Author Topic: Request to Hitech? (Read 619 times)

crowbaby · « **on:** October 05, 2002, 09:29:04 AM »

Would it be possible in a future version that we could skin plane specific gauges? If it could be implemented in a similar way to the optional sounds, e.g. default is "ALT" "TEMP" "RPM", etc. but if there is a bmp named "190A8ALT" this would be used instead for the named plane.

Obviously i'm completely ignorant of the programming involved, but could this be done, available to everyone as plane specific sounds are, or just in the same way as we can now change object textures in the terrain editor?

I think it would add a lot to immersion, and with a bit of tweaking allow folk to have metric cockpits.

(i'm looking at the site
and dreaming)

vorticon · « **Reply #1 on:** October 05, 2002, 11:09:47 AM »

YOU CAN SKIN EVERYTHING. you just have to edit the correct bitmaps an make sure things are relativly close to where they should be i suppose

crowbaby · « **Reply #2 on:** October 05, 2002, 11:18:39 AM »

I know it's possible to skin everything, i'm already having fun with hangers

the only problem is - gauges are generic, if i reskin them to look like my beautiful 190 gauges, then every plane will have metric, not just the 190 - i'd like to see an option where we could reskin them for specific planes.

crowbaby · « **Reply #3 on:** October 09, 2002, 07:51:29 AM »

crowbaby · « **Reply #4 on:** October 09, 2002, 07:53:13 AM »

i think it adds something

but obviously i don't know how much work it would require, and i'm only guessing that there's a demand for it.

(metric altimeter is a bit of a botch job, but it works)

newguy · « **Reply #5 on:** October 09, 2002, 10:11:22 AM »

thats a sweet looking cockpit crowbaby. I havent even looked at gauges yet, but is it be possible to remove the ammo counters? Not the ones you have in, which the germans used in many planes, but the generic ones? Your right that would add to immersion

newguy
ASSASSIN

crowbaby · « **Reply #6 on:** October 09, 2002, 10:23:50 AM »

Unfortunately the position and functioning of the guages can't be changed, and i think that would be a hell of a programming headache anyway.

What might be possible is to just 'tweak' the programming a little so that different planes could use different bitmaps for their guages/needles/etc. rather than the generic ones that we have now. After all, we rarely get to see other planes up close (unless we're chasing a good stallfighter) but we all spend hours looking at the insides of our cockpits...

crowbaby · « **Reply #7 on:** October 14, 2002, 03:49:24 AM »

The A6M5b:

crowbaby · « **Reply #8 on:** October 14, 2002, 03:50:42 AM »

I didn't spend as long on this one, i couldn't justify more than a dozen hours on a feature that hasn't been implemented yet

Sky Viper · « **Reply #9 on:** October 14, 2002, 05:41:51 AM »

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Originally posted by crowbaby
Unfortunately the position and functioning of the guages can't be changed, and i think that would be a hell of a programming headache anyway.

What might be possible is to just 'tweak' the programming a little so that different planes could use different bitmaps for their guages/needles/etc. rather than the generic ones that we have now. After all, we rarely get to see other planes up close (unless we're chasing a good stallfighter) but we all spend hours looking at the insides of our cockpits...

I'm no programer, but I wouldn't think it too difficult to add a math function to display in metric.
Perhaps, they could just put a button on the clipboard?

BTW, AWESOME look Crow!

10Bears · « **Reply #10 on:** October 14, 2002, 12:04:07 PM »

That's beautiful work Crowbaby!

Maybe down the road HTC will let us subdivide the texrc folder.

ramzey · « **Reply #11 on:** October 14, 2002, 12:53:06 PM »

10Bears HTC cannot do that:( that give possibilyty to cheat.
Only aproved skins by HTC, included in oryginal HTC files can by placed in the game

Crowbaby nice work:)

10Bears · « **Reply #12 on:** October 14, 2002, 02:47:22 PM »

Sorry for misunderstanding.

subfolder for FW190A-8, KI-61 etc so he can have his Japanese or German lettering

All these subfolders placed in the texrc folder to be build into terrain... not a cheat.

Hey BTW you cockpit artists will include at least one pin up?

ramzey · « **Reply #13 on:** October 14, 2002, 02:54:48 PM »

now im understand:) sounds good for me:)

pin up? like Stalin photo in la7 cockpit?

pokie · « **Reply #14 on:** October 14, 2002, 05:09:38 PM »

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Originally posted by 10Bears
Maybe down the road HTC will let us subdivide the texrc folder.

Ya, that would be a good idea. The texsrc folder can sure get crowded

Pokie