Cockpit definitions

smbarbour · Post by **smbarbour** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:23 pm

I have added some content to the Wiki (The new one, not the old phpWiki) defining the structure of .CPT files using what I could gather from the files. If I have made any mistakes, please correct them.

I also have a question. I'm not much of an artist, but would like to make a semi-transparent background for the VDUs and whatnot in the disabled cockpit. This should make it easier to read the information against the brighter backgrounds in the systems. I'm guessing that I just need to make a PNG file that has a semi-transparent alpha and use that in the SPR files. Also, could someone help me with the right settings to increase the height of the left and right VDUs? I would like the manifest and objectives to show more information before I need to scroll down.

crouton · Post by **crouton** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:17 pm

I checked your stuff out before seeing this post - thanks for the detailed information!

Post by **hellcatv** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:10 am

you can add panel components that add background to the hud elements--

Post by **hellcatv** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:10 am

you can add panel components that add background to the hud elements--

you can also try making the vdu .spr files actually point to useful images that have partial alpha transparen cy

smbarbour · Post by **smbarbour** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 3:38 pm

This is what I did. I created a 16x16 PNG with a color value of RGB(0,0,95) at 33% transparency. It looks good, but I was hoping there would have been a little space between the edge of the image and the left margin of the text. Just a few pixels would look great.