Posts by Diablo

there has to be a way to make ppl start trading... it's practically like SP atm
dynamic economy is our air and we can't breathe without air

Just back from trying 1600x900 cameras setup, and found out that
[CockpitCamera]
fovx = 70
znear = 2.000000

[ThirdPersonCamera]
fovx = 70

[DeathCamera]
fovx = 70

in cameras.ini

fits perfectly with HUD

Will do a few more different setup test and report the results

EDIT: Here are two nice pictures with this setup of cameras

and

yes, and 1 more known issue with opening CF1.8 once its downloaded is some permission denying... if you experience that sort of a problem please google up the text and you should able to fix it, I dont remember the exact file name but I did have the problem on windows XP in case someone still runs it

thanks for the camera correction, Heaven

now, about my calculations ( i dont wanna seem like playing all smart and everything) so heres what i did:

on one side we have the original values f.e. 0.040000 and on the other side is the values from Black's thread f.e. 0.030000 (notice to always have 6 figures behind the "0.")

Black's res was 1600x1050 and I needed 1600x900
Now, since the values are 99-100% only concerned with object and text height position, and since both numbers are 1600, I only needed to compare 1050 and 900 because they are height values of your resolution (simple division) and got 1.6666666667, meaning I had to decrease my values 1,666666667 times less than Black

So, all you do is go over each of the values and do like this:

example: 0.040000 - 0.030000 = 0.010000
0.010000 / 1.666667 = 0.006000

Ok, now we know how much we have to decrease to get it right on 1600x900, by 0.006

All left to do is:
0.040000 - 0.006000 = 0.034000

And if my math is not wrong that should be it, not that difficult, at least when you have 1600xABC resolution
I believe other resolutions can also be solved with mathematics, but I'm not that good anymore (last time I used math seriously was uff a long time ago)

As you go over each of the numbers you will notice a pattern and will be able to do it in 5 mins (all of the font values)

NOTE: I have only proven this work on FONTS so far, about cameras, hmm, only 3 values, you might as well experiment with that one

Hope this helps at least one person (More than enough)

If you see all messed up dont worry, make sure you are docked somewhere and you only need to launch to space and it should all be ok (at least with 1600xABC resolutions as I said)

Use this to help you out as you do the calculations

http://www.metacalc.com/

EDIT: Heaven, I tried your fixed calculations for cameras and here is how it looked

If that is indeed a problem, then downloading with some other search engine might do the job... I know I had problems with IE but was downloading OK with Mozilla Firefox and Opera

Quote from Shockwave

First, welcome back!

No, CF1.8 is compatible with Windows 7, we have users running it on various versions of that OS. Maybe an error occured during download that made your file corrupt.

thats ok

i tested fonts using mathematic calculations and this is what i got:

these are the values:

[TrueType]
nickname = ButtonText
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.035400

[TrueType]
nickname = PageHeader
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.035400

[TrueType]
nickname = SubHeader
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.035400

[TrueType]
nickname = ItemName
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.029000

[TrueType]
nickname = ListText
font = Arial Unicode MS
fixed_height = 0.024000

[TrueType]
nickname = ToolTip
font = Arial Unicode MS
fixed_height = 0.027000

[TrueType]
nickname = Rollover
font = Arial Unicode MS
fixed_height = 0.023000

[TrueType]
nickname = HudSmall
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.027000

[TrueType]
nickname = MissionObjective
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.047400

[TrueType]
nickname = Normal
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.030500

[TrueType]
nickname = NewsMission
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.027000

[TrueType]
nickname = NewsTicker
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.039000

[TrueType]
nickname = PlayerName
font = Arial Unicode MS
fixed_height = 0.022000

[TrueType]
nickname = TradePlayerName
font = Arial Unicode MS
fixed_height = 0.022000

[TrueType]
nickname = DebugText
font = FixedSys
fixed_height = 0.027000

[TrueType]
nickname = ConfirmPlayerText
font = Arial Unicode MS
fixed_height = 0.031000

[TrueType]
nickname = ConfirmText
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.031000

[TrueType]
nickname = NavMap1600
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.015000

[TrueType]
nickname = NavMap1024
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.021600

[TrueType]
nickname = NavMap1280
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.019800

[TrueType]
nickname = NavMap800
font = Agency FB
fixed_height = 0.024800

I did notice the ship seems closer (I can barely see the rear end of Lagg, and with Soulforge I barely see after the ships' middle towards it's rear) than usual and bigger... is that normal for a big resolution or?

well mate, that model isn't available in my country, actually, no ASUS with i5 is available here, only i3 (like mine) and i7 (too expensive), and they were all either 15,6''s or 17,3''s so I took the bigger one

BTW: Why won't Freelancer recognise my video card? Now I can't run anything higher than 1024x768 from CF menu
I installed the driver and the Windows detected it nicely... anyone knows the answer?

yeah, i3 350m 2,26ghz, 4gb ddr3, hd 5730 1gb, HDD 500gb, N71Ja model 17,3''

eventually found some extra cash to buy this one

Spiky did you notice that most new ASUS notebooks (like N71 series) only run on Windows7, I tried XP it didn't support any drivers couldn't even connect to the Internet hihi

let's suppose I am a noob...
Ok I get the first two file changes, but the rest... adjusting HUD and fonts OMG
anyone skilled in this area to help out?

resolution I want is 1600x900 (all my games and my desktop run this so it's not like I'm gonna be changing it every now and then)

I bought a new laptop that can run any game smoothly with 1600x900 (HD 5730 1GB)

I am interest in finding out how to run CF on that resolution

Thank You in advance for your help

no man, I did not ask for a link to be posted but to send me a PM if anyone knew
anyways I found a DVD with 64-bit version and running smoothly

plus, am I a pirate or am I not?

Since I couldn't 've come up with a better thread title than this one, I'll just post it here...
I need a good link for win7 32 ad 64-bit version torrents (Yesterday I found out that my new extra notebook's drivers support only win7 lol)
PM would be a good way to do it,

Thanks

here's the laptop's series (the specs are listed if you scroll a bit down):

http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=RDXLBhVczhtgIywo

Anyone else seeing this? Server locked^^

Am I missing some work-on-server notice or what?

even a Lagg 8300 hull with only 3 guns is more than enough to handle a group of Ancients (and i'm known as a lousy gunner so^^)

when picking your gun weapons, make sure to have all weapons having the same projectile speed (and possibly range but not required), otherwise you will probably only shoot your enemy with the guns that have the highest speed

Quote from SWAT_OP-R8R

Joining the multiplayer is for sure worth it because you can learn how to fight even better and playing with others is even more fun as there are very cool personalities on the server.

Thanks, OP

and you can also be a freelancer and be at war with almost everyone (trust me :P)