Contains fix for truncated radio rearm menus. (menu.res - [fixed])

[cichlidfan]

Thanks! - I think I will Include it as 4th option...

named "4. Crippled eyes? nearly deaf? This is for you!"

:megalol::smilewink:

 

Go ahead and laugh, remember this when you cross the 50 line yourself!!:D

 

Really, the biggest pain is that I really should switch glasses when I am on the computer, for any reason. I wear progressives all the time but they are not so good with a large monitor.

 

Anyway, here are your shots. For reference purposes I got them to be close matches and they are approximately 1/4 of my entire screen (the upper left quadrant obviously). You will note that both are quite readable but when I am at altitude and the background is a lot lighter, and less blue, the extra boldness of the letters really makes a difference. I am not sure how the fonts scale with resolution but on my screen really does not take up that much more space.

 

Before:

 

After

 

 

Thanks again and I owe you more rep than it will let me give you!!:thumbup::thumbup:

[PeterP]

Many thanks for the pictures - now I can see your trouble!

remember this when you cross the 50 line yourself!!

Good bless - I'm 34 and I have 180% see strength up to now -last measured from a doctor employed from my company - so I thing its right - but still believing that he subtracts 20% anyway to give my comp. a reason for being fired...

 

I use a semi-Th setup (using 6screens with one TH2go together with softth).

So I have a absolute other experience when looking at the screen! -Thanks - I will include your pictures in the update!

Edited July 11, 2011 by PeterP

[Tacbat]

I don't see this line in the 1.1.0.9 version of the CommandMenu.lua file:

 

menuItemMaxLength

 

1) Unlock the maximum string length:

within ...Games\DCS A-10C\Scripts\UI\CommandMenu.lua, search for and change local menuItemMaxLength from 26 to 100; this is the cutoff length where it uses (...)

 

So, how do you increase the length of the menu text? I was able to shift the text to the left of the screen via the menu.res file, but some of the rearm options are still cut off.

[Pegaso69]

Help with 1.0.0.9, with this patch i cannot find in the file the string:

 

menuItemMaxLength

 

where's now this string in the 1.0.0.9?

 

thanx

[Druid_]

I've trawled through god knows how many files looking to solve the weapons menu truncation. All I manged to find was the lua code that adds the "..." at the end but no stringlength constant.

 

Anyone else, any ideas?

[MadTommy]

Bump.. anyone?

[Tacbat]

Bueller?

[PeterP]

Sorry to be no much help in this.

 

Since the 1.1.0.9 version the line in the CommandMenu.lua that made the rearm menu fully appear is missing/not functional.

 

 

I discovered that since 1.1.0.9 it highly depends on the resolution you are using in-game if you see the full rearm menu.

 

I usually fly at a res of 3840x1712 (and of course using my Mod) and can see it fine - and it appears like in the attached screenie in the Download... But when I use a horizontal res lower than ~ 1600 I also can't see the full rearm line any-more and it is clipped off by dots at the end.

 

 

Will have a deep look in the holidays for a workaround.

 

So I would like to ask you which resolution you are running and if you use this Mod: http://files.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/84648/ - so I could collect enough data to debug this.

 

I wanted anyway rework the given info in the download to bring it up-to-date for DCS 1.1.1.1 .

Edited December 18, 2011 by PeterP

[Tacbat]

I'm running a screen res of 3840 x 1024, without the mod.

[PeterP]

So why not try this download and use it ?!

Drag/Drop and Click-able Radio Communication menu

 

Please read the readme and make a Backup(!) as this is not fully tested in 1.1.1.1 - as I wrote - I will rework this mod in the holidays.

 

But It seems to be working the same as in 1.1.0.9 with 1.1.1.1

 

 

Attached is a screenshot running 3840x1024 and the "Drag-Drop-Click tweaked layout" - so you can see that the whole rearm menu is visible !

Edited December 18, 2011 by PeterP

[Tacbat]

Thanks PeterP, I'll check it out. I knew there had to be someone out there smart enough to fix this. Maybe ED will take note.