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Offline fightermedic

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[Release] Cockpit Mod 2.0!
The all new and even more shiny version of my cockpit mod is here!
Get it now, while the canopy is still intact!

Download for the new 2.0:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/js3mt4tvgnaqccz/cockpit-mod_2.0.rar

And for those who prefere the old version, here is the link for version 1.2:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?uugdrw34yc9uwzw

Installation:
- decompress and drop the cockpit-mod-2.0.vp file into every mod's folder that you want to play with cockpits (or if you just want to play the freespace2 main campaign: select the cockpit-mod folder as a mod in the launcher) - the mod might not work on campaigns that use custom ships
- disable the ballistic ammo gauge in the launcher if you have turned it on

known problems:
- distortion and off brackets in the target window
- minor stretching problems with the weapon gauge

and some example screenshots:
of 2.0:



and of 1.2:



Let me know if there are any problems I didn't notice.
« Last Edit: January 08, 2015, 11:05:36 am by fightermedic »
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Campaigns revised/voice-acted by me:
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Pandora's Box 2.2, Deep Blood

Other Campaigns I have participated in:
The Antagonist, Warzone, Phantoms & Echo-Gate

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Offline Dragon

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Re: [Release] Cockpit Mod
Looks really good. Why the weird energy gauge positions though?

 

Offline General Battuta

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Re: [Release] Cockpit Mod
Installation:
- decompress and drop the data folder into your mediavps folder, overwrite everything if asked
- disable the ballistic ammo gauge and environment maps in the launcher

For the love of god please do NOT DO THIS. Stop. Don't do it. PLEASE STOP. DON'T



This should be installed and loaded as a separate mod. I cannot overstate the support hell that may ensue if it's dropped into mediavps_3612/data. Pleeeeeeease, I'm begging you, distribute this as a separate mod folder and edit mod.inis to reference it.

 

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Actually, I'd prefer to see it included into the next mediavps as an optional download. Editing mod.ini in every mod you want to use it in is a bit of a chore, not to mention not every user can do it. Besides, this feature is so new so I don't think there is a mod with which it would interfere.

 

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Re: [Release] Cockpit Mod
Actually, I'd prefer to see it included into the next mediavps as an optional download. Editing mod.ini in every mod you want to use it in is a bit of a chore, not to mention not every user can do it. Besides, this feature is so new so I don't think there is a mod with which it would interfere.

you could just edit the mediavp mod ini to reference it
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It'd only work with mediavps then. If any other mod uses mediavps, then mediavps mod.ini wouldn't be loaded.

 

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Re: [Release] Cockpit Mod
true, but given how many mods use mediavps it would drastically cut down the number of mods you need to change
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Not it wouldn't. Campaigns, even those that don't change anything, usually come in separate mod folder. If FSO loads mod.ini for that campaign, it would not load any mod.ini files for dependencies.

 

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Actually, I'd prefer to see it included into the next mediavps as an optional download. Editing mod.ini in every mod you want to use it in is a bit of a chore, not to mention not every user can do it.

No, absolutely not. You would render the MediaVPs (potentially) incompatible with any campaign using a custom HUD gauge.

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Besides, this feature is so new so I don't think there is a mod with which it would interfere.

It breaks Blue Planet and JAD less than I'd thought!

This is modding 101 - it should be its own mod folder, or at least a VP file that will appear on debug logs.
« Last Edit: April 27, 2013, 09:57:59 am by General Battuta »

 

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Re: [Release] Cockpit Mod
Whoops I was wrong, the way it's set up now it won't break those things nearly as badly as I thought; it will, however, break everything, due to a LUA error that keeps popping up. It still absolutely needs to be packaged as a VP and probably placed in its own mod folder (which works great, I've tested it!)
« Last Edit: April 27, 2013, 10:00:05 am by General Battuta »

 

Offline fightermedic

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Re: [Release] Cockpit Mod
download link removed for now
works flawlessly with some mods - doesn't work at all with others, i fail to see the reason just yet but will try to fix it
all the mods i tested it with are among those where it works perfectly well, bad luck i guess, still, sorry for releasing it in a less than optimal state
>>Fully functional cockpits for Freespace<<
>>Ships created by me<<
Campaigns revised/voice-acted by me:
Lightning Marshal 1-4, The Regulus Campaign, Operation: Savior, Operation: Crucible, Titan Rebellion, Fall of Epsilon Pegasi 1.1Aftermath 2.1,
Pandora's Box 2.2, Deep Blood

Other Campaigns I have participated in:
The Antagonist, Warzone, Phantoms & Echo-Gate

All the stuff I release is free to use or change in any way for everybody who likes to do so; take whatever you need

 

Offline General Battuta

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Re: [Release] Cockpit Mod
I really appreciate your hard work here, and honestly, you can sidestep the problem of it only being compatible with some mods by distributing it as its own mod folder. If you do it that way, you can safely leave the table files exposed as plaintext and people can edit it to add whatever ships they'd like.

 

Offline fightermedic

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Re: [Release] Cockpit Mod
i'm completely retarded
my problems have been caused by a too long file path on some mods, due to me changing my freespace directory a few days back - so much for trying to fix problems that have nothing to do with the cockpit mod *sigh*
anyway, download is up again, i've changed a few things

....using vp's is utterly evil and will lead to eternal damnation, but it seems like i don't have much of a choice here  :banghead:
« Last Edit: April 27, 2013, 03:23:47 pm by fightermedic »
>>Fully functional cockpits for Freespace<<
>>Ships created by me<<
Campaigns revised/voice-acted by me:
Lightning Marshal 1-4, The Regulus Campaign, Operation: Savior, Operation: Crucible, Titan Rebellion, Fall of Epsilon Pegasi 1.1Aftermath 2.1,
Pandora's Box 2.2, Deep Blood

Other Campaigns I have participated in:
The Antagonist, Warzone, Phantoms & Echo-Gate

All the stuff I release is free to use or change in any way for everybody who likes to do so; take whatever you need

 

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Re: [Release] Cockpit Mod
....using vp's is utterly evil and will lead to eternal damnation, but it seems like i don't have much of a choice here  :banghead:
It is not, and you are a bad person for thinking it.
People are stupid, therefore anything popular is at best suspicious.

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Re: [Release] Cockpit Mod
....using vp's is utterly evil and will lead to eternal damnation, but it seems like i don't have much of a choice here  :banghead:

Umm... Wut?
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Offline General Battuta

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Re: [Release] Cockpit Mod
i'm completely retarded
my problems have been caused by a too long file path on some mods, due to me changing my freespace directory a few days back - so much for trying to fix problems that have nothing to do with the cockpit mod *sigh*
anyway, download is up again, i've changed a few things

....using vp's is utterly evil and will lead to eternal damnation, but it seems like i don't have much of a choice here  :banghead:

I troubleshoot dozens of FreeSpace Open problems a month. If you don't use VPs, you are making my job - and that of everyone else involved in tech support - much, much harder. The same goes for installing anything to mediavps_3612/data.

 

Offline Flygit

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Nice work.

However, Antagonist mod wouldn't launch without adding the ship name into those two table files. My other much simpler cockpit mod with a helmet hud worked without crashes before I added the ship names.

On a related note, how can I get cockpits working with Blu Planet mods?

 

Offline fightermedic

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Re: [Release] Cockpit Mod
thank you,
the problem with this mod is the reloading gauge script, for some reason i don't understand it is causing crashes with ships that are not added to the gauge table
i'll see if i can find a way to have the hud display as default on ships that are not added to the list
>>Fully functional cockpits for Freespace<<
>>Ships created by me<<
Campaigns revised/voice-acted by me:
Lightning Marshal 1-4, The Regulus Campaign, Operation: Savior, Operation: Crucible, Titan Rebellion, Fall of Epsilon Pegasi 1.1Aftermath 2.1,
Pandora's Box 2.2, Deep Blood

Other Campaigns I have participated in:
The Antagonist, Warzone, Phantoms & Echo-Gate

All the stuff I release is free to use or change in any way for everybody who likes to do so; take whatever you need

 

Offline Flygit

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Re: [Release] Cockpit Mod
Apparently Blue Planet's original ships work fine with your cockpit mod but the new GTF Aurora ship doesn't. It won't display cockpit at all. I managed to get a hideous looking cockpit for the Aurora after enabling show ship flag. If I change POF filename to generic and add the file to vp file, game crashes. Is there a way to use your cockpit with BP's new ships?

Wing Commander Saga crashes with this mod. Something about reloads and wcsaga exe. Can anything be done here?

I found your included leading reticle too big and too busy looking. I replaced it with Diaspora's one which is a bit smaller and easier on the eyes.

 

Offline General Battuta

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Re: [Release] Cockpit Mod
You just need to modify the cockpit mod's ships table to add entries for the new BP ships. Be aware that this will cause some weird **** in some BP2 missions.