Auto Crosshairs OXP ver. 1.1.1
Date: October 6th, 2014
Author: Wildeblood
Adds an equipment item which changes the way the gun-sight cross-hairs behave in Oolite. In standard Oolite the cross-hairs are static, and only differ in appearance depending on the type of weapons installed. Once the equipment (the Wildefire Systems Type 4 Gunsight) is purchased, the cross-hairs change shape to alert the pilot to the precise moment a target is centred. Please use responsibly - Wildefire Systems does not endorse or condone hostility between spacefarers.
The equipment can be bought at space ports with a technological level of 11 or above, for 1750 credits. No configuration is needed or normally possible. For players who can't resist tinkering inside OXPs, there is a parameter at the top of the javascript file (this.$precision = 2; // Whole number 1-5), you could experiment with.
Changes the way the gun-sight cross-hairs behave in Oolite. In standard Oolite the cross-hairs change appearance depending on the type of weapons installed. With this OXP installed the cross-hairs instead change depending on the current alert level. At green alert only a minimal centre-mark is shown. When other ships are in the vicinity the larger four-vaned cross-hair, previously associated with the pulse laser, appears. In combat situations the more complex cross-hair, previously associated with the military laser, appears.
The mining laser continues to have its distinctive gun-sight associated with it.
When the advanced space compass is set to its target tracking mode the combat cross-hairs appear, regardless of the current alert level.
Changes the way the gun-sight cross-hairs behave in Oolite. In standard Oolite the cross-hairs are static, and only differ in appearance depending on the type of weapons installed. With this OXP installed, the player can select the style of cross-hairs they want to use, regardless of which weapon type is in use, and change their selection as often as they wish to.
Place the Select-o-matic Crosshairs OXP into your "AddOns" folder. While in flight, select the item "Cross-hairs Selector" on the equipment menu (by pressing "N"). Then cycle through the range of available choices (press "n" or "b" for next or back) until the desired style appears. Only usable with Oolite 1.77 or later.
Most games have some sort of paddling-pool-and-water-wings beginning to ease you in: Oolite takes the rather more Darwinian approach of heaving you straight into the ocean, often with a brick or two in your pockets for luck. ~ Disembodied
Does this mean you could effectively have a targeting assist crosshair so it would change colour when you are lined up with your target?
The cross-hair colour is set in the hud.plist file, not the crosshairs.plist file. So you've been able to do that for several years now, since the devs made it possible to switch the HUD file from a script. I don't know how smooth switching either the cross-hair or HUD files frame-by-frame would be (I wouldn't try it). But if you want to try it, there's an example of the necessary frame callback script, you could easily adapt, here:-
Does this mean you could effectively have a targeting assist crosshair so it would change colour when you are lined up with your target?
The cross-hair colour is set in the hud.plist file, not the crosshairs.plist file. So you've been able to do that for several years now...
Many HUDs (including my Combat HUD) already use a similar feature. Any HUD can be adapted to use this. Open the hud.plist and (for the default HUD at least) go to the second-to-bottom line.
Edited to add:- This will change the colour of the targeting reticle box, but not the actual crosshairs. While this gives a 100% increase in encoolment and niftiosity, Wildeblood's colour changing crosshairs obviously go 200% further
Commander Smivs, the friendliest Gourd this side of Riedquat.
I don't know how smooth switching either the cross-hair or HUD files frame-by-frame would be (I wouldn't try it).
In fact, curiosity got the better of me, and I did try it. The result isn't too shabby. The Auto Crosshairs OXP changes the shape of the cross-hairs the moment the target is exactly centred. This works independently of the colour-changing reticle Smivs mentioned, but you can see both effects together in these images.
Off target:-
On target:-
I tried this out in combat and it's surprisingly good. Because the target reticle and the auto cross-hairs use different calculations to decide when the target is centred, they don't both change at the same moment. Sometimes the reticle changes colour first, and sometimes the cross-hairs change shape first, but when they've both changed you can be fairly sure of a direct hit. Very recommended.
My apology to the two people who earlier today downloaded Auto Crosshairs OXP version 1.0.3 which contained a careless bug. Please try version 1.0.4, which fixes that and also introduces a new, more highly visible design for the on-target cross-hairs.
Is it possible to use a combination of any two (or all) of the 3 OXPs to get the set of features one would like to have?
Most games have some sort of paddling-pool-and-water-wings beginning to ease you in: Oolite takes the rather more Darwinian approach of heaving you straight into the ocean, often with a brick or two in your pockets for luck. ~ Disembodied
This OXP is a nice idea. However, on my system (and my ship has turrets, if that makes any difference - and I've set reticle_target_sensitive to 'yes' in Oolite's settings) the sight gets stuck in 'centred' mode, i.e. it changes as it should when I get something in my my sights and then . . stays that way, until I target something else.
Hi all.
Yes, it is a great idea and very cool (autocrosshairs.oxp), but I had to uninstall ...
It also stucks. It works fine until the first ship is destroyed, then it is always stuck as if there were a ship centred.
Any solution?
Is it possible to get round crosshairs with Select-o-matic?
No. That version only had the familiar four, IIRC. I had a version 2.0 with my own crosshair designs as well, which is now lost. But they were all quite traditional. Captain Beatnik has created many original crosshair files, you should ask him.
Hmm. Are there any more experiences like COMANDERCRUSET and UK_Eliter reported above with Auto-Crosshairs?
Darn.. after my enquiry about mix'n'matching them over a year ago, I totally forgot to download them.. many thanks for the reminder.. and many thanks for coming up with them, Wildeblood!
Most games have some sort of paddling-pool-and-water-wings beginning to ease you in: Oolite takes the rather more Darwinian approach of heaving you straight into the ocean, often with a brick or two in your pockets for luck. ~ Disembodied
