Stop the crosshair from turning red?

[CaptAubrey]

Is is possible to stop the yellow crosshair from turing red when the enemy is in range? I prefer the crosshair to stay yellow and not indicate anything.

Hope its possible! Thx and happy sailing <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="onya.gif" />

 

[Sirus_Darke]

It certainly is possible to do it and pretty easy too.

In the PROGRAMSEA_AI folder you will find a file called AICameras.c

Open this file up in Notepad and search for the following lines:
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Crosshair.Colors.Default = argb(0, 255, 255, 255);
Crosshair.Colors.Enemy = argb(0, 255, 0, 0);
Crosshair.Colors.Friend = argb(0, 0, 255, 0);
Crosshair.Colors.Neutral = argb(0, 128, 128, 128);<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

All you have to do is change the Crosshair.Colors.Enemy entry to:
Crosshair.Colors.Enemy = argb(0, 255, 255, 255);

Obviously you can change the colours for the friendly ships (green as default) and neutral (grey) to match whatever you want.

 

[CaptAubrey]

Thx Sirus_Darke for your reply, this will certainly help. However, how can I also prevent the crosshair from blinking when the target is in range?

I find it very challenging to get the 'feeling' for the different calibre cannons without the assistance of a program.

Is it possible to shoot only ONE cannon i.e. to get the range before commencing fire?

 

[Sirus_Darke]

I'm fairly sure that it isn't possible to fire just one cannon as that is probably in the game engine and we can't modify that at all.

I'm not sure where the code is that stops the crosshair from flashing is. There is a small possibility that this is also in the game engine, if so then this can't be changed.

 

[CatalinaThePirate]

You can always turn and use your bow cannon or your sternchasers to gauge your shot, and turn to make your broadside. That's about the only way I can think of to shoot less than your whole compliment of cannon...

 

[skull]

If ye can spit far enuff,ye can gauge yer distance 'at way <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="yes.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />