RADAR TOGGLE KEY

[Just!ce]

ANY WAY TO TOGGLE THE RADAR WITH 'R', BUT HAVE IT SO WHEN I AM HOLDING DOWN LEFT ALT IT DOES NOT TOGGLE? THANKS

[Herp McDerperson]

BZ1 can make keybinds "Exclude" modifier keys but BZ2 cannot. Hell... I can't even figure out how to manually re-enter CTRL+B for bail-out in BZCC's UI... I had to do some hex-editor ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ or make a new pilot...

EDIT: I now know how to use a hex-editor to make SOME changes that you otherwise can't make using the shell.
WAIT I think I just figured it out... standby

[Herp McDerperson]

It's complicated...

1. make a copy of the following file in your addon folder or whatever:

   ..\steamapps\common\BZ2R\bz2r_res\config\input\bzinput_common.cfg

   
   
2. locate the entry for "RADAR MODE":
   

   // RADAR MODE
   BindDiscrete("radar_mode", "R");
   

   
   
3. modify it as follows:
   

   // RADAR MODE
   BindDiscrete("radar_mode", "R", "!LeftAlt");
   

   
   
4. save the file and reload the keyboard bindset (NOTE: YOU SHOULD MAKE ANY OF YOUR OTHER EXISTING BIND CHANGES IN .CFG FILES AS WELL AS DOING EXACTLY WHAT I JUST SAID WILL RESET EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR RADAR TOGGLE TO THE TRUE GAME DEFAULT)

You CAN HEXEDIT UserPrefs / pilot_#.dat to change this as well but it's very complicated. If you want to know how to do that, ask me about it directly. I need images to explain it properly.

[Just!ce]

Thanks but that was the first thing I tried, doesn't work. :(

[Herp McDerperson]

Originally posted by Homeless & Mentally Ill:

Thanks but that was the first thing I tried, doesn't work. :(

so you did that and, in shell, next to "TOGGLE RADAR:" it says "R+!LeftAlt" ?

[Just!ce]

u was rite it works

[Herp McDerperson]

Originally posted by Homeless & Mentally Ill:

u was rite it works

I know; you just had to catch up... and yeah it's a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ PAIN in the ASS that it's the only way to do it.

BZ1's terrible AIP system was just wholesale lifted from Dark Reign 1 and janked into the game.

BZ2'S otherwise decent UI system, including it's map editor, was just wholesale lifted from Dark Reign 2, and BZ-specific stuff was just janked into it (i.e. the SHIFT + F9 interface in the editor)... and many many things were never tested...
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