Slideout 4 Dials Mod!
 

Hi guys!



This here is the 4 Dials Slideout Version for users which are using the Original Console at the Bottom!


!!!Very Important are the edits in the menu_1024_768.ini and the dials.cfg!!!

ALL IMPORTANT EDITS AND ADDS ARE IN THE README INSIDE THE PACKAGE! PLEASE MAKE NO MISTAKES WHILE EDITING THOSE TWO FILES! BACKUP THEM BEFORE!!!


But for first i wanna thank some people. :)

Thanks goes to:

-S-XPress from German Ubisoft forum, which gave me the tipp to look at Ex_Rasinban`s Big Slideout Compass!

-Ex_Rasinban for his great Compass, where i learned a lot of the needfull adds and edits in the dials.cfg and the menu_1024_768.ini Files!

-FLB Chebawookee for the awesome, new Compass texture, which was a very hard and nice work!

-Oak_Groove for his fantastic Textures from Bordinstrumente 1.0 Mod!

Sry, if i forgot somebody ;)



Ok, this Mod adds 4 ,,New" dials for slideout to your Game.
They will appear from the right Screenside, if u move with ur mouse over them.
They just slideout and u have to go with ur mouse over the one u need to use.

Added the 4 most important i think (like u can see on the Screenshots).

-Compass
-260 m Depthdial
-25 m Depthdial
-Knots

http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/1...95626782oj.jpg

http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/7...19564200jt.jpg

http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/2...56532035qm.jpg

http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/4...57128599bj.jpg

http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/1...58135627nz.jpg


Problem here in this version is the Space, where to put them.
Because they are not toggleable like in the next coming 6 Dials Version for transparente/slideout Console Users.
I think i got the best solution for that. they are laying all over the next dial, so u just slide the other in, that u don`t need.


Read Carefully the Readme!
I have also took MenuID numbers 50000 and up, so there should be no conflicts with other Mods which are using lower numbers....

Some Notes:

-U can choose between the compasses if u want. If u don`t like the fixed inner field, then juts delete the ,,Lage.tga" from the Slideoutanzeigen Folder! Then will the whole compass turning without a fixed Field inside.

-If u like to change the positions of the Dials, just change this lines
Pos=678,610,344,344 in the Menu Groups! Example:

[G3F I312]
Name=Speed; FLB Sale`s Slideout Anzeigen, Knoten!
Type=1026;Menu group
ItemID=0x3F530000
ParentID=0x3F000000
Pos=678,610,344,344 -----Change the second number to ur wishes, to set him higher or lower (610 Pixel is the height from the bottom of the Screen!)
Color=0xFFFFFFFF
HorizSlide=344

Only change that in the 4 MenuGroups for each Dial!


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Downloadable here:
http://rapidshare.de/files/11677312/...zeigen.7z.html

Readme included!


Best wishes FLB Sale U-999! :D

WONDERFUL!!! thxs for youre hard work and effort mate !salute

THANKS ALLOT VERY USEFULL

are those DAS BOOT CLOTHES ?

and what about the tiny dials ? from wich mod are they from ... ?

thanks

Most excellent! :rock:

Mast

Boardinstrumente, you can find in dowload area in this forum

Works perfectly thanks

Its a nightmare to install, Ive just got a load of error messages so im trying again
Great mod tho.
Hope RuB and IuB consider it

Wondeful ! :up: Thanks for job.

I need to se how to adapt it to my 400m Depth Gauge installation.

PD :

Remember that i suggested you about the TDC ! ;) :up: :up:

dials
 

I really like the dials. I can now read the compass. However I have a problem with the menu 1064 768 file. I have RUB 1.45, HT 1.47,Airpower 1.4c for HT (which came with Rubini's 1.47 7z file) unchangedandAdding1, and the slideoutAnzeigen mod installed in order over a fresh SHIII-1.4b patch. I modified all involved menu 1064 768 files, in order, following the instructions; and I load the game with the SH3Cmdr 2.4.

I also modified the SH3-1.4bPatch data\menu\menu 1064 768 file, and loaded the game via SH3 Cmdr without any mods except the slideout mod. I get the same result with both cnfigerations.

There are two problems; 1) when the screen "initializing" comes up, the game freezes to a black screen, I get a "DING", and when I alt tab to desktop, I have an error message "menu ID #********** not found". When I close this, and alt tab, the game loads and runs fine.

2) I had modified my menu 1064 768 file and added the Dials1b file to get the chief engineer"s dials to slide out. This now doesn't work.
irish1958

Re: dials
 

I got the same message, its because you have made a mistake editing one of the files. replace the modifyed files with the backups you made (you did make a back up right?) and try again

Hi guys!


Yeah, i know, that the installation of this Mod is not easy, but if u go step by step, there should be no Problems.

You MUST do all carefully and no mistakes in editing those two files!

If u get those MenuID not found Errormessages, then it could be, that u have not added right the dials.cfg (data/Menu/Cfg).
There should be NO CONFLICTS with other Mods which are using other MenuIDs.
Thats why i took so high MenuIDs for those ,,new" Dials. Over 50000 they go.

U MUST WRITE YOUR OWN NEXT FOLLOWING [G3 IXXX] Number!!!

I cannot load my menu_1024_768.ini or dials.cfg up, because they are modded big, and everyone has a different because everybody uses different Mods which needs Entrys in those files!


Believe, I KNOW that it is not easy!!! I got nearby crazy to find the right Values at the beginning of this Mod (got maybe 10 times those Errormessages ;))


The 6 Dials & more Mod will be finished this Week, i hope.
Thats a really new experiance for gameplaying now!
Just about to finish that now......

( :rotfl: The edits for those both files are a little bit more in the 6 Dials Version, but easier to built that Mod in, because only one new MenuID is to use for 1 Dial there. HEHE over 60 New entries for 6 Dials Mod :D But it is worse to install him, because u will feel new gameplayfeeling then!)


@ Redwine
Ok, It should be now Problem for u to built your 400 Meter Depthgauge inside, because u are using the old Dials.cfg with the needed Value set from 260 to 400 Meters, (Just change the same Value in the New Dial, too!)
so u should only set the new 400 Meter Depth- Texture to this File
-Anzeige260.tga

Thats all! Very important that u also change the new Value in the new added Block for depthdial!


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Other thing, i have set the Chrono everywhere i want to have it, it is no Problem to have it there we want.
See here:
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/4553/uhrhydro1aq.jpg

the big Problem i have, like the ones before who tried that, is that she is not clikcable like in the UZO/Peris......

Only if u start her on the Peris, she will go. also stopping her there..

That is because the MenuIDs are not cloneable, because they are fixed somewhere in the gamecode or what i think, somewhere in any Hexdats.....

So she will only work when start/Stop/reset her from UZO or Peri.
:(


Maybe we will find a solution for this.



Second, i have started now the next most important for me:

Get the most important Dials from F6 Attackmap (Torpedodepth, torpedoespeed and the torpedoepistol... maybe the Button to see if it is on manual or automatic settings) to the upper right bottom of the Attackperiskop....

This screen is just to show u what is possible:
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3...ittiefe6gj.jpg


That is a nearby mod what i wanna have.


It is all a lot of work/found out/test/ideas etc. but it is a lot possible i think......

Just to have enough time is a luxus :D

but u all know, the show must go on!


Best wishes Sale

Many thanks for explanation..... i will remember. :up:

dials
 

I'm sure I screwedup the menu 1064 768 file, as I have done this many times in the past. I'll redo this. However, does this mod screwup the chief engineer's slideout mod? Anybody else have this problem? I don't see how a mistaken entry in the menu 1064 file would change this.
irish1958

ok ... so i did the following ... instead of replacing the original files i created new ones and make it so i could use the mod in the modenabler

it give the message that the dials.cfg allready was changed by 400depth mod bla bla ...

and i got a bunch of errors while loading

and the game runs but no new dials

:) once a nub always a nub ...

any thoughts

@Jmack hi mate i HAD EXACTLY the same problem....
Make sure at the top you have the Dials set to a little more than what it is as the read me says ...Mine was set at 47 i increased it to 52 to be safe..

Also REALLY look at the """""G3F IXXX""""" I thought when i came to the end denoted by ================== it was the end....NOPE i had to rteally look and start to create i new lot of numbers to carry on from the last...

Hope this helps

you must edit the .cfgs not replace them totally.

nahhh ... lol ... my mistake

i put the 1024_768 in the wrong folder ...
i didnt replace the original files just made new ones to use
with mod enabler because he mades backups of them so if i need
them again i just have to disable the mod in question

works fine now


thanks

afterall ... with the right instructions editing the files is not so bad :)


P.S. : i dont seem to find the Boardinstrumente mod in the download section is it under another name ?

Hi Sale,

Installed using your instructions and everything shows correctly. Two problems though, the compass doesn't move and the 260m is stuck at 129. The other two dials work (speed and shallow depth). Any help? I'm using it with no other mods.

Mast

Hi Mast!


Ok, it could be very sure that u have not increased ur DialsNumber in the Dials.cfg, or there are two same [G3F IXXX] Numbers.....


U MUST TAKE THE NEXT IXXX Number for all new Blocks u put behind the last Original (Modded) Block in that section!


If there is a doubled IXXX Number, it will not work or will not Move like u say.....


PLEASE CHECK YOUR Entries again, or u can upload ur Dials.cfg and menu_1024_768.ini and i will take a look at it.

I am sure that there is something with double used IXXX Number....



TO ALL!!!

DO NOT JUST COPY ALL THE MENU_1024_768.INI ENTRIES I HAVE POSTET IN THE README!!! U MUST LOOK AT UR LAST [G3F IXXX] NUMBER AND THEN RENUMBER ALL NEW BLOCKS I HAVE POSTET IN THE README!

That is very important!

The Entries in the Dials.cfg is also very important to make no mistakes there.....


If nothing works....then upload these both Files and i can take a look into it!

I know it isn`t easy to install, but if everything is right, it works without any Problems! :)


The big Problem is just that there are a lot of different Mods which are affecting those two Files with new Entries.....

So i cannot just put my Files up, they would not Work properly on your Systems.....



Hope u can enjoy those 4 dials....


The 6 Dials Version has more Features that u will like! ;)

Not long time anymore for release.....


Best wishes Sale

Hey Sale,

Found two typos and corrected them. :doh: One was missing a bracket and the other was an extra number that was removed. :88) All work now. Thank you!

Mast