Star Names too long fix
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 4:11 pm
Ive noticed that when making a star name, if the name is too long, it will not display correctly in the game. See images below:
Now at first i thought it was a graphics error, so i edited the .tga file labeled as h_sysbkg.tga and shortened the bar to make more room for system names to be displayed.
After i realized that this didnt work, I figured it might be caused by too many letters. This is not the case either, see images below:
IOTA DRACONIS contains 13 characters (space included) and nearly fits, while
GAMMA HYDRA contains 11 spaces and does not fit. HYDRA has disappeared somewhere... but where?
I have come to the conclusion that the only explanation can be found in trek.exe somewhere in the HEX code.
If any of you code masters wanna take a crack at it be my guest, but i dont even know where to start... its not character controlled nor graphically hidden, at least im pretty sure.
It would be nice to see the whole name of the system when selecting the sector, although this is no big deal. Thanks
Now at first i thought it was a graphics error, so i edited the .tga file labeled as h_sysbkg.tga and shortened the bar to make more room for system names to be displayed.
After i realized that this didnt work, I figured it might be caused by too many letters. This is not the case either, see images below:
IOTA DRACONIS contains 13 characters (space included) and nearly fits, while
GAMMA HYDRA contains 11 spaces and does not fit. HYDRA has disappeared somewhere... but where?
I have come to the conclusion that the only explanation can be found in trek.exe somewhere in the HEX code.
If any of you code masters wanna take a crack at it be my guest, but i dont even know where to start... its not character controlled nor graphically hidden, at least im pretty sure.
It would be nice to see the whole name of the system when selecting the sector, although this is no big deal. Thanks