Steel Wraith
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![[*]](./images/iconic/default_icon.gif) posted on 2-22-2009 at 12:23 PM |
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[EL/ER] Steels WhereTheFrackAreWe Pitch Indicator
After an intensive dogfight i like to level out and then warp home (so i dont slam into the station!). With the legends pitch indicator this involves
a bit of squinting at the screen to work out which way is which.
So i did a bit of messing about at 3AM this morning and found the ER pitch indicator and gave it a slight tweak to point me in the direction of
level.
Here is a snippit so you can see the change:
If you want to give it a go make a "hud" subfolder in your evochron folder then download the link and drop it in there
WhereTheFrackAreWe Pitch Indicator V1
(now comes with the right name to use!)
I've testing this with EL, but as its sourced from ER i assume it works there too. If someone can point me at an EL pitch indicator then i'd like to
tweak that one too.
Oh, and a quick word of warning, i have no design talent, my brother go all those genes, so this is a quick hack in paint pad with my limited skills
Hope this helps out a few other dizzy heads
OK, i now have V2 and V3. The main focus of these is to get an indication of how far you have to turn without needing to read the numbers, they also
show directly up and directly down
Here is a snippet of the V2 with the thick bars, not to scale like the first pic, just an example of the style:
bit ugly but here's the link if you want it:
WhereTheFrackAreWe Pitch Indicator V2
And here is a snippet of V3, same job as V2 but a bit less ugly, also not to scale:
and the link to download:
WhereTheFrackAreWe Pitch Indicator V3
Thanks for the feedback so far, hope they are of use to some pilots
(edit to correct naming and add V2+3)
[Edited on 2-23-2009 by Steel Wraith]
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| posted on 2-22-2009 at 12:29 PM |
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thats cool!
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| posted on 2-23-2009 at 10:03 AM |
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Yes.
Thank you...
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Dusty Fog
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| posted on 2-23-2009 at 11:55 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Steel Wraith
If you want to give it a go make a "hud" subfolder in your evochron folder then download the link and drop it in there
WhereTheFrackAreWe Pitch Indicator
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Sorry but don't understand the instructions and can't seem to get this to work - must be doing something wrong.
When I click on the link provided it opens up a .bmp file. Are you saying you drop the .bmp file in the hud subfolder - because that doesn't seem to
work. What am I missing here?
THE GUNSLINGER WASN'T ILL - HE JUST DIED OF A CASE OF 'SLOW'.
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Steel Wraith
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| posted on 2-23-2009 at 12:28 PM |
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lol, your not missing anything dusty, i'm being a plank. you need to re-name the bitmap to hulltape.bmp
i'll do an update tonight with proper names, i've also been tweaking it to let me know how fast i can throw the ship about to get back to level.
at the moment i've made the bars get thicker the further from zero you are.
so its a bit like this:
-10 \____
-20 \____
-30 \\____
-40 \\____
-50 \\\____
-60 \\\____
-70 \\\\____
-80 \\\\____
I'm thinking of changing that to separate bars so i can see 3 bars and know i can give it a good thrash
i've also got a less than subtle indicator to show straight up and straight down. i've just mashed the thick bars all over that line. will try to
make it a bit smarter too, but its useful to notice so you know when the NPC is gonna start to spiral. once they hit that top or bottom line then they
will do their evasive manouver to throw your guns off.
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Dusty Fog
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| posted on 2-23-2009 at 06:35 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Steel Wraith
lol, your not missing anything dusty, i'm being a plank. you need to re-name the bitmap to hulltape.bmp
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Ok Steel - done that but still didn't work. I got it cracked in the end though - you don't re-name the bitmap to hulltape.bmp as you said - you
re-name it hudtape.bmp
Thought I'd mention it as you're doing an upgrade - and look forward to that. Many thanx.
THE GUNSLINGER WASN'T ILL - HE JUST DIED OF A CASE OF 'SLOW'.
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Steel Wraith
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| posted on 2-23-2009 at 08:14 PM |
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thanks for that dusty, now that i'm home i can do it proper like
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Steel Wraith
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| posted on 2-23-2009 at 09:51 PM |
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ok, V2 and V3 are up, and my naming convention is now a bit more mod friendly 
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