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About this mod
Changes the level symbol letter on the bottom-left corner of the minimap from white to gray. Similar to how it was in one of the older demos, increasing its visibility.
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I thought the white letter for the level symbol in the final release ranged from "kinda hard to look at" to "near-impossible to see". This mod changes it back *almost* to how it was in the demo. It took a bit of tinkering with the color values, but I finally got it to look near-identical to how it looked in the demo.
There were four values in its file: Red (Value 1), Green (Value 2), Blue (Value 3), and Alpha/Opacity (Value 4). By default it was set to 255, 255, 245, 255, meaning it was basically set to white. I though setting it to something that would be black according to an RGB Integer calculator I would be able to simply turn it to gray. Nope, not good enough. Because if it is any color other than white or black the color chosen is dependent on the current HUD color. So if I set all three color values to 0, I SHOULD get black, but instead I got orange for the green HUD, pink for the white HUD, and yellow for the orange HUD, basically it being the HUD color's specific alternate color. So after a lot of shots in the dark I set all colors to 0 except for blue. That finally gave me black. Then to make it gray and not pure black I set the opacity down until I got to 175, where it looked almost identical to the color in the demo.
So that is the lore for how I got it to go from white to gray. I have completed one more mod on my list of mods I would like to see in the future:
-Hard mode time limit in the bottom-left not fading after 7 seconds and staying on screen forever. So I don't have to pause the game to see how much time I have left.
-Different colors for the minimap. The minimap stays green even when you change the HUD color scheme. This makes it look quite ugly when it's used with any color other than the default green.
-New HUD element for gun info (remaining ammo, alternate fire mode states, and heat buildup) on the bottom-right. I am getting sick of trying to read barely visible heat gauges on the gun that is half-obscured.
-Energy drain mods for ALL hardware.
-Removing the extra energy drain on shield hit.
-Different Health and Energy Bar Colors.
-More HUD color options. (ongoing)
-Reverting the floor number on the bottom-left of the minimap to gray instead of white, like in the demo.
Unzip the .rar file, and place the .pak it contains into System Shock Remake\SystemShock\Content\Paks\mods. I believe "Mods" is not there by default. If not, please do create that folder.
There were four values in its file: Red (Value 1), Green (Value 2), Blue (Value 3), and Alpha/Opacity (Value 4). By default it was set to 255, 255, 245, 255, meaning it was basically set to white. I though setting it to something that would be black according to an RGB Integer calculator I would be able to simply turn it to gray. Nope, not good enough. Because if it is any color other than white or black the color chosen is dependent on the current HUD color. So if I set all three color values to 0, I SHOULD get black, but instead I got orange for the green HUD, pink for the white HUD, and yellow for the orange HUD, basically it being the HUD color's specific alternate color. So after a lot of shots in the dark I set all colors to 0 except for blue. That finally gave me black. Then to make it gray and not pure black I set the opacity down until I got to 175, where it looked almost identical to the color in the demo.
So that is the lore for how I got it to go from white to gray. I have completed one more mod on my list of mods I would like to see in the future:
-Hard mode time limit in the bottom-left not fading after 7 seconds and staying on screen forever. So I don't have to pause the game to see how much time I have left.
-Different colors for the minimap. The minimap stays green even when you change the HUD color scheme. This makes it look quite ugly when it's used with any color other than the default green.
-New HUD element for gun info (remaining ammo, alternate fire mode states, and heat buildup) on the bottom-right. I am getting sick of trying to read barely visible heat gauges on the gun that is half-obscured.
-Energy drain mods for ALL hardware.
-Removing the extra energy drain on shield hit.
-Different Health and Energy Bar Colors.
Unzip the .rar file, and place the .pak it contains into System Shock Remake\SystemShock\Content\Paks\mods. I believe "Mods" is not there by default. If not, please do create that folder.