Asterisk

[Tanaka]

What does the little asterisk by your altitude in the air combat reports mean?

[Grotius]

I have the same question.

Also, what does the asterisk in the "TF Routing" field, on the TF screen, mean? And the asterisk in the extended-range field of an air group?

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Tanaka

What does the little asterisk by your altitude in the air combat reports mean?

IIRC this means that the aircraft were attacking at extended range.

[Grotius]

Thanks. How about the ** and *** I sometimes see in the TF routing field? I noticed this when I'd ordered other ships to follow/meet. I suppose the asterisks remind me that other ships are following/meeting this one?

[CEDeaton]

I've noticed an asterisk out next to several leaders when going in to try and reassign a leader to an air unit (may be there for ships and LCU's as well, just hadn't noticed it). What does this represent? Are they already assigned to other units or something?

[michaelm75au]

On the pilot screen, it indicates that the pilot is also a leader.
On the group leader screen, it also indicates that the leader is a pilot.

[crsutton]

Yeah, and while we are at it, I see asteriks next to some of my ships AA gun specs.
 
If you ask me we have been victimized by an outright asterik conspiracy. There are asteriks popping up all over this game and I smell a rat.
 
I demand an asterik appendix in the next patch.

[benway9]

i think the asterisks mean that those pilots have been tested positive for steroid usage.  all their records are subject to skepticism.

sorry, i couldn't resist

[michaelm75au]

ORIGINAL: crsutton

Yeah, and while we are at it, I see asteriks next to some of my ships AA gun specs.

If you ask me we have been victimized by an outright asterik conspiracy. There are asteriks popping up all over this game and I smell a rat.

I demand an asterik appendix in the next patch.

Indicates gun can fire horizontally and vertically.

[crsutton]

Makes sense. Thanks, I am suffering from too much AE information overload.

[stuman]

ORIGINAL: benway9

i think the asterisks mean that those pilots have been tested positive for steroid usage.  all their records are subject to skepticism.

sorry, i couldn't resist

[:D]

[Djordje]

And sometimes there is asterisk next to airfield size on the bottom of the screen... I guess it means it is overloaded with airplanes?

[Hanzberger]

ORIGINAL: crsutton

Makes sense. Thanks, I am suffering from too much AE information overload.

BHAHAHAHAHAAAA [&o]

[Templer_12]

In the animation text, i. e. Naval/sub after a near miss - "Near miss rattles sub*..." those added asterisk (*) sometimes 1, 2, 3, 4 or none shown.
Is there a meanig about the quantity of them? [&:]

I attacked a sub with the same destroyer.
Sometimes there were 4*, then 1*, then 3* then None* and so on.
Maybe these * are indicators about how bad the sub is rattled or damaged? [&:]

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Djordje

And sometimes there is asterisk next to airfield size on the bottom of the screen... I guess it means it is overloaded with airplanes?

I think it means it's overloaded with groups/squadrons. When you see the asterisk look at the base air groups display and see if it says something like that at the top of the screen. If so you need more bases forces or hq's to handle the number of groups. There might be other things that will help (like support), but I don't know.

[Hanzberger]

ORIGINAL: Templer

In the animation text, i. e. Naval/sub after a near miss - "Near miss rattles sub*..." those added asterix (*) sometimes 1, 2, 3, 4 or none shown.
Is there a meanig about the quantity of them? [&:]

I attacked a sub with the same destroyer.
Sometimes there were 4*, then 1*, then 3* then None* and so on.
Maybe these * are indicators about how bad the sub is rattled or damaged? [&:]

I believe it has something to do with the serverity of the hit. *** being more damaging then *.

[Fishbed]

The Asterisk, the good old Gary Grisby's way of having fun... I see the AE team was keen on keeping the legacy alive and well [:D] [;)]

[Sonny II]

ORIGINAL: Templer

In the animation text, i. e. Naval/sub after a near miss - "Near miss rattles sub*..." those added asterisk (*) sometimes 1, 2, 3, 4 or none shown.
Is there a meanig about the quantity of them? [&:]

I attacked a sub with the same destroyer.
Sometimes there were 4*, then 1*, then 3* then None* and so on.
Maybe these * are indicators about how bad the sub is rattled or damaged? [&:]

Those asterisks are there to show it is a different message than the previous message when they say the same thing.

If you see Near miss rattles sub* and then the same message with a different amount of asterisks it means that the sub got rattled another time.

[Flying Tiger]

ORIGINAL: Fishbed

The Asterisk, the good old Gary Grisby's way of having fun... I see the AE team was keen on keeping the legacy alive and well [:D] [;)]

Ha! yeah, i remember PacWar, and before that the old War in the South Pacific on the C64. Those were the days, holding your breath waiting for the next asterisk to appear.....the suspense was almost painful.

[dorjun driver]

Jeez.  And all this time I thought it had something to do with Kurt Vonnegut's chronosynclastic infundibulum.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.