How to move target reticule manually?

Sushi

Does any one know a way to go into the .sur file and manually move the target reticule to a position you want it? Using Schmacks tool, it puts it in the exact centre of the ship, however, for an oddly proportioned ship, it sometimes not the best location. For example, our imperial star destroyer reticule is above the hull and all missiles miss unless you aim for a sub-target.

I know before, the target reticule would form around the root .sur in splicing. I’m at a bit of a loss with the new .sur maker, though. So, I was hoping for a way to move it via hex code

Sushi

OK. Figured out thanks to FF.

Basically, use .sur dump, Adoxa’s program, and find

surf - Surface
center: 0.000000, 165.124802, -125.333557

for the root. Then, find the number in the .sur file via your hex editor of your choice. And move it to wherever you like. Your reticule should move according to what you list.

adoxa

Damn it, it’s so annoying when people reply while I’m writing one.

SurDump has an option to include the file offset, so there’s no need to go searching:

E:\contrib\games\Freelancer\mods\Freeworlds\temp>..\..\..\surdump\SurDump -o isd.sur |tde

--> isd.sur <--

00008  Root (0x12688F2D)

00010    !fxd - not fixed

00014    exts - Extents
00018      minimum:    -883.793091,  -254.904572, -1723.701538
00024      maximum:     883.793091,   585.154175,  1473.034424

00030    surf - Surface
00038      center:        0.000000,   165.124802,  -125.333557
00044      inertia:  5659237.500000,6912145.000000,1984034.500000
...

FriendlyFire

Your bag of tricks never ceases to amaze me, adoxa