[REL] quick fix to add SH3 style compass to interface

Thank you so much. Im extremly happy. Thanks.

[R-T-B]

I firmly believe that this game is the best modding foundation we've ever had. Seeing the mods that have come out in only a few days (my own included, haha), this only strengthens my belief.

Where is the donation button for the mobs?

[JScones]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

It's not perfect, it was a quick hack to get something up.

Evolution has to start somewhere.

[karamazovnew]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

Zone= 512 58 512 58 0 1 0x3F000000 0.3 -1 0x3F010000 -1 1 0 0

Can someone completely decipher that Zone= line? I have a very basic understanding of it.
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Why do you need the zone line? They've made a Menu Editor, it's easy to use. If I had that puppy in SH4...... Anyway, the Zone is the same as before and thank god for that. I'll start a new thread about the Menu Editor and how to use it (learning it myself now). I won't bother you with screenshots but here's the quick round up of how the zone line works:

Imagine that the screen is a 1024x768 box. The screen actually starts from the bottom left corner (0,0) and coordinates increase until the top right corner (1024,768). This is true on any resolution.

Zone = 512 58 ... This is the actual position of the top left corner of the item.
In other words, the TOP LEFT corner of your item sits exactly on the 512'th column from the left and the 58'th line from the bottom. But this is only informative. In SH4 you don't actually position items by changing these.

Zone = 512 58 512 58... This is the size of your item. Don't ask me why you made it 512 pixels wide by 58 pixels high, but you did.

Zone = 512 58 512 58 0 1... this is way to long to explain. Read here http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...28&postcount=7. So yeah, these 2 values tell the game how scale that 1024x768 box to fit the screen (for each item). This is very very powerful and I'm glad they kept it this way. You can place anything anywhere

Now on to the real positioning:

512 58 512 58 0 1 0x3F000000 This is the ID of the objects parent. The parents are usually transparent Menu groups but anything can be a parent. All children will sit ON TOP of the parent. Note that they don't actually need to be included in the parent's "box". But by default, any child is placed at the coordinates of the parent's TOP LEFT corner.


512 58 512 58 0 1 0x3F000000 0.3 -1: From the top left corner of the parent, you move the child to the RIGHT (positive value) by (0.3 * parent_width) pixels. Then DOWN(negative value) by (1*parent_height) pixels.

Zone= 512 58 512 58 0 1 0x3F000000 0.3 -1 0x3F010000: yes this is your item. Sometimes you can put a different item here but I see no reason to complicate matters.

[COLOR=red]Zone= 512 58 512 58 0 1 0x3F000000 0.3 -1 0x3F010000 -1 1: Same as before, you move the item LEFT (negative value) by (1*item_width) and then move it UP (positive value) by (1*item_height). Since our item was 512*58, we've just moved it left by 512 pixels and up by 58 pixels.

Zone= 512 58 512 58 0 1 0x3F000000 0.3 -1 0x3F010000 -1 1 0 0: this is just a simple offset in pixels. Useful to move the item a pixel or 2 without recalculating the ratios. Also useful to quickly move an item offscreen without deleting it. For example 2000 3000 will move the item well outside the screen (2000 pixels to the right and 3000 pixels up).

We still owe Zamboni a very big thanks btw:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=111832

[bert8for3]

Many thanks

[GDFTigerTank]

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

I hereby award you seven internets, a half of a chocolate chip cookie, all the liquor your u-boat can carry, and a buxom wench from Le Harve you can stow in your bunk (and permanently raises your crew morale to 10 while on board) !

I love this fracking community!

[Galanti]

This is great news! Does this means the speed telegraph and tieffenmesser are just lying there dormant, and can get activated with minimal fuss?

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by Galanti

This is great news! Does this means the speed telegraph and tieffenmesser are just lying there dormant, and can get activated with minimal fuss?

Yes. I've already enabled them to see if they work and they do.
I still can't get them to switch to their second state yet.

[mookiemookie]

A godsend.

[Galanti]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

Yes. I've already enabled them to see if they work and they do.
I still can't get them to switch to their second state yet.

Right on, we're that much closer to switching off the ridiculous digital readouts.

[thisdougsforu]

This mod looks great...pardon me for being ignorant, but where is the mods folder? I don't see it in my main SH5 data directory.

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by thisdougsforu

This mod looks great...pardon me for being ignorant, but where is the mods folder? I don't see it in my main SH5 data directory.

You need the JSGME tool. Place it in your \Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\ folder. When you run it the first time it creates the MODS folder for you (if you default to select that). Do a forum search for JSGME or even google it.

[thisdougsforu]

Thanks, mate. It's amazing how much better this game is with our old dials so you can actually, you know.....control the boat!!

[Jeevz]

Brilliant, thanks.