I feel that using these target objects 1) reduces the number of objects for an area and thus the load on the computer and, 2) allows the player to complete a mission by destroying the target object itself.
No !
These circles do not work. There are no results even if you destroy all objects.
They serve only to attract the flies!
With circles target of the game you have a result: failure, victory ...
With red circles ... nothing ... no message of success or failure.
The only gains will be made ??by the objects destroyed ...
@Mick : tu veux descendre les cercles ?
Peut-être ! Mais il faut s'assurer dans le FMB que c'est faisable. Dans le FMB quand tu passes en vue 3D vois-tu les cercles au-dessus du sol ?
Si oui alors il faut modifier le hier.him de chaque cercle, onglet , attaching... etc comme d'hab pour les objets... 
There
would be a "Mission Complete" signal if, just like any other group of objects, these Factory Target objects were used in conjunction with the in-game Target circles that allow one to choose the destruction level. In this case you could use a Target circle to enclose one of these Factory Target objects or, if you used more than one of these Factroy Target objects, you would encompass all those objects and then choose what destruction level needs to be obtained to complete a mission. This is what we're currently doing anyway with all the rest of the objects.
I did a quick Google translation of you're conversation in French and hope I got it right! Epervier: You state that, in 3D mode in FMB, the red circles are still visible even if they are lowered. So are the invisible runways which are currently just ten centimeters above the ground. However, what happens during the mission itself? Under normal conditions these objects, just like the invisible runways, aren't visible from above when in a mission.
I threw together a quick-and-dirty mission to see what the invisible runways look like from underneath both in FMB and in a mission. They're invisible from below both in 3D mode in FMB and during the mission itself.
Here's further thoughts:
1) If you lower the Factory Target circles on an airbase what happens to aircraft that "hit" them? The invisible runways can cause damage if you hit them the wrong way.
2) I'll repeat what I said before - why would you use these at an airbase anyway? You already have plenty of stationary targets that can be covered by a Target circle that would give you a "Mission Complete" signal plus the score for all those objects you've destroyed.
3) I still feel these have a value for mission builders
a} when used over areas where one would not be able to see the underside of the Factory Target and
b} to reduce the number of objects to be destroyed during area bombing thus lowering the load on the computer.
Bob
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