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Old 01-20-2011, 11:44 PM
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January 20th, 2011

Improved default crosshair visibility
New console command "cursorType" - change the style of crosshair (0 = custom crosshair, 1 = default, 4 = old default)
New console command "cursorColor" - change the color of the crosshair (programmatically replaces pure red (0xffff0000) in the source image with the specified color)
You may now use a custom crosshair image by creating a file ~Altitude/editor/icons/cursor_0.png and invoking the console command "/cursorType 0"

Added orientation cone for Mouse+Keyboard users (for determining current orientation relative to target orientation and for finding your cursor by looking at your plane)

Miranda's Reverse mouse reorientation behavior is now optional (off by default, to change edit config/options.xml: controlOptions ... mirandaReverseReorientMouse)

Modified 'disable mouse after alt+tab' logic so that mouse users can Alt+Tab in and out of an active game without clicking to reactivate

Decreased font size on friend list; added buttons for "Join Server" and "Message"
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Old 01-20-2011, 11:49 PM
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You're awesome!!! I'm speechless.
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Old 01-20-2011, 11:50 PM
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Old 01-20-2011, 11:54 PM
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Old 01-21-2011, 12:03 AM
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Old 01-21-2011, 12:05 AM
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Awesome patch is awesome. Thanks for the fast fixes.

Just checked it out for a couple of minutes. Randa is playable again, cross hair now super visible, cone helps with orientation.

Might be interesting to see what kind of things people come up with for the custom cross hair addition. What are the dimension limits?
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Old 01-21-2011, 12:10 AM
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Many systems limit crosshairs to 32x32 with 1-bit transparency (every pixel must be either fully opaque or fully translucent) so that should probably be the target. If anyone comes up with a good crosshair please post it and we'll consider using it as one of the defaults.
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Old 01-21-2011, 12:13 AM
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you guys are amazing love the fast patch fix
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Old 01-21-2011, 12:24 AM
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I wish you guys actually listened to the **** community.




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Damn, that's fast turnaround! Thanks for adjusting the friends' list.
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Old 01-21-2011, 12:28 AM
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Crosshairs is excellent now. Thanks.
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Old 01-21-2011, 12:30 AM
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heh. needed to be quoted

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Awesome patch is awesome. Thanks for the fast fixes.

Just checked it out for a couple of minutes. Randa is playable again, cross hair now super visible, cone helps with orientation.

Might be interesting to see what kind of things people come up with for the custom cross hair addition. What are the dimension limits?
yea but mouse users suck. lam just feels bad for you guys
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Old 01-21-2011, 12:37 AM
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I just don't know what to say anymore.

I love you guys.
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Old 01-21-2011, 12:57 AM
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Old 01-21-2011, 01:19 AM
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YOU MAKE SNAIL HAPPY <3

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heres a crosshair i just made, hope the technicality is ok:




thanks so much for making much stuff optional, the randa is playable again indeed, and also the new crosshair is AWSOME, on full-mouse it helps very much to see your current throttle level and control it accordingly. it is much better then the old one, where the visual feedback was almost non-existent. not that it matters that much to my playstyle, but still, a nice detail.

a further suggestion - add an optional full-length mouse-bar with an optional cursor for keyboard players. not just for kb+mouse, but for all who desire to have one for aiming or which reason ever. I dont care if it is not even needed for keyboardes like it is needed for mouse players, just add it so that everyone is happy. I mean it. Dont take it from us, just give it to them if they want it. Everyone happy

and York, please dont insult somene who dindt insult you for no good reason at all...
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Old 01-21-2011, 01:25 AM
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uuh is it just me, or is cursor type 0 not working? it says "must be between 1 and 5"
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Old 01-21-2011, 01:47 AM
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snail gimme that crosshair its very sexy oh and ive always wondered why shots go just under the center of crosshair and not right center
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Old 01-21-2011, 02:03 AM
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uh well just take it? its free for everyone..and thx

i dunno, never noticed such a thing.. not using it to actually aim, and my aim is not THAT precise anyway i guess..

edit: updated the cursor:



the console command for cursor 0 doesnt seem to work for me, but you can just back up your original cursor_1.png and rename the new one to cursor_1.png

edit 2: bah, it pixelates in-game
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Old 01-21-2011, 02:04 AM
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snail gimme that crosshair its very sexy oh and ive always wondered why shots go just under the center of crosshair and not right center
You're probably clicking the fire button before your plane's nose can align itself with the crosshair properly. Work on the timing.
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Old 01-21-2011, 02:18 AM
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Nah, hes rite. Biplane guns slightly under. Like whale rocket bunker under plane. But trickster fine.
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Old 01-21-2011, 03:32 AM
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wow!!!!

you guys aren't like other dev teams
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Old 01-21-2011, 04:07 AM
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thats true

LOL just seen a loppy with a santa hat.. ne of the most cutest things i ever saw in my life made my day
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Old 01-21-2011, 05:48 AM
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now someone please make a sick crosshair for a special person like me please
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Old 01-21-2011, 05:52 AM
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handsome nerds : Lam and Karl
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Old 01-21-2011, 06:08 AM
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now someone please make a sick crosshair for a special person like me please
define "sick"

edit: have some snail instead. i didnt make it, but google yields results...http://cursors1.totallyfreecursors.c...ails/snail.gif

http://www.google.de/images?q=crossh...ed=0CAsQpwUoBQ



ofc watch out for they copyright yourselves
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Old 01-21-2011, 06:16 AM
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haha ok. i mean cool crosshair, anyways snail version is good too. thanks
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Old 01-21-2011, 06:18 AM
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don't know if i could use those tho
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Old 01-21-2011, 06:20 AM
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what .... no the dos equis man is, stay thirsty, my friends.
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Old 01-21-2011, 07:13 AM
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Great work devs, it's not the same as before, which is always hard to adjust to, but it is visible which is a fantastic improvement from yesterday. Thanks very much for being so responsive, especially because the australian community has a tournament round on tonight.
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Old 01-21-2011, 08:11 AM
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uuh is it just me, or is cursor type 0 not working? it says "must be between 1 and 5"
Sorry there was a bug in that patch. I've pushed a new version with the intended functionality -- you can now type /cursorType 0 to use a custom PNG cursor defined at ~Altitude/editor/icons/cursor_0.png
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Old 01-21-2011, 08:12 AM
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Sorry there was a bug in that patch. I've pushed a new version with the intended functionality -- you can now type /consoleType 0 to use a custom PNG cursor defined at ~Altitude/editor/icons/cursor_0.png
is there anything else in the patch or was that all?
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Old 01-21-2011, 08:14 AM
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is there anything else in the patch or was that all?
That was it.
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Old 01-21-2011, 08:15 AM
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That was it.
Oh alright then, btw i see you in ladder
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Old 01-21-2011, 09:55 AM
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Sorry there was a bug in that patch. I've pushed a new version with the intended functionality -- you can now type /consoleType 0 to use a custom PNG cursor defined at ~Altitude/editor/icons/cursor_0.png
Aaah so that was the 2nd update

BTW, will those Santa hats change with season? (via new updates)
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Old 01-21-2011, 10:35 AM
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Sorry there was a bug in that patch. I've pushed a new version with the intended functionality -- you can now type /consoleType 0 to use a custom PNG cursor defined at ~Altitude/editor/icons/cursor_0.png
you mean /CursorType 0.
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Old 01-21-2011, 11:05 AM
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A fantastic game, with Devs who listen to the (fantastic) community and provide free updates and enhancements regularly. This is why I love this game.
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Old 01-21-2011, 12:24 PM
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Love the cursor, and I like the buttons the most. Thanks. But I suck at Mousecontrol anyway.
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Old 01-21-2011, 02:55 PM
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I gotta say I couldnt come up with a solution for the bar being missing from non throttle mouse mode. I like the new triangle seems like a middle ground soulution and i like the more visable crosshair. I'll admit I was QQing before but I think that this is a middle ground I can put up with :P. Now to get pratcising i suppose *le sigh*

Now just put Tux back somewere to the snow football level and I'll be happy jk
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Old 01-21-2011, 03:02 PM
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Thanks for the updates! The turnaround is amazing!
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Old 01-21-2011, 03:14 PM
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I haven't releveled all the way from my latest Ace, so I'm curious and I can't test it myself. Does the mouse repoint on TA Randa as well?
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Old 01-21-2011, 03:41 PM
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THIS is why I keep coming back to Altitude. The support is top-notch.

(now if only we could do something about the hitboxes related to the lag-zor )

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