This is related to a unit-icon mod that I'm working on and will post in the near future.

Does anybody know whether it is possible to make the small unit icons remain visible even at closer zoom levels?

I'm often frustrated by the act of zooming in to a fleet of mixed-type ships against a black background and  suddenly having the unit icons disapear while the ships are invisible against the background.  The race icon that appears above each ship at these close zoom-levels doesn't help me to click on the ship itself,  nor does it allow me to tell my frigate-types apart.

The behavior and look of the tactical-icons in Homeworld 2 is similar to what i'm going for here.