Another Pass for FLIR/TWS

[Uziyahu--IDF 0]

I think another pass over ArmA 2's inventory of objects needs to be made for items that would show up white-hot in TWS or FLIR.

For example, an illuminating flare?

Not just tracers, but every bullet gets hot.

The light-source in a lighthouse?

Pavement on a hot day? Rocks? Dark bricks?

Not sure, but do the seagulls/crows show up?

Exhaust from a vehicle?

Vapors coming off a human body?

[CarlGustaffa 4]

Flare: Would be nice, basically solvable as particles with heat signature.

Bullet: Doesn't have an object, so hard to do.

Lighthouse: Covered behind glass, so invisible.

Pavement: Not worth it (texture overhead). The current system works just fine.

Exhaust: Same as flare.

Vapors: Infrared farts? :D No, not needed, the shape is enough (read: does the trick).

[Evil_Echo 11]

That much detail would clutter up the TI view. You can certainly make an imager that sensitive, but all you want/need is for it to detect good targets.

[Uziyahu--IDF 0]

Yeah, vapors. I've seen FLIR imaging where running troops leave short cometary tails behind them.

I mean, if a game is going to focus on graphics over gameplay (horribly broken and robotic A.I., for example), why not work on the graphics more?