Hello,

Where might I find the sprite for the 3 dots used as the targeting reticle?

Cheers, Toasty

I asked this question ages ago. I don't think its anywhere.

Hard coded, pretty sure. Another thing to ask Data for.

And another for him to not see/care about.

Oh pshaw. I am the batphone to data's desk.

He says they aren't moddable at all now, but he'll put it on the list for LUA scripting. It's at the very, very bottom of his to do list at this time.

*cough* *cough*

I thought admins were supposed to be role models for us forum-ers, were they not?

Since you probably have no idea what he's talking about weasel, Lua isn't an acronym. It's a proper noun. Lua, not LUA, or even worse, lua.

Or just use Sparkle Magic to denominate it. Simple, easy, and definitely funny.

edit:

re: LUA: woops. Meant to say Lua. When I say acronyms I use periods though, like L.O.L.

Some people uselessly make a big deal about it.
They're going to bother you into doing it right, whether you like it or not. I don't support it, I'm just telling you.
I personally think you should for the sake of correctness, but it's just another proper noun, no big deal.
http://www.lua.org/about.html#name

Anyways, being able to edit the reticule does sound cool. For example, one could implement that neat trajectory guide that's being made in the drawline function thread over in Lua Scripting to replace the current, much less useful, one. Or one could make a line for a sniper to see where their shot will land easier.

Laser sight would be cool.

Mmmmmm... sniper rifle with laser designator... <drool> Or better... Homing rocket launcher that homed in on the endpoint of the laser...

(EDIT: By endpoint of the laser, i mean dynamically as you move the laser the rocket changes direction and whatnot, just for clarification.)

I digress and agree... a general set of new aiming recticles based on the weapon in hand would be a boon methinks.

both of those are already possible.

Laser scopes have been done proplerly, can't remember where.

Not done well though. That's the problem.

You either emit particles, (1) have an attachment, (2) or you use Lua to do it. (3)

1) Emitting particles has a directional problem, and an occasionally jagged, uneven line. The main contributing factor to the jaggedness is that emitters' emissions can't have velocity inheritance. The reason for the directional problem is that attached AEmitters don't inherit their parent object's flipping. This means when you turn left, the laser particles go in the opposite direction from where they should, hitting the gun or phasing out your back, or something stupid like that. The only way to constantly have a laser going the way you want is to also have a stupid laser shooting out of your back.

weasel, please mention these (emission velocity inheritance, attached emitter H-flip inheritance) to Data, it would greatly enhance the possibilities of emitters' use and appearance for not only mods, but also the official content. It's readily apparent and ugly on even the wounds of vanilla actors. Get shot, turn around, and your blood spurts at an inward direction from the wound. Dumb.

2) An attachment won't meet any resistances and will not stop on contact with a target. In an underground bunker? Attachment laser sight phases through the surface of the ground. This looks very, very crappy.

3) Lua solution. This could be many things, and most if not all of them would be very complex and potentially laggy, due to particle counts, rays cast every sim update, calculations, etc. If you can prove me wrong, please do.

A drawline solution with a single raycast per frame would be ideal for an obstacle-stopped perfectly lined up line.

Unfortunately, that means Data's drawline, not a workaround algorithm with lua (the biggest problem is particle spawning, which still has to be done per frame)