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Offline mikev

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gun sight for older people vision probs
« on: February 11, 2015, 09:13:54 PM »
  being i am getting up there in age . there are times my vision lets me down  so i came up with a couple of modified gun sights that seem to help
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Re: gun sight for older people vision probs
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2015, 11:49:14 AM »
 I could use it.  :aok

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Re: gun sight for older people vision probs
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2015, 07:28:46 PM »
Try cyan, it shows up better, allowing you to change focus far and near easier with your eyes. Red will cause no end to eye problems with far near focusing.
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Re: gun sight for older people vision probs
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2015, 09:18:53 PM »
Try cyan, it shows up better, allowing you to change focus far and near easier with your eyes. Red will cause no end to eye problems with far near focusing.
will give that a try tonight bustr
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Re: gun sight for older people vision probs
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2015, 09:28:31 PM »
here is cyan
« Last Edit: February 19, 2015, 09:30:05 PM by mikev »
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Re: gun sight for older people vision probs
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2015, 07:53:44 AM »
How do you load this file into AH sight folder after it is downloaded?

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Re: gun sight for older people vision probs
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2015, 12:48:52 PM »
 first thing you do is rename them after you download them ,or at least thats what i did. "new1 new2 " etc . next thing you need to do is find the AH game folder. im running windows 7  so i click on the Computer icon, then the c drive icon. then i find the folder Hitech Creations. when you click on that there is another folder named Aces High. open that folder. then find where you downloaded the gunsight files and you can  either copy and paste  or just drag  them into  the folder that says " sights".   after that  then when playing the game  you can go into  options , preferences , gunsights , and select the sight you want to use per each plane, wirlb etc. if you need more help  feel free to ask i can post screen shots or what ever you need.. :salute
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Re: gun sight for older people vision probs
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2015, 04:55:56 PM »
Mike,

Why don't you run a simple blur tool on that ring to smooth up the edges. Unless you are using Windows Paint. If so, you can get "Paint.net" freeware which has blur tools. It's what I made the Historic pack with. You might want to increase the width of the cyan ring unless you run the game with the default FOV and nothing increased 100 or above.

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Re: gun sight for older people vision probs
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2015, 05:15:58 PM »
Mike,

Why don't you run a simple blur tool on that ring to smooth up the edges. Unless you are using Windows Paint. If so, you can get "Paint.net" freeware which has blur tools. It's what I made the Historic pack with. You might want to increase the width of the cyan ring unless you run the game with the default FOV and nothing increased 100 or above.

http://www.getpaint.net/download.html

Mike thanks for the sight will try it out heaven knows I need all the help I can get , lol

Bustr

Just out of curiosity what FOV do you use?  Different from default?

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Re: gun sight for older people vision probs
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2015, 08:54:58 PM »
24 inch monitor. 116 FOV.
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Re: gun sight for older people vision probs
« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2015, 04:29:00 AM »
nice program bustr i added it to my others . thank you. i played with it for a bit and came up with this sight. much more defined circles
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Re: gun sight for older people vision probs
« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2015, 04:37:50 AM »
Effects--->Blurs---->Gaussian Blur
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