The tactical radar is the short-range radar of the vessel. As our first milestone is a dogfight between two fighters, it made sense to start with this screen.
The radar blips are taken from Empty Epsilon for the development process, but we are planning to create our own icons on a later stage.
Will there be vector lines for moving objects? Something to show their projected movement for the next second or two?
Are the icons going to be clickable?
Asking because I am dying to try it.
We are considering various representations.
One of the ideas on our desk is similar to the presentation of an Air Traffic Controller Radar display.
A dotted line representing where the ship is coming from, a normal line is showing the vector the object is moving on, the lines length would represent an estimated velocity.
Other data may be attached to a blip, similarly to the above displayed radius.
Here is an example of things we are drawing inspiration from:
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