Ns 2.0 Crosshairs

AnimosityAnimosity Join Date: 2003-01-03 Member: 11768Members
<div class="IPBDescription">after seeing the trailer</div> is it just me or are the xhairs a bit huge ?? i mean seriously come on , who wants some giant blue circle of doom obscuring your screen. Admittedly some people may like it, ive seen some custom xhairs with like super huge giant circles and if that kinda thing floats yer boat then fine, but for me nono. personally (some call me crazy) i like the current crosshair. its fine, small and generally contrasting (although i would like my old ever-changing cs xhair back). So, would there be a way to use the current 1.04 xhair in 2.0 ??
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  • TorgoTorgo Join Date: 2002-12-30 Member: 11626Members
    They give you a nice, high quality trailer and all you can do is complain? Stop whining!
  • ghamgham United Kingdom Join Date: 2003-05-01 Member: 15991Members
    I'm with Anim on this, I'm quite fussy about crosshairs and I didn't like the look of them too much but hey you can't please everyone and who knows I might grow to like them.

    And Torgo, he's creating a discussion, not moaning.

    And yeah I'd imagine taking the old sprite files from 1.04 and replacing them would work.
  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    AFAIK crosshair sprites are not included in file consistency checks, so modify all you want.
  • Jeb_RadecJeb_Radec Join Date: 2002-08-09 Member: 1128Members
    Lets leave it at this, FLay and the rest of the PTs and Vets haven't to my knowledge even mentioned the x-hairs obscuring their LOS so i have to trust in their decision and wait till I play to see if they really do obscure my view.
  • DreadDread Join Date: 2002-07-24 Member: 993Members
    Personally I <3 the new crosshairs. They are so awesome looking.
  • AnimosityAnimosity Join Date: 2003-01-03 Member: 11768Members
    they may like huge cartoon crosshairs. but those that like to be able to see what theyre aiming at. as long as we can stick to the current xhair im happy <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • esunaesuna Rock Bottom Join Date: 2003-04-03 Member: 15175Members, Constellation
    As far as i saw the footage appeared to have been captured in a low resolution so the crosshairs would seem big. I could be wrong though.
  • AnimosityAnimosity Join Date: 2003-01-03 Member: 11768Members
    very true esuna, i should imagine the "hi-res" version would be in 800 600 , in which case the xhairs might be a bit nicer on 1024 768. but anyway, its all down to personal opinion and preferance and, personally i love minimalistic screens (the only thing i have on my desktop is the recycle bin (cos i dunno how to get rid of it)).
  • esunaesuna Rock Bottom Join Date: 2003-04-03 Member: 15175Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Animosity+Jul 27 2003, 11:41 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Animosity @ Jul 27 2003, 11:41 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> very true esuna, i should imagine the "hi-res" version would be in 800 600 , in which case the xhairs might be a bit nicer on 1024 768. but anyway, its all down to personal opinion and preferance and, personally i love minimalistic screens (the only thing i have on my desktop is the recycle bin (cos i dunno how to get rid of it)). <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Ditto. I can't imagine why anyone would play NS in that resolution. Look at the size of the kill messages.

    I figure in 1024x768 everything will look fine.
  • Link1Link1 Join Date: 2003-03-15 Member: 14532Members
    i'm personally a fan of small crosshairs, but as g said, I too might grow to like them.
  • regisregis Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10580Members
    the xhairs are not quite as large as they seem on the trailer. here's why:

    almost all of the first person shots were filmed within HLTV, therefore it shows the spectator xhair (a small white star looking xhair) instead of the norm. It looked dumb with the star xhair, and I didn't want people getting the impression that this star xhair was official. So i had to embed the normal xhairs over it, and i guess i didn't resize it quite right to its normal size.
  • LazerLazer Join Date: 2003-03-11 Member: 14406Members, Contributor, Constellation, NS2 Playtester
    Everyone, before you actually complain about the crosshairs try them first. I've talked to people about them and they said that the crosshairs are quite transparent around the outsides and this allows you to see where the recoil is going while keeping the center of the crosshair on the alien. They are supposed to be really nice, and I heard that some of the vets are using red variants instead of blue and liking those too. If it makes people happy, the day the game comes out I'll take the xhairs and make red variants for everyone.
  • eggmaceggmac Join Date: 2003-03-03 Member: 14246Members
    edited July 2003
    Most of the vets have taken the old 1.04 crosshairs back. Believe me, your aim gets dramatically worse with the new ones at the begining. They look cool but obscre the sight too much imo.

    Oh and you can easily do so by copying the old .txt files from the sprite folder which are named weapon_***.txt
  • WitherWither A Bugged Life Join Date: 2002-12-24 Member: 11513Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation
  • laggerlagger Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1805Members
    Some like them some dont, its really just personal preference. There is no penalty in changing your crossheirs.
  • SirusSirus Join Date: 2002-11-13 Member: 8466Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    Let yourself get used to them and they become helpful more than just something that obscures your screen.
  • DaxxDaxx Join Date: 2002-04-16 Member: 460Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    It's really quite easy to modify crosshairs, I've modded up all mine in the game right now. I personally find the default half life crosshairs hidious and hard to see <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    I'll try the new ones (I like how the LMG looks) but you can always change.
  • Lt_HendricksonLt_Hendrickson Join Date: 2003-03-21 Member: 14761Members
    I want them to bring the dod 2.0 crosshair back. But this isnt dod. But dam, that was the greatest crosshair ever once i got used to it.
  • Young_TrotskyYoung_Trotsky Join Date: 2003-01-14 Member: 12285Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--lolfighter+Jul 27 2003, 05:29 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (lolfighter @ Jul 27 2003, 05:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> AFAIK crosshair sprites are not included in file consistency checks, so modify all you want. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    This is true, consistency also still allows to replace your muzzleflash sprites with the crosshair sprite making them effectively invisible <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> Not that I'd know about that of course, ahem.
  • BeastBeast Armonkyi Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15731Members, Constellation
    edited July 2003
    They look excessivily cool, I look forward to using them ^-^ <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
    And Yes, they probably are from a low resolution; hense they will seem very big on low resolution.
  • MisfireMisfire Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5764Members
    the crosshairs are huge because the trailer was the game in lower resolution, if u play at above 800x600 the crosshairs should then be about the same size as 1.04's
  • IceIce Join Date: 2003-03-29 Member: 15008Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Misfire+Jul 27 2003, 03:06 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Misfire @ Jul 27 2003, 03:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> the crosshairs are huge because the trailer was the game in lower resolution, if u play at above 800x600 the crosshairs should then be about the same size as 1.04's <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I couldn't play at 800x600, my eyes would start to bleed or something. The menu is bad enough. So I don't think I'll be having any trouble with the crosshairs with 1600x1200. And I can always replace them with the old one, like someone said above. Many times <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • Brad_RBrad_R pandas | brad Join Date: 2002-11-12 Member: 8273Members, Constellation
    just back up your 1.04 xhair sprites before you install 2.0
    end of problem.
  • criticaIcriticaI Join Date: 2003-04-07 Member: 15269Banned, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Jeb_Radec+Jul 27 2003, 12:36 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jeb_Radec @ Jul 27 2003, 12:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Lets leave it at this, FLay and the rest of the PTs and Vets haven't to my knowledge even mentioned the x-hairs obscuring their LOS so i have to trust in their decision and wait till I play to see if they really do obscure my view. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Actually, we complained alot about the crosshairs. They've been sized down and made more transparent.
  • JoltGrisJoltGris Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11143Members
    I like the new GL crosshair, it's big but sexeh
  • Brad_RBrad_R pandas | brad Join Date: 2002-11-12 Member: 8273Members, Constellation
    new GL xhair is cool. the rest are a toss up, some love em, some dont. thats why sprites are customizable <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • XodlikeXodlike Join Date: 2003-06-03 Member: 16985Members
    **ALL PROGRAMS CAN BE FOUND AT VALVE-ERC.COM**

    for those of u who would like to change the xhairs i will say how,get the following programs spritewizard and sprview with those in mind go to a good paint program and draw up your crosshair however the hell u want to and save it as a 256 color bmp file now go to sprite wizard and find your bmp file and save it as a sprite in ns/sprites folder you can give it whatever filename you want but its ezer to manage it if you save it as something ez to remember like crosshair.spr,now with that done go to sprview and check out how it looks,if it looks fine on to the next step.

    Go your ns/sprites folder and find the notepad file of the gun you want to give the crosshair to for example if u wanted to only change the lmg crosshair you would put the name of your file E.G. i made mine C.H. so if i wanted to i would change the lines where is said crosshair to C.H. DO NOT DELETE THE NUMBERS 640 or 320 THEY ARE CRUCIAL ALSO MAKE SURE U HAVE PROPER SPACING AND ALL THE NUMBERS ARE THE SAME BECAUSE IN 2.0 THEY WILL PROBOBLY CHANGE ALSO DO NOT PUT .spr INTO THE FILE.save the file and go into the game....If u wanted this crosshair u gotta do alot of editing...
  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Welp, I haven't touched them. I think they're quite handy for gauging spread. Pistol is quite nice, too.
  • XodlikeXodlike Join Date: 2003-06-03 Member: 16985Members
    **ALL PROGRAMS CAN BE FOUND AT VALVE-ERC.COM**

    for those of u who would like to change the xhairs i will say how,get the following programs spritewizard and sprview with those in mind go to a good paint program and draw up your crosshair however the hell u want to and save it as a 256 color bmp file now go to sprite wizard and find your bmp file and save it as a sprite in ns/sprites folder you can give it whatever filename you want but its ezer to manage it if you save it as something ez to remember like crosshair.spr,now with that done go to sprview and check out how it looks,if it looks fine on to the next step.

    Go your ns/sprites folder and find the notepad file of the gun you want to give the crosshair to for example if u wanted to only change the lmg crosshair you would put the name of your file E.G. i made mine C.H. so if i wanted to i would change the lines where is said crosshair to C.H. DO NOT DELETE THE NUMBERS 640 or 320 THEY ARE CRUCIAL ALSO MAKE SURE U HAVE PROPER SPACING AND ALL THE NUMBERS ARE THE SAME BECAUSE IN 2.0 THEY WILL PROBOBLY CHANGE ALSO DO NOT PUT .spr INTO THE FILE.save the file and go into the game....If u wanted this crosshair u gotta do alot of editing...
  • StriderStrider Join Date: 2003-05-04 Member: 16056Members
    i think they look fine
    i run ns at 1600x800 in direct3d and the HL-default crosshairs look like 3 tiny pixels
    so for me the new crosshairs will be perfect
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