65388/ - you'll see i built a central radar and then four more, at the compass points. I found myself wishing I could see the radar coverage overlay all at once, for all radar units, not just ones of the same type.

Hope that clarifies

Why not? Overlays can be really useful.

why the hell is it that when I suggest this stuff I get shunned out but then much later on one guy comes along suggests it again and all of the sudden it's like "yyaaaay paaaarty"?

chucks. whatev's

maybe it's just the passage of time restoring deserved credit to ideas being proved right by the test of time.

Probably! Ideas and suggestions get easily lost in the forums though, each idea really needs a dedicated thread.

Good idea? More like GOD idea.

Bumping my old threads now I'm playing again

Could some experienced modders tell me if this is possible to mod? Radar is so important in FFA games and it would be nice to just tap a key and check that you've got coverage, and identify where you need to build more radar buildings.

Added a simple version to keybind extensions: select all radar on screen, double tap for planet.

You beauty!!