EMH - Evochron Mercenary HUD

jimbobslimbob · Post by **jimbobslimbob** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 10:08 am

I know there are a few different additional HUD programs out there for second monitors, but I thought I would mention my one up here too, incase anyone is interested. This one was designed to work on any resolution. Fonts and graphics will resize as necessary. Description follows:

EMH

This program works as a kind of extended HUD - for use with a second monitor. It uses real-time information on the game that is currently playing. Information includes player position, fuel, cash - including a historic graph, player name and rank.

This works using the savedata.txt file, generated by Evochron Mercenary. Other programs like EvoMetrics use this file as well.

As with all my little contributions to Evochron, you can get it from here.

Post by **DaveK** » Tue Oct 15, 2013 4:49 pm

I like it! I'll try out the $$$ graph as soon as I have flying time - it's about time I did some trading again

Would it be possible to add the cargo bay contents between the fuel and cash? It would make it an ace explorer/trader utility!

jimbobslimbob · Post by **jimbobslimbob** » Tue Oct 15, 2013 5:02 pm

Yes no problem at all. I will post up here when I have added them :-)

Post by **Marvin** » Tue Oct 15, 2013 5:56 pm

Keep in mind that cargo contents are listed by number ... not by nomenclature. IIRC, Vice prefers to keep it that way ... some items are secret.

(I suppose you could call all the secret items: "classified" ....)

jimbobslimbob · Post by **jimbobslimbob** » Tue Oct 15, 2013 6:28 pm

Done! See if that works for you.

Post by **DaveK** » Tue Oct 15, 2013 10:37 pm

EM-Tools shows cargo by name not number

I've changed profiles a couple of times. Everything changes properly following the new profile apart from the civ and mil ranks which are stuck on the values of the first profile I used, even when I close the programme and restart it

Austin · Post by **Austin** » Tue Oct 15, 2013 11:28 pm

I thought EMH was an Emergency Medical Hologram...

Post by **Marvin** » Wed Oct 16, 2013 5:16 am

From post: 165013, Topic: tid=11045, author=DaveK wrote:EM-Tools shows cargo by name not number

Interesting.

jimbobslimbob · Post by **jimbobslimbob** » Wed Oct 16, 2013 6:16 am

From post: 165014, Topic: tid=11045, author=Austin wrote: I thought EMH was an Emergency Medical Hologram...

It is

I am glad someone picked up on that.

jimbobslimbob · Post by **jimbobslimbob** » Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:24 am

From post: 165013, Topic: tid=11045, author=DaveK wrote:EM-Tools shows cargo by name not number

I've changed profiles a couple of times. Everything changes properly following the new profile apart from the civ and mil ranks which are stuck on the values of the first profile I used, even when I close the programme and restart it

That sounds cool, and would be a piece of cake to implement if I had the data on what all the abbreviations are. I don't suppose someone would be kind enough to furnish me with such info?

Post by **DaveK** » Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:49 am

From post: 165018, Topic: tid=11045, author=Marvin wrote:
From post: 165013, Topic: tid=11045, author=DaveK wrote:EM-Tools shows cargo by name not number
Interesting.

I'm not sure if the 'secret' items appear as name - I don't know which they are

Post by **DaveK** » Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:59 am

Thanks for the cargo info

The civilian and military ranks are still stuck - I've changed to several different profiles where I'm FAdm/Legend but the display is still shown as Ensign/Novice from the first profile I used with the utility. That profile was a fresh start I created for SeeJay's excellent quest!) It seems that once the prog has picked up the rank once it doesn't check and update it again.

jimbobslimbob · Post by **jimbobslimbob** » Wed Oct 16, 2013 8:08 am

From post: 165026, Topic: tid=11045, author=DaveK wrote:Thanks for the cargo info

The civilian and military ranks are still stuck - I've changed to several different profiles where I'm FAdm/Legend but the display is still shown as Ensign/Novice from the first profile I used with the utility. That profile was a fresh start I created for SeeJay's excellent quest!) It seems that once the prog has picked up the rank once it doesn't check and update it again.

Are you talking about my program here? I am getting confused. I have seen no such bug in my EMH.

Post by **DaveK** » Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:33 am

Yep. It's still glitching even after installing the new version over the old!

I'll uninstall completely and reinstall and see if that fixes things

jimbobslimbob · Post by **jimbobslimbob** » Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:44 am

Okay, can someone direct me to (or post up) a list of the various lines in savedata.rxr, to ensure I have it all correct - as that is the only reason for such a problem. I have so far:

PilotName
Fuel
Cash
CargoBay1
CargoBay2
CargoBay3
CargoBay4
CargoBay5
PlayerPositionX
PlayerPositionY
PlayerPositionZ
PlayerPositionSX
PlayerPositionSY
PlayerPositionSZ
LocalSystemName
EnergyLevel
FrontShieldLevel
RightShieldLevel
LeftShieldLevel
RearShieldLevel
ShieldLevel
EngineDamage
WeaponDamage
NavDamage
TargetDescription
TargetThreatLevel
TargetRange
TargetFrontShieldLevel
TargetRightShieldLevel
TargetLeftShieldLevel
TargetRearShieldLevel
TargetEngineDamage
TargetWeaponDamage
TargetNavDamage
TargetCargoBay1
TargetCargoBay2
TargetCargoBay3
TargetCargoBay4
TargetCargoBay5
InboundMissileAlert
ParticleCannon
BeamCannon
SecondaryWeaponSlot1
SecondaryWeaponSlot2
SecondaryWeaponSlot3
SecondaryWeaponSlot4
SecondaryWeaponSlot5
SecondaryWeaponSlot6
SecondaryWeaponSlot7
SecondaryWeaponSlot8
EquipmentSlot1
EquipmentSlot2
EquipmentSlot3
EquipmentSlot4
EquipmentSlot5
EquipmentSlot6
EquipmentSlot7
EquipmentSlot8
ShipDescription
EngineClass
ShieldClass
CargoCapacity
WingThrusterClass
CrewLimit
EquipmentLimit
CountermeasureLimit
HardpointCapacity
TotalKills
TotalContracts
CivilianSkillRating
MilitaryRank

...so is this correct? If not, does anyone know what is?

jimbobslimbob · Post by **jimbobslimbob** » Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:51 am

Try downloading again - I think I may have solved that problem

Simple school-boy error on my part. It should be working now.

[Edited on 16-10-2013 by jimbobslimbob]

Post by **DaveK** » Wed Oct 16, 2013 12:08 pm

Strange - total clean out and reinstall. I chose a profile with FAdm/Legend and I'm still showing as Ensign/Novice in EMH v1.2.0.0! with the default settings

I checked my generated savedata.txt and the output values are:

2188 - kills
1930 - contracts
26889 - skills and proficiency rating (= Civ Rank)
1132 - Mil Rank

Have you tried changing to a profile with a different set of ranks?

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Wed Oct 16, 2013 12:14 pm

From post: 165031, Topic: tid=11045, author=DaveK wrote:Strange - total clean out and reinstall. I chose a profile with FAdm/Legend and I'm still showing as Ensign/Novice in EMH v1.2.0.0! with the default settings

I checked my generated savedata.txt and the output values are:

2188 - kills
1930 - contracts
26889 - skills and proficiency rating (= Civ Rank)
1132 - Mil Rank

Have you tried changing to a profile with a different set of ranks?

Do you only start the EMH program or the game first?
I think you need to start the game and select profile and then head out to space, then
start the EMH program. Does that change anything?

jimbobslimbob · Post by **jimbobslimbob** » Wed Oct 16, 2013 12:26 pm

From post: 165031, Topic: tid=11045, author=DaveK wrote:Strange - total clean out and reinstall. I chose a profile with FAdm/Legend and I'm still showing as Ensign/Novice in EMH v1.2.0.0! with the default settings

I checked my generated savedata.txt and the output values are:

2188 - kills
1930 - contracts
26889 - skills and proficiency rating (= Civ Rank)
1132 - Mil Rank

Have you tried changing to a profile with a different set of ranks?

There is your problem, I think: you are using v1.2.0.0.

Try downloading again - you should be running v1.2.0.3 (which hopefully fixes the issue). Let me know if you still have problems after trying that version and I hope we can get it all fixed.

Post by **DaveK** » Wed Oct 16, 2013 12:40 pm

Sussed!

Thanks

jimbobslimbob · Post by **jimbobslimbob** » Wed Oct 16, 2013 12:51 pm

You are welcome, I hope you find it useful.

It is still early days for the program. I will try and remember to post up here if I make any substantial improvements / fixes to it so that everyone is notified.

Post by **Marvin** » Wed Oct 16, 2013 2:22 pm

Jimbob, if you're using the latest version of the Customizing Kit, then the ReadMe in the Kit should have an accurate listing.

jimbobslimbob · Post by **jimbobslimbob** » Wed Oct 16, 2013 2:29 pm

Aha! I didn't know about that. Thanks, I will download that and take a peek.