[REL] Colored Hull Integrity Indicator

[h.sie]

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Colored Hull Integrity Indicator
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Up to now there are only two options for SH3:
To hide or to show the hull integrity percentage numbers.
A compromise was not possible.

But now I found a way to display the hull integrity in 4 colors:

green: Integrity 90% - 100% (no or minor damage)
yellow: Integrity 60% - 89% (damage)
orange: Integrity 30% - 59% (heavy damage)
red: Integrity 0% - 29% (critical damage)

which at least for me is a good compromise and hopefully
a step into more realism for SH3.

Screenshot: (the transparency appears in the image only, not in game).
Screenie shows Hull Integrity: Orange (= Heavily damaged, 30-59%)




The main principle of this mod is simple:
I created a new Font type which shows color flags instead of numbers.
Only the middle of the three percentage numbers is important.
If it's a 9 or 0 (9x% - 100%) => a green flag is shown.
If it's a 6,7 or 8 (6x% - 8x%) => a yellow flag is shown.
And so on. The other two numbers are covered by a black mask image.


Unfortunately, this mod needs some changes in the menu_1024_768.ini
and the three xx_menu.txt files. But because there are hundreds of
different versions of these files (many GUI mods available),
it's easier for me to write a DIY-manual than to make hundreds of
compatibility patches for all these GUIs.

The DIY-manual is part of the DIY-Kit, which can be found on my mediafire page.

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I also uploaded a ready-to-use demo version for those people who want to see
how the mod looks like and works. It's only for GWX3 and it's not compatible to any GUI-mod.
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Optional stuff (in folder "Optional"):
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1) Disabler-Mod. Re-activates the Hull Integrity output in percent.
So that the user can decide which output he gets (colors or numbers).
The Disabler-Mod only makes sense, if my Colored Hull Integrity Mod
is irreversibly integrated into a GUI.

2) Optional colors for color blind people. The font "HullInteg1.tga"
must be overwritten by that one from the Optional folder.



Compatibility with SH3-Commander
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Unfortunately, this mod is not compatible to the "Show/Hide Hull Integrity"
Option of SH3-Commander.

If you use SH3-Commander, you have to choose "Show Hull Integrity"
to make this mod work correctly.

The "Hide Hull Integrity" option of SH3-Commander does not work.
(A red flag remains all the time that indicates a critical hull
damage regardless of the actual hull condition).


TO COMPLETELY HIDE the Hull Integrity information, 2 steps are necessary
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First: Disable the Colored Hull Integrity mod.
Second: Use the "Hide Hull Integrity" option of SH3-Commander.


Credits to:
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GWX-Team: For GWX.
JScones: JSGME, Sh3Cmdr.
SkWasjer: S3D.
Rubini: Optional colors for color blind people.

Hope you like it,
h.sie