[Knight Templar]

I was recently thinking about something that would be very nice to have in Freespace.

Selectable Squad Logos

i.e. in the wing edit screen we there could be a place to select a squad logo.

This would be a big step up from the uniform ones we have now (in the mission specs) and would have obvious uses such as multiple squadrons in one mission.

So there's the idea, I assume it'll be done with 3 updated versions by this time tommarow


Go.

[Goober5000]

I'm looking into it.

[Bobboau]

I already did this... but I think I lost it before it got commited, I'll see about reviveing it tomaro

[Anaz]

yes! This definetly helps with "player immersion" if all the allied fighters don't have the same squad logo, and all the enemy fighters don't have that little scorpion tail thing.

[Goober5000]

FS2 coding complete. I'll have to test it, then add something to the dialog box in FRED.

[Goober5000]

FS2 implementation done. Put +Squad Logo: filename.pcx beneath the wing name in the mission file.  The logo will override the player's squad logo for every wing except the player's wing.

Now to FRED, and the commit.

[Sesquipedalian]

Excellent!

[Goober5000]

FRED2 implementation complete.  Committing now.

[Anaz]

w00t!

[Solatar]

This'll be in fs2_open3.41 correct?

[Goober5000]

Yup - it'll be in whatever the next release is.

[Goober5000]

Originally posted by Bobboau
I already did this... but I think I lost it before it got commited, I'll see about reviveing it tomaro

Eesh, you're right.  I see that nameplate stuff strewn around.  Did you actually finish it?  I tried putting in a nameplate and it didn't work.

And another thing: instead of trying to reinvent the wheel and render the nameplate on top of everything, why not assign the nameplate as the model's insignia?

Like this:

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model_set_insignia_bitmap(shipp->nameplate);

It might be interesting to put all together.  Ship nameplates override wing logos which override the player's logo.

[Knight Templar]

Sa-weeet

Thanks