mike8g Posted February 25, 2001 Share Posted February 25, 2001 With all the vehicles and terrain modified and subdued, I think the movement and targeting lines are a bit too broad and bright now. I've tweaked the #2020 bmp for a little change. This is the old version: And this is the new one: If you like it, you can get the mod here: http://www.geocities.com/mike8g/narrowlines.zip (copy and paste the URL to a new browser window - required due to geocities) BTW: the bright blue line from the LOS tool can't be changed - it's hard-coded. There's another -even more narrow- variant on this thread, just look some posts below. Marcus ------------------ Alle Maschinen voraus Große, Ruder hart Backbord. Neuer Kurs wird Zwo-Eins-Null. [This message has been edited by mike8g (edited 02-26-2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow 1st Hussars Posted February 25, 2001 Share Posted February 25, 2001 neither the pic nor the link work ------------------ If the words "f**k" and "frontal" were removed from the vocabulary, the Canadian Army would be left both speechless, and unable to attack... -Michael Dorosh shadow@jagdtiger.de Canada For CM I AM CANADIAN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PawBroon Posted February 25, 2001 Share Posted February 25, 2001 The download triggered by the link provided works. That looks so good it's a keeper. Noticed how they look more subdued? And BTW, that's one more user of DeanCo's MOD. How many of you are NOT using this actually? ------------------ You are not Obsessive-CMpulsive, you are Allied-Retentive. Mark IV [This message has been edited by PawBroon (edited 02-25-2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike8g Posted February 25, 2001 Author Share Posted February 25, 2001 It should be fixed now. ------------------ Alle Maschinen voraus Große, Ruder hart Backbord. Neuer Kurs wird Zwo-Eins-Null. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow 1st Hussars Posted February 25, 2001 Share Posted February 25, 2001 What's the green line from the truck to the Marder II? ------------------ If the words "f**k" and "frontal" were removed from the vocabulary, the Canadian Army would be left both speechless, and unable to attack... -Michael Dorosh shadow@jagdtiger.de Canada For CM I AM CANADIAN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow 1st Hussars Posted February 25, 2001 Share Posted February 25, 2001 What's the green line from the truck to the Marder II? ------------------ If the words "f**k" and "frontal" were removed from the vocabulary, the Canadian Army would be left both speechless, and unable to attack... -Michael Dorosh shadow@jagdtiger.de Canada For CM I AM CANADIAN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordfluffers Posted February 25, 2001 Share Posted February 25, 2001 Mike thats brilliant, I was finding the target/movements lines far too strong as well. Fantastic mod/idea. You don't seem to have received enough praise yet so well done!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike8g Posted February 25, 2001 Author Share Posted February 25, 2001 Shadow, the green line is shown when setting up an ambush (prior to clicking - then it turns red) Marcus ------------------ Alle Maschinen voraus Große, Ruder hart Backbord. Neuer Kurs wird Zwo-Eins-Null. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Space Thing Posted February 25, 2001 Share Posted February 25, 2001 Originally posted by mike8g: It should be fixed now. Marcus, I just tried the link a couple of times and I keep getting "This page is not available." Your mod looks great though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kump Posted February 25, 2001 Share Posted February 25, 2001 Marcus, Nice Idea!!! Its a welcome job. Thanks very much. Wasted no time getting it. Looks fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harv Posted February 25, 2001 Share Posted February 25, 2001 Marcus, Perfect job, I love it. Harv ------------------ Get The CM Scenario Database Here: http://wbr.thegamers.net/boots_tracks/index.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbg2112 Posted February 25, 2001 Share Posted February 25, 2001 Man, I thought this had to be a joke -- why wouldn't the game just render these with hardcoded colors like it apparently does the unit bases? Anyway, I looked at 2020.bmp, and it sure looks like it might be legit. Since I play with "Show all Paths / All Target Lines" on, this could help (give the illusion) of de-cluttering my orders screen. Hmm...I wonder if the engine allows these to be transparent (and if so, would it look good), or perhaps even textured??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike8g Posted February 25, 2001 Author Share Posted February 25, 2001 Space Thing, have you pasted the URL to a new browser window (as mentioned above)? It works - I've just tested it again. Marcus ------------------ Alle Maschinen voraus Große, Ruder hart Backbord. Neuer Kurs wird Zwo-Eins-Null. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Space Thing Posted February 25, 2001 Share Posted February 25, 2001 Originally posted by mike8g: Space Thing, have you pasted the URL to a new browser window (as mentioned above)? It works - I've just tested it again. Marcus Ooops. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike8g Posted February 25, 2001 Author Share Posted February 25, 2001 sbg2112 Hmm...I wonder if the engine allows these to be transparent (and if so, would it look good), or perhaps even textured??? I don't think that a texturized version will look good. If you look at the #2020 bmp, you will see that there is only a small color patch, which is stretched for building the line. A texture will be distorted too much. A transparent version is possible of course, (just fill the whole bmp with pink color), but you won't see anything, which doesn't make sense. sbg2112, you've triggered an idea for me. I've made the lines even more narrow, the new variant looks like this: If you like it, you can get the mod here: http://www.geocities.com/mike8g/slimline.zip copy and paste the URL to a new browser window - required due to geocities) Marcus ------------------ Alle Maschinen voraus Große, Ruder hart Backbord. Neuer Kurs wird Zwo-Eins-Null. [This message has been edited by mike8g (edited 02-26-2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow 1st Hussars Posted February 25, 2001 Share Posted February 25, 2001 Originally posted by mike8g: Shadow, the green line is shown when setting up an ambush (prior to clicking - then it turns red) AHHHH yes, i forgot. ------------------ If the words "f**k" and "frontal" were removed from the vocabulary, the Canadian Army would be left both speechless, and unable to attack... -Michael Dorosh shadow@jagdtiger.de Canada For CM I AM CANADIAN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbg2112 Posted February 25, 2001 Share Posted February 25, 2001 Actually, I mis-spoke: when I said "textured", I was thinking about line-effects such as dashed, etc. (To do this I guess you'd take a color band devoted to a particular color line and draw some pink bands across it; I realize these are thin bands, so maybe there's not much room to work.) Basically, use color and any other technique to develop a definite visual priority to the different kinds of lines. Your razor-thin lines look good, although perhaps a little too thin. Interesting how much more pronounced the waypoints are now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffsmith Posted February 25, 2001 Share Posted February 25, 2001 May I suggest an attempt to alter the Waypoints too ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sitzkrieg Posted February 25, 2001 Share Posted February 25, 2001 Great mod Mike. I have one question and I'm wondering if anyone is noticing this or having a similar problem. The "targeting" line is still the original width but all the other lines are thin. In other words, when I press "T" or select "Target" from the list, I still get the original wide line. I downloaded you're first one (lines seem a bit too thin in the second). Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russellmz Posted February 25, 2001 Share Posted February 25, 2001 hey, is that kubelwagon modded? if it is, where can i get it please? ------------------ russellmz, Self-Proclaimed Keeper for Life of the Sacred Unofficial FAQ. "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeE Posted February 25, 2001 Share Posted February 25, 2001 Amazing how much different it looks in the game! Nice job, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike8g Posted February 25, 2001 Author Share Posted February 25, 2001 russellmz, yes the Kübelwagen is modded. You can get the basic grey version from MO's CM site: http://www.angelfire.com/ns/mocm/axisvehicles.html (The version shown on the pics is a subdued variant, which I've done for my personal use some days ago - like the subdued Marder II) Marcus ------------------ Alle Maschinen voraus Große, Ruder hart Backbord. Neuer Kurs wird Zwo-Eins-Null. [This message has been edited by mike8g (edited 02-25-2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike8g Posted February 25, 2001 Author Share Posted February 25, 2001 sbg2112, regarding the dashed line idea: I've tested it and the results were not very satisfying. Have a look here: Some color lines show an annoying blurry effect (for example the green ambush line from Marder II to the truck). Personally I don't like this one very much, but if anyone wants to have it, here's the URL: http://www.geocities.com/mike8g/brokenline.zip (copy & paste the URL into a new browser window - required due to Geocities) ------------------------------------------- sitzkrieg, when using the TARGET command, the program uses it's LOS routines. As I've mentioned in my first post, those routines and its color effects are hard-coded and cannot be changed. Marcus ------------------ Alle Maschinen voraus Große, Ruder hart Backbord. Neuer Kurs wird Zwo-Eins-Null. [This message has been edited by mike8g (edited 02-26-2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russellmz Posted February 25, 2001 Share Posted February 25, 2001 Originally posted by mike8g: sbg2112, regarding the dashed line idea: I've tested it and the results were not very satisfying. Have a look here: Some color lines show an annoying blurry effect (for example the green ambush line from Marder II to the truck). Since I don't know if this effect is produced by the game code or my graphic card, I will bury this idea. the blurring effect may be wanted for some people. thanks for the link! ------------------ russellmz, Self-Proclaimed Keeper for Life of the Sacred Unofficial FAQ. "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show [This message has been edited by russellmz (edited 02-25-2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sitzkrieg Posted February 25, 2001 Share Posted February 25, 2001 sitzkrieg, when using the TARGET command, the program uses it's LOS routines. As I've mentioned in my first post, those routines and its color effects are hard-coded and cannot be changed. Marcus ----------------------------- Sorry, guess I should have read your first post more closely. Thanks for the response and thanks for an excellent mod. It really makes waypoint and road movement easier to plot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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