MEXes on top

[ZeRen]

I made a small mod that make all MEX´s strategic icons always on top of others and I all so separated strat icons of t2/t3 MEX and t2/t3 mass fabs (possibility to do it with t1 MEX and t1 mass storage)

(I wonder why this was not done, it is just simple change of one line in blueprint and very usefull to easy see eco )

btw. mod need Advanced strategic icons.nxt in C:/ProgramData/FAForever/gamedata

all MEXes in pictures are surrounded by mass storages

[nine2]

um i think that will cause desyncs?

[speed2]

having own version of UI mod wont caues desync

[Col_Walter_Kurtz]

Love this idea, I'll try it out.

[nine2]

unless i'm completely on crack
a) zeren the zip you provided didn't actually include any blueprint changes so I think you supplied the wrong thing.
b) the right one will include blueprint changes, will not be a ui mod, and WILL cause desyncs

[nine2]

c) whatever the real fix is, if it works, can just check it in to actual FAF github and it will work for everyone with no desync

[ZeRen]

only strat icons are in zip file, the mod is in vaults

I didnt try it in MP, I think you can guess why , I have no idea if it will cause desync, I just had idea and tried it

[Sheeo]

If it's loaded as a UI mod it won't actually change blueprints.

It'll work as a sim mod and won't cause desyncs, however. And ZeRen did indeed upload it to the vault as a sim mod.


@ZeRen: Your mod includes everything for all the mexes, including script, model and texture files. All you really need is a single .bp file that merges the StrategicIconSortOrder key into the proper unit blueprints.

I'll add that the way you did it, any other mod which changes these units (4x storage, exmex, ithilis balance mod ...) will cease working with your mod loaded.

A pull request on github would do it too, so it can become part of mainline FAF.

[nine2]

oh ok i thought the zip attached in the op was the mod but actually its a dependency that was attached. my bad - sorry

[Sheeo]

oh ok i thought the zip attached in the op was the mod but actually its a dependency that was attached. my bad - sorry

Yeah regarding that. @ZeRen the mod is Shadow's, as such you should link to his thread where he distributes it, rather than distributing a copy. I removed the attachment from the post.