Medals

[zagnut]

Howdy everyone...

 

I kinda asked about this before, but couldn't figure it out. How can one save the citation & medal pic in ms paint? Is ther a way to make a mod to show medals earned?? If so please drop me a line. I've never made mods before but would like to start. I emailed TK about it, and he said that there IS no medal screen, that the manual was out of date. I asked him about it coming on the second patch, but no response. (oh well). Someone please tell me.

 

Laters

[davido53]

you could always take a screenshot...it will end up in your screenshot folder

 

:D

[zagnut]

I've tried that and it doesn't work. The screen just goes on the the next mission when a key is pressed. :(

[CowboyTodd41]

Ya, I'd like that too, so I can read that citation for that DFC I got! Oh what great A-4 mission!

[zagnut]

Hey Cowboy,

 

The reason it pisses me off is that I got the MOH 2 days ago for a fighter sweep. (Seriously, not kidding, I really got it). I never recieved one of those when I was in the service.... I'd sure like to see it from time to time, even tho this is a game. :)

[fng2k]

Hi guys-

 

Well, I can tell you where all the pieces seem to be, so that's a start, right? ;)

 

The medal graphics (.bmp) themselves are within \menu\menudata.cat, along with ini files which control general aspects of how each screen is laid out.

 

btw: if you don't have SkyPat's .CAT file extractor, get it here:

http://skunkworks.free.fr/pafiledb/pafiled...tion=file&id=25

 

(And forget MSpaint, btw. Try either Paint Shop pro or Irfanview (free) for basic graphic work.)

 

Now the tricky bit:

 

I *think* our records of medals (and maybe kills, etc.) are stored in a file named \PilotData\Pilot001.plt (or 002, 003 etc.). This is a data file, so you'd need to use a hex editor to view the contents. (A.X.E. is my personal fav, but there are many.)

 

Now this is where you're on your own. I can't offer any analysis of this file because well,... I've never actually gotten a medal. (Hey, I'm geek, not a fly boy! )

 

But the real problem is: even if we parsed out how the plt file is setup, how would we display the info in it?

 

It's a good idea for a mod, though. Hope some of this lights bulbs above your heads.

 

cheers

fng

 

oh: as far a screenshots go, when you press the PrintScreen button, it also copies the current screen to the Windows clipboard. (As it does throughout Windows). The next time you do viwe the medals screen, press PrintScreen, then exit and open your graphics program. Go to Edit>Paste, save it as anything you like, and you should have your screenie.

[zagnut]

Thanks for the info, I'll give it a shot. So far from what I remember getting in the game was 1 MOH, 2 Silver Stars, 3 DFC's, and a buttload of Air Medals. It's alot of fun for me b/c I never got that stuff in real life, let alone flew fighters!

 

I was fooling around with the extractor prog, and eventually made this.

medals.doc

Edited October 25, 2003 by zagnut