[saunders1953]

Hi All, especially Flying Nutcase (hopefully),

Thanks to one of Flying Nutcase's old tutorials, I had long ago modified the .rcu file in the game root so that I could have customized icons...smaller with a black cross for Axis and a small minus sign for Allies, with varying sighting distances. (For you purists out there, I only fly offline, and use themto quickly pick out an enemy in a swirling dogfight with these old eyes!) The command line (shift + tab) and the icons themselves were all tied to my joystick and throttle buttons, so with a quick flick or two they were off/on. Nifty!

The manipulation was a typed series of commands. After deciding to go with UP1.8 modpack, I did a clean install 1946/408/409/UP1.8--but it doesn't work.
I had originally had it in my game before the AAA mods came about, and it continued to work in the "old" modding days after adding dozens of mods. So I was wondering, does the UP1.8 mod pack somehow use a different command system? Or maybe 409m uses a different command system? (By the way, the basic game root rcu file ant the file after UP 1.8 install looks exactly the same.)

I put this message at the UP forum, but no answers yet. I also tried contacting Flying Nutcase through his tutorial website, but no luck there either. So I'm trying here.

Thanks in advamce to anyone who can help!

S!

Mark

[Aviar]

Are you saying the RCU command does not work even if you enter it manually?

Aviar

[saunders1953]

Aviar,

I originally typed the commands in manually, but the custom icons didn't show (the command lines came up on the screen, but it wasn't loading/showing the custom commands, so I cut and pasted them in. Still no joy. But the regular icons do work normally.

[Aviar]

Can you switch to an unmodded version and see if your custom icons work then?

Aviar

[akdavis]

You probably had a mod that allowed you to use those new commands and icons. Standard icon commands work as ever in the RCU file.

Perhaps this: viewtopic.php?t=2570

[saunders1953]

Nope, aviar, I don't have an unmodded version I can switch too, unfortunately.

ak, I had tried FC's mod quite a long toime after I had just done the commands myself following Flying Nutcase's directions, but other than having some new symbols, it basically used the same commands, so I went back to the old way. I haven't installed that mod this time around.

I think I'll try to re-key them in and see if that does something. Maybe I missed a stroke last time, or cut something off in the cut/paste method.

[akdavis]

the following lines added to the rcu file work fine for me in HSFX4:

@a if mp_dotrange FRIENDLY DOT 16 RANGE .005 COLOR .005 ID 5 TYPE .005 NAME .005
@a ie mp_dotrange FOE DOT 16 RANGE .005 COLOR .oo5 ID .005 TYPE .005 NAME .005

"if" and "ie" are my console commands. There is nothing that I know of, or in Flying Nutcase's tutorials, that allows you to force use of only a single symbol icon. I thought that was what FC's mod allowed.

[saunders1953]

ak,

Those look like mine. I'll post them when I get home from work. As a matter of fact, I had originally just copied and pasted the commands from Nutcase's tutorial. It was FC's mod that allowed for the symbols, but the commands were almost identical. I haven't tried it that way this time, though, I just used the Nutcase version, so to speak. Still no joy. Maybe it is the UP1.8 that somehow is messing with this???

[saunders1953]

Fixed! I must have had a keystroke wrong or something. I just copied akdavis' commands and it works. Thanks ak! Now maybe I'll try FC's mod to be able to use the symbols.

[SPAD49]

Now maybe I'll try FC's mod to be able to use the symbols.

If you still have a copy of this mod, please reupload and post a link in appropriate topic (http://allaircraftsimulations.com/forum/...php?t=2570)! You have my gratitude, in advance

I've been looking for that thing for about three months already - seems just like no one has it.