Reflex sight to UI custom crosshair

[darkekun]

Reposting from the mod request forum since its relevant here too. A mod that replaces reflex sight dots with a custom UI anchored circle/dot/crosshair would be quite fantastic.

 

LinuX123 made a great mod to fix the problem where reflex sights disappear when you use a stealthboy. ( http://www.nexusmods...ut4/mods/6933/? )

 

Playing with this mod I realized some things that are problems with reflex sights in general.

1. The reflex sight graphic is part of the sight model texture, hence the problem with the sight being invisible when using a stealthboy or other such effect.
2. Being part of the sight model texture means the dot/circle isn't anchored to the center of your screen where you are shooting, but can be shifted if the sight is misaligned.
3. Because of this, if you use mods that affect reflex sights, such as transferring them between weapons, the dot could be completely off from where you are actually shooting.

LinuX123's mod fixes all these problems by replacing the sight with the center dot from the UI, however the only option is a small single dot that's in HUDMenu.swf. He's confessed that he doesn't know how to edit that dot to other shapes, and I haven't been able to crack that concept myself. I picked the SWF apart and exported the dot into about 8 frames of 3X3 pixel size animation. I could probably edit it out to a 9X9 or 12X12 pixel size crossshair, but I don't know how to import that back into the SWF, and I also don't know how the images are anchored to the screen. Even if I knew how to import the frames I don't know if the larger frames would be accepted or if they'd be off the centerpoint, putting your aim off.

 

If someone could figure this out and make a way to use custom graphics in place of this dot it could mean big things.

1. Aim would always be on target to the reticle, no matter how you mod your reflex sights, making it easier for modders to make interesting new reflex sight models/textures.
2. All sort of fun and interesting shapes could be used as a reticle. (Personally I prefer something like http://image.sportsm...ticle_91_ts.gif )
3. Once again, your reflex sight reticle would be useful for aiming even when you go invisible, (a problem that never should have been).

Anyone have a solution to this?