New F1 help screen "buttons" **released

Rubini · 10-14-05, 08:19 PM

Hi guys,

It's done. I release it as small HT update because it have more news than only the help screen. Here the readme:

Quote:

October 23, 2005
HT 1.46 small update.
===========================

This update have four news on it:

1.The new 'More Useful F1 help Screen' mod with new colors and more three buttons with informations about merchants, warships and uboats measurements for help the targeting process and for tactical info. Mod by Rubini, jaxa and Bladeheart.

2.New Milk_cow_Basic.cfg file which make the Emblems disposable since the beginning of a career and set for spent 14 days in base when changed. This way if you have a favorite Emblem just change twice to get the stock 28 days in base. So, if you want it just rename it to Basic.cfg. If you are using SH3Cmdr, roll back before install the mod and set days in base to 1.
(historically the Emblems were on the uboat before the first patrol, used as a boost for crew morale)

3.Some small tweak on flotilla.cfg file to better fit the grid destinations for Bismarck fate.

4.New color for the small numbers below the dials. A definitive fix for color blind peoples like me!

Bug:
None. But notice that the alignment of the text is not the best. This is because the menu text in SH3 use pixels to calculate spaces.

Many thanks for Bladeheart for the ships/uboat measurement compilation.
Thanks to jaxa for the friend or foe info and great support.
Thanks to Hemisent and ScirÃ¨ for continuous feedbacks.
A special tanks for JXP for colors info.

It's JSGME ready. Inside you will see two files: one for RUB and the other for stand alone version.
http://rapidshare.de/files/6682758/H...update.7z.html

Rubini.

Here a pic. Notice the new color for the small numbers under the dials. I guess that is better for all players, not only for color blind peoples. (the jpg is not so good as in the game)

Gizzmoe · 10-14-05, 11:22 PM

:hmm:

Maybe a quick reference of all ships (most importantly keel depth!!!), would be easier than opening the recognition manual...

Kpt. Lehmann · 10-14-05, 11:43 PM

Good idea Gizzmoe...

Poor Rubini.. we are going to wear him out!

FLB sale U-999 · 10-15-05, 05:19 AM

Great!

How did u get that to work Rubini?

I am searching long for editing new Buttons in F1 Help Screen!

Could u please tell me how u could do it?
I think i have to edit something in menu_1024_768.ini!?

Greetings Sale

P.s.: Your HT 46 is fantastic!

gouldjg · 10-15-05, 05:29 AM

Just a quickie to ask Rubini

DO you or anyone else have the skills to remove the buttons on the crew managment screen.

I am refering to the ones on the compartments names that we can double click for fast crew changes.

It would be an absolute fantastic thing for my project if this could be done.

Rubini · 10-15-05, 10:51 AM

FLB sale U-999,

Yes. It's necessary to mod the menu_1024_768.ini, en_menu.txt and en_help.txt (and the germans files too)

gouldjg,

I guess that "delete" the buttons is not a problem.

Rubini.

Marhkimov · 10-15-05, 12:08 PM

I don't think it is really necessary for us to have more help screens, aside from the additional 'resupply info' screen.

gouldjg · 10-15-05, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rubini

gouldjg,

I guess that "delete" the buttons is not a problem.

Rubini.

Could you explain how I can do this or what file I should look at.

Better still if you just delete the buttons and host the file, that would be great.

Deleted or deactivated suits me both ways.

Once I get this done, I can start wrapping up a new fatigue and damage model that will not dissapoint people.

Thanks Rubini

p.s. keep up the great work

Rubini · 10-15-05, 08:24 PM

gouldjg,

I tried to mess with the buttons on the crew management screen but I don't get anything. I only notice that they probably are in the G3F section which have more than 750 entries!!!

Rubini.

Jungman · 10-16-05, 12:55 AM

[G52 I8]
Name=Crew Selection ;Multiplayer. no go.
Type=1041;Horiz list box
ItemID=0x5200000F
ParentID

[G57 XX] ???

Here is the Diesel Engine:

[G67 I647]
Type=1033;Check box
ItemID=0x67000059
ParentID=0x67000000
Pos=216,465,65,38
Color=0xFFFFFFFF
Materials=8
Display=2;Linear
Mat 0=DATA/Menu/Data/back.tga
Mat 1=DATA/Menu/Data/back.tga
Mat 2=DATA/Menu/Data/back.tga
Mat 3=DATA/Menu/Data/back.tga
Mat 4=DATA/Menu/Data/back.tga
Mat 5=DATA/Menu/Data/back.tga
Mat 6=DATA/Menu/Data/back.tga
Mat 7=DATA/Menu/Data/back.tga
MatFlags=0x1
TexFmt=0x9
Font=5
Text=248
TextPosFlags=0x2
TextFlags=0x10
CheckBoxWidth=0
StatesColors=0xFF, 0xFF, 0xAA5800FF, 0xDD5800FF

Here is one of the six surface/underwater/attack mode quick button s at bottom on screen.

[G67 I676]
Type=1031;Stat bmp array
ItemID=0x67000303
ParentID=0x67000000
Pos=731,207,32,32
Color=0xFFFFFFFF
Materials=4
Display=2;Linear
Mat 0=data\menu\data\crewicon.tga
Crop 0=0,0.375,0.25,0.125
Mat 1=data\menu\data\crewicon.tga
Crop 1=0.25,0.375,0.25,0.125
Mat 2=data\menu\data\crewicon.tga
Crop 2=0.5,0.375,0.25,0.125
Mat 3=data\menu\data\crewicon.tga
Crop 3=0.75,0.375,0.25,0.125
MatFlags=0x1
TexFmt=0x5
Drag=false
BmpState=1 --------------------->make this zero to disable.
NeedFocus=true
SelOne=true
IdGroup=0
StatesColors=0xFFFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFFFF
ToolTipText=426

This is the Surface Attack quick box click mode. THis how to disable irt. do it for all six. Now for the 11 comparmets...

Rubini · 10-16-05, 09:32 AM

Jungman,

Oh, sorry, my mistake. I'm looking for the right mouse button usage (to do a better "go back" in key commands) and put the wrong reference for gouldjg. So, like you correctly indicate the section is G67 which have these ~750 entries!

Rubini.

BladeHeart · 10-16-05, 05:21 PM

Gizzmoe wrote

Quote:

Maybe a quick reference of all ships (most importantly keel depth!!!), would be easier than opening the recognition manual

Like this idea, with the mast height also please to assist with range calculation.

Rubini · 10-16-05, 05:48 PM

BladeHeart,

After look for useful info in the wiki manual to be used for F1 help screen mod I notice that perhaps a chart with all the properties of the SH3 uboats would be nice too (range, speed, depth, etc..). And can you BladeHeart compile all these ship info for me? When the text is done in one day the mod will be ready!

Rubini.

BladeHeart · 10-16-05, 06:24 PM

Rubini,

In addition to the stock ships, what other ships do you want the details of?

RUB 1.43 increased the draft of the C3 to 12m, whcih since I use RUB will be the stats shown.

Apart from draft and mast height are there any other details you want?

What details do you want for the u-boats and are there any variations made by mods you want included?

Willing to do the work for you, but it is 00:22 hrs here and tomorrow I go away with the wife visiting a relative for a couple of days; therefore the work will be completed but not until the end of the week.

Rubini · 10-16-05, 06:44 PM

BladeHeart,

I like the chart for uboats numbers (but we will use the text only) that I see on the wiki SH3 manual. For the ships all the numbers that you will like to see in the F1 help screen. After we have the numbers we can discuss if all or only part of them will be used. I think that is important the stock numbers and RUB numbers. And a week is good, don't hurry. This way, with patience, we will get a better final job.

Rubini.

10-14-05, 11:43 PM	#3
Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Director Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 6,992 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	Good idea Gizzmoe... Poor Rubini.. we are going to wear him out! __________________ www.thegreywolves.com All you need is good men. - Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

10-15-05, 05:19 AM	#4
FLB sale U-999 Engineer Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 206 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Great! How did u get that to work Rubini? I am searching long for editing new Buttons in F1 Help Screen! Could u please tell me how u could do it? I think i have to edit something in menu_1024_768.ini!? Greetings Sale P.s.: Your HT 46 is fantastic! __________________ Wolves are waiting for the night to come....

10-15-05, 12:08 PM	#7
Marhkimov Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bay Area, California, USA Posts: 2,377 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I don't think it is really necessary for us to have more help screens, aside from the additional 'resupply info' screen. __________________ It takes two to tango

10-14-05, 11:22 PM	#2
Gizzmoe Silent Hunter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 3,668 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	:hmm: Maybe a quick reference of all ships (most importantly keel depth!!!), would be easier than opening the recognition manual...

10-15-05, 05:29 AM	#5
gouldjg Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 881 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Just a quickie to ask Rubini DO you or anyone else have the skills to remove the buttons on the crew managment screen. I am refering to the ones on the compartments names that we can double click for fast crew changes. It would be an absolute fantastic thing for my project if this could be done.

10-15-05, 10:51 AM	#6
Rubini Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: São Paulo Brazil Posts: 2,728 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	FLB sale U-999, Yes. It's necessary to mod the menu_1024_768.ini, en_menu.txt and en_help.txt (and the germans files too) gouldjg, I guess that "delete" the buttons is not a problem. Rubini.

10-15-05, 08:24 PM	#9
Rubini Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: São Paulo Brazil Posts: 2,728 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	gouldjg, I tried to mess with the buttons on the crew management screen but I don't get anything. I only notice that they probably are in the G3F section which have more than 750 entries!!! Rubini.

10-16-05, 12:55 AM	#10
Jungman Samurai Navy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Iowa, USA Posts: 596 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	[G52 I8] Name=Crew Selection ;Multiplayer. no go. Type=1041;Horiz list box ItemID=0x5200000F ParentID [G57 XX] ??? Here is the Diesel Engine: [G67 I647] Type=1033;Check box ItemID=0x67000059 ParentID=0x67000000 Pos=216,465,65,38 Color=0xFFFFFFFF Materials=8 Display=2;Linear Mat 0=DATA/Menu/Data/back.tga Mat 1=DATA/Menu/Data/back.tga Mat 2=DATA/Menu/Data/back.tga Mat 3=DATA/Menu/Data/back.tga Mat 4=DATA/Menu/Data/back.tga Mat 5=DATA/Menu/Data/back.tga Mat 6=DATA/Menu/Data/back.tga Mat 7=DATA/Menu/Data/back.tga MatFlags=0x1 TexFmt=0x9 Font=5 Text=248 TextPosFlags=0x2 TextFlags=0x10 CheckBoxWidth=0 StatesColors=0xFF, 0xFF, 0xAA5800FF, 0xDD5800FF Here is one of the six surface/underwater/attack mode quick button s at bottom on screen. [G67 I676] Type=1031;Stat bmp array ItemID=0x67000303 ParentID=0x67000000 Pos=731,207,32,32 Color=0xFFFFFFFF Materials=4 Display=2;Linear Mat 0=data\menu\data\crewicon.tga Crop 0=0,0.375,0.25,0.125 Mat 1=data\menu\data\crewicon.tga Crop 1=0.25,0.375,0.25,0.125 Mat 2=data\menu\data\crewicon.tga Crop 2=0.5,0.375,0.25,0.125 Mat 3=data\menu\data\crewicon.tga Crop 3=0.75,0.375,0.25,0.125 MatFlags=0x1 TexFmt=0x5 Drag=false BmpState=1 --------------------->make this zero to disable. NeedFocus=true SelOne=true IdGroup=0 StatesColors=0xFFFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFFFF ToolTipText=426 This is the Surface Attack quick box click mode. THis how to disable irt. do it for all six. Now for the 11 comparmets...

10-16-05, 09:32 AM	#11
Rubini Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: São Paulo Brazil Posts: 2,728 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	Jungman, Oh, sorry, my mistake. I'm looking for the right mouse button usage (to do a better "go back" in key commands) and put the wrong reference for gouldjg. So, like you correctly indicate the section is G67 which have these ~750 entries! Rubini.

10-16-05, 05:48 PM	#13
Rubini Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: São Paulo Brazil Posts: 2,728 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	BladeHeart, After look for useful info in the wiki manual to be used for F1 help screen mod I notice that perhaps a chart with all the properties of the SH3 uboats would be nice too (range, speed, depth, etc..). And can you BladeHeart compile all these ship info for me? When the text is done in one day the mod will be ready! Rubini.

10-16-05, 06:24 PM	#14
BladeHeart Chief Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 320 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Rubini, In addition to the stock ships, what other ships do you want the details of? RUB 1.43 increased the draft of the C3 to 12m, whcih since I use RUB will be the stats shown. Apart from draft and mast height are there any other details you want? What details do you want for the u-boats and are there any variations made by mods you want included? Willing to do the work for you, but it is 00:22 hrs here and tomorrow I go away with the wife visiting a relative for a couple of days; therefore the work will be completed but not until the end of the week.

10-16-05, 06:44 PM	#15
Rubini Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: São Paulo Brazil Posts: 2,728 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	BladeHeart, I like the chart for uboats numbers (but we will use the text only) that I see on the wiki SH3 manual. For the ships all the numbers that you will like to see in the F1 help screen. After we have the numbers we can discuss if all or only part of them will be used. I think that is important the stock numbers and RUB numbers. And a week is good, don't hurry. This way, with patience, we will get a better final job. Rubini.