Need help with GWX slide-out compass

frau kaleun · 10-13-11, 09:37 PM

Hi all,

I'm trying to set up my new installation with Conus00's widescreen mod for GWX - so far it looks great, but since the big slide-out compass wasn't included I wanted to add it back in. Poked around here and found some info, after which I added what I think is all the necessary stuff from the GWX menu_1024_768.ini and Dials.cfg files into the files in Conus00's mod and renumbered stuff where needed.

I edited the following bits of the menu ini

[G3F I300]
Name=FLB Sale`s 6 Anzeigen, Kompass
Type=1026;Menu group
ItemID=0x3F0C0000
ParentID=0x3F000000
Pos=678,476,344,344 (changed 678 to 1014)
Color=0xFFFFFFFF
HorizSlide=344

[G3F I301]
Name=Group feedback
Type=1026;Menu group
ItemID=0x3F010020; 0x3F010000
ParentID=0x3F000000
Pos=678,476,344,344 (changed 678 to 1014)
Color=0xFFFFFFFF
HorizSlide=344

and got the compass to appear in the right place in the WS display. BUT when I click on it, nothing happens - the game doesn't respond by changing course (the little compass dial at the bottom right works fine).

So... what else do I need to edit or add to make it actually WORK?

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

EDIT: Never mind, I think I figured it out.

Sailor Steve · 10-13-11, 11:16 PM

Well alrighty then. If you run into more trouble I can probably help, since I've installed the Simfeeling 6-Dials mod so many times, and the big compass was taken from that.

frau kaleun · 10-14-11, 07:16 AM

That's how I knew there were instructions here somewhere, because I remembered you talking about it before.

What happened was, I added the chunk for the dial into Dials.cfg and then forgot about increasing the number of dials in the Dials=xx at the top. Then I remembered and went back to look at it and it said Dials=72 and I knew the one I added was Dial72 so I thought it was fine. And then I remembered that the dials started with Dial0 so adding Dial72 made it 73 dials, not 72 dials.

I am so smart! S-M-R-T SMART!

Anyway I fixed that and went back in and it's there in the right place and the helm responds when I click it and that was as far as I got because it was bedtime but it seems like that would be all there is to it so I think I'm good.

SquareSteelBar · 10-14-11, 07:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

...I am so smart! S-M-R-T SMART!

...

Nearly - here you are the missing letter: -A

frau kaleun · 10-14-11, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SquareSteelBar

Nearly - here you are the missing letter: -A

I know, lol.

EmeAzul · 11-09-11, 04:11 PM

Frau Kaleun, could you be so kind as to provide the entry you made for the Dials.cfg file. I plan to follow your steps for the Menu.ini and Dials.cfg to update my install of Conus00's Widescreen Mod for GWX. Thx

EmeAzul

frau kaleun · 11-09-11, 04:22 PM

Sure thing, will look at it when I get back to the home computer.

frau kaleun · 11-09-11, 05:20 PM

Okay, this is what I added to the end of Dials.cfg in Conus's WS mod:

[Dial72]
Name=CompassFdbk
Type=12; DIAL_GYROCOMPASS
Cmd=Set_course,Crew
Dial=0x3F010022
CrtVal=0x3F010026
NewVal=0x3F010025
DialVal=-180,180
RealVal=-180,180; degrees
Circular=Yes
Dynamic=Yes

Plus making the change at the top of the file from

[DIALS]
DialsNo=72

to

[DIALS]
DialsNo=73

Other than that, and the menu ini edits noted above in the first post, I'm pretty sure that's all I did to get the big compass back and working.

EmeAzul · 11-09-11, 05:42 PM

Thanks a lot! Cheers

EmeAzul

frau kaleun · 11-09-11, 08:30 PM

No problem!

q65 · 05-01-14, 09:19 AM

This might be alittle late but thanks for this post. I was trying to add a Depth Dial from the 6 Sim mod to my NYGM setup and I was going nuts trying to figure out why the blasted thing wouldn't work. This post saved me!!!!!!

Sailor Steve · 05-01-14, 09:48 AM

Cool! Any thread that saves somebody's bacon deserves another look.

10-13-11, 09:37 PM	#1
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Need help with GWX slide-out compass Hi all, I'm trying to set up my new installation with Conus00's widescreen mod for GWX - so far it looks great, but since the big slide-out compass wasn't included I wanted to add it back in. Poked around here and found some info, after which I added what I think is all the necessary stuff from the GWX menu_1024_768.ini and Dials.cfg files into the files in Conus00's mod and renumbered stuff where needed. I edited the following bits of the menu ini [G3F I300] Name=FLB Sale`s 6 Anzeigen, Kompass Type=1026;Menu group ItemID=0x3F0C0000 ParentID=0x3F000000 Pos=678,476,344,344 (changed 678 to 1014) Color=0xFFFFFFFF HorizSlide=344 [G3F I301] Name=Group feedback Type=1026;Menu group ItemID=0x3F010020; 0x3F010000 ParentID=0x3F000000 Pos=678,476,344,344 (changed 678 to 1014) Color=0xFFFFFFFF HorizSlide=344 and got the compass to appear in the right place in the WS display. BUT when I click on it, nothing happens - the game doesn't respond by changing course (the little compass dial at the bottom right works fine). So... what else do I need to edit or add to make it actually WORK? Thanks in advance for any assistance. EDIT: Never mind, I think I figured it out. Last edited by frau kaleun; 10-13-11 at 09:57 PM.

10-13-11, 11:16 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Well alrighty then. If you run into more trouble I can probably help, since I've installed the Simfeeling 6-Dials mod so many times, and the big compass was taken from that. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

11-09-11, 04:11 PM	#6
EmeAzul US Navy LT Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 119 Downloads: 582 Uploads: 0	Entry for Dials.cfg Frau Kaleun, could you be so kind as to provide the entry you made for the Dials.cfg file. I plan to follow your steps for the Menu.ini and Dials.cfg to update my install of Conus00's Widescreen Mod for GWX. Thx EmeAzul

11-09-11, 05:42 PM	#9
EmeAzul US Navy LT Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 119 Downloads: 582 Uploads: 0	Quick Response Thanks a lot! Cheers EmeAzul

05-01-14, 09:48 AM	#12
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Cool! Any thread that saves somebody's bacon deserves another look. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-14-11, 07:16 AM	#3
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	That's how I knew there were instructions here somewhere, because I remembered you talking about it before. What happened was, I added the chunk for the dial into Dials.cfg and then forgot about increasing the number of dials in the Dials=xx at the top. Then I remembered and went back to look at it and it said Dials=72 and I knew the one I added was Dial72 so I thought it was fine. And then I remembered that the dials started with Dial0 so adding Dial72 made it 73 dials, not 72 dials. I am so smart! S-M-R-T SMART! Anyway I fixed that and went back in and it's there in the right place and the helm responds when I click it and that was as far as I got because it was bedtime but it seems like that would be all there is to it so I think I'm good.

11-09-11, 04:22 PM	#7
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Sure thing, will look at it when I get back to the home computer.

11-09-11, 05:20 PM	#8
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Okay, this is what I added to the end of Dials.cfg in Conus's WS mod: [Dial72] Name=CompassFdbk Type=12; DIAL_GYROCOMPASS Cmd=Set_course,Crew Dial=0x3F010022 CrtVal=0x3F010026 NewVal=0x3F010025 DialVal=-180,180 RealVal=-180,180; degrees Circular=Yes Dynamic=Yes Plus making the change at the top of the file from [DIALS] DialsNo=72 to [DIALS] DialsNo=73 Other than that, and the menu ini edits noted above in the first post, I'm pretty sure that's all I did to get the big compass back and working.

11-09-11, 08:30 PM	#10
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	No problem!

05-01-14, 09:19 AM	#11
q65 Loader Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ontario Posts: 84 Downloads: 383 Uploads: 0	This might be alittle late but thanks for this post. I was trying to add a Depth Dial from the 6 Sim mod to my NYGM setup and I was going nuts trying to figure out why the blasted thing wouldn't work. This post saved me!!!!!!