Taxiway Signs

[davenicoll 104]

Hi Guys,

 

Is it me or have rather large taxiway signs (Some as big as billboards) been introduced with the last update?

 

Dave

 

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Edited February 19, 2021 by davenicoll

[garlicbread11 335]

 

[vbazillio 2,234]

Yep, it's an issue enhanced 😉 by the last update. Some, which I'm not, were complaining about the tiny size before 1.13.16 and now we have some billboards.

The issue has been mentionned there also : 

 

[bobcat999 8,483]

37 minutes ago, davenicoll said:

Hi Guys,

Is it me or have rather large taxiway signs (Some as big as billboards) been introduced with the last update?

Dave

Question answered by the post below...Thank you...

Yes, at the last update.  They had a good attempt though - they are only about 2.5 times too big by my estimation. 
Someone at Asobo must have looked at them after adjustment and thought - yes, that's about right now.
It is things like this that make this already great flight sim comedy gold as well.   There is always something to keep us amused.

It is difficult to please everyone though (as we know), and they have to strike a balance between reality and readability in the sim.
I thought an increase of 50% would have done it, but it looks like an extra zero might have crept in! 
I think they will tweak it back a bit based on feedback, maybe at the next sim update in a few weeks (optimistic I know).

The good news...  You can now plan your taxi to parking while you are on your base leg! 😀

Edited February 19, 2021 by bobcat999

[cianpars 1,165]

These signs were spot on originally and I don't know why people were complaing.  The new billboards introduced in the update look absolutely ridiculous.

[Phantoms 800]

There are size settings for taxiway signs (1,  2, 3, 4, 5) and prior tob the update all defaulted to 1 (smallest) no matter what they set to. It was a bug that was fixed in the update. So now they show according to the assigned size value. It's obvious that some have the wrong size values assigned.

[desbean 357]

How about a search before starting any new threads on taxiway signs. There is already an extensive one..

[MatthewS 761]

6 hours ago, bobcat999 said:

they have to strike a balance between reality and readability in the sim

100% the wrong approach!  🤦‍♂️

Instead, just keep objects the proper real world scale, and if you're having trouble seeing them use the mouse-wheel zoom feature.

 

[Mike S KPDX 597]

38 minutes ago, MatthewS said:

100% the wrong approach!  🤦‍♂️

Instead, just keep objects the proper real world scale, and if you're having trouble seeing them use the mouse-wheel zoom feature.

 

^^^ best response to this fiasco yet.  Just like saying 'if your having problems with climb rate, just make the engines twice the size' (also stupid)

[sanh 823]

6 hours ago, cianpars said:

These signs were spot on originally and I don't know why people were complaing.  The new billboards introduced in the update look absolutely ridiculous.

They certainly do. Its like huge yellow bricks on every major airfield. I would rather they completely remove them then have then at this size.