Iron Sight Question

[lilblackdemon00 0]

Hello everybody. This is my first post, even though I've been playing [GR] since about 2003 and discovered this site soon after, but never really ventured onto the forums until now.

I've been trying to get CENTCOM working, since the mod looks absolutely awesome, but I've run into a problem that makes the game unplayable: Iron Sights.

When I start the first mission, I get the threat indicator, the ammo count, and other usual HUD elements. The only thing missing is the reticule. I know that the mod is supposed to have Iron Sights, but I can't seem to get them to appear in the game.

Are there any special configuration steps I need to go through to get them to work? I have my game stripped down to GR, DS, IT, and CENTCOM (no other mods).

If it helps, I'm running with settings maxed at 1920x1200 resolution, 24bit color. Default keyboard layout.

[Dannik 43]

Just in case it's an issue of misinterpretation, the "iron sights" in Centcom are replacements for the stock reticule, not the appearance of a physical gun model on screen, but an implication of actual sights.

You mention no reticule. You're not getting one at all? Don't forget that the first mission is incredibly dark, so I wonder whether the darkness is making it hard to make out the fairly subtle reticule.

Finally, F9 disables hud elements, such as the reticule. Unlikely, but you could tap it a couple of times to see if your ret comes up.

[lilblackdemon00 0]

Just in case it's an issue of misinterpretation, the "iron sights" in Centcom are replacements for the stock reticule, not the appearance of a physical gun model on screen, but an implication of actual sights.

You mention no reticule. You're not getting one at all? Don't forget that the first mission is incredibly dark, so I wonder whether the darkness is making it hard to make out the fairly subtle reticule.

Finally, F9 disables hud elements, such as the reticule. Unlikely, but you could tap it a couple of times to see if your ret comes up.

I haven't been getting a reticule at all. F9 did nothing to help.

Here are some screengrabs (this was at a resolution of 1440x900 so I could play in a window and see the forum).

http://personal.stevens.edu/~ascagnel/ScreenShot0.png

http://personal.stevens.edu/~ascagnel/ScreenShot1.png

http://personal.stevens.edu/~ascagnel/ScreenShot2.png

http://personal.stevens.edu/~ascagnel/ScreenShot3.png

http://personal.stevens.edu/~ascagnel/ScreenShot4.png

[Dannik 43]

Ok, I'm going to go ahead and call this very weird. I took one of your screens, and did some image processing. You're right; the reticule is entirely missing. It's definitely not just obscured.

Since I'm not aware of a hotkey that disables just the reticule in [GR], I have to conclude that there is some issue with the Centcom mod and your video settings, and my gut says it's the 24 bit colour settings you run at (from initial post). I've just got a feeling that having your colour depth set there may be at least part of the issue, either for your display, or the mod's creation.

Hold on, and with luck, one of the Centcom team will be able to help you out further.

[lilblackdemon00 0]

I feel it's worth mentioning that 32bit is grayed out for me... it is on this system, and it was also on a previous system. Both have nVidia 5x00 cards. Could that be an issue?

Additionally, i tried the Iron Sights for War of Infamy, and they do not work. However, reticule replacements work perfectly.

To make it simple, here's a screengrab of my graphics options menu:

http://personal.stevens.edu/~ascagnel/groptions.PNG

[Dannik 43]

Oh, 24 bit Z-Buffer. Not 24 bit colour depth. That shouldn't be an issue at all then. That option has been grayed out in [GR] for a long, long time... I don't recall the exact reason, but it's ancient, and can't be the issue.

I'm stumped, again, but there just has to be some silly little issue at work. I wish I had better advice, but all I can suggest is hold out a bit, and see if one of the modders around here knows the solution, or one of the techs (which I sort of am) can find a fix.

I'll keep looking into it, of course. Centcom is a fantastic mod, up there with the best of them. Shame you're having these issues.

[Hammer 75]

I notice from your screen shots that you are using a SCAR rifle?? I cant remember seeing one in the Centcom mod ?? are you sure you have no other mods active? like DTD scar weapons mod or Armina Scared ?

just think if you are there could be a conflict thing going on ??

Edited February 14, 2007 by Hammer12

[Hammer 75]

just tryed it with the DTD Scar combat assault rifle mod and with Centcom as priority you get the scar weapons but no rets. if you put them the other way round you get the rets but lose Centcom skins ??

[Buehgler_AS 0]

Good catch (I hope) Hammer. I was reading this question and I was completely stumped as to how you get this to happen. Of course I looked at the screenshots but due to browser configuration I never noticed what weapon he was carrying (it was off screen).

@lilblackdemon00 Check you mod activation and keep your finger crossed. Mixing weapons mods can in fact often lead to this type of mysterious difficulty.

[lilblackdemon00 0]

My bad, I guess. I didn't realize I had left the DTD SCAR mod on when I took those screengrabs. With just CENTCOM, it works fine. However, whenever I use a DTD SCAR weapon in CENTCOM, it doesn't have a reticule. I guess I'll just leave that alone and use CENTCOM's armory instead.

[Dannik 43]

Excellent catch, folks, and I'm glad it wasn't more serious a problem. Good jorb!