[REL] SH4 Tool Tips Mods R1

[jimbob]

...from teh horses asses:

  28. march 2009

	SH4 Tool Tips Mods Release 1
	
	This mod was made for Silent Hunter 4, with
	Wolves Of The Pacific U-Boat Missions. (v.1.5)
	I suppose this might work with other versions, stock 1.4 
	and mods like RFB and RSRD etc. Not tested thought.
	If not its pretty easy to do yourself the needed modifications.
	Just apply new images and (if needed) fix the pointer placing in Mouse.cfg.
	
	This changes 3 files for normal and 4 files for the bigger version.
	
	There are 2 version:
	
		Normal
		- 3 new images just the same size
		  no need to tinker Mouse.cfg
		  
		Big
		- 3 new images and the Mouse.cfg is 
		  modified fir bigger sizes
		  
	
	Wat? 
	
		New BIG images are 512x512 size, double size. This might slow down low end PC's
		and if that happens, try the Normal version since they got the stock
		size images (256x256). 
		
		Check the Pics folder.
		
	Why?
	
		Readability. Now I can actually see the 1 degree lines
		while plotting. I got 24' monitor running 1920x1200
		and the stock images gets smaller with bigger resolution.
		
	How?
	
		Paint dot net. With some plugins. 
		Notepad++ as my main text editor.
		Couple liters coffee. 
		:D
		
	Usage:
	
		Use Jonesoft Generic Mod Enabler (JSGME) 
		http://www.users.on.net/~jscones/software/products-jsgme.html
		... or backup the files manually.
		
		
		Not to be used for commercial purposes.
		You can make it bigger/faster/better and/or
		mix it with other modulations,
		just give credit where credit is due. 
	

	 Have fun.

    
    JimBob



ps.   Heil Xenu!

For comparisons, here's protractors:



Here's the new, fatty tool tip for the course plotter:


..and here's the new fatso ruler:



Download

That's all folks!

[Vikinger]

Good work there.

I assume this is for thos that have a big screen

Iam running the game my self on a 22 flat screen and resolution to something about 16xx 12xx.

[jimbob]

Yes, I started doing images fatter since higher resolutions does shrink
items on the screen. I got 1920x1200.
Some things can be resized within the menu_1024_768.ini but you
might get blurry images...

Alltho this mod also contains the stocky size new images for smaller screens like 1024x768 etc.

Could be easy to resize them smaller but resizing bigger usually won't work since
the image gets rather hazy.

I use PaintDotNet a lot since it has the DDS plugin built in.

There's some cool plugin packs for it too.

Like this here has the Polygones which helps
a lot drawin degree lines.



"Upload To" plugin is teh sweetest thing. Posting images in forums straight from the program.



There's some other nice plugins for it but I grow tired posting about 'em.
just did this with my morning coffee and my attention span is slightly reduced now.

[doctarr]

Nice work, thank you jimbob