HUD problem

[zxrex 0]

I've downloaded the F5F from FAST CARGO and I'm having a problem with the HUD. It has 3 vertical white blocks on it. I'm not seeing this on the other planes I've been flying. I've attached a screenshot. Any one have any ideas?

 

zxrex

[Silverbolt 104]

dude, it seem you got something corrupted, have u tried to d/l again and replace?

[zxrex 0]

I'll give that a try tonight when I get home from work. Thanks

[+Gepard 11,298]

I think you have not all files that are neccessary for he working HUD.

[ShrikeHawk 384]

It looks to me like the alpha-channel in the .tga file is either missing or non-functional. So you've probably got a corrupted file. Best to download again and replace the cockpit files.

 

OR

 

I imagine those boxes represent the altitude ladder and the gunsight. You could try replacing them with ones from another aircraft.

[Caesar 305]

I've got the same problem. Tried to redownload it, but to no avail. I'm looking around in the avionics.ini to see if I can't find what those parts are named.

[ezlead 42]

Look in cockpit/HUD file and see what size the TGA's or BMP's are.

My machine will only read a tga or bmp if it a base 16 size

(32x32,64x64,128x128,256x256 all the way to 2048 or higher or 128x?,256x?,1024x?,etc) If it is 100x?, 200x?, 400x? I get the white rectangles just like your showing. Same thing for decals and numbers.

You will need a program to change the size of these tga's/bmp's.

I use Paintshop Pro.

[zxrex 0]

I've tried reloading it. Same vertical bars in the HUD. I guess I'll try ez's idea next. Thanks for the replies

[FastCargo 412]

Actually folks, none of the solutions mentioned will work. I've figured out the problem...expect a new upload in the next few days.

 

Until then, find the F-5FFRONT_DATA.INI in the F-5F directory, go inside it and look for the [AircraftData] section, and substitute the entire entry there with this:

 

[AircraftData]

DestroyedModel=F-5F_Destroyed.LOD

DestroyedEffect=VehicleFireEffect

EmptyMass=4410.0

EmptyInertia=43106.59,3770.14,46876.72

ReferenceArea=17.30

ReferenceSpan=8.13

ReferenceLength=14.45

ReferenceChord=2.90

CGPosition=0.00,0.00,0.00

Component[001]=EngineBox

Component[002]=NoseSection

Component[003]=LeftWing

Component[004]=RightWing

Component[005]=LeftOuterWing

Component[006]=RightOuterWing

Component[007]=LeftStab

Component[008]=RightStab

Component[009]=VertTail

Component[010]=FrontSection

Component[011]=RearControls

Component[012]=HideSightPlane

 

[HideSightPlane]

ParentComponentName=FakeFuselage

ModelNodeName=SightPlane

DestroyedNodeName=SightPlane

DetachWhenDestroyed=TRUE

HasAeroCoefficients=FALSE

 

Save the data.ini. That should fix the issue.

 

FC

Edited October 13, 2009 by FastCargo

[Caesar 305]

Just applied the fix. Thanks, FC!