[MOD] Better Cockpits v0.5

OlDav54 · Post by **OlDav54** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 00:44

This mod (my first mode eveeeeer

) expands the exterior view by moving and removing parts of the cockpit.

I have removed the top, front, left and right side of the visible cockpit, as well as the glass and distorsion effects from the cockpit's window.

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There is still room for improvement, but that will do for now

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Kown issues :

- the layer from the different scan modes does not fit the new cockpit. 3D modelling tools will be needed to solve that.

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enenra · Post by **enenra** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 00:49

Hey there! Nice work.

Use this to link to the Nexus page:

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EDIT: Oh, and btw.

Gazz wrote:The border is defined in
\Steam\steamapps\common\x_rebirth\Extract\assets\units\player\units_player_cockpit_1.xml
I believe.

I can probably deal with that. =)
But that would be tomorrow.

Anyway, the ZIP for that cockpit mod appears to be broken.

From here: http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=350199

98abaile · Post by **98abaile** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 00:53

Thank you.

stk25 · Post by **stk25** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 00:58

Good work! Much better than the version I was working on, just have one small request: is there any way to move the screens/panels to the corners of the screen? Like have the shield/boost/health on the bottom left and the weapon/missile screens on the bottom right, kinda like how FPS games do it? I tried looking into it but I'm not really sure how those coordinates work

OlDav54 · Post by **OlDav54** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 01:18

I will add different cockpit in the near future (with no visible 3d models for example). Moving stuff is not hard, but it takes some time to have something nice. Also, the game is using quaternion angles, so rotating stuff in the right way is quite difficult

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stk25 · Post by **stk25** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 01:23

OlDav54 wrote:I will add different cockpit in the near future (with no visible 3d models for example). Moving stuff is not hard, but it takes some time to have something nice. Also, the game is using quaternion angles, so rotating stuff in the right way is quite difficult ...

Ah thought as much, maybe I'll take a crack at it tomorrow, probably take a while though since I'm no good with quaternions

Also not sure if you know but it's an easy fix for the border/edge icons:

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<replace sel="/components/component[@name='units_player_cockpit_1']/properties/border"> 
<border>
<position x="0" y="0" z="0"/>
</border>
</replace>

Makes them show at the edges of the screen, they show under the joystick and pillar thing though so I had to disable them too, reminds me of X3 now heh..

98abaile · Post by **98abaile** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 01:23

An idea but rather than try to fix the scan mode effects for this mod, can you just replace the entire texture for just a simple small icon (an icon for each mode) in the bottom left of the screen. Would probably only need a texture edit.

stones1601 · Post by **stones1601** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 01:27

Excellent work mate. Any chance of a 16:10 aspect ratio version? The 16:9 chops off everything right of the % sign in the info window.

Cheers mate

OlDav54 · Post by **OlDav54** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 01:49

Thanks for the tip stk25

. Deleting the entire border section didn't influence the borders in-game, so I tought in the first place it wasn't the right thing.

I will make an update asap.

Shrewd135 · Post by **Shrewd135** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 07:57

As you continue updating this, would you consider creating a simple tutorial on what you did to modify the cockpit? Perhaps a video tutorial using something like Cam studio uploaded to you tube.

I am sure there are others that have some customizations they would try that have questions on what they need to do. Me being one.

Thanks.

nonnex · Post by **nonnex** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 09:54

thanks, very nice one.

Is there a property for alpha (transparency) that could be changed?

Like for materials:

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<property name="alphaStr" value="[double val]"></property>

It would be cool to change the alpha for the right MFD.

Gazz · Post by **Gazz** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 12:13

olivier54 wrote: Nevermind, you where right, the border parameters does defines... well the border :laugh: .

Hehehe.

I tried practically all weekend to do what you did. Removing the model, removing textures, making textures transparent, but nothing had the intended effect.

I'm useless with graphics stuff. Code monkey, ya see...?

Now I CAN SEE!

BTW, digging through the graphics I DID come across the graphic for the scanner mode overlay.
\assets\textures\player\cockpit

They are GZipped DDS textures. One of them has the "ski goggles" shape of the scanner mode glow.

I'll see if I can mess with that one later. I should be able to handle a flat texture like that. =P

OlDav54 wrote:This mod (my first mode eveeeeer ) expands the exterior view by moving and removing parts of the cockpit.

And you're starting with a bang. =)

danskmacabre · Post by **danskmacabre** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 13:47

stones1601 wrote:Excellent work mate. Any chance of a 16:10 aspect ratio version? The 16:9 chops off everything right of the % sign in the info window.

Cheers mate

I created a 16:10 version of this mod so it all appears and also moves the primary and secondary weapons readout to the bottom left.

Just replace this bit of content in units_player_cockpit_1.xml with the following near the bottom bit of XML.

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	<!-- Ship's status screen position!-->
	 <replace sel="/components/component[@name='units_player_cockpit_1']/connections/connection[@name='Connection05']/offset">
		<offset>
			<position x="0.37" y="-0.32" z="1"/>
			<quaternion qx="0" qy="0.7" qz="0" qw="1"/>
		</offset>
	 </replace>
	 
	 <!-- Ship's event screen position!-->
	<replace sel="/components/component[@name='units_player_cockpit_1']/connections/connection[@name='Connection08']/offset">
		<offset>
			<position x="0.635" y="-0.31" z="0.8552095"/>
			<quaternion qx="0" qy="0.15" qz="0" qw="1"/>
		</offset>
	 </replace>
	 
	 <!-- Ship's primary weapon screen position!-->
	 <replace sel="/components/component[@name='units_player_cockpit_1']/connections/connection[@name='Connection25']/offset">
		<offset>
			<position x="-1.2" y="-0.62" z="1.5"/>
			<quaternion qx="0" qy="0.25" qz="0" qw="1"/>
		</offset>
	 </replace>
	 
	 <!-- Ship's secondary weapon screen position!-->
	 <replace sel="/components/component[@name='units_player_cockpit_1']/connections/connection[@name='Connection26']/offset">
		<offset>
			<position x="-1.25" y="-0.78" z="1.5"/>
			<quaternion qx="0" qy="0.27" qz="0" qw="1"/>
		</offset>
	 </replace>

Screenshot of the the 16:10 version
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/f ... =196142342

DaMuncha · Post by **DaMuncha** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 13:59

Its a sad day when the moderators are ripping on the game and looking for mods to fix it

OlDav54 · Post by **OlDav54** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 14:21

New version available !

- Added support for 16/10 screens.
- Enhanced 4/3 cockpit. The status screen isn't cropped anymore.
- Enhanced the way icons are displayed. Icons will now follow the outline of the new cockpit.

Next update will add a new cockpit with, well, no cockpit at all

, just HUD.
I will also look into making different fovs, and modify the scanners textures.

TerminalVelocity3DR · Post by **TerminalVelocity3DR** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 15:45

Question for the modmaker, awesome work!!!!!!!!!

You know what the "wave and boxes" thing at the bottom right is called?
When you sit in the cockpit, its all the way on your side, bottom right of the screen, it has 3 small red led lights close to it.

It has the blue boxes appearing, and is very small, but it disturbs me a bit, since when recording with fraps, its always close to the framecounter, and it has no apparent use.

Realspace · Post by **Realspace** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 16:01

Ehm...I do like the cockpit only it is too intrusive, is there another approach possible such as zooming/changing the FOV? Any clue or instruction to do it? Thanks!

ALien8ed · Post by **ALien8ed** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 16:06

OlDav54 wrote: Next update will add a new cockpit with, well, no cockpit at all , just HUD.
I will also look into making different fovs, and modify the scanners textures.

Excellent work and i look forward to future updates...

Marodeur · Post by **Marodeur** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 16:29

Nice adds for a cockpit would be:

- Radar (on the lower left side would be a nice place for it)
- The middle console placed at the TOP of the screen. Only seeing a SMALL part of it. If you open the menu the screen slides down into the view. No more turning around and looking to "not-so-beautiful" co pilots.

TerminalVelocity3DR · Post by **TerminalVelocity3DR** » Mon, 18. Nov 13, 17:01

Ok if you just want to disable the lights:

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	<remove sel="/components/component[@name='units_player_cockpit_1']/layers"/>

If you want to remove that bottom-left "thingy" with the flashing boxes and wavy lines:

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	<remove sel="/components/component[@name='units_player_cockpit_1']/connections/connection[@name='Connection53']"/>

Thanks OP, the mod is awesome, working on a no-Cockpit, only Hud mod too right now, haha