Death (Kill) Message GUI fix

twiliteblue

<div class="IPBDescription">A quick fix for the Commander (& NS2HD)</div>If anyone has been playing or watching NS2 from the commander perspective, you would have noticed that the "Log out" button covers top part of the Death Message GUi, sometimes obscuring the victims of the kill.

Here is a quick fix that shifts the kill message log downward.

In GUIDeathMessages.lua, after line 16:
<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->GUIDeathMessages.kScreenOffset = 16<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->
Insert a new line:
<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->GUIDeathMessages.kScreenOffsetY = 64  //new code; you may increase this number if the kill message location is still too high up<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->

and at line 64 (after the above change), change this line:
<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->currentPosition.y = GUIDeathMessages.kScreenOffset + (GUIDeathMessages.kBackgroundHeight * (i - 1))<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->
into:
<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->currentPosition.y = GUIDeathMessages.kScreenOffset + (GUIDeathMessages.kBackgroundHeight * (i - 1)) + GUIDeathMessages.kScreenOffsetY<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->

There you go! Here is the replacement lua file you can put into your "Steam\steamapps\common\natural selection 2\ns2\lua" folder: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?lmxsqyxj0d9esi5" target="_blank">GUIDeathMessages.lua</a>

Flayra

Thanks. I'll test this a bit and add it to the build if it works well.

Quovatis

Nice. Always annoying to not see what happened as commander.

Kouji_San

I just got a image in mah head of a deaf and old commander :P


Marine: We need medkits!

Commander: SAY WHAT SONNY, SPEAK UP WILL YA!!!

Asraniel

is this shifting only active when in commander mode? otherwise it would look wierd

BJHBnade_spammer

now we need a fix for the chat and help/tooltips overlaping

Quovatis

<!--quoteo(post=1869605:date=Aug 17 2011, 06:16 AM:name=BJHBnade_spammer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BJHBnade_spammer @ Aug 17 2011, 06:16 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1869605"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->now we need a fix for the chat and help/tooltips overlaping<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Better yet, a way to disable tooltips.

MurphyIdiot

Thanks twiliteblue. I moved them a bit to the left when the player is a commander instead of down and made it so it switches depending on if the player is a commander or normal player.

twiliteblue

Thanks for the quick responses! That's why I love you guys at UWE. :)