[HUD] Wings- Show Mini Ship Hologram?

[CMDR Cosmic Spacehead]

So, a random idea I came up with, thats rather pointless, but I thought it'd be fun.

On the wing HUD, you have up to 3 members displayed, each with their own icon, etc etc.

Like so:

(Assuming this image works... It does!)

I thought it'd actually be cool if instead of an icon, you got a mini hologram of their ship, just like your own, or when you target a ship, only tiny, which also shows their orientation, but only if they're in your instance with you.
You could even add their distance up there too, which combined with a Holographic of their orientation, would help a bit more with spacial awareness. And look kinda cool.

I was trying to do a mockup, but I can't seem to find a useful app for android to let me do it. Lol

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead

 

[Hydrino]

+1 I like this idea. In addition to the hologram it could be a full-color image from existing LOD models. And the shield / hull percent could be displayed as numbers just above the name to free up a bit more room for the ship image.

A logical use for the symbols FD used would be to replicate them on the Sensor disc, for better spatial awareness, rather than the normal hollow squares.

The entire HUD needs some experimental R&D and a QoL pass. I love it just the way it is but it has potential to be more. The blocks could be configured as toggle-able items and re-arrangeable by players (possibly requiring module upgrades for new functions over the basics - this could be another money sink/progression for the game). I am positive that would be a huge amount of code and might prove impractical, but it keeps popping in my head.

 

[BurntJello]

+Support for this

I've always found the symbols to be mostly useless. Orientation + distance would be much more useful. (like when you have them targeted)
+Agree on using the symbols on sensors.