Any way to change the secondary strafe marker size?

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Any way to change the secondary strafe marker size?

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Hello! I'm NoZoner, nice to meet you! Hate to ask a question right off the bat but uh

Is there any way to change the secondary strafe marker size? I've pored over the evochronlegacy/customkitse/readme.htm but I could only find the control for resizing the flight path marker in the gauges.txt file, and it exclusively resizes the flight path marker

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks for reading
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Re: Any way to change the secondary strafe marker size?

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Hello and welcome. Aside from the global scaling of all HUD elements to effect overall size, you can import a custom separate dedicated image for the strafe indicator via the 'strafe2.png' option which can include somewhat of a different size appearance. The structures themselves are shared and fixed to the overall scaling factor, so the separate dedicated image index is required for any unique appearance different from the base FPM. In the kit, it is listed as:

strafe2.png = optional texture option for horizontal/vertical velocity marker

Not a lot of room for size changes with default scaling and FPM image, but if your goal is to make it more distinct from the FPM, you can adjust both images to differentiate them better along with optionally combining a global scale adjustment for additional variation and size offset.
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Re: Any way to change the secondary strafe marker size?

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Not a lot of room for size changes with default scaling and FPM image, but if your goal is to make it more distinct from the FPM, you can adjust both images to differentiate them better along with optionally combining a global scale adjustment for additional variation and size offset.
Ah, right on, I'll definitely put this tip to good use. Thanks for the help!