Question on Locking Hud Message Box

[scrapser]

The box where you see the text of crewmembers speaking and announcements of flash traffic has the ability to be locked in place but this must be done again each time you return to a saved mission. Is there a way to set this permanently?

Thanks

[MONOLITH]

The default positions of items can be modded, like the stop watch too; but yes, they always reset to their default start position everytime you restart the game.

I hate that as well.

[scrapser]

I found a mod in the List of Mods thread that addresses this issue but apparently it only works in that mod for 1024x768 screens. I made my own adjustments for 1280x1024 resolution and it works great. Took me about 6 tries to get it where I wanted it.

[jimimadrid]

Please go to this thread and download the JTxE. Unpack in the SH4 Folder
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=123521
You get a new tool like JSGME, but this tool will only merge lines.(In this case in the menu_1024_768.ini)

Put this ini-file in the new Ini_Mods folder.
Ini_File -> http://www.file-upload.net/download-...ition.ini.html

Start the JTxE and activate the MsgboxPosition.

The values are for 1280* 1024 and you will get this:



You can change the red marked values to get your best solution.
Please change only in 10 points to test the new position.
Otherwise you may position it outside the window.



Enjoy it.

[scrapser]

Thanks for pointing out your great modding tool. It will make the tweaking and change management so much easier!

[scrapser]

I made my own INI mod file and loaded it. It's the only INI mod file and now when I try to disable it, I get a message saying I need to remove the file first.

???

The mod file I created is named, "MsgBoxPosition.ini". It tells me I must remove this file before I can disable it. Very confusing.

Should I just delete everything and start over from scratch?

In the ini_Mods folder, I see two files as follows:

"MsgBoxPosition.ini.bak"
"MsgBoxPosition.used"

The second file has a later timestamp than the first. I have no idea what this program is doing. I thought it just swapped lines of code within the file and stored the old line in another file to be swapped back when you disable it.

Would like to solve this and understand it, too.

Thanks