very very nice work :rock:

Had problems with the game looking for OBSperiscope_mask_1024.tga in the menu layout folder...performed a search of the SH4 folder and found nothing. WOuld it be possible to have this file from you Foofighter to allow me to run your mod? Hell knows where the file went to lol. Im running stock with ROW and RSRDC 1.4...only other mods are visual stuff and downloaded the appropriate file from you.

Thats your visual mods that cause this. This file is a perescope lense.

Thamks mate..ran a search of the complete folder and can't find the file anywhere...checked the menu.ini file included in the new rec. manual and found it here

[G2B I136]
Name=BackgroundWithWhole
Type=1030;Static bmp
ItemID=0x2B000001
ParentID=0x2B000000
Pos=0,0,1024,768
Zone= 0 768 1024 768 5 1 0x2B000000 0.5 -0.5 0x2B000001 -0.5 0.5 0 0
Color=0xFFFFFFFF
Materials=1
Display=2;Linear
Mat 0=data/menu/gui/layout/OBSperiscope_mask_1024.tga
Crop 0=0,0.125,1,0.75
MatFlags=0x9
TexFmt=0x0

I definately don't have this file in any folder within the SH4 directory...when I remove the new rec manul mod the game runs again. Is it safe to just delete this entry in the menu.ini...or do I then have to renumber all the entries etc...ie this section [G2B I136] and move all subsequent entries up one...so [G2B I137] changes to [G2B I136]??

Thats really strange, I did not put it there. It has nothing to do with my mod.
What happens when you remove the data/menu/gui/layout/OBSperiscope_mask_1024.tga ?

I will release a new version with this tga tonight, just to prevent problems.
As far as I know it's just a TGA file with periscope lens.
Won't hurt the game, if it's in there.

Sorry for the problems guys, I should have noticed this.
I will fix it as soon as I get home from work.

I remember seeing that line (and the accompanying .dds file) in a mod that made the periscope lines green, for improved night aiming. Maybe you were using that mod and the .ini change slipped in but the .dds file was left out?

Nice work on this Foo :yep::up:


RDP

edit : I have added the periscope texture to the downloads on page 1.
This should remove all problems.

The problem with missing .tga file is because you have taken an already modded menu file foo. If you want something being compatible with stock, you should take unmodded files and work there. Because you never know what other authors have changed.

Its always easier to make stock-mods compatible with other mods, then mod-mods compatible with stock.

I 100% agree, I thought I was using the stock menu1024x768.
Guess not :D

Works great now mate...thanks for this :)

Spoke to soon, this is the Obs scope now :(..something isn't right lol

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/b...F_Puff/obs.jpg

What did you do ? Use the modified menu1024x768.
Or did you re-download the file from the 1st. page ?

The downloads now contain the missing file.

I used the menu ini file you posted as a fix...don't get the error when launching now...but got this instead...!!...anyways I think it maybe down to another mod...I copied and pasted, from the addional hud bar mod Im running , the line for the obs scope and it's working now...sorry to lead you astray mate.

Glad it works now, just to be shure I added the tga to all downloads.

Happy hunting

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