Floating X HUD Plugin

[President People]

The original Floating X is a plugin now, attached below.

The M1A1 version changes the weapons manifest to display the M1 weapons, and has an edited script which allows up to 3 Defence Center Repair chips to be displayed. It's also totally independent from the original now, and is a plugin as well.

Throw either one into their respective scenario's "plugins" folder, make sure it's enabled in Environment preferences and you're ready to roll! Also in Environment preferences, make sure "Use HUD script" is un-checked.

Note: After downloading, open the file, you should see a readme and a .zip file. This .zip file is the one you should put in the plugins folder.


Note the 3 DCR chips in the Assault Rifle screenshot.

EDIT: Corrected version numbers and such, and now includes a ReadMe file.

[TectonInd]

Doesn't work.

[herecomethej2000]

Make sure you have
"Use Hud Script"
unchecked or it will override what is in the plugin.

[treellama]

The original wasn't a plugin before? That's crazy!

Edit: wait a second, I totally have a FloatingX plugin in my Marathon Infinity folder. So where did it come from? Did I make it myself?

[President People]

Doesn't work.

You may have thrown the folder into the plugins folder without opening it.

Open the file, you should see the readme and a .zip file. Throw that .zip file into the plugins folder.

I should have said that there was a .zip inside the .zip, Pfhorums doesn't let you upload an un-zipped file.


Perhaps Aleph One should look in folders for plugins in a future release? It would make sorting groups of plugins easier.

[TBCR]

Nice Job!

[treellama]

Common practice so far has been to make the zip file a plugin itself, rather than putting a zip in a zip. Yo dawg.

[TectonInd]

Common practice so far has been to make the zip file a plugin itself, rather than putting a zip in a zip. Yo dawg.

Though it is nice that he put a zip in my zip so I could compress while I compress.

Still hasn't worked, though, even though I tried all of the above.

[treellama]

Perhaps Aleph One should look in folders for plugins in a future release?

It doesn't already?

[Vladtepes]

I was wondering, it would be nice to change the file extension of plugins archives, just like .jar are more or less renamed zip files. It would prevent confusion and allow nice icons.

[treellama]

I was wondering, it would be nice to change the file extension of plugins archives, just like .jar are more or less renamed zip files. It would prevent confusion and allow nice icons.

This would require updating the Marathon download sites to accept .plgA files. Fileball is no problem, but S7 is essentially unmaintained.

[herecomethej2000]

This would require updating the Marathon download sites to accept .plgA files. Fileball is no problem, but S7 is essentially unmaintained.

Well one can always put said .plgA files in a zip folder, or would that not work?

[treellama]

Well one can always put said .plgA files in a zip folder, or would that not work?

The point of plugins is to be easy to install, though. Just download them and put them in Plugins/

[herecomethej2000]

Well I get your meaning, but unzipping a download is common practice to the point where MacOSX tends to do it for you. And with the actual plugin being renamed .plgA, it would stop people from unziping one further thereby lessening any confusion. Besides, you might want to include a readme.

[zero]

I made a new NEW version (not like my old suckish version) of floating X for M1A1 and i intend to post it to Simplici7y