Changeing the ICON setting?

[Tonar]

Who can tell me about how to change Icon settings?

[BBloke]

You should be able to do it via the console.

Start up a QMB and press P to pause

Now Hold SHIFT and press TAB

You'll see a whole heap of writing.. this is the console.

Now you can type the command to change the dot ranges.

mp_dotrange FOE RANGE # TYPE # ID # NAME # COLOR # DOT #

same for friendlies

mp_dotrange FRIENDLY RANGE # TYPE # ID # NAME # COLOR # DOT #

replace the # with a value in km that you wish as a setting.

For instance: mp_dotrange FOE ID 1.0

will show you the callsign/id of the plane when its within 1km.

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Putting it in the RCU file

If you wish you could make it easier by adding it to your RCU file in your game folder. Like so:

@a mpe mp_dotrange FOE RANGE # TYPE # ID # NAME # COLOR # DOT #
@a mpf mp_dotrange FRIENDLY RANGE # TYPE # ID # NAME # COLOR # DOT #

then all you would do is open the game console and type mpe to load enenmy settings and mpf to load freindly's.

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Creating different files for different settings

If you have loads of different variations you could make a file that you run from console instead.

[Tonar]

Thats what I am looking for.

Thanks a

[Tonar]

BBloke - Where do I put this .txt file?

[Logos]

Damn, another techie thread.

[BBloke]

Put it in your game folder with your conf.ini file is.

[BadAim]

For those who are interested, the latest iteration of Eizon's config editor has a GUI for the dotrange functions, I'll upload it to our files section. Don't ask me how it works I havn't tried it yet. ;P 

Edit: it was allready there!

Download link: Eizon's Config Editor

(Note: I'm not sure if this is up to date or not).

It's not M8, but the website won't let me upload. The new version has many more features.

[Logos]

Sorry I resurrected an old topic. I would like to adjust my ICON settings when I host COOPS. I have tried to follow a few tutorials and the information in this thread but, I still can't understand what I need to do. What most intelligent folks can comprehend about this computer stuff always just baffles me. If anyone has a few minutes to give me some hands on assistance it would be appreciated. No big rush. I would just like to make my COOP settings a bit more realistic rather than arcade. Thanks for all the help I get around here. I wish I weren't so computer illiterate.

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[Tonar]

I can help ya,

I'm on TS

[DD_Brando]

I have the old files for Iconscript, which is operated by the command console. I'll put them in the Pound a bit later - after we finish having this birthday party and I've done my chauffeuring duties.

[Logos]

Tonar gave me some help. I think I have it sorta' figured out. Thanks Tonar mate.

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