[LEGACY] Chat to the left

MiaZ · Post by **MiaZ** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 4:42 am

This info from the CustomKit but not everyone is going to want to mess around.

So I ll post this. here for easy viewing seeing as Iv come across a few asking about it already.

To move chat to the left of the screen for widescreen displays.
Create a folder called hud and create file inside with notepad and save as chattext.dat

200
255
255
20
50
-7.5
0

1st value sets the red color (0-255, default 100)
2nd value sets the green color (0-255, default 255)
3rd value sets the blue color (0-255, default 255)
4th value sets the X pixel offset (usually leave at 20)
5th value sets the Y pixel offset (usually leave at 50)
6th value sets the X position (ie -7.5 for widescreen displays)
7th value sets the Y position (usually leave at 0)

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[Edited on 1-19-2016 by MiaZ]

Iron man · Post by **Iron man** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 9:46 am

Good info thx for that

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 10:20 am

Miaz, with your permission I'll add this to the Legacy section of my site?

MiaZ · Post by **MiaZ** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 11:03 am

From post: 182699, Topic: tid=12198, author=SeeJay wrote:Miaz, with your permission I'll add this to the Legacy section of my site?

yea its ok by me.
It's all in the CustomKit readme anyway.

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 11:21 am

I know Miaz, but new players might find it useful to actually have the file and just add it.

MiaZ · Post by **MiaZ** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 1:10 pm

yep, agreed.
I just meant I don't feel like you need my permission but I'll give it anyway.

Sinbad · Post by **Sinbad** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 1:32 pm

Thanks Miaz for that.

@SeeJay... are you going to collect Legacy-compatible mods on your site?

EDIT: SeeJay I just saw your other post about having Legacy mods on your website. That's going to extremely useful!

[Edited on 19-1-16 by MCCON]

DreadMetis · Post by **DreadMetis** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:59 pm

I might seem a bit old, but I don't remember where you place the mods files, I remember we had to create a "mod" folder somewhere, but is it in the sw3dg (saves) folder or in the game folder ??

Can someone point me to a guide or post one here ?

[Edited on 20-1-2016 by DreadMetis]

Post by **Marvin** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 4:38 pm

Go to the Download page for the game. From there you can find the download for the Customizing Kit. DL the Kit and peruse the ReadMe file. Lots of good information.

DreadMetis · Post by **DreadMetis** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 7:20 pm

Thank you, old reflexes are starting to emerge :p

Bodega · Post by **Bodega** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 9:51 pm

If you're on Steam, make sure you use the actual steamlibrary location of the game, not the pilot save file directory which is usually C:\\sw3dg\\

Post by **Marvin** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 10:05 pm

From post: 182846, Topic: tid=12198, author=Marvin wrote:Go to the Download page for the game. From there you can find the download for the Customizing Kit.

Stand by on this. The Customizing Kit and ReadMe (currently an HTML document) might not be complete and/or updated yet.

Tanvaras · Post by **Tanvaras** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 8:59 am

Thank you for this little piece of info

OnLashoc · Post by **OnLashoc** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 10:56 pm

Ok this isn't working for me.

Please list step by step how to do this. I am on Windows 10, and have the game via Steam.

Bodega · Post by **Bodega** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 11:12 pm

Hi OnLashoc,
* Go to the game's steam directory. You can get there by right clicking the game in your steam library and choosing 'Properties'. Click the Local Files tab and then click "Browse Local Files..."
* That will bring you to the game's install directory. This is different from your save directory which should be c:\\sw3dg\\EvochronLegacy , this directory is used for some other things but contains your local pilot save file. Anyway, forget that directory. We're focusing on the game's install directory which you just got to by clicking "Browse Local Files..."
* In this install directory, you want to create a folder called: HUD
* Enter the HUD folder and create a file named chattext.dat and edit that file in notepad. Paste the values from above. Or you can just download the chattext.dat file that is linked about and cut/paste it from your downloads directory into the HUD directory you just created.
* This will be same for any mods you get. You'll put them into the appropriate directory inside the game's install folder.

Addendum: The data directory, c:\\sw3dg\\evochronlegacy is where your save files are, recommended to backup regularly. Also, some tools, like the Navigator tool from Marvin work in this directory once you set up the savedata settings, but that's for another post. Basically, you can have EL export plaintext data that other tools can read and use for things like a map, dashboard on a 2nd monitor, stuff like that.

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 11:22 pm

From post: 183342, Topic: tid=12198, author=OnLashoc wrote:Ok this isn't working for me.

Please list step by step how to do this. I am on Windows 10, and have the game via Steam.

This is where you want to put any mods (Steam users):
\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\SteamApps\\common\\Evochron Legacy

OnLashoc · Post by **OnLashoc** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 11:27 pm

Thank you!

That worked, the instructions above say to "create a file with notepad and name it to chattext.dat" I did that and it saved as a .txt file, not a .dat file.

Again thanks alot!

Bodega · Post by **Bodega** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 11:51 pm

Good to hear!

49rTbird · Post by **49rTbird** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 1:43 am

From post: 183346, Topic: tid=12198, author=OnLashoc wrote:Thank you!

That worked, the instructions above say to "create a file with notepad and name it to chattext.dat" I did that and it saved as a .txt file, not a .dat file.

Again thanks alot!

When you open a file in notepad and then save it it will default to .txt but if you open the bottom window you will see an option to save as "ALL types" or something like that. By doing this it will save it in the same format as the original. If it is done correctly it will say "there is a file by that name already" so you know you will be replacing the original file.

[Edited on 1-24-2016 by 49rTbird]

Noddy · Post by **Noddy** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 12:44 pm

Thanks for that

PaulB · Post by **PaulB** » Thu Jan 28, 2016 3:23 am

From post: 182687, Topic: tid=12198, author=MiaZ wrote:This info from the CustomKit but not everyone is going to want to mess around.

So I ll post this. here for easy viewing seeing as Iv come across a few asking about it already.

To move chat to the left of the screen for widescreen displays.
Create a folder called hud and create file inside with notepad and save as chattext.dat

200
255
255
20
50
-7.5
0

1st value sets the red color (0-255, default 100)
2nd value sets the green color (0-255, default 255)
3rd value sets the blue color (0-255, default 255)
4th value sets the X pixel offset (usually leave at 20)
5th value sets the Y pixel offset (usually leave at 50)
6th value sets the X position (ie -7.5 for widescreen displays)
7th value sets the Y position (usually leave at 0)

[Edited on 1-19-2016 by MiaZ]

Aren't all screens Wide Screen these days?
I don't quite understand why it would need to be changed (since i can't run the game to see) - unless one was using multiple displays maybe.
Or is the goal just to move it all the way to the left?

Post by **Marvin** » Thu Jan 28, 2016 6:54 am

Not all screens are wide. Especially for desktop computers ... some of which use older monitors.