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Old 12-20-20, 12:29 PM   #24
CassiousClay
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Originally Posted by John Pancoast View Post
You're making targeting harder than it needs to be. I.e., if you want to shoot at 90 degrees to the target you don't ever need to figure out its aob; it'll be 90 degrees at the only time its needed.

Regarding font size the console message text is found in the menu_1024_768.ini file, which is found in the game install/data/menu path.
Using the edit function in notepad search for "messages". You want the block that has only that at it's head; not "radio messages", "group messages", etc. Just "messages"
It's commonly at group G3f i159 but if the file has been already modded that may be different on yours.
In that "messages" group you'll see a line that says "Font=x". That controls what font is used in the console messages.
At the top of the file are the fonts available to use under the heading "Fonts".
Not all of them will work in the console; you must note what number font is currently in use and only use similar fonts in it's place.
I.e., mine (and probably yours) has a font of 8. Looking in the Fonts group at the top of the file, I see that font 8 is a MFPHunt12.tga file. So I would look for other MFPHunt.tga fonts available to use.
In my file the only MFPHunt.tga file larger would be font 9.
However note: increasing the font size can lead to messages being truncated in the console. The console would also need to be enlarged to prevent this, which while not difficult to do, is a much move involved process.
Anyway, take a look at that file and experiment..............AFTER YOU BACK IT UP FIRST ! If this file isn't how the game wants it, the game won't load.
If you find something that works for you make a mod folder and you're set.

LOL yeah I probably am making it too complicated. Because it truly was pretty complicated for them to figure it out in real life. It's amazing how they figured out and applied all this stuff.

Thanks for the text info I've been looking for an answer like that telling me exactly where it is and what to change for 6 weeks! I am and was getting very frustrated at not getting any answers at all. I also got an answer from LH3 support that basically said to increase the text size I'd have to pretty much create my own mod.

That...ummmm...No. This game is once again a few millimetres from being thrown in the trash I'm beyond exhausted and frustrated with it. Again.
This hasn't been fun at all and that's what games should be, fun and relaxing, not a frustration.

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Originally Posted by derstosstrupp View Post
Think in terms of courses and use the TDC to your advantage. What I mean by that is, once you determine the target’s course, simply add or subtract 90° from that depending on the side of the target you are on, and turn to that course, no further turning required. Now, put your scope to zero, set 90 left or right AOB on the TDC depending on what direction the target’s bow is pointing. Click the TDC to update, turn your scope and you see now that the computer is updating AOB for every degree of bearing change. So now, as long as you don’t change course or the target doesn’t change course, the AOB will be valid throughout.
This game makes my head numb like I've been working at coding an application for 18 hours straight.

And there's yet another way of doing targeting. I need to find ONE way that works. lol
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