[MOD] New Cockpit Mod for X3TC (using Arkblade's and Imp's mods)

[DeadlyDarkness]

They look great, although I'm not liking the text for missiles etc.

Something like:

http://www.dafont.com/pulse-rifle.font

[Walterses]

I don't go back that far in the X games history, so forgive me, but I'm getting all these cockpits mixed up. Who made the cockpits in the first group of screenshots in the OP? What about the bottom two? they look like a completely different (and better) style. And the old X2 cockpits... is that a third group of models floating around?

err id say about 80-90% ofwhat your seeing are the original cockpits from x2. some have been edited slightly to increase the graphic option but overall no one has created completely new cockpit models that suit the new grafic engine of both XR and XTC. so pretty much what your seeing is just old cockpits slightly doine up

[SieurNewT]

Nice pits! I like the idea Lord_dakier came up with. Crew members in the bigger ships would be nice. In the future , maybe, someone can figure out damage effects when taking hull damage (inside and out), casualties of marines or crew.
That might ad that bit of realism we need in this game.

Great work! Keep it up.

i am not sure, you want to see blowing stuff with electrical arcs, exploding seat with people on them jumping or trying to stop fire ? we are not in star trek

edit : but i will install such thing at once

[Lord Dakier]

I like that idea lol... when your hull hits below 30% your cockpit bridge starts to explode lol.

Yes, these cockpits are from X2. The usual cockpit would suit the Argon Titan but I think the rest should be changed deffinately. There should be a different cockpit for every large race ship.

[Stingads_Gsöchts]

I hope there will be some news soon:). My favourite ride still has no CP .

[LiveAus]

Can you post wich ships haven't got a cockpit, so i can see what i can do about it?

[Lord Dakier]

LiveAus will you be creating new cockpits as well after you have given all the ships cockpits?

[LiveAus]

LiveAus will you be creating new cockpits as well after you have given all the ships cockpits?

Unfortunately no
As i said in the OP i'm not a modder, my file was only a subtitute to keep us going with cockpits until the real modders create new pits for every ship.
There are already some modders working on it, so i'm just going to see if i can get all the ships to use the standard and Imp's cockpits and wait for a Cockpit Mod to be released.

[Lord Dakier]

It would be good to see different races with different style cockpits.

[Stingads_Gsöchts]

Can you post wich ships haven't got a cockpit, so i can see what i can do about it?

The Yaki Tenjin. I don't know about other ships as I don't have tried too many yet. Do the USC/ATF ships already have CP's?

BTW. Arkblade's Mod with IMP's cockpits seems to display more displays within the CP. I hope you can fix this as your CPs look a bit lifeless atm.

However, I'm glad you keep working on CP's. I really appreciate the effort of all the modders working on CPs.

[SieurNewT]

Yes you do a real good and great works for all cokpits lovers (and we are lots of people i beleive)

and also yes if someone could help you to fix the animations it will be even more wonderfull

[amirite]

Thanks for clearing that up chaps. I've seen some screens of sweet new cockpits floating around that someone has been working on, so I eagerly await those. I appreciate those IMP cockpits, but they are... lacking, to put it politely.

Actually I think those new cockpits were from a German thread, does anyone have a link to that so I can jer- er admire them?

[galatei_tf]

Man, as I said already in another topic, all animations are working fine once you convert all jpg textures in tex folder to tga format, and remove jpgs.

I'd upload the package with working cockipts, though no gauges, but I can't because I don't have permission.

[Stingads_Gsöchts]

Man, as I said already in another topic, all animations are working fine once you convert all jpg textures in tex folder to tga format, and remove jpgs.

I'd upload the package with working cockipts, though no gauges, but I can't because I don't have permission.

?? I don't have such a folder. No jpg's or tga's anywhere?!

Edit: Meeh, found out myself. Mod manager....

thx

[SieurNewT]

hello galatei

i would be interested to try theses changes, also to know what is the difference between this and the gauges

[Aftershock_81]

SieurNewT:

Animations are repeating strings of textures defined in Animations.txt. They only loop through a static set of images.

The gauges were a special animation defined as 65.jpg that was dynamically updated by the game engine. This texture is no longer being generated by the game engine, and shows up as blank. I assume that this texture was intentionally disabled to save processing time for other parts of the game engine, since this texture was not used anywhere in the game, as shipped.

However, new gauges can be made using the textures from the HUD itself. 16.jpg contains the info blocks for playership and target, as well as the text for SETA. 17.jpg contains the entire weapons block from the left side of the screen. With a little experimentation and UVmapping, cockpits could be modified to use parts of the existing HUD instrumentation.

[SieurNewT]

hello aftershock thanks for theses details i hope someone will play with theses and make a good suprise as it seems we have some hope to see all the things working at same time

[-[e1337e.weazel]-]

As perhpas someone know, we (Imp, Laux and me) working on a new CP Mod. Laux found out that the HUD gauges now effect objects.

The gauges were a special animation defined as 65.jpg that was dynamically updated by the game engine. This texture is no longer being generated by the game engine, and shows up as blank. I assume that this texture was intentionally disabled to save processing time for other parts of the game engine, since this texture was not used anywhere in the game, as shipped.

However, new gauges can be made using the textures from the HUD itself. 16.jpg contains the info blocks for playership and target, as well as the text for SETA. 17.jpg contains the entire weapons block from the left side of the screen. With a little experimentation and UVmapping, cockpits could be modified to use parts of the existing HUD instrumentation.

I import this effect object and use the material on the old CPs and it´s working.

http://www.e1337e.de/images/cp_test.jpg

The effect objects can be found in objects/effects/menugfx

In our new CPs all the funtionally indicates will work.

[Stingads_Gsöchts]

Good news .

BTW, I changed the JPGs to TGA and it worked. However, I still have a "purple shimmer" on some textures and some other oddities. I really hope LiveAus or Arkblade update the CP Callback mod soon, as the IMP-weazel-Laux mod will not come too soon I'm afraid.

[reanor]

Gonna sub for this. Its been a while and I still want some working CP mod. Callback mod is not updated yet.