View Full Version : How to remove the ship's status bar ?
I'm surprised that there is no Mod to remove this bar that alters the view with the uzzo and periscope.
Where is the graphics file, so I can turn it into a transparency?
Merci.
vdr1981
06-26-20, 07:45 AM
Ship damage meter can be easily disabled from gameplay settings menu. :yep:
Ship damage meter can be easily disabled from gameplay settings menu. :yep:
Great! But where, I see the option underwater gauge, I see the option no updated contact ...;but no option boat life bar canceled...
vdr1981
06-26-20, 04:52 PM
Great! But where, I see the option underwater gauge, I see the option no updated contact ...;but no option boat life bar canceled...
https://i.postimg.cc/PqcqnzKf/SH5-Img-2020-06-25-22-00-05.jpg
Yes, first of all thank you for your answer.
In my French game, I have this option translated differently: "submarine damage gauges".
However, I tried this option, without result, neither on the ships which still have their health bar, nor on the submarine which still displays its damage in %.
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vdr1981
06-27-20, 04:36 PM
Yes, first of all thank you for your answer.
In my French game, I have this option translated differently: "submarine damage gauges".
However, I tried this option, without result, neither on the ships which still have their health bar, nor on the submarine which still displays its damage in %.
Game Downloaded in Gold
Regardless of the the translation it is THE option for mentioned arcade structural damage/flooding bars and I really don't remember that anyone ever reported any problems with it, both in stock or modded game.
Regardless of the the translation it is THE option for mentioned arcade structural damage/flooding bars and I really don't remember that anyone ever reported any problems with it, both in stock or modded game.
Oui, it's curious, but it doesn't work here. So, I'm going to try to find the 2 or 3 files of this bar to make it invisible.
Kiptanoi
07-19-20, 03:18 PM
Oui, it's curious, but it doesn't work here. So, I'm going to try to find the 2 or 3 files of this bar to make it invisible.
I have the same issue in stock game without mods.
If I tick the checkbox the life indicators is still show in game for me.
I have the same issue in stock game without mods.
If I tick the checkbox the life indicators is still show in game for me.
There's bound to be a sailor here on this forum who knows where the files for this useless bar are located - and we'll make it invisible!
Ashikaga
08-25-20, 06:45 PM
Have you tried to enable it in the bunker via your bunker save?
OLtzS Ashikaga
Have you tried to enable it in the bunker via your bunker save?
OLtzS Ashikaga
Yes, I did - no result
Ashikaga
08-31-20, 10:05 PM
I replicated the error. Turned it off in bunker. Two sunk ships later the bar returned miraculously.
OLtzS Ashikaga
No but it's incredible, there are Mods on absolutely everything in this game, but nothing to remove this useless and ugly boat health bar!
No but it's incredible, there are Mods on absolutely everything in this game, but nothing to remove this useless and ugly boat health bar!
No one felt like creating a mod for that because for most players the menu option that has already been mentioned below in this thread, works as supposed.
I am pretty sure that that annoying bar can be removed with a mod too, but I doubt it to be as easy as editing a couple of texture files. Menu Editor is the tool you need for investigating the issue and possibly for solving It.
No one felt like creating a mod for that because for most players the menu option that has already been mentioned below in this thread, works as supposed.
I am pretty sure that that annoying bar can be removed with a mod too, but I doubt it to be as easy as editing a couple of texture files. Menu Editor is the tool you need for investigating the issue and possibly for solving It.
Oui, merci. if I knew where are the images composing this bar, I would know how to make them transparent with Photoshop
Oui, merci. if I knew where are the images composing this bar, I would know how to make them transparent with Photoshop
Il n'y a pas de quoi Pascal.
Check if adding a black alpha layer to the textures will do the trick, but I suspect the same textures to be used for other UI parts, so making them transparent might cause more problems than else.
Il n'y a pas de quoi Pascal.
Check if adding a black alpha layer to the textures will do the trick, but I suspect the same textures to be used for other UI parts, so making them transparent might cause more problems than else.
Yes, but first we have to find out where the image files of this bar are and I can't find them!
Yes, but first we have to find out where the image files of this bar are and I can't find them!
I thought you had said that you know where its texture is located, sorry for the misunderstanding. In order to find it, you should start the game in menu editor mode, or alternatively you should look into UI files with notepad. I wouldn't be surprised if the texture used on that bar was a white 4x4 pixels bitmap. You would have an hard time finding it by simply digging into the UI texture folder...
So, dear fellows, don't tell me that nobody knows where these files are!
No one felt like creating a mod for that because for most players the menu option that has already been mentioned below in this thread, works as supposed.
I am pretty sure that that annoying bar can be removed with a mod too, but I doubt it to be as easy as editing a couple of texture files. Menu Editor is the tool you need for investigating the issue and possibly for solving It.
Well in my French game, this option of the Menu, checked or not, doesn't produce any result in the game ...
Well in my French game, this option of the Menu, checked or not, doesn't produce any result in the game ...
You were wondering how is it possible that no one had created a mod to remove that bar, and post was an attempt to answer that question.
I continued my answer by offering a possible solution to your problem. You need to check UI settings either with UI editor or by opening the rlevant files in notepad. Once you find where that bar is scripted, you will also know the texture files it uses. Much easier doing that than digging in the texture folder for a texture which is probably 4x4 bitmap with no resemblance with the bar itself. I also said that the same texture is probably used by several UI items, so removing it or making it transparent might not be the solution. If you found the bar within UI scripts, it would be safer reassigning a trasparent custom texture used only by that bar, or removing completely the bar from scripts :yep:
You were wondering how is it possible that no one had created a mod to remove that bar, and post was an attempt to answer that question.
I continued my answer by offering a possible solution to your problem. You need to check UI settings either with UI editor or by opening the rlevant files in notepad. Once you find where that bar is scripted, you will also know the texture files it uses. Much easier doing that than digging in the texture folder for a texture which is probably 4x4 bitmap with no resemblance with the bar itself. I also said that the same texture is probably used by several UI items, so removing it or making it transparent might not be the solution. If you found the bar within UI scripts, it would be safer reassigning a trasparent custom texture used only by that bar, or removing completely the bar from scripts :yep:
MercI. Very kind of you, but it's hopeless - I don't know how I managed to lower the heads of periscopes (Mod VIIB and C) - I left a message in the Ubisoft forum ... bottle in the sea
MercI. Very kind of you, but it's hopeless - I don't know how I managed to lower the heads of periscopes (Mod VIIB and C) - I left a message in the Ubisoft forum ... bottle in the sea
Why hopeless? Unfortunately I have not the game installed at present, so I can't direct you, but understanding UI files is all but impossible. If you are interested, I can point you to some tutorial. They apply to SHIV, but they are still valid for SH5 :yep:
1) In the folder "Silent Hunter 5\data\Cfg" :
GameplaySettings.cfg
NoShipHealthBar= true (for all the different campaign levels)
And special pleasure:
2) To the nettles the file : HPBar.cfg
1) In the folder "Silent Hunter 5\data\Cfg" :
GameplaySettings.cfg
NoShipHealthBar= true (for all the different campaign levels)
And special pleasure:
2) To the nettles the file : HPBar.cfg
:yeah:
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