Author Topic: Custom Gunsights (Read 3500 times)

Sketch · « **Reply #15 on:** February 02, 2008, 03:10:03 PM »

Let me know if you need any help on those Ranger, just send me a PM. A bunch of guys just got back from being deployed so I actually have some free time...

Blue · « **Reply #16 on:** February 02, 2008, 03:50:22 PM »

Question: Is there away to make the in game sights the real historical ones? Where are they? How do you know which are the "real" ones for which plane? etc. etc.

Thank You'

USRanger · « **Reply #17 on:** February 02, 2008, 04:51:17 PM »

The defaults are not the "historical" ones? I haven't used em for a long time, so I'm not sure.

Sketch, I'll send ya a couple at a time as I pump em out. I'll need help w/ testing.

angelsandair · « **Reply #18 on:** February 02, 2008, 07:49:12 PM »

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Originally posted by Sketch
Myself and USRanger have a lot of gunsights. The link is in my signature below, so just download that and you will have some more options. As far as editing you can just use MS Paint as well as a few others. I am not sure on all the basics 100%, it just takes some work and imagination...

~~Well is it automatically in the game after you download it?? Im not too good with computers.~~

Chapel · « **Reply #19 on:** February 02, 2008, 08:30:12 PM »

Anyone know where I can get the Gunsite in the new P-39 pictures? It looks pretty frickin sweet!

And whats the deal with the two multi-colored deals? It's a two color gunsite? Or what?

JB73 · « **Reply #20 on:** February 02, 2008, 08:41:31 PM »

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Originally posted by Chapel
Anyone know where I can get the Gunsite in the new P-39 pictures? It looks pretty frickin sweet!

And whats the deal with the two multi-colored deals? It's a two color gunsite? Or what?

I made the sight in the P39 pic like 3+ years ago...

PM me next week as all others have I am out of town on business and don't have access to it, I will email it.

JB73 · « **Reply #21 on:** February 02, 2008, 08:45:06 PM »

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Originally posted by SlapShot
THERE IS ONLY ONE SIGHT ... The "Dot 'O Death" sight ...

You DO know you don't need the alpha when making a sight any more right?

colors with a black background (imaging merging them, but still 256k color) works now too...

there was a thread a few years back about it, search alpha and mitsu maybe, I use a green "dot o death" I made, and can do any color you'd like, size is variable, mine is pretty small, but you know the difference between a 64x64 and 256x256 sight and how they look in game.

Nevermind I did the search for yas

http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=136621&highlight=gunsight

this IS enabled in game

USRanger · « **Reply #22 on:** February 02, 2008, 11:42:52 PM »

Just tried it out. Yayyy no more messing with alphas!

Wingnutt · « **Reply #23 on:** February 03, 2008, 12:50:59 AM »

the sight I use is one I made specifically for the jug using the .target command..

basically its a circle.. and with the 8 guns set at convergences from 350-425 anything thing that falls within the circle will be hit with at least one pair from point blank to 800.

a little odd, but works perfect for me.. I tend to "overaim".. if I put just a single dot,, I wont squeeze the trigger till i get the dot exactly on target, which robs me of shots, too conservative. the circle FORCES me to be less anal about my aiming, if any part of the plane is in the circle. FIRE!

Sketch · « **Reply #24 on:** February 03, 2008, 01:52:49 AM »

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Originally posted by angelsandair
Well is it automatically in the game after you download it?? Im not too good with computers.

After you download it, it will be where ever you saved it too. From there you will need to unzip it and place it in the HTC/Aces High II/Sights folder

Back up your others ones just incase you want those ones save how they are.

Sketch · « **Reply #25 on:** February 03, 2008, 01:56:07 AM »

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Originally posted by JB73
I made the sight in the P39 pic like 3+ years ago...

PM me next week as all others have I am out of town on business and don't have access to it, I will email it.

JB, I put that sight in my pack when I made it up... was actually one of the first ones I place din there as it is a 'ledgend'

So it should be in there for him if he needs it.

SlapShot · « **Reply #26 on:** February 03, 2008, 07:45:47 AM »

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Originally posted by JB73
You DO know you don't need the alpha when making a sight any more right?

colors with a black background (imaging merging them, but still 256k color) works now too...

there was a thread a few years back about it, search alpha and mitsu maybe, I use a green "dot o death" I made, and can do any color you'd like, size is variable, mine is pretty small, but you know the difference between a 64x64 and 256x256 sight and how they look in game.

Nevermind I did the search for yas

http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=136621&highlight=gunsight

this IS enabled in game

Yup ... I do/did know.

The sight(s) that I created before alpha blending still worked after alpha blending was implemented and as Sketch said ... anything larger than a dot just gets in the way.

So, for such a simple sight, I didn't see the need to recreate it using the alpha blending.

Here is what they look like ....

Not zoomed ...

Zoomed ...

angelsandair · « **Reply #27 on:** February 03, 2008, 05:01:28 PM »

yea where would the folder be??? i cant find it

Sketch · « **Reply #28 on:** February 03, 2008, 07:42:04 PM »

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Originally posted by angelsandair
yea where would the folder be??? i cant find it

Where ever you run Aces High from.
Such as, C:\Program Files\HTC\AcesHighII\Sights
If you need to know where it is running from on your computer just right click the game icon on your desktop. properties and it wll show where it is running from.

Agent360 · « **Reply #29 on:** February 03, 2008, 07:48:50 PM »

How to make your own gunsight:

Locate the "sights" folder in your "program files/HTC/Aces High" folder or the location of where you installed aces high from. If you don't know this right click on your short cut and click properties. It will tell you the path.

Find the "sights" folder. Locate the "default.bmp" file. The is a bitmap file that any graphic editor can open such as photoshop, paint, paint shop pro etc.

Opent this file.

The default gunsight has a pink background and a white gunsight. It is 128x128 pixels.

Duplicate this file or save as a new name.

Draw guides over this file to locate the exact center of image. Use the current sight as a guide. Or you can make a new layer over the background and make it 50% transparent so you can see through it.

Usint the default sight as a guide to keep your new one exactly centered,

Begin to draw your new sight.

Save each version with a new name as a BMP. Make sure you are in "index color" and 8 bits per channel.

Copy them to your "sights" folder. The same place you found the default sight.

Your new sight will appear in the list of sights from your clipboard.

Some notes:

You can use a black background instead of the pink one.

You can pick any color to draw the gunsight with.

The size of your HUD in each plane is different. This is why the default sight will looks bigger or smaller on different planes.

You can make your "blank" sight 256x256 pixels. This helps making more intricate sights and makes it easier to draw.

You can vary the size of your sight to large or smaller within the 256x256 blank.

Your sight will be bigger or smaller depending on the size of the HUD

If the sight is bigger than the hud it will just get cut off on the edges but will still work.

Experiment with different sizes on your 256x256 blank.

After a few tries you will see how this effects final sight size on different planes.

The TXT files in the sights folder that are named after each plane are the files that hold the sight for that plane. To make the sight appear on any plane simply replace the sight name in this txt file with your new one. Or you can set this from the clipboard if you dont want to mess the the txt files.

To make it easier download some sight packs and use those as templates and modify them to suit your needs like changing the color or some other part that suits you.

Don't publish sight packs with sights you did not make yourself.