OXP Ship Custom Huds Overriding Deepspace Hud - Any Fix?

[Twisp]

So, several ships out of a handful of OXPs, including Far Arm ships and a handful of others, seem to have "custom" HUDs which override Deepspace HUD. I do want to use many of these ships - primarily, the Far Arm Dart - but I can't stand a HUD with no graphical flair whatsoever, something I believe Deepspace excels at.

Is there any way to either remove these custom huds, or at least ensure that Deepspace is given priority?

[Wolfwood]

You'll have to go into the shipdata.plist of the said OXP and remove the references to the hud from the ship data. I don't think there's any other way to achieve it.

[Twisp]

You'll have to go into the shipdata.plist of the said OXP and remove the references to the hud from the ship data. I don't think there's any other way to achieve it.

Thank you very much for the help. Ive mucked about in the shipdata.plist of other OXPs in the past, but could you perhaps suggest any locations where the hud would be referenced within the .plist? Is it something that's consistent across multiple OXPs, or different for each?

[Smivs]

...could you perhaps suggest any locations where the hud would be referenced within the .plist?

Yes, look for the line

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hud = "whateverHUD.plist";

and delete it. A well-written plist should be alphabetical.

[Rorschachhamster]

...A well-written plist should be alphabetical.

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[Twisp]

Ive deleted all reference to hud-small.plist, for all ships which have it in their lists. However, when I purchase the ship on the save Ive set up to test this, it still loads that hud. Any ideas regarding what's occuring?

[Disembodied]

When you start up the game, you should hold down the SHIFT key until the spinning Cobra appears, to flush the cache.

[Thargoid]

You need to restart the game with shift held down. That'll clear the cache and make your modification take effect.

Hmm, ninja'd!

[Smivs]

...A well-written plist should be alphabetical.

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I have to confess some of my older ones are a mess!

[Commander McLane]

...A well-written plist should be alphabetical.

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I have to confess some of my older ones are a mess!

That's one of the beauties of a dedicated plist editor. It sorts the entries alphabetically all by itself. You simply cannot create a non-alphabetical plist.

[Twisp]

Alright, I fixed the issue. Thanks for the help, all.