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Ordinance Loadouts sequence - 1/4/2008 5:51:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ordinance loadouts are in....what order?.... For instance F/A-18's available loadouts for one of the WestPac scenarios are listed as:

    SEAD-LR
    ASuW
    GP-LR
    GP
    Precis-2
    Intercept
    Precis-LR
    Tanker
    ASuW-LR
    CAS
    GP
    Patrol
    Decoy-LR
    Precis-LR
    SEAD
    Precis
    GP-2
    Ferry

If the list was sorted it would much easier to compare simliar loadouts (e.g. what's the difference between the first Precis-LR and the second Precis-LR?) Scrolling up & down while remembering the Qty, Range, Hit%, Damage can be a challenge! I can't help but think that there's a SQL statement buried in the form somewhere (hello, ORDER BY!)

And while this is being looked at, how about decreasing the row height so more than seven loadouts are visible (maybe this is a font issue?), better yet, make this a sizeable dialog box, so one can tweak it as one desires.

Just throw this on the pile with all the other things that "would be neat, but who's got the time?". Thanks for listening to me whine and its' still a great game.












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RE: Ordinance Loadouts sequence - 1/4/2008 6:52:34 AM   
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Status: offline 		I believe I've asked for that box, as well as the patrol box to be increased in size.

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RE: Ordinance Loadouts sequence - 1/4/2008 9:01:35 AM   
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ORIGINAL: theCase

Ordinance loadouts are in....what order?.... For instance F/A-18's available loadouts for one of the WestPac scenarios are listed as:




Hi

You can change the order of the loadouts in the Platformeditor...



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RE: Ordinance Loadouts sequence - 1/4/2008 9:23:37 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Divefreak

Hi

You can change the order of the loadouts in the Platformeditor...




... except that sometimes they don't come out in the same order you put them in ...

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RE: Ordinance Loadouts sequence - 1/4/2008 10:41:03 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Warhorse64




... except that sometimes they don't come out in the same order you put them in ...


There's a hidden value called sort id....
It is causing this "error"


Regards René

P.S It is not really an Eroor but a Question how the SE and GE handle the sorting vs the PE.

P.S.S sorting Loadouts is really a Pain for a DB Desinger same with the Mounts on Units....

1. it is a technical Problem => much Work everytime you change something.
2. it is a philosopical Problem. IMHO Simliar Loadouts like SEAD and SEAD-LR etc should be grouped and the primary Loadout for a Plane should be the First one in the list. But What is the first loadout for Plane x?
For a Tanker it is a tankerloadout, ok. For an ASW-Plane/Helo it is anASW Loadout. But for a Fighter, is it intercept or Escort? For a Bomber ASuW, Bai, CAS,GP? And what about a fighterbomber? Some German F-4 Units had a primary Atack role some a primary fighter role, with the same plane... etc. So this isn´ta trivial thing...
3 with ships, a db designer can help the AI when he sorts the mounts by weapon range. The AI goes trough the list and choses the first mount with the needed range to counter a threat. (BTW Same with weapons on mulitmounts) But this looks horrible/terrible in the Platformdisplay....

< Message edited by Divefreak -- 1/4/2008 11:46:58 AM >

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