Hud fix

[Ryan B]

I'm playing this game in widescreen on a 16:9 monitor and the hud looks trash. The higher the resolution is, the smaller it makes the fonts, and the hud elements are in the wrong spots and overlapping over each other. By the way, I don't hear anyone talk about this, but for some reason, the font on the hud isn't like the one that's used on every other version of the game. I don't think this was done by choice because the font is just really generic and it makes me think there was an error and it just defaulted to this. It's a minor issue, but it kinda bothers me, so if there are any fixes or anything that would recommend, I'd like to know. I'm currently using the hud on the newest 1.3 patch and it's not that bad, it works fine, but I prefer the one on the console versions.

[AnthonyBF2]

You can also edit ifs_pc_spawnselect.lua and change the size / locations of elements in the spawn screen, so that they aren't overlapping the radar or other HUD elements such as the objective text box.

Some of the stuff I was able to change was the size and location of the spawn button, the character information boxes, and the team icon that appears above the character model.

After you prepare a new copy of ifs_pc_spawnselect, you can get this ingame by putting "ifs_pc_spawnselect" under "script" in your mission.req and then the game will load yours and ignore the original script.

You cannot edit stuff like max characters, that's hard wired inside the game's exe.

[|)in-d1n]

I know about this file and what it changes, but for some reason I forgot to touch it when developed the HUD. Thank you for reminding. I have a question, do you know how to remove 'List of Profiles' block that appears at the bottom of the units list when unit count for side is 10? And so there is no way to scale character preview model?

[AnthonyBF2]

list of profiles comes from the game's exe, or at least I was never able to remove it

[Chief]

Originally posted by AnthonyBF2:

You must have done it wrong.

Open ingame.lvl in any hex editor, use the find and replace function to replace all instances of gamefont_small with gamefont_large, that's it, save changes and play. I don't understand how someone would screw that up.

bro chill, a lot of things can go wrong in modding

[Colio]

Originally posted by Chief:

Originally posted by AnthonyBF2:

You must have done it wrong.

Open ingame.lvl in any hex editor, use the find and replace function to replace all instances of gamefont_small with gamefont_large, that's it, save changes and play. I don't understand how someone would screw that up.

bro chill, a lot of things can go wrong in modding

Not sure how he even expects an Average Andy who wanted to revisit/check out the game to know how to use a Hex Editor.

[CrimbleBimble]

Originally posted by AnthonyBF2:

As a modder, I can assure you that it's the same font across all platforms, but it looks better on PS2/Xbox because those systems have very small resolutions, the smaller the resolution, the bigger the fonts.

Uh, wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrjwaqZfjIY

I legit have no idea where you got the idea that the fonts are all the same across every platform but I can assure you from all my years playing on the PS2 version that you have no idea what you're talking about. I can attest to the fact that the console font for BF2 varies greatly from the PC edition. Hell, a LOT of things differentiate; namely the menu hud itself.

As for the fonts themselves:

PC: Arial Black
Everything else: ISL Jupiter.

You can literally SEE the difference plain as day.

[AnthonyBF2]

Originally posted by Bling Crimson:

Originally posted by AnthonyBF2:

As a modder, I can assure you that it's the same font across all platforms, but it looks better on PS2/Xbox because those systems have very small resolutions, the smaller the resolution, the bigger the fonts.

Uh, wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrjwaqZfjIY

I legit have no idea where you got the idea that the fonts are all the same across every platform but I can assure you from all my years playing on the PS2 version that you have no idea what you're talking about. I can attest to the fact that the console font for BF2 varies greatly from the PC edition. Hell, a LOT of things differentiate; namely the menu hud itself.

As for the fonts themselves:

PC: Arial Black
Everything else: ISL Jupiter.

You can literally SEE the difference plain as day.

Bumping a 3 year old topic without contributing anything useful? + are you a modder for SWBF2? + Who asked?

I consider that you should visit your local golf course and see if they'll let you touch their finest grass.

[CrimbleBimble]

Originally posted by AnthonyBF2:

Bumping a 3 year old topic without contributing anything useful? + are you a modder for SWBF2? + Who asked?

I consider that you should visit your local golf course and see if they'll let you touch their finest grass.

One, who cares?

Two, I would be if trying to learn how to mod the game didn't feel like solving a 50x50 rubiks cube

Three, I did, because I care about people spreading misinformation about what was/wasn't in the games. I know my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ from personal experience of playing these games a lot more than you apparently, so you can take your grass and stick it.