[REL] Multiple UIs for SH5 with TDC

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by sober

You dont mind my download link to the modified menu text here ? or do you want me to remove it ?
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...79&postcount=4

Quite fine I actually might link to it at post #1 so people can have a modified one for themselves already

[THE_MASK]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

Quite fine I actually might link to it at post #1 so people can have a modified one for themselves already

I will put it up on the download section of subsim . All mods should go in the download section of subsim as of now afaik .

[gap]

Since we are at it, could you please add support to a couple (or more) of user defined charts?

I ask so because, a while back, sober asked me to prepare a map of the winds featured in DynEnv to be included in your UI. Moreover it would come handy for bringing in game any other useful resource (minefield maps, AOB nomograph, etc) without having to give up the maps and charts already featured in your mod.

[THE_MASK]

Originally Posted by gap

Since we are at it, could you please add support to a couple (or more) of user defined charts?

I ask so because, a while back, sober asked me to prepare a map of the winds featured in DynEnv to be included in your UI. Moreover it would come handy for bringing in game any other useful resource (minefield maps, AOB nomograph, etc) without having to give up the maps and charts already featured in your mod.

While we are at it , why not have the ability to bring up aadobe acrobat documents like the sun almanac and speed table and attack disc handbook and compass tutorial found in the documents folder of D:\SH5 NewUIs_TDC_7_1_0_ByTheDarkWraith\Documentation

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by gap

Since we are at it, could you please add support to a couple (or more) of user defined charts?

I ask so because, a while back, sober asked me to prepare a map of the winds featured in DynEnv to be included in your UI. Moreover it would come handy for bringing in game any other useful resource (minefield maps, AOB nomograph, etc) without having to give up the maps and charts already featured in your mod.

Send me the charts and let me know what they should be called and send a graphic you want the user to click on for it and I'll add them If you would like them placed in a particular station (attack scope, radio, hydrophone, etc.) let me know that also.

[gap]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

Send me the charts and let me know what they should be called and send a graphic you want the user to click on for it and I'll add them If you would like them placed in a particular station (attack scope, radio, hydrophone, etc.) let me know that also.

Okay, I will do.

Anyway I was thinking about a more generic implementation of my idea. Something that could have been used by anyone wanting to add a new chart in game.

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by sober

While we are at it , why not have the ability to bring up aadobe acrobat documents like the sun almanac and speed table and attack disc handbook and compass tutorial found in the documents folder of D:\SH5 NewUIs_TDC_7_1_0_ByTheDarkWraith\Documentation

That is possible to do if you are not in full screen mode. If it weren't for the fact that the game can use fullscreen mode I would implement a LOT of cool things! The problem with fullscreen mode is the game takes control of the screen. Everything drawn to the screen (the backbuffer technically) has to be done by the game. Adobe will not 'show' on screen in fullscreen mode because it doesn't have the reference to the screen (backbuffer) that the game is using. It's more complicated than that but that's layman's terms.

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by gap

Anyway I was thinking about a more generic implementation of my idea. Something that could have been used by anyone wanting to add a new chart in game.

Generic means...I like it. Let's brainstorm and talk out loud...

I could add a folder called Maps. One would place the map they wanted to add into this folder. In this folder I could have a maps.cfg file that detailed how to use this map in the game. This cfg file could specify what station the map should be at, where it should be located (onscreen position), what graphic to use, etc...

Doable but would take some time to implement

[gap]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

Generic means...I like it. Let's brainstorm and talk out loud...

I could add a folder called Maps. One would place the map they wanted to add into this folder. In this folder I could have a maps.cfg file that detailed how to use this map in the game. This cfg file could specify what station the map should be at, where it should be located (onscreen position), what graphic to use, etc...

Doable but would take some time to implement

This is exactly what I had in mind.

Even better if each map had its own ini file, so to avoid the need for compatibility patches among different custom chart mods. When started, your UI would look into the maps folder for any ini file (the format could be: custom_chart_*.ini or so). Each ini file would contain all the info you have listed, and possibly the reference to an icon denoting its respective chart.

In order to acces the custom maps in game, we would have to press a dedicated button, which would open a menu displaying the icons (with tooltips) of all the available charts. One more click on the desired icon, and its respective chart would be rendered on screen.

Worth being put in your todo list imo

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by gap

Even better if each map had its own ini file, so to avoid the need for compatibility patches among different custom chart mods. When started, your UI would look into the map folder for any ini file (the format could be: custom_chart_*.ini or so). Each ini file would contain all the info you have listed, and possibly the reference to an icon denoting its respective chart.

In order to acces the custom maps in game, we would have to press a dedicated button, which would open a menu displaying the icons (with tooltips) of all the available charts. One more click on the desired icon, and its respective chart would be rendered on screen.

That's even better and easier than what I was thinking

[gap]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

That's even better and easier than what I was thinking

[TheDarkWraith]

I'll start playing with this generic map idea this weekend. First have to finish coding the ability to move individual subsets of a mesh for the GR2 Editor/Viewer

Can you send me an icon to use for these generic maps in game? This will be the icon the user will click to get to all the maps found in the Maps folder. Where should this icon reside in game? If you have some icons and maps for the Maps folder send them my way

[Navuhodonosor]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

Remove all MODS except for my UIs mod and see if you can get the problem to appear again. This will ensure it's not a mod conflict problem.

Did as requested. Problem was either the winrar lousy extracted your mod from archive or JSGME did something because i noticed another wierd thing. that is the "dock" icon overlapping the upper right icons.
So I completely deleted the mod (including my options file to be sure it is not messed up ) and extracted mod with 7zip and voilaa, works PERFECTLY!
Thank you for great mod!!

[volodya61]

Originally Posted by Echolot

Hello TDW.

Please, can you fix the link to the modified sensors file for REM 1.2? MegaUpload is no longer available.

Thank you.

Regards.

Echolt.

Here is - http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...9&postcount=39

[Echolot]

Thank you, volodya61.