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Old 06-22-11, 12:30 PM   #7418
TheDarkWraith
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Hotkey added for toggling Ship's journal visibility

now for the cool stuff......

Pre v6.6.0 follow target always locked onto the middle of the contact and followed it. This was good but it could be better. What if you wanted to follow the target but have the crosshairs pointed at a different part of the contact other than the middle of it? Well pre v6.6.0 you couldn't do this. Now you can:


Notice that when follow target is enabled there is a new orders bar for it that has a single box. This single box is the follow target offset. By mousing into the box and using the mousewheel you can change where the follow target 'locks' onto the contact In this example I have the offset set to follow more to the front of the ship.

Every time you toggle follow target the follow target offset is reset to 0.

The mousewheel changes the offset amount by 0.01 with every 'click' of mousewheel rotation. This offset amount is in degrees (relative to your current scope heading)

If you have the offset high enough (or low enough) to cause the crosshairs to 'leave' the target then follow target is disabled. This disabling of follow target can also happen if the offset amount is high (or low) enough and the ship changes heading causing the crosshairs to 'leave' the target.

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