Speedometer, etc.

[Red Devil]

this was on my wishlist/to do list, so this my crude first attempt. thought of changing the shape to something like the hull/ammo shapes, but thought that might be confusing.

[General BlackDragon]

Neat. Although for some reason on my firefox, there's no scroll bar across the bottom, the right half of the image simply gets cut off.

I had to right click > copy image location, and paste it into a new tab to view.

[DarkCobra262]

As did I :/

[Axeminister]

Same here but with IE. By the way, I like it.

[Red Devil]

weird, not with me were you logged in?

[MrTwosheds]

The lellowish BG colour looks non native. It would also be nice to use a display capable of telling you just how ridiculously fast your unit is now going under unusual circumstances. (thinks of UEP DF mode)

[General BlackDragon]

I agree, the BG should be light blue to match the rest of the UI.

And, MrTwosheds, I believe the bottom number under the bar will indicate actual speed, even if it goes beyond the bar...

[Red Devil]

this would not have been possible without Nathan adding the callback, so thanks and a tip of the hat to him for it

been 'experimentating' with color, so i used that.

i have version i use for my fast test units which i could upload. here's the dll code i am using now:

top of .cpp file:
Vector CraftVelocity;


inside execute:

CraftVelocity = GetVelocity(m_Player);
f_PlayerVectorx = CraftVelocity.x;

IFace_SetInteger("options.instant.int31", abs(int(f_PlayerVectorx)));


(yes, i could condense everything into a line or two, but i cherish readability, especially now.)


cfg

(embedded it in the weapon cfg instead of its own so i didn't have to add a call for it)

edit: i originally made it to just show the speed in numbers, without the graph.

thanks, rs

[Red Spot]

cfg

[Red Devil]

i should have mentioned that that was for IA; probably want to make that a member varb fro MP.

[Red Devil]

thuggin' in G66 IA:

[Nielk1]

Might I suggest you try isolating the local left, right, forward, and back magnitudes and apply it to a + shaped gauge alignment? The method you use now gives the absolute velocity.

Also, if you haven't, try reading the top speed from the ODF, add some too it, and then scale the gauge % and set the marker numbers on it appropriately.

I take it you set this to always be visible in the CFG. I have been trying to get the DLL to load extra CFGs on demand, but the issue comes when you try to DLL create vars that already exist, DLL access vars that don't, or exec a CFG only once (when first needed) and then display it at the right times.

The speedometer probably only has a good place in racing maps though. If you make sure its a separate CFG, you can allow people to more easily customize it.

[Red Devil]

successfully duplicated the activity in Natty's vid

[General BlackDragon]

link?