F10 User Mark query

Hey good Pilots, hope all is well.

This is prob a really dumb question but I'm not able to find in my manual what the function of the F10 User Marks is. In the manual one of the points under F10 View Options has been omitted and is that because it doesn't do anything or what's the story, any ideas anyone?

Cheers G

Hey good Pilots, hope all is well.

This is prob a really dumb question but I'm not able to find in my manual what the function of the F10 User Marks is. In the manual one of the points under F10 View Options has been omitted and is that because it doesn't do anything or what's the story, any ideas anyone?

Cheers G

F10 User Marks are little red circles with a note attached that you can place on the the F10 map with a new button at the top. These marks are visible by other players.

As they can been seen by others, they (like the F-10 map itself) may be considered a "cheat" in the strictest sense which is why there is the option to turn them off if you want to enforce a more realistic play style.

They are (to the best of my knowledge) a fairly recent addition which is why you don't see reference to them in the manual.

They are very useful when communicating ground positions between players including JTAC type roles. Especially useful for older planes that don't have a TAD like A-10C does. They can also be created by trigger events in the mission editor.

They fade over time if Fog Of War is enabled, don't they?

F10 User Marks are little red circles with a note attached that you can place on the the F10 map with a new button at the top. These marks are visible by other players.

 

As they can been seen by others, they (like the F-10 map itself) may be considered a "cheat" in the strictest sense which is why there is the option to turn them off if you want to enforce a more realistic play style.

 

They are (to the best of my knowledge) a fairly recent addition which is why you don't see reference to them in the manual.

 

They are very useful when communicating ground positions between players including JTAC type roles. Especially useful for older planes that don't have a TAD like A-10C does. They can also be created by trigger events in the mission editor.

Thanks kindly JLX, appreciate that man.

So they're only for MP? I myself only fly SP and Campaigns and stuff. I'll untick it anyway.

They fade over time if Fog Of War is enabled, don't they?

I don't think so. But I believe every player has the right to remove them, so maybe that's why they seem to sometimes disappear. The thing is, of only the creator could remove them, then someone might add a lot of notes to the F10 map, get disconnected, and then the rest would be stuck with these notes and no way to get rid of them.

So they're only for MP?

They might work in SP as well, not entirely sure.

I think there's merit to them even in SP. If you spot something and manage to pin down the rough location in the F10 map, this might serve as a mark to yourself.

You could later read the coords from the map, create a new waypoint and try to find the target again. Or something of that kind. In any case, I think it's a great feature, and personally I see no reason to turn it off.

I don't think so. But I believe every player has the right to remove them, so maybe that's why they seem to sometimes disappear. The thing is, of only the creator could remove them, then someone might add a lot of notes to the F10 map, get disconnected, and then the rest would be stuck with these notes and no way to get rid of them.

 

 

 

They might work in SP as well, not entirely sure.

 

I think there's merit to them even in SP. If you spot something and manage to pin down the rough location in the F10 map, this might serve as a mark to yourself.

 

You could later read the coords from the map, create a new waypoint and try to find the target again. Or something of that kind. In any case, I think it's a great feature, and personally I see no reason to turn it off.

Thanks Yurgs, appreciate that mate.

Now re-ticked

Oh and I've been using my F10 Map a lot lately and scrolling zoom to targets Lat/Long plotting them into my CDU and it's actually been working really well and more accurate than my F7 key and plotting those co-ords, less TGP searching I find. Anyway I'm liking, cheers, thx again man

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