Removing top and bottom bars from main screen

[Macser 776]

This may be 1.99 specific.As it seems 1.96 doesn't have this issue.

I'm assuming it's to do with the extra classes that were added to the resource.cpp

I'm trying to get rid of the black bars from the top and bottom of the screen.

So far I haven't had any luck.Removing entries out of the controlsbackground array

within the RscDisplaymain dialog has no effect.

Although it's possible to change the colour of the bars,the alpha value

being set to zero won't render them invisible.And that's within the

RscBackgroundStripeTop and RscBackgroundStripeBottom classes.

Anyone had any success with this?

[ProfTournesol 956]

Yes.

Here's the main GUI for my upcoming FPW mod :

class RscDisplayMain:RscDisplayBackgroundStripesDark
{
access=3;
idd=0;
movingEnable=1;
controlsBackground[]={"Background1","Background2","Background3"};
controls[]={"WW1","WW2","WW3","Continue","Player","Game","SingleMission","Multiplayer","Custom","Options","Quit","Version","AllMissions","Copy","FPWversion"};

class copy:RscText
	{
	style="16 + 					2 + 				512";
	lineSpacing=1.0;
	text="$STR_CREDITS23";
	x=0.03;
	y=0.93;
	w=0.9;
	h=0.7;
	colorText[]={1,1,1,0.5};
	font="tahomaB24";
	sizeEx=0.016;
	};

class WW1:RscPicture
	{
	text="\FPW_gui\trans.paa";
	x=0.365;
	y=0.01;
	w=0.09;
	h=0.1;
	};

class WW2:RscPicture
	{
	text="\FPW_gui\FPW_gui.paa";
	x=0.0;
	y=0.01;
	w=1;
	h=1;
	};

class WW3:RscPicture
	{
	text="\FPW_gui\trans.paa";
	x=0.545;
	y=0.01;
	w=0.09;
	h=0.1;
	};

class Continue:RscActiveMenu
	{
	idc=114;
	x=0.05;
	y=0.155;
	w=0.0;
	h=0.0;
	font="SteelfishB128";
	sizeEx="0.6 * 0.098";
	text="$STR_DISP_MAIN_CONTINUE";
	};

class Player:RscActiveMenu
	{
	idc=109;
	x=0.02;
	y=0.145;
	w=0.5;
	h=0.05;
	font="SteelfishB128";
	sizeEx="0.6 * 0.098";
	text="$STR_DISP_ERROR";
	};

class Game:RscActiveMenu
	{
	font="SteelfishB128";
	sizeEx="0.6 * 0.098";
	idc=101;
	x=0.72;
	y=0.145;
	w=0.25;
	h=0.05;
	text="$STR_DISP_MAIN_GAME";
	};

class SingleMission:RscActiveMenu
	{
	font="SteelfishB128";
	sizeEx="0.6 * 0.098";
	idc=117;
	x=0.72;
	y=0.33;
	w=0.52;
	h=0.05;
	text="$STR_DISP_MAIN_SINGLE";
	default=1;
	};

class Multiplayer:RscActiveMenu
	{
	font="SteelfishB128";
	sizeEx="0.6 * 0.098";
	idc=105;
	x=0.72;
	y=0.39;
	w=0.52;
	h=0.05;
	text="$STR_DISP_MAIN_MULTI";
	};

class Custom:RscActiveMenu
	{
	font="SteelfishB128";
	sizeEx="0.6 * 0.098";
	style=1;
	idc=115;
	x=0.38;
	y=0.48;
	w=0.3;
	h=0.05;
	text="$STR_DISP_MAIN_CUSTOM";
	};

class Options:RscActiveMenu
	{
	font="SteelfishB128";
	sizeEx="0.6 * 0.098";
	idc=102;
	style=1;
	x=0.48;
	y=0.54;
	w=0.2;
	h=0.05;
	text="$STR_DISP_MAIN_OPTIONS";
	};

class Quit:RscActiveMenu
	{
	font="SteelfishB128";
	idc=106;
	x=0.72;
	y=0.8;
	w=0.2;
	h=0.05;
	sizeEx="0.6 * 0.098";
	text="$STR_DISP_MAIN_QUIT";
	};

class Date:RscText
	{
	idc=112;
	x=0.4;
	y=0.17;
	w=0.2;
	h=0.05;
	style=2;
	font="tahomaB24";
	sizeEx=0.02;
	text="$STR_DISP_ERROR";
	colorText[]={1,1,1,0.5};
	};

class Version:RscText
	{
	idc=118;
	x=0.35;
	y=0.09;
	w=0.2;
	h=0.05;
	style=2;
	font="tahomaB24";
	sizeEx=0.016;
	text="$STR_DISP_ERROR";
	colorText[]={1,1,1,0.5};
	};

class AllMissions:RscActiveMenu
	{
	idc=104;
	x=0.4;
	y=0.935;
	w=0.52;
	h=0.03;
	font="SteelfishB64";
	sizeEx="0.5 * 0.05";
	colorText[]={1,1,1,0.25};
	text="$STR_DISP_MAIN_DESIGN";
	};

class FPWversion : Version
	{
	idc=1;
	style=0;
	x=.48;
	text="FPW MOD 1.0 2014";
	};
};

Good luck :)

[Macser 776]

Thanks for the reply Prof. :)

Although I don't see what will remove the bars.

If you didn't have the GUI image in the second control,would you see the desert island

with only the active text on-screen?

The problem I'm having seems to stem from the "stripe" classes above the "displaymain" class.

These classes weren't present in 1.96.The top and bottom bars were controls defined inside

of "displaymain".They could be set to full transparency.

I can't get the same result with the "stripe" classes.I can change the colour,but not the transparency.In fact.The only thing you can alter in those classes is the colour.If you

alter the dimensions or position you're again left with the black bars.

It seems like someone "hard-coded" the bars when 1.99 was being developed.

I can't find a class that affects them.

Perhaps I'm missing something obvious.But that's how it's working for me.

Edited October 21, 2014 by Maczer

[ProfTournesol 956]

Ok, i got it. You're right, my GUI picture is only hiding those stripes, i thought i got rid of them but nope.

[Macser 776]

Damn!I was hoping you'd performed some config magic. :D

[faguss 65]

These are mission cutscene borders (anims.pbo). Can be removed.

[Macser 776]

Excellent.Thanks for the reply and assistance Faguss. :)

[ProfTournesol 956]

Bloody hell, that was so simple... thanks Faguss :)

[faguss 65]

Cutscene borders are actually a 3D object (data3d\kino.p3d) so they could also be removed that way.