Changing a weapon's reticle

[Shuma22]

So i've been working on a weapon mod and there's one thing that i haven't been able to figure out, how to change the weapon reticle which is different for every weapon tier, in case you don't know what i mean i'm talking about this:

 

http://puu.sh/pvyqS/c00f93e975.jpg

http://puu.sh/pvyqf/d0b3873fa9.jpg

http://puu.sh/pvyrA/7431ea263e.jpg

 

I haven't even been able to find the textures in the SDK, or what references the textures, the only thing i have managed to figure out is that this line in the weapon template:

Template.WeaponTech = 'beam';

Can change that reticle a weapon uses, even if you remove the line it just defaults to the conventional reticle. But i don't know what that line actually does, does it just change the reticle or does it do something else? I have no idea.

 

So in short, i'd like to be able to create a new reticle for my weapons, but i have no idea how to make my weapons use them and i would also like to know that template.weapontech line does.

[fxsjosh]

The reticles are set via XComGameState_Ability:GetUIReticleIndex. There is currently no way to extend or replace them (short of entirely replacing that UI element - which is handled in UITacticalHUD).

[Shuma22]

Weeelp, that super sucks. One would think changing a reticle would be simple, but i guess not. Thank you.

[zyrrashijn]

So, just to be clear (i have no idea of coding), it is not possible to use a say tech tier 2 (magnetic) reticle on a weapon that is set to tech tier 3 (beam)?

[robojumper]

To be clear - you can NOT create new reticles. This is hardcoded in TacticalHUD.swf/TargetingReticle.as:

 

 

   function setMode(mode)
   {
      var _loc2_ = "";
      switch(mode)
      {
         case TargetingReticle.MODE_OVERSHOULDER:
         case TargetingReticle.MODE_OFFENSE:
            _loc2_ = "_offense";
            break;
         case TargetingReticle.MODE_DEFENSE:
            _loc2_ = "_defense";
            break;
         case TargetingReticle.MODE_SWORD:
            _loc2_ = "_sword";
            break;
         case TargetingReticle.MODE_ADVENT:
            _loc2_ = "_advent";
            break;
         case TargetingReticle.MODE_ALIEN:
            _loc2_ = "_alien";
            break;
         default:
            trace("ERROR: Unknown mode enum \'" + mode + "\' passed to RAC.");
            return undefined;
      }
      this.targetMode = mode;
      this.gotoAndPlay(_loc2_);
      this.bg.gotoAndPlay("intro");
      this.SetAimPercentage(this.aimPercentage);
   }

 

 

You can, by overriding UITargetingReticle.uc, switch them around. Replacing Beam Weaponry Reticles with Mag Tier Reticles is easy, if you want, I can write a quick mod for that.

 

If you want more fine control, you need to either override UITacticalHUD (don't do this, a lot of mods are coded badly so that an override would break them) or XComGameState_Ability (Don't do this too. Incompatibilities for such a simple mod are just not worth it.)

 

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=756315744

Edited September 1, 2016 by robojumper

[Shuma22]

 

Replacing Beam Weaponry Reticles with Mag Tier Reticles is easy

 

But is it possible to do this just for specific weapons? Or would it be a global change?

 

Edit:

 

Oh wow, well that was fast. Thank you, i'll take a look.

Edited September 1, 2016 by Shuma22

[robojumper]

 

 

Replacing Beam Weaponry Reticles with Mag Tier Reticles is easy

 

But is it possible to do this just for specific weapons? Or would it be a global change?

 

Edit:

 

Oh wow, well that was fast. Thank you, i'll take a look.

 

This is a global change. As I said, finer changes will make compatibility suffer greatly. The example is commented out in the ini file, I chose your suggestion as the example.

Edited September 1, 2016 by robojumper

[Shuma22]

Alright thanks, i'll implement this in my mod and give you full credit, unless you prefer i just point people to your mod that's fine too.

[robojumper]

You know how it is - I slept over it and woke up with a better solution. Since only one mod can override a class at a time, I recommend making my mod some kind of base mod that is optional.

 

Anyway, I updated the mod - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=756315744 You can now create a file in your mod's config folder XComReticleMod.ini. It then should look like this:

[ReticleMod.RM_UITargetingReticle]

;this will give the conventional cannon the melee reticle
+WeaponOverrides=(Nm="Cannon_CV", Ret=3)

;this will give the rupture ability the defensive reticle
+AbilityOverrides=(Nm="BulletShred", Ret=2)

feel free to play around. My mod, if installed, will pick it up and automatically check for weapon/ability. Ability has a higher priority than weapon.

Edited September 2, 2016 by robojumper

[Shuma22]

That's awesome, thank you.