Chatbox

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 7:30 am

Hi all.

I created a hudtext.dat file to add Position and cargo information, just as we did in EM.
I put it in a "hud" folder that was placed where the profiles are stored. Works like a charm.

I published this on the Steam Forum, but a player that's playing through Steam
can't get it to work.

He said that he put the hud-folder in here:
C:\\Users\\(UserName)\\Documents\\sw3dg\\EvochronLegacy\\hud

Is that the correct place to put it? If not, where does it go?

It's a bit hard to guide steam users when I don't play through steam myself!:o

Post by **Vice** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 7:59 am

Steam installs the game to this folder:

\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\SteamApps\\common\\Evochron Legacy

So mods that depend on being in the install folder should go there.

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 8:05 am

Thanks Vice. I'll pass that info fwd!

Post by **Marvin** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 4:48 pm

From post: 183129, Topic: tid=12260, author=SeeJay wrote:I created a hudtext.dat file to add Position and cargo information, just as we did in EM.

If you show me yours, I'll show you mine.

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 4:51 pm

From post: 183151, Topic: tid=12260, author=Marvin wrote:
From post: 183129, Topic: tid=12260, author=SeeJay wrote:I created a hudtext.dat file to add Position and cargo information, just as we did in EM.
If you show me yours, I'll show you mine.

LOL, you dog!

1
0
200
255
1
1
400
340
1
210
350

Bodega · Post by **Bodega** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 5:01 pm

Yeah, the only thing that doesn't update is the in-sector coords.

Post by **Marvin** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 11:41 pm

1
0
200
255
0
1
217
56
1
387
106

The cargo readout is set for all ten cargo bays. I'm thinking of deleting the coordinates readout since it doesn't reflect in-sector coordinates. And create a couple different cargo readouts: one for ten bays and one for ... oh, I don't know ... fewer bays for a shorter list.

P.S. I forget ... what's the "1" or "0" below the "255" stand for?

[Edited on 1-22-2016 by Marvin]

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 11:58 pm

Here ya go Marvin.

1 [enables or disables the center text, 0 = disable, 1 = enable]
0 [red color (0-255)]
200 [green color (0-255)]
255 [blue color (0-255)]
1 [selects which font style to use, 0 for bold (default), 1 for thin]
1 [activates cargo information, 0 = disable, 1 = enable]
400 [sets the X position of the cargo text (0-1023)]
340 [sets the Y position of the cargo text (0-1023)]
1 [activates location information, 0 = disable, 1 = enable]
210 [sets the X position of the location text (0-1023)]
350 [sets the Y position of the location text (0-1023)]

Btw, I added your creations to the site now.

49rTbird · Post by **49rTbird** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 1:05 am

You guys know the max left location we can put the chatbox? it comes set at -7.5 and I set it at -8.5 then -10.5 but I don't see a change?

Bodega · Post by **Bodega** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 1:34 am

Are you putting the file in a folder called /HUD like this: F:\\SteamLibrary\\steamapps\\common\\Evochron Legacy\\hud

You'll replace the F: with whichever drive yours is on. Mine's on F: so if yours is on C: you'd change it to C:\\SteamLibrary\\steamapps\\common\\Evochron Legacy\\hud
And this is for Steam.

This is the contents of mine: (not sure why it's spacing it the way it is, but remove the extra spaces.

Code: Select all

200            1st value sets the red color (0-255, default 100)
255            2nd value sets the green color (0-255, default 255)
255            3rd value sets the blue color (0-255, default 255)
20             4th value sets the X pixel offset (usually leave at 20)
50             5th value sets the Y pixel offset (usually leave at 50)
-7.5           6th value sets the X position (ie -7.5 for widescreen displays)
0              7th value sets the Y position (usually leave at 0)

[Edited on 1-23-2016 by Bodega]

Post by **Marvin** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 2:44 am

File attached with the chat window as far left as possible for 1920x1080 screen resolution.

[file]1135[/file]

49rTbird · Post by **49rTbird** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 3:05 am

From post: 183255, Topic: tid=12260, author=Marvin wrote:File attached with the chat window as far left as possible for 1920x1080 screen resolution.

Thanks Marvin. I kept messing it up but it ended ok.

Post by **Marvin** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 7:22 am

From post: 183224, Topic: tid=12260, author=SeeJay wrote: 400 [sets the X position of the cargo text (0-1023)]
340 [sets the Y position of the cargo text (0-1023)]
1 [activates location information, 0 = disable, 1 = enable]
210 [sets the X position of the location text (0-1023)]
350 [sets the Y position of the location text (0-1023)]

Thanks for the extra info, SeeJay.

So, the easiest way to position a readout might be to take a screen shot and then reduce the width to 1024 pixels?

Misunderstood Wookie · Thu Jan 28, 2016 6:39 am

From post: 183129, Topic: tid=12260, author=SeeJay wrote:

Where exactly is this on your site? I checked.

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Thu Jan 28, 2016 7:18 am

From post: 183727, Topic: tid=12260, author=Misunderstood Wookie wrote:
From post: 183129, Topic: tid=12260, author=SeeJay wrote:
Where exactly is this on your site? I checked.

The one MiaZ provided is in the Legacy section, Mods.