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HUD change

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jakub

Landlubber
Ahoy...

I was wondering if it is possible to change the HUD for example how the ships radar can be changed to smaller one in the bottom left hand side? Is there a way of finding the file? And opening it? and changing it, i wouldnt mind trying to make it a more naval style HUD, with wood and brass...
 
You would have to change the texture files used for the HUD. You can find them in RESOURCE\Textures\BATTLE_INTERFACE. I think you need to change compass.tga.tx or compass1.tga.tx. Also the indicator files. If you want to modify the code that has to do with it, open up PROGRAM\BATTLE_INTERFACE\BattleInterface.c. I think these are all the files you need.
 
So its hard to do? Isnt it just possible to open up the tga file... convert it into a jpeg change the color then re convert it back into a tga file??

I have no modding experience... but willing to learn.
 
Sure that is possible. I would just recommend to convert to .tga or .bmp and not to .jpg. You lose quality with .jpg.

You can even move the HUD around the screen, make it larger or smaller and make the map inside so small that you can't possibly see it. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheeky" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />
 
This thread might help you to resize and move the HUD:

<a href="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=7133" target="_blank">http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=7133</a>
 
After reading the post on that link I remembered that on Sea Dogs, you could press a button & the HUD would disappear but you could still see whether your cannons were reloaded or not.
Is it possible to incorporate something like that into the game ?
 
Might be possible. It is possible to remove the HUD completely through an interface option. You need to leave sailing mode for the change to take effect though. But this would mean that some other changes are possible as well. I don't know how though... <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":?" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" />
 
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