Editing the 'hud text message index' on PC

Suiadan · Post by **Suiadan** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 7:10 am

I have noticed that there is a value in a vehicle tag in guerilla that allows you to change where in the ustr item test message to look for the vehicles's name. I was wondering is there a plugin that allows Eschaton or HMT to edit that? I was unable to find one and when I converted two warthogs, both with different numbers there but with everything else the same, converted it to PC and extracted the tags, I was unable to find a single difference that I could meaningfully edit, does anyone know how you could do it without using the HEK?

Philly · Post by **Philly** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:20 am

You can edit the HUD message text index for a weapon using Eschaton. I'd assume it's the same for a vehicle, and just a case of getting an entity plugin converted. But don't hold me to that though.

Suiadan · Post by **Suiadan** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:22 am

No, not editing the entries, changing which entry the vehicle uses:P

Philly · Post by **Philly** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:23 am

Yeah... that's what meant.

Suiadan · Post by **Suiadan** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:26 am

O.o where? I looked through and couldn't find the entry in the warthog tag, which plugin set is it? I was using the ones that came with Eschaton (entity, etc...) and couldn't find it...

Philly · Post by **Philly** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:28 am

Again, that's what I meant. Theoretically, there should be a vehi.ent plugin, but there isn't.

Suiadan · Post by **Suiadan** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:39 am

I looked through the ones that came with Eschaton, but I didn't find any entry for the hud message text which one has it?

Philly · Post by **Philly** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:43 am

Are you reading my posts at all?

bcnipod · Post by **bcnipod** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:47 am

Philly wrote:Again, that's what I meant. Theoretically, there should be a vehi.ent plugin, but there isn't.

orly?

http://skitch.com/dirkgently/6p1c/vehi.ent-1

Suiadan · Post by **Suiadan** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:53 am

In vehicles no matter what plugin set I couldn't find anything, under the weapons the only thing was this:

-1.291311e+21

not exactly close to anything in guerilla...

I even opened the .ent tags that came with eschaton up in notepad and couldn't find anything that was close to it, so I'll ask again, which exact plugin are you using?

bcnipod · Post by **bcnipod** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:59 am

Suiadan wrote:In vehicles no matter what plugin set I couldn't find anything, under the weapons the only thing was this:

-1.291311e+21

not exactly close to anything in guerilla...

I even opened the .ent tags that came with eschaton up in notepad and couldn't find anything that was close to it, so I'll ask again, which exact plugin are you using?

me?

I use vehi.ent.

Suiadan · Post by **Suiadan** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:02 am

-.- I was talking about editing this value: here, I'll actually post a pic of the thing in the guerilla... the whole point of posting all this was to see if there was anything to do it on PC

Altimit01 · Post by **Altimit01** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:12 am

Sounds like a job for a new plugin. I know some of the other plugins have similar values like wphi which have references to which image in a bitm tag to use and which section of that image to use in the case of multiple reticles on the same image. I'm sure with a little research (or conure not having his automated creator making broken plugins) it would be quite possible to do this. Finding the reflexive would take no time at all.

Disclaimer: I am not actually working on the plugin so someone else feel free to do the research.

Philly · Post by **Philly** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:15 pm

Thankyou Altimit.

DeadHamster · Post by **DeadHamster** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 2:23 pm

I could map that value out in an XML style plugin if you want me to. It'd take like 2 minutes.

PM me if interested.

Andrew_b · Post by **Andrew_b** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:59 pm

If you need this done right now, you could just find line 14, and edit it the same as what ever line you needed. I understood what you were asking for, but as of the plug-ins right now, I doubt that's possible. Probably because no one thought to have some random number they didn't understand be in their plug-ins.

Hope you find what you're looking for.

Suiadan · Post by **Suiadan** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:52 am

No rush, just a mod I am working on