Why isn't target reticle included in the game managed expansion packs?

[vaxon]

I find the http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Target_Reticle OXP very useful and less irritating compared to the Auto Crosshairs OXP. However, the former is not included in the game managed OXZ list, while the latter is. Is it possible to add Target Reticle as well?

[dybal]

Probably because the author didn't update it with a manifest and explicit license and didn't create a manifest for it in oolite.org.

And since it does not have an explicit license allowing others to modify it (to include said manifest and license), nobody else can legally do it.

See Recovering Lost OXPs

[Norby]

The reticle_target_sensitive is a core HUD feature, but turned off in default HUDs. This oxp just turn on this flag, which is also turned on in many other HUDs. So you do not need this oxp at all if you install any HUD with this flag on, like Large HUD in HUDSelector.

[vaxon]

Thank you very much! I did not know that.
Though I prefer the default HUD, the Large one looks quite similar to the default.
Would be nice to have it on for the default HUD as well.

[another_commander]

You can simply edit the Resources/Config/hud.plist (or hud-small.plist) file and change this:
reticle_target_sensitive = no;
to this:
reticle_target_sensitive = yes;

Shift-restart the game and there will be no need to replace the default hud.

[dybal]

HUD's in HUD Selector and their Reticle target Sensitive setting:

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Config/hudselector-oldwide.plist:	reticle_target_sensitive = yes;
Config/hudselector-small.plist:	reticle_target_sensitive = no;
Config/hudselector-large.plist:	reticle_target_sensitive = yes;
Config/hudselector-wide.plist:	reticle_target_sensitive = yes;
Config/hudselector-extralarge10.plist:	reticle_target_sensitive = yes;
Config/hudselector-oldsmall.plist:	reticle_target_sensitive = no;
Config/hudselector-oldlarge.plist:	reticle_target_sensitive = yes;
Config/hudselector-original.plist:	reticle_target_sensitive = no;
Config/hudselector-extralarge.plist:	reticle_target_sensitive = yes;
Config/hudselector-oldoriginal.plist:	reticle_target_sensitive = no;
Config/hudselector-oldextralarge.plist:	reticle_target_sensitive = yes;

BTW, XenonHUD variants set it too

[Cholmondely]

Surely Target Reticule is not included because it is no longer available.

The early technological development by Walch Besloten Vennootschap was very expensive - hence its prohibitive price tag of over 1,000cr. Later newcomers such as Autocrosshairs from Wildefire Systems PTE used improved non-patented technology to undercut the price to a mere 1,750cr.

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reticle (ˈrɛtɪkəl) or less commonly reticule

(General Engineering) a network of fine lines, wires, etc, placed in the focal plane of an optical instrument to assist measurement of the size or position of objects under observation. Also called: graticule

[C17: from Latin rēticulum a little net, from rēte net]

[vaxon]

HUD's in HUD Selector and their Reticle target Sensitive setting:

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Config/hudselector-oldwide.plist:	reticle_target_sensitive = yes;
Config/hudselector-small.plist:	reticle_target_sensitive = no;
Config/hudselector-large.plist:	reticle_target_sensitive = yes;
Config/hudselector-wide.plist:	reticle_target_sensitive = yes;
Config/hudselector-extralarge10.plist:	reticle_target_sensitive = yes;
Config/hudselector-oldsmall.plist:	reticle_target_sensitive = no;
Config/hudselector-oldlarge.plist:	reticle_target_sensitive = yes;
Config/hudselector-original.plist:	reticle_target_sensitive = no;
Config/hudselector-extralarge.plist:	reticle_target_sensitive = yes;
Config/hudselector-oldoriginal.plist:	reticle_target_sensitive = no;
Config/hudselector-oldextralarge.plist:	reticle_target_sensitive = yes;

BTW, XenonHUD variants set it too

Would be nice if that was configurable.
I've tried XenonHUD, but I kind of like the default one. It reminds me of the old days.