Forged Alliance Forever

Re: I'm making a thing! (Custom Control Pad Layout for Supco

2016-05-27T02:59:21+02:00

Update: I have the buttons made! I just...have no idea how to import them into CCP. I followed the tutorials, but it didn't work. So I'm going to see if there's a forum or something where people talk about this--because as far as I can tell, this is just one guy's work, and his website is a little sparse. I'll keep the interested updated!

Statistics: Posted by Cmdr_Shaffer — 27 May 2016, 02:59

Re: I'm making a thing! (Custom Control Pad Layout for Supco

2016-05-18T19:51:51+02:00

Awesome Anihilnine! Thanks for the pointers!

Statistics: Posted by Cmdr_Shaffer — 18 May 2016, 19:51

Re: I'm making a thing! (Custom Control Pad Layout for Supco

2016-05-18T15:21:21+02:00

heh cute idea but it would slow me down. the images are here....

This file is really a zip. Copy it somewhere, rename to a zip, and unzip it.
C:\ProgramData\FAForever\gamedata\textures.nx2

Then take a look at the images stored in \textures\ui\icons_strategic

They are DDS format so you will probably have to convert them which is agony

Statistics: Posted by nine2 — 18 May 2016, 15:21

Re: I'm making a thing! (Custom Control Pad Layout for Supco

2016-05-18T09:03:43+02:00

nice idea!

I personally wouldn't use it since I'd need to keep looking at the ipad since its not tactile. if it was a hardware one you could operate without looking i'd pony up for one straight away

cool and quite star trekkie

Statistics: Posted by arkitect — 18 May 2016, 09:03

I'm making a thing! (Custom Control Pad Layout for Supcom)

2016-05-18T08:58:17+02:00

Hey everybody! I figured I've partaken of this great community for a long time, and enjoyed every minute of it--and every minute of getting whomped in multiplayer so I figured it was time I give something back. It's not much, and it's still very much a work-in-progress, but it's my own, and it's here to say that I did my part, no matter how small, to contribute to the community.

What it is: Custom Control Pad is an app for iOS devices - see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_H3Mc_JefU. It allows you to create user-designed gamepad-like interfaces that you can then use wirelessly with any game. I did not make the app. What I am making, however, is a series of layouts for SupcomFA!

First Draft:
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So that's the basic idea. I have the basic layout pretty much "done", but I wanted to get input from people who were actually good at the game, lol, to see if this was a good setup or not. Once everything's decided on where it should go, I'm planning on designing custom buttons for everything to bring it more in-line with Supcom's design ethos.

Speaking of that, does anybody know where I can get large strategic icons? Eventually, that's what I want to do. Have every build button be that unit's strategic icon--if not, I'll have it be the unit icon itself, tweaked somehow, unless those are too small, too, and then I'll just design my own buttons, which I have to do with some of them anyway.

Ideas? Comments? Wanna tell me I'm wasting my life?

Statistics: Posted by Cmdr_Shaffer — 18 May 2016, 08:58