Why does the Mod make it VERY hard to see self on Map?

[Have Gun-Will Travel]

I think it is hard to play the game with the map set up with it wildly hard to FIND self and one's one direction in this mod game.

The little blue dot like all the rest and no direction you have to wiggle all the time to find self is very strange.


I would like to know the logic of the makers on this. With all this genius on the rest, seems odd...
it seems to be self defeating to make it frustrating to find oneself in game on the map!

Pretty frustrating for any joiners from the gaming world with Normal logic here. I have 350 games installed in my Arcade from 2000 on guys and see little logic here, other than keeping mod in a very tiny club. Locating self on map with a different color and arrow MIGHT cut the drop off of new players I am told from others.

I think the mod is pure Genius VWD.

[Ratface]

Just join a squad, select yourself in the squad menu, and you're player will highlight white when you select yourself. Also, if you're in a squad and have a marker, the marker goes from your position to wherever it is pointing, giving you your exact location if there is a marker your squad leader have placed.

[CR8Z]

Once you get the hang of it, it really isn't that difficult to find yourself on the map as stated above.

If you are a squad leader, it is 100 times easier. Try squad leading!

[Fir3w411]

The easiest and most efficient solution is to just scroll your mouse wheel up/down.

When you do this it centers you on the map as you zoom in. It literally takes less than a second to do...

[Fractal]

Strange. I want people removed from map so it will be more realistic and players get some skills in map reading. Remove the markers and it will double the team communication and teamwork

[mat552]

Strange. I want people removed from map so it will be more realistic and players get some skills in map reading. Remove the markers and it will double the team communication and teamwork

BF2's maps are not high enough fidelity to be the only source of orientation. They're great as supplemental references.

[PatrickLA_CA]

BF2's maps are not high enough fidelity to be the only source of orientation. They're great as supplemental references.

Check out FH2's minimaps, they're HQ as fuck.

But yes, finding yourself is not hard at all, you should be able to do it without the circle on the map once you play every map a couple of times.

And the logic behind it is to not make it to make it take some time to find yourself on the map because when you take a map out IRL and look at it it will take you even longer to find where you are.

[Have Gun-Will Travel]

Ok guys! It is CLEAR that I have to FULLY study the Manual and play more.

[PatrickLA_CA]

Yes, PR is very different from most games and has some really unique things that you can only learn from the manual without receiving a couple of bans or being made fun off in global chat

[OldGoat5]

Just spin around, then look for the spinning dot, that is you on the map.

[ComradeHX]

Press tab and click on your name; and your dot on map will show up as white.

[Truism]

It was changed because you could get waaaay too much info off the minimap without communication. You could basically work out what everyone on your team was doing and half the enemy team in about 5 seconds from the map.

[KillJoy[Fr]]

Veterans players always check the map as soon as they have left the main, the other solution is to have reference points and know where is your north on the map and use triangulation.

[PatrickLA_CA]

But really when you open the map and press N two times to zoom there is not much error to make to find your position.