Icons file (in users (pilots) folder) Needs Documenting

[stovak]

TD may be busy, in the meantime I can only tell you that it works for me.

The icons file in the pilot folder works offline only. I have shown my settings below, but I also tried yours and they work the same, overriding the default settings. My RCU is the same as yours.

mp_dotrange FRIENDLY DOT 20.0 COLOR 0.01 RANGE 0.01 TYPE 0.01 ID 0.2 NAME 0.1 ALTICON 6.0 ALTSYMBOL o ALTCOLOR 2
mp_dotrange FOE DOT 20.0 COLOR 0.01 RANGE 0.01 TYPE 0.01 ID 0.2 NAME 0.1 ALTICON 6.0 ALTSYMBOL x ALTCOLOR 1

There may be another file in your main folder called icon.rcu. It is only active if the main rcu has the added line

@file icon.rcu

It has the same format and changes the icon settings for all players if you run a dogfight server. If the settings are different, it will override and rewrite the pilot icons file to match, even if you are playing offline.

[Tolwyn]

your icon.rcu is custom to your installation, an inclusion by the Steam or GOG version. It is not part of the default installation from CD.

OFFLINE ONLY

May be the culprit! That's fine by me. Good to know that. Whew!
Thank you.

[stovak]

Originally Posted by Tolwyn

your icon.rcu is custom to your installation

Yes, I'd forgotten where that file came from, I added it manually so only the bit about being offline is relevant

Originally Posted by Ventura

I believe that it shows up online & offline as well as with anyone joining my coops who doesn't have their own files in the main folder(which may overide my parameters, I haven't checked this).

I've tested this; the server controls the settings, so anyone joining will have the same icons, even if their own icons.rcu is different.