[REL] Colored Hull Integrity Indicator

h.sie · 02-08-10, 03:25 AM

In the meantime, while working on my edition of ACM-GUI-Reloaded, I found a solution to restrict the hull integrity information to only six values:

100%, 80%, 50%, 30%, 10% and 0%.

For me that's a good compromise between the present solutions: fully show or hide the hull integrity percentage.

It's not hard to do.

1) First you have to create a new font by copying an existing one. Then you have to edit the .off file of your new font (using S3D) in order to make the numbers (0 to 9) have a FIXED WIDTH.

2) Use the new font for ItemID=0x67000404 in menu.ini. Don't forget to register the new font in the beginning of menu.ini.

3) Make the hull percentage output string right-aligned by setting TextFlags=0x1A for the above-mentioned Item.

Because of step 2) and 3) the last digit of the hull percentage now has a fixed position regardless of the percentage number shown.

4) Create an intransparent tga-image and paint a "0 %" on it and hide the last digit of the percentage number by that image. Now only 10%-steps are shown: 100%, 90%, ... 10%, 0%.

5) Edit the .tga file of the new font and overwrite the 9 and 7 by an 8. Then overwrite the 6 by a 5 and the 4 by a 3 and the 2 by a 1.

Now only the values 100%, 80%, 50%, 30%, 10% and 0% can be shown.

I'll include this in my next version of ACM-Reloaded-h.sie's Edition.

h.sie

02-08-10, 03:25 AM	#2
h.sie Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,192 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	In the meantime, while working on my edition of ACM-GUI-Reloaded, I found a solution to restrict the hull integrity information to only six values: 100%, 80%, 50%, 30%, 10% and 0%. For me that's a good compromise between the present solutions: fully show or hide the hull integrity percentage. It's not hard to do. 1) First you have to create a new font by copying an existing one. Then you have to edit the .off file of your new font (using S3D) in order to make the numbers (0 to 9) have a FIXED WIDTH. 2) Use the new font for ItemID=0x67000404 in menu.ini. Don't forget to register the new font in the beginning of menu.ini. 3) Make the hull percentage output string right-aligned by setting TextFlags=0x1A for the above-mentioned Item. Because of step 2) and 3) the last digit of the hull percentage now has a fixed position regardless of the percentage number shown. 4) Create an intransparent tga-image and paint a "0 %" on it and hide the last digit of the percentage number by that image. Now only 10%-steps are shown: 100%, 90%, ... 10%, 0%. 5) Edit the .tga file of the new font and overwrite the 9 and 7 by an 8. Then overwrite the 6 by a 5 and the 4 by a 3 and the 2 by a 1. Now only the values 100%, 80%, 50%, 30%, 10% and 0% can be shown. I'll include this in my next version of ACM-Reloaded-h.sie's Edition. h.sie __________________ My Mediafire page: http://www.mediafire.com/hsie Last edited by h.sie; 02-08-10 at 01:46 PM.