Question - Masking hud dials with png ?

[dertien]

Hm puzzled ...

Is it possible to overlay a dial that is drawn as part of a hud (like for example; the speed bar, the shields and so on with a semi transparent .png file to mask part of that dial ?
I have seen some huds for download here with and underlay, but I would need to load an image over a couple of instruments. Can this be done or is it something for future versions of Oolite ?

And if it can be done, would someone point me to a working example please ?

thanks

Dertien

[cim]

This isn't possible as-is. The draw order of the HUD is legends, then dials, and images can only be added as legends, so the dials always get drawn on top.

[dertien]

That's a bummer

Thanks Cim

[Keeper]

You might be able to get away with reducing the alpha of your HUD object, making it slightly transparent, so that you can see the PNG underneath.

[dertien]

Yeah, tried to do that, but the whole thing does look a bit unreal like that. Changed the hud altogether though, and now everything should be spiffy.

Thanks for all the suggestions.