AT GUI Pack

[Scruffy]

Aloha

Since OA came around my pack didn't work anymore. Gladly most stuff was done by kju already, so no update was needed from me. The other stuff should now be working again.


AT_GUI_OA v1.0 includes:

• at_gui_OA_cursor - Removes weapon cursors even if the server has them enabled

• at_gui_OA_fov_aim - Changes the FOV when aiming to the same value when not aiming -> no zooming just because you look through your crayontech
  • Before unaimed - Before aimed
    After unaimed - After aimed

• at_gui_OA_fov_vehicle - Increases the FOV in vehicles a bit

Optional:

• at_gui_OA_fov_aim_ANZINS - Also changes the FOV for the backup sights from ANZINS_Weapons. Must have addon: Use it!

Required Addons:
Only Operation Arrowhead, but:
You should be using PROPER addons in addition to this. They can increase compass size, remove the hand cursor, move actions over the action menu, remove peripheral blobs and many things more.
Also you obviously need ANZINS_Weapons when using the optional file.


Known bugs and issues:
- The stupid "shuddering" is still there and I still have no idea why.
- Untested in standalone OA so far
- _cursor and _vehicle are mostly untested so far, probably miss a few things


Credits and Thanks:
BIS - for the games that keep me occupied since 2001
kju - All the PROPER stuff that saves me from having to do even more work
rg7621 - for TrueView, which I missed in A2 so I started doing this
Defunkt - For adding the new OA features to other weapons
ArmedAssault.info - ReadMe Generator
Name - For having no BAS


Download OA Version


Changelog:
1.0: Initial release for OA



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Old version below, only for Arma 2 without expansion!
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Here is version 1.4 of my GUI pack for Arma 2, now including:

• at_gui_chat (obsolete, see above)
  Moves chat window and text a bit down on the screen, updated because of patch 1.03.
  Before - After
• at_gui_compass
  Increases the size of the compass, now also on the map screen. For everyone with gui size ingame set to very small.
  Before (ingame) - After (ingame)
  Before (map) - After (map)
• at_gui_cursor
  Removes most weapon cursors, so you can play without them even if the server has them activated.
  Before - After
• at_gui_fov_aim
  Changes aimed FOV to standard FOV, so no more zoom when getting sights up.
  Before unaimed - Before aimed
  After unaimed - After aimed
• at_gui_fov_vehicle
  Changes FOV in cars, less zoom now.
  Before (driver) - After (driver)
  Before (cargo) - After (cargo)
  Note: Does not work for driver when using VopSound!
• at_gui_peripheral
  Removes the blob friend/enemy markers and the ones on the edge of the screen so you can play on a server that has them activated without your screen blinking like a christmas tree.
  Before - Before 2 - After

The whole packet is not even 7 KB big and you can choose which parts you want to use.

EDIT: Recommended Addons
1) My chat fix isn't done properly for all screen sizes/aspect ratios, it works fine with 16:10 and on GUI size "very small". Should be obsolete with 1.05 and higher anyway. Better use Deadfast's chat position fix instead which should work with all screens.
2) In addition to my pack look at the PROPER projects addons from kju, for example removing the hand cursor and moving the action icons/text above the action menu were on my to-do list, but now I will not make another version and use these myself. There are many other PROPER addons you might find useful.
3) If you want to change the FOV even more, not just even out aimed/unaimed and vehicles, wait for BC6feeling.


Download Arma 2 version


Known bugs:
- The _fov_aim addon has the proper FOV, but sometimes the transition is still strange and the whole screen "shudders". See this youtube video, it's totally random when this happens.
I tried around with different things but never got rid of it.
- The _cursor addon has some weapon cursors still there, for example HMMWV GL/TOW and I guess all vehicles with GL or rockets.


Changelog:
1.4: changed chat for patch 1.03
1.3: fixed cursor, updated chat for patch 1.02
1.2: second release, added fov_vehicle, updated compass
1.1: added fov_aim and chat, fixed peripheral
1.0: first release including cursor, peripheral and compass

Thanks again everyone for suggestions and kind words.
Visit www.armed-tactics.de for more of our stuff.

[Binkowski]

Thanks for this Scruffy, I can actually read the bearings on the compass now!

[NeoArmageddon]

Great work, Scruf.

BTW: OMG! You released an addon!!!

[Foxhound]

Release frontpaged at the Armaholic homepage.


AT GUI Pack

[Dr.Pulp]

Nice one thx!
Can u enlarge the compass on the map too? That would be nice!

[kju]

good job

[Miller]

Thanks Scruffy

ArmA2Base.de Mirror:

AT GUI Pack by Scruffy

Kind regards
Miller

[bravo 6]

Great! There is someone already working on these Very useful changes. Thank you & keep it up.
But could they be even better and useful as a whole (complete) pack?


I have a couple of questions that you can maybe answer and solve them in this awesome GUI pack:

• Are these changes in separated .pbo's, so people can disable or not what they want, like in Truemods?

• Is the general field of view (FOV) acceptable in ArmA2? Do we need another Trueview mod like we had in ArmA1?

• Could this GUI pack also shrink the bottom left icons that we can see in the picture into this modded one?

Thank you for your attention and keep it up with the great and useful job, these will be very appreciated by a lot of people.

[NoBF2boy]

Hmm, lets see:

• the compass size is increased when you choose a different UI scale setting in the graphic options
• even though you join a novice server, you can set your preferences in the difficulty menu (you can disable the blobs in every difficulty setting)

Does your mod only change the size of the compass if you have "extra small" UI settings?

And while we are at it, did you find the chat bar config file? Its very small in the lowest UI scale setting.

[*Alex72*]

@Bravo6
About TrueView (super addon btw) Its not needed anymore in ARMA2. ARMA2 basically have the same turn rate. I think you cant look exactlly straight up though, but damn close. You can look over your shoulder backwards however. I felt the ARMA2 lookaround was perfect. Didnt test for long but it was something i wanted to see as well and i felt it did what it should.

Great little addon btw! Good job.

Alex