left / right DDI font color

[Lenux]

Would it be possible to replace the font color of the left and right DDI ??

I'm using a mod which allows me to modify the HUD text color, and i thought, that should be possible for the DDI's, also

Thanks in advance

[Lenux]

Any ideas, guys?

[Lenux]

Thanks a million, I'll give it a try right now

 

LE : do you know, where exactly are the DDI colors ?

And by the way : when i modify some colors ( generally speaking ) i'm using Color Cop, to find out the color code

But Color Cop has only RGB - 0, 0, 0 / #000000 ( for example, black )

Here ( materials.lua ) are 4 codes, like :

 

94, 202, 0, 255

I can't find out which color is that

Thank you, again

Edited July 30, 2018 by Lenux

[Lenux]

I'll try to replace the green, with some blue color, I hope I can :)

Thank you very much

[Lenux]

I replaced the left / right DDI font color

What about the rest ( left panel and right panel ) and everything with green, inside the cockpit ?

Could you help me, please, with this location, too ?

Thank you very very much, Nikola

[Nate--IRL--]

Much Better...

 

 

Nate

[Lenux]

Could you please upload the file, Nate?

@Nikola, I'm not sure, either, if that's possible, but I hope so

Edited July 31, 2018 by Lenux

[Nate--IRL--]

Attached - you could also change the HUD, but i prefer that green.

 

Format seems to be R, G, B, Alpha I think.

 

Nate

materials.lua

[Lenux]

Thanks a million

[Scoggs]

Sweet, gotta try this. Might test out white to get that Superhornet Block II look.

[GrEaSeLiTeNiN]

Yellow might be good for the MPCD map because green blends in too well.

[DAN]

I've settled down with black lcd/white text combination. It works nice for me.

 

 

 

Do you know how to do it and have only MPCD to be white as the real Hornet.

 

 

Thanks

[Lenux]

I wish we could change the cockpit lights, also

[DAN]

Pretty nice, now that I got the white symbology I'll just need to find a way to get nice contours so it can be readable on the moving map.

[Xenovia]

I've settled down with black lcd/white text combination. It works nice for me.

 

 

How did you get the left and right displays to the black LCD?

Edited August 8, 2018 by Xenovia

[Xenovia]

I edited cockpit texture files.

 

Here it is, just unpack it and add 3 files to FA-18C-CPT-TEXTURES archive.

 

Of course, backup FA-18C-CPT-TEXTURES archive first.

 

Thanks, much appreciated :D

[Scoggs]

Thanks Nikola!

[Chuck_Henry]

Anyone want to help a fellow out and post instructions on how to create white text DDIs/AMPCD since that guy deleted all of his posts? Or did someone up at ED HQ not like that people were doing this?

[Nate--IRL--]

Open X:\DCS World\Mods\aircraft\FA-18C\Cockpit\Scripts\materials.lua - adjust the RGB values to desired colour for line 27

 

MDG_materials[MDG_SELF_IDS.LMDI]

 

Nate

[sirrah]

Did someone test these new ddi font colors in vr?

Does it noticably increase sharpness/readability?

[Doum76]

Did someone test these new ddi font colors in vr?

Does it noticably increase sharpness/readability?

 

 

 

 

I made the DDI black instead of green, on my side i found it does help a bit as it adds more contrast and i like it better, doesn'T represent Lot 20, but i like most recent ones black instead of green, as per the color, might help a bit yellowish, but for sure, it's more readable on the moving map, not 500% more, but a bit more than green. As per sharpness, i edited another .lua file that makes the text a bit thiner, less bold, so does help a bit.

[VirusAM]

I made the DDI black instead of green, on my side i found it does help a bit as it adds more contrast and i like it better, doesn'T represent Lot 20, but i like most recent ones black instead of green, as per the color, might help a bit yellowish, but for sure, it's more readable on the moving map, not 500% more, but a bit more than green. As per sharpness, i edited another .lua file that makes the text a bit thiner, less bold, so does help a bit.

 

 

 

Could you detail how did you do?

Thanks

[Drac]

I made the DDI black instead of green, on my side i found it does help a bit as it adds more contrast and i like it better, doesn'T represent Lot 20, but i like most recent ones black instead of green, as per the color, might help a bit yellowish, but for sure, it's more readable on the moving map, not 500% more, but a bit more than green. As per sharpness, i edited another .lua file that makes the text a bit thiner, less bold, so does help a bit.

 

Could you provide the details on how to edit the .lua for thinning the text and making it less bold.

Thanks

[Oryon]

Do you know how to do it and have only MPCD to be white as the real Hornet.

 

 

Thanks

in the materials.lua file, there is a portion, line 27 for LMDI

 

Below that is RMDI, and below that is HI (which is the AMPCD)

MDG_materials[MDG_SELF_IDS.LMDI] = {255, 255, 255, 255} -- MDI original

MDG_materials[MDG_SELF_IDS.RMDI] = MDG_materials[MDG_SELF_IDS.LMDI]

MDG_materials[MDG_SELF_IDS.HI] = MDG_materials[MDG_SELF_IDS.LMDI]

 

 

By Default the RMDI, and HI (AMPCD) both reference the LMDI for color. All you have to do is replace the section after the = sign (MDG_materials[MDG_SELF_IDS.LMDI] section) with your RGB color codes, and a 255...

 

Example: MDG_materials[MDG_SELF_IDS.HI] ={255, 0, 29, 255}

Will make the AMPCD text red.

You can also do the same for RMDI if you want it a separate color from the LMDI. This will allow a different color for each MDI if desired. I personally made my L and R MDIs white, and the AMPCD red. this seemed to be the best readability in VR for me... (I am still tweaking things though)

[jason_peters]

For VR I now use these edits

 

- Makes the Fonts crisper

- adds a black surround to the text on the colour display so you can see them when using the moving map

- option to change the font to a dull white

 

 

C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\FA-18C\Cockpit\Scripts\Multipurpose_Display_Group\Common\indicator\MDG_strokesDefs.lua

 

stroke_thickness = 0.9

stroke_fuzziness = 0.25

 

-- Currently is used for DMC generated fonts black outline

DMC_outline_thickness = stroke_thickness * 3.0

DMC_outline_fuzziness = stroke_fuzziness * 8.0

DMC_stroke_thickness = 1.0

DMC_stroke_fuzziness = 0.3

 

 

 

 

C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\FA-18C\Cockpit\Scripts\materials.lua

 

MDG_materials[MDG_SELF_IDS.LMDI] = {220, 220, 220, 255}