[REL] Multiple UIs for SH5 with TDC

[Fifi]

Originally Posted by volodya61

I think FULL reinstall will help you.. you can start from OS..

NO!!!
Can't be...this one is almost fresh well not that aged

[gap]

sextant mask ready:

http://www.mediafire.com/?q2kiq138uzvyp6p

I have made it in two versions. The first one is just a round sight with some vignetting around the edges and a thin crosshair (similar to the one used for the attack scope, but bigger and more transparent). The second version is identical to the first one, but with the reflection of an eye barely visible on the lens.

[Fifi]

Ok, well, knukle is working fine again in other single mission...
Very strange indeed.

Originally Posted by gap

sextant mask ready

Thanks
Where to put this dds?

(btw, do you need reaper's mod for periscopes masks?)

[volodya61]

Originally Posted by Fifi

NO!!!
Can't be...this one is almost fresh well not that aged

As you can see I'm 'User with unstable mentality' now

Originally Posted by Fifi

Ok, well, knukle is working fine again in other single mission...
Very strange indeed.

Reinstall is waiting for you

[TheDarkWraith]

Code has been written to force zoom level specified in patch file for Sextant (1.0X) to be applied when using Sextant. Thus no need to adjust the cameras.cam file

I also wrote some code that will force the zoom level of the active camera to whatever is passed to it. Could come in handy some day...

Now just have to write the code that disables the mouse wheel when the Sextant is active (so player can't try to zoom/unzoom).

[Fifi]

TDW, see here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...postcount=2574
Something is broken with latest patch

[gap]

Originally Posted by Fifi

Thanks
Where to put this dds?

You cannot use it until TDW sets his sextant patch conveniently

Originally Posted by Fifi

(btw, do you need reaper's mod for periscopes masks?)

I got it allready, thanks

[Fifi]

Originally Posted by gap

You cannot use it until TDW sets his sextant patch conveniently

i figured it out...

[Sjizzle]

only on calm see u can mesure corectly the star angle .... when is wind and some waves almost imposible tu mesure exactly the angel
i love this new sextan option ...

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by gap

sextant mask ready:

http://www.mediafire.com/?q2kiq138uzvyp6p

I have made it in two versions. The first one is just a round sight with some vignetting around the edges and a thin crosshair (similar to the one used for the attack scope, but bigger and more transparent). The second version is identical to the first one, but with the reflection of an eye barely visible on the lens.

Here is what your sextant mask looks like in game (no eye reflection):


All the code was written and tested and working perfectly. When you click the Enable sextant button the game will:
- dynamically load the correct texture (thus saving memory but not having another large dds loaded!) replacing the UZO texture with it
- set the zoom level to the level specified by the patch file (1.0X) - no need to specify additional zoom levels for UZO
- lock out the ability to zoom/unzoom
- enable the sextant for use

Clicking Disable sextant button will:
- unload the sextant mask texture and load back the correct texture for the UZO
- restore the zoom level for the UZO (whatever it was before sextant was enabled)
- restore ability to zoom/unzoom
- disable sextant use

The only way to get out of the Sextant station is by pressing Disable sextant button. Pressing ESC does nothing (I locked it out).

@gap - your crosshairs are just a little off. You'll see when you have the mod and play it

I'm making 3 additional add-on mods:
- one that will have no mask for the sextant
- one that will have gap's sextant mask
- one that will have gap's sextant mask with eye reflection

It's easy to change the sextant mask used. All you have to do is go to \data\Menu\Gui\Layout\Sextant_Mask.dds and replace it with whatever you want (has to keep the same name though).

Now just have to convert the decimal digits into minutes and seconds.

[Sjizzle]

wow awesome TDW
i will try to not use the navigator to calculate my position

easy way to calculate your position

[volodya61]

Originally Posted by Sjizzle

wow awesome TDW
i will try to not use the navigator to calculate my position

easy way to calculate your position

Yesterday I told to Gap that many years ago I didn't get a yacht captain's license just because I didn't want to study the true navigation.. and now it caught me again..

[Sjizzle]

Originally Posted by volodya61

Yesterday I told to Gap that many years ago I didn't get a yacht captain's license just because I didn't want to study the true navigation.. and now it caught me again..

m8 the nearest sea from my home it's at 520 Km i am not a sailer, i was 3 years Sea lifeguard in Sicilia Palermo when i was young ( 18 - 21 years )
i learn to navigate at another place ( i can't say where here )

[gap]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

Here is what your sextant mask looks like in game (no eye reflection):

Looks quite good.

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

All the code was written and tested and working perfectly. When you click the Enable sextant button the game will:
- dynamically load the correct texture (thus saving memory but not having another large dds loaded!) replacing the UZO texture with it
- set the zoom level to the level specified by the patch file (1.0X) - no need to specify additional zoom levels for UZO
- lock out the ability to zoom/unzoom
- enable the sextant for use

Clicking Disable sextant button will:
- unload the sextant mask texture and load back the correct texture for the UZO
- restore the zoom level for the UZO (whatever it was before sextant was enabled)
- restore ability to zoom/unzoom
- disable sextant use

Simply brilliant

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

The only way to get out of the Sextant station is by pressing Disable sextant button. Pressing ESC does nothing (I locked it out).

Why

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

@gap - your crosshairs are just a little off. You'll see when you have the mod and play it

I have put the two lines at the same horizontal/vertical offsets as the attack scope. I am not surprised that my mask is a bit off anyway: the problem is that there is no way to center exactly a 1-pixel-wide line in an image with an even number of pixels. I see two easy solutions though: removing the crosshair at all, or making it two pixels wide and reducing a bit its opacity so that it won't disturb. Which one do you think is best?

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

I'm making 3 additional add-on mods:
- one that will have no mask for the sextant
- one that will have gap's sextant mask
- one that will have gap's sextant mask with eye reflection

Should I make a third version with smaller sight size?

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

Now just have to convert the decimal digits into minutes and seconds.

Originally Posted by volodya61

Yesterday I told to Gap that many years ago I didn't get a yacht captain's license just because I didn't want to study the true navigation.. and now it caught me again..

This game is making us every day better persons, and it is transforming us in programmers, 3d modellers, engineers, mechanics, graphic artists, sailors, astronomers, explorers, historians, nazi fanatics... ops please ignore my last statement

Originally Posted by Sjizzle

m8 the nearest sea from my home it's at 520 Km i am not a sailer, i was 3 years Sea lifeguard in Sicilia Palermo when i was young ( 18 - 21 years )

You have been a young lifeguard in my native city

I wonder how you ended up here

Originally Posted by volodya61

i learn to navigate at another place ( i can't say where here )

must be something embarassing

...okay I will take a crack at it: was in in a nudist beach in the Greek Island of Mykonos

[gap]

@ TDW

Made some tweaks to the sextant masks:

http://www.mediafire.com/?mjj21zz5t5mkmv1

Can you please test them?

version 1: no eye reflection, wider lesser opaque crosshair (should be centered now)
version 2: eye reflection, wider lesser opaque crosshair
version 3: as v1, but smaller sight (at your resolution, should fit the screen vertically)
version 4: as v3, but smaller sight (as above)