alexis99 Posted September 12, 2021 Posted September 12, 2021 I like the message bar because it tells me what ground attack weapons I've selected, but I didn't like where it was because it was writing across the instruments in the cockpit. So after ten years of fuming over it, I decided to find a new position for it. Flight Folder/Message system (You have to extract it) TextFontName=Arial TextSize=15 [MessageSystem] MaxMessages=1 MessageTime=2.0 MessageFadeTime=3.0 ;MaxMessages=25 ;MessageTime=200 ;MessageFadeTime=2.5 [MessageWindow] BackgroundImage=TextBackground.tga TopLeftPosition=0.01,0.845 BottomRightPosition=0.210,0.865 VerticalBorder=0.0015 HorizontalBorder=0.008 ;TopLeftPosition=0.2,0.2 ;BottomRightPosition=0.8,0.985 ;VerticalBorder=0.0015 ;HorizontalBorder=0.008 I removed the cockpit in the image so you can see how it neatly fits over the information box. I bet you've all done this already 8 3 Quote
Silberpfeil Posted September 12, 2021 Posted September 12, 2021 Good work! Excellent add to FE2 cockpits! 1 Quote
Wrench Posted September 12, 2021 Posted September 12, 2021 don't forget to comment out the "background tga" statement as well. Always found that annoying Quote
DoctorQuest Posted September 12, 2021 Posted September 12, 2021 Nice idea! Thank you for sharing. Quote
+GKABS Posted September 12, 2021 Posted September 12, 2021 (edited) Hi, @alexis99 I tried it but the message seems to be on top of the pilot name. Quote TextFontName=Arial TextSize=20 [MessageSystem] MaxMessages=1 MessageTime=2.0 MessageFadeTime=3.0 ;MaxMessages=25 ;MessageTime=200 ;MessageFadeTime=2.5 [MessageWindow] BackgroundImage=TextBackground.tga TopLeftPosition=0.01,0.845 BottomRightPosition=0.210,0.865 VerticalBorder=0.0015 HorizontalBorder=0.008 ;TopLeftPosition=0.2,0.2 ;BottomRightPosition=0.8,0.985 ;VerticalBorder=0.0015 ;HorizontalBorder=0.008 Edited September 12, 2021 by GKABS Quote
alexis99 Posted September 13, 2021 Author Posted September 13, 2021 GKABS These are the numbers that give height on screen TopLeftPosition=0.01,0.845 BottomRightPosition=0.210,0.865 I estimate that you would need to change them to this TopLeftPosition=0.01,0.815 BottomRightPosition=0.210,0.835 I'm running 1920x1080 screen. There's a possibility that your screen format is slightly different. But you get the principal anyway. What finally pushed me to the edge was when I was flying the Meteor in Korea, and it had a neat little flaps display gauge at the bottom of screen. Whenever I chose flap position, I couldn't see the gauge because the message bar popped up on top of it. Grrr. 1 Quote
alexis99 Posted September 13, 2021 Author Posted September 13, 2021 Silberpfeil: I notice you're using the double height message bar, which is the standard issue. I must have adjusted it some time ago to this, and forgot about it. VerticalBorder=0.0015 HorizontalBorder=0.008 Quote
+GKABS Posted September 13, 2021 Posted September 13, 2021 1 hour ago, alexis99 said: TopLeftPosition=0.01,0.815 BottomRightPosition=0.210,0.835 I'm running 1920x1080 screen. There's a possibility that your screen format is slightly different. Spot on my friend, thanks. 1 Quote
Silberpfeil Posted September 14, 2021 Posted September 14, 2021 17 hours ago, alexis99 said: I must have adjusted it some time ago to this, and forgot about it. VerticalBorder=0.0015 HorizontalBorder=0.008 Good catch, but I don't think mine has ever been changed. Since I use TextSize=12 in my Messages, to get to a single space I had to further adjust your numbers to TopLeftPosition=0.01,0.865 and BottomRightPosition=0.210, 0.885, and now it looks like this. Quote
+daddyairplanes Posted September 14, 2021 Posted September 14, 2021 i like this. i wouldnt reccomend as a ini release because everyone has seemed to need different settings to get what they want, but for those that can work an ini this is great for clearing up the bottom im set for 1920x1080, but had to set my values as follows [MessageWindow] //BackgroundImage=TextBackground.tga TopLeftPosition=0.01,0.795 BottomRightPosition=0.210,0.825 my adjustments VerticalBorder=0.0015 HorizontalBorder=0.008 also my MaxMessages was set for 8, and i left that rather than drop to 1. 3 Quote
phispooky Posted September 15, 2021 Posted September 15, 2021 Maybe add/move this to the knowledge base to be easily visible. 1 Quote
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