HUD -- can you modify font color and size or location?

[WesCov]

When you show the HUD, I know you can move the blue text block with aircraft status around the screen. When I display the Coordinates, the red text box is stuck in the upper left corner. Can this text block be moved around the screen too? I can't get a hold of a "corner" of the block to do so.

Also, can the font size and/or color be changed for either text block? The blue color isn't so bad but that red is very hard for me to see.

[MajorMagee]

What positions and colors that can be changed are in the ViewUI.xml, but I believe these are hard coded.

[WesCov]

Interesting! Thank you.

[greycap.raf]

At least the blue HUD text isn't hardcoded, I've changed mine. Look for <HUDText Color="0xFF0000FF"/> - the first two digits are opacity, after that normal RGB so basically OORRGGBB.

No idea about the red one, it may be fixed. At least nothing in that file.

[mongoose]

At least the blue HUD text isn't hardcoded, I've changed mine. Look for <HUDText Color="0xFF0000FF"/> - the first two digits are opacity, after that normal RGB so basically OORRGGBB.

No idea about the red one, it may be fixed. At least nothing in that file.

I can confirm re blue!

[WesCov]

I have made changes to viewui.xml but they don't seem to get loaded. Is there another step to make them active?

[WesCov]

I just stumbled upon my own answer... there is a user copy of viewUI.xml in AppData\Roaming.

If I could change that red coordinate text I would be a happy camper.

[mongoose]

It's the AppData one that needs changing, for example, this is one of mine

<Settings> <VirtualCockpitView FovScale="1.0" RotationRate="0.9" TranslationRate="0.5" VerticalLimit="0.3" LateralLimit="0.3" LightColor="255 50 50" DrawCockpit="true"/> <SpotView FovScale="1.0" ViewDist="128.07421875" ViewVerticalOffset="0.0" NominalAngles_x="13.7070981600609" NominalAngles_y="-1.82213049531392" VerticalDelta="25" LateralDelta="25" ZoomDelta="5.00" ZoomMin="5" ZoomMax="300"/> <ChaseView FovScale="1.0" ViewDist="188.684326171875" ViewVerticalOffset="0.0" NominalAngles_x="57.7669106941407" NominalAngles_y="-153.354408260886" VerticalDelta="25.0" LateralDelta="25.0" ZoomDelta="5.0" ZoomMin="5" ZoomMax="300"/> <FloatView ViewDist="5" ViewVerticalOffset="2.0" MaxTrackingOffset="30.0" HistoryTargetOffset="24" HistoryCameraOffset="48"/> <FlybyView StartViewDist="600.0" StopViewDist="600.0" ViewOffsetVert="5.0" ViewOffsetHoriz="10.0"/> <ObserverUI ForwardSpeed="600.0" LateralSpeed="600.0" VerticalSpeed="100.0" PitchSpeed="20.0" YawSpeed="20.0" JoyForwardScale="5.0" JoyLateralScale="5.0" JoyYawScale="5.0"/> <PlayerTargetView OffsetDist="25.0" OffsetHeight="2.5" ZoomVal="0.8" ZoomRate="1.0" ZoomMin="0.1" ZoomMax="10.0"/> <WeaponView ViewDist="20.0" ViewVerticalOffset="0.0" NominalAngles_x="3.0" NominalAngles_y="30.0" VerticalDelta="80.0" LateralDelta="80.0" ZoomDelta="10.0"/> <HUD Visible="0"> <Gauge1 Type="HUDAirspeed" pos="0.324 0.946"/> <Gauge2 Type="HUDCompass" pos="0.448 0.950"/> <Gauge3 Type="HUDAdi" pos="0.381 0.956"/> <Gauge4 Type="HUDAlt" pos="0.516 0.955"/> <Gauge5 Type="HUDVsi" pos="0.570 0.955"/> <Gauge6 Type="HUDText" pos="0.932 0.814"/> <Gauge7 Type="HUDPipper" pos="0.5 0.5"/> <Gauge8 Type="TacticalDisplay" pos="0.005 0.820" visible="1"/> <Gauge9 Type="TargetCone" pos="1.0 1.0" visible="1"/> <Gauge10 Type="LabelDisplay" pos="1.0 1.0" visible="1"/> <Colors FriendColor="0xFF0000FF" EnemyColor="0xFFFF0000" TargetColor="0xFFFFFF00" BogieColor="0xFFFFFFFF" GoalColor="0xFFAF00AF" HumanFriendColor="0XFF00FFFF" HumanEnemyColor="0xFFFF00FF"/> <HUDAdi BGImage="hud_guages.dds" BGPos="343 170" BGSize="166 166" BGscale=".70" NeedleImage="attitude_card.dds"> <Needle1 Pos="30 452" Size="68 120" Center="35 60" TableSize="3"> <DataTable Entry0="-90.0 -270" Entry1="0.0 0.0" Entry2="90 270"/> </Needle1> <Needle2 Pos="58 107" Size="7 11" Center="4 55"/> </HUDAdi> <HUDAdiMetric BGImage="hud_guages_metric.dds" BGPos="343 170" BGSize="166 166" BGscale=".70" NeedleImage="attitude_card.dds"> <Needle1 Pos="30 452" Size="68 120" Center="35 60" TableSize="3"> <DataTable Entry0="-90.0 -270" Entry1="0.0 0.0" Entry2="90 270"/> </Needle1> <Needle2 Pos="58 107" Size="7 11" Center="4 55"/> </HUDAdiMetric> <HUDAirspeed BGImage="hud_guages.dds" BGPos="345 343" BGSize="166 166" BGscale=".70" NeedleImage="hud_guages.dds"> <Needle1 Pos="372 22" Size="104 25" Center="31 12" Offset="90" TableSize="9"> <DataTable Entry0="0.0 0.0" Entry1="50.0 8.0" Entry2="100.0 44.0" Entry3="150.0 89.0" Entry4="200.0 135.0" Entry5="250.0 185.0" Entry6="300.0 233.0" Entry7="400.0 263.5" Entry8="500.0 289.0" Entry9="700.0 344.0"/> </Needle1> </HUDAirspeed> <HUDAirspeedMetric BGImage="hud_guages_metric.dds" BGPos="345 343" BGSize="166 166" BGscale=".70" NeedleImage="hud_guages_metric.dds"> <Needle1 Pos="390 28" Size="86 15" Center="23 7" Offset="90" TableSize="11"> <DataTable Entry0="0.0 180.0" Entry1="100.0 195.0" Entry2="150.0 220.0" Entry3="200.0 240.0" Entry4="250.0 270.0" Entry5="300.0 292.0" Entry6="400.0 350.5" Entry7="500.0 380.0" Entry8="600.0 455.0" Entry9="700.0 495.0" Entry10="800.0 555.0" Entry11="900.0 615.0"/> </Needle1> </HUDAirspeedMetric> <HUDAlt BGImage="hud_guages.dds" BGPos="2 344" BGSize="166 166" BGscale=".70" NeedleImage="hud_guages.dds"> <Needle1 Pos="390 28" Size="86 15" Center="23 7" Offset="90"/> <Needle2 Pos="387 94" Size="78 20" Center="28 10" Offset="90"/> <Needle3 Pos="466 59" Size="24 27" Center="-45 14" Offset="90"/> </HUDAlt> <HUDAltMetric BGImage="hud_guages_metric.dds" BGPos="2 344" BGSize="166 166" BGscale=".70" NeedleImage="hud_guages_metric.dds"> <Needle1 Pos="12 315" Size="28 20" Center="14 10" TableSize="3" WindowPos="0 45"> <DataTable Entry0="0.0 0.0" Entry1="8.0 151.0" Entry2="15.0 276.0"/> </Needle1> <Needle2 Pos="390 28" Size="86 15" Center="23 7" Offset="-90"/> </HUDAltMetric> <HUDCompass BGIMage="hud_guages.dds" BGPos="171 343" BGSize="168 168" BGscale="1.00" NeedleImage="hud_guages.dds"> <Needle1 Pos="200 17" Size="134 134" Center="67 67" Offset="0"/> </HUDCompass> <HUDCompassMetric BGIMage="hud_guages_metric.dds" BGPos="171 343" BGSize="168 168" BGscale="1.00" NeedleImage="hud_guages_metric.dds"> <Needle1 Pos="200 17" Size="134 134" Center="67 67" Offset="0"/> </HUDCompassMetric> <HUDText Color="0xFF99FF00"/> <HUDTextMetric Color="0xFF99FF00"/> <HUDVsi BGImage="hud_guages.dds" BGPos="3 5" BGSize="165 165" BGscale=".70" NeedleImage="hud_guages.dds"> <Needle1 Pos="390 28" Size="86 15" Center="23 7" Offset="90" TableSize="9"> <DataTable Entry0="-20000 98.0" Entry1="-6000.0 98.0" Entry2="-4000.0 135.0" Entry3="-2000.0 185.0" Entry4="0.0 270.0" Entry5="2000.0 355.0" Entry6="4000.0 405.0" Entry7="6000.0 442" Entry8="20000 442"/> </Needle1> </HUDVsi> <HUDVsiMetric BGImage="hud_guages_metric.dds" BGPos="3 5" BGSize="165 165" BGscale=".70" NeedleImage="hud_guages_metric.dds"> <Needle1 Pos="390 28" Size="86 15" Center="23 7" Offset="90" TableSize="9"> <DataTable Entry0="-30 135.0" Entry1="-20.0 155.0" Entry2="-10.0 185.0" Entry3="-5.0 225.0" Entry4="0.0 270.0" Entry5="5.0 315.0" Entry6="10.0 355.0" Entry7="20.0 382" Entry8="30 405"/> </Needle1> </HUDVsiMetric> <TacticalDisplay BGIMage="tactical_display.dds" BGPos="0 0" BGSize="128 128" BGScale=".8" BackColor="0x1f0000FF" Mode="0"/> <TacticalDisplayMetric BGIMage="tactical_display.dds" BGPos="0 0" BGSize="128 128" BGScale=".8" BackColor="0x1f0000FF" Mode="0"/> <TargetCone/> <TargetConeMetric/> <HUDPipper BGImage="reticule.dds" BGPos="0 0" BGSize="64 64" BGscale=".70"/> <HUDPipperMetric BGImage="reticule.dds" BGPos="0 0" BGSize="64 64" BGscale=".70"/> <LabelDisplay BGImage="brackets.dds" BGPos="0 0" BGSize="32 32"/> <LabelDisplayMetric BGImage="brackets.dds" BGPos="0 0" BGSize="32 32"/> </HUD> <ViewUI Default="VirtualCockpitView"/> </Settings>