AH-64D IHADSS lines thickness edit

[nachomaga]

I found some IHADSS lines a bit too thick (specially in VR) and reading topics how to edit this lines in F/A-18C, I found this .lua file:

DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\Displays\DSPLS\DSPLS_Symbology.lua

There is values for Norm, Narrow and Wide thickness, I leave all in 2.0 (make a backup, just in case):

THICKNESS_NORM = 2.0
FUZZINESS_NORM = 2.0

THICKNESS_NARROW = 2.0
FUZZINESS_NARROW = 2.0

THICKNESS_WIDE = 2.0
FUZZINESS_WIDE = 2.0

I have to test in MP to check IC.

Edited April 3, 2022 by nachomaga
Moved from AH-64D forum to DCS Mods forum

[FZG_Immel]

will try. thanks

[Beirut]

Any pics of the results?

 

This sounds good.

[nachomaga]

Here you have some pictures, Beirut. The effect is less subtle in VR. First screenshot is default lines, second is edited .lua.

By the way, works in all symbologies.

Edited April 2, 2022 by nachomaga

[frostycab]

That looks much cleaner and a lot less "Atari 2600"

[nachomaga]

Hahaha. Anyway I suppose is a matter of taste. Perhaps in a screen without VR, thick lines work better.

[reinerjl]

yes ,way better . compared with CASMO'S real tapes , this tweak is a must ! Aprooved

[FZG_Immel]

works nicely. Thanks

[FZG_Immel]

Also, like in all my US jets, i change the color of the hud to something more akin to what i saw IRL and on videos.

for the AH-64 this is the line I change into the materials.lua 

 

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materials["HMD_GREEN"]                = {  3, 255, 121, 255}

 

the original is : 

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materials["HMD_GREEN"]                = {  0, 255,   0, 255}

 

BACKUP your material.lua before doing any mod

[nachomaga]

I’ll try that, thanks Immel!

[Sarge55]

Great stuff guys. Do they pass IC checks?

[nachomaga]

I did a quick flight in 4YA PvP combat server with IC on, and no problem.

[FZG_Immel]

here is how i like my HUD's and IHADSS

 

[FZG_Immel]

moving this post here makes little sense. This info belonged in the AH-64D sub forum, not here, frankly

[Bracketman]

Hi guys, just wondering if anyone knows is there is anything in the .lua to change the vertical position of the IHADDS unit, since it's almost an inch or two too high in my VR unit? In the Black Shark there is an option to move the eye piece down within the game itself, though I'm not sure if there is a workaround for this (for the Apache).

[Katalan]

@nachomaga What would be the values for the .lua to get that thinner lines? i always feel the same: objects hide behind thin lines.

[frostycab]

I’ve set mine 1.5 for vr. Looks great. 

[nachomaga]

It’s in the first post, there are three types of lines, the default value for the wider ones is 5.0, I believe, I put 2.0.

You can try thinner, like frostycab says.

[Chump]

On 4/2/2022 at 4:28 PM, FZG_Immel said:

here is how i like my HUD's and IHADSS

What values do you use to achieve such thin lines? 1.0?

[frostycab]

1.5 is quite thin in VR. I wouldn't want to go any lower personally.

[FZG_Immel]

On 4/3/2022 at 10:07 PM, Chump said:

What values do you use to achieve such thin lines? 1.0?

thats 2, but with my change of color

[Belphe]

On 4/2/2022 at 12:06 PM, nachomaga said:

I found some IHADSS lines a bit too thick (specially in VR) and reading topics how to edit this lines in F/A-18C, I found this .lua file:

DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\Displays\DSPLS\DSPLS_Symbology.lua

There is values for Norm, Narrow and Wide thickness, I leave all in 2.0 (make a backup, just in case):

THICKNESS_NORM = 2.0
FUZZINESS_NORM = 2.0

THICKNESS_NARROW = 2.0
FUZZINESS_NARROW = 2.0

THICKNESS_WIDE = 2.0
FUZZINESS_WIDE = 2.0

I have to test in MP to check IC.

 

Amazing find - was looking for it myself. Any idea how to make the heading tape and letters thinner?

PS. A simple "HUD/HMD thickness" slider in the Special Options for each Aircraft would fix the whole issue. One can hope...

[nachomaga]

18 hours ago, Belphe said:

Amazing find - was looking for it myself. Any idea how to make the heading tape and letters thinner?

PS. A simple "HUD/HMD thickness" slider in the Special Options for each Aircraft would fix the whole issue. One can hope...

There is other values in the lua file, but didn’t try. And yes, slider in Special Options would be nice to have.

[Mainstay]

ED can you please make a slider for the F-16, F-18 and for the AH-64D where we can change the thickness of these lines in the game options? Standard setting are way to thick...

[Hobel]

does the mod still go through the IC?