Hi guys,
This is the Silicum v2.0 HUD & Interface modification.
With close to 200 redesigned graphical elements, the Silicum v2.0 mod is a complete redesign of the game's HUD and most interface elements in a non-intrusive, glassy style. It's goal is not to improve upon the already exceptionally well designed graphics in the game, but to provide for an alternative style.
It features a completely new HUD, redesigned from scratch and a game interface overhaul.
This includes menu windows, menu buttons, new mouse pointers, text bars, slider bars, the chat box window, all the chat window buttons, an optional new font, etc.
The game main menu and its sub menus have not been modified.
I have also included a couple of specific features to make navigating a bit easier:
- Blue markers on the rotating compass on the top of the HUD to mark station entrances.
If you turn your ship so that one of the blue markers on the compass is aligned with the center compass line and jump to a station, you will fly right into one of the entrances. - 1, 5 and 10 degree incremented markers on the pitch ladder.
- A horizontal line on the 0 degree marker of the pitch ladder which helps with leveling out the ship by aligning the line with the markers on the central HUD sight.
- Clear red markers on the 90 degree markers on the pitch ladder, to indicate the ship is fully vertical.
I have not designed the Perch cockpit - this awesome design is the work of ijon. You can download the Perch cockpit >>HERE<< separately, but if you download the Silicum v2 [Perch cockpit], it's included in the download.
For the Perch version of the Silicum v2 mod, I have made a couple of slight changes to the texture of the Perch cockpit, so as to give it a metallic appearance and make the rest of the colors fit the Silicum colors.
Optionally, you can also add the custom font and a custom sound pack for the gun sounds and the afterburner. The download links and instructions are below.
Please note that this font is slightly smaller than the original Evochron Mercenary fonts, so I could imagine that on smaller screens or for people with limited eyesight this might cause problems.
Download links:
>> Silicum v2.0 [Default cockpit] <<
>> Sililcum v2.0 [Perch cockpit] <<
>> Silicum font <<
>> Afterburner and gun sounds <<
>> Afterburner sounds <<
>> Gun sounds <<
Instructions:
- HUD & Interface mod:
- Download the .rar file via the link above.
- Unzip the .rar file into your main game folder (the one that has the game's .EXE in it), or to anywhere else and copy/paste the 'hud' and 'loading' folders into your main game's folder.
- Font:
- Download the .rar file via the link above.
- Unzip the .rar file into your main game folder (the one that has the game's .EXE in it), or to anywhere else and copy/paste the font and the .txt file into your main game's folder.
- Delete the two default fonts called evochronfont.ttf and evochronfont2.ttf. To be honest I'm not sure if this is required, but I did it just to keep my game files clean. If you prefer not to delete them, you can for example create a folder in your game's main folder, call it 'Original fonts' or whatever, and put them in there. The game won't pick up on them then.
- Sound mod:
- Download the .rar file via the link above. If you want to use either the afterburner or gun sounds separately, please refer to this post further down the thread.
- Unzip the .rar file, it will produce a number of .wav audio files. Create a 'sounds' folder in your main game's main folder (the one that has the game's .EXE in it) if you don't already have one, and copy/paste the audio files into it.
Enjoy the mod!
Menu windows / interface:
Default cockpit and HUD:
Perch cockpit and HUD:
~ Viper.
[Update May 23rd 2013: download links updated]
[Edited on 5-23-2013 by Viper]