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ashley
03-11-2016, 09:34 PM
http://i.imgur.com/CvJJLRY.png
The Recursion Real-Time Stat Tracker now has a built-in configurable crosshair overlay! It features automatic centering of images, the ability to use any custom user-specified image for the crosshair, an easy way to toggle its visibility on demand, and immediate updating so you can change the crosshair in seconds if desired.

Installation
On the main menu screen, press "Add Mod" (http://i.imgur.com/OnD3rBk.png), find the "Crosshair Overlay" mod, and press "Install" (http://i.imgur.com/0mG1DYh.png). If you accidentally hide the mod manager or need to access it while in-game (it hides automatically when a session starts), move your mouse to the left side of the client and click in the highlighted region with the arrow (http://i.imgur.com/BxypaeJ.png).

Configuration
To configure what image the crosshair overlay uses, click the "Crosshair" (http://i.imgur.com/zCDwQ3e.png) component and "Configure" (http://i.imgur.com/x1gy2rc.png). Press the "[...]" (http://i.imgur.com/aJrJbzu.png) button and navigate to the file path of the image you'd like to use.

http://i.imgur.com/zeNoww9.gif

A small set of preloaded images is included in the "Crosshairs" folder. For easy access, copy and paste your own images into this folder so you can quickly navigate to them later on. Right click the "Crosshair" component and click "Open Directory" (http://i.imgur.com/MBxlNly.gif) to reach the mod folder, where the "Crosshairs" folder is contained. The preloaded crosshairs are shown below:

http://i.imgur.com/495Ao4X.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/OFFYusa.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/XUvS5ZU.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/rcQai8E.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/gvvFD9a.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/RiRrXdn.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/016ULcU.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/XBJ5NfJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/uFw401R.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/wchzr6I.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/nxlME77.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/l9igD70.png

To restore the default white dot, right click the variable and select "Restore Defaults" (http://i.imgur.com/hi6E9LX.gif).

Additional premade crosshairs
A larger set of premade crosshairs from the legacy .rtst_pak files is available here: http://goo.gl/PvvsWX. Simply download the image you would like to use and save it to the "Crosshairs" folder.
http://i.imgur.com/au8w6eH.png (http://goo.gl/PvvsWX)
An incredibly large collection of crosshairs can be found at this Google Drive (http://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7B11LWfIZ7FTkpVRnllaWk5TUE), courtesy of Iris.

The crosshairs compiled by Iris come in a variety of colors:

http://i.imgur.com/P3pl4b7.png (http://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7B11LWfIZ7FTkpVRnllaWk5TUE)

You get a choice of numerous dot sizes, with and without borders:

http://i.imgur.com/38K96GB.png (http://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7B11LWfIZ7FTkpVRnllaWk5TUE)

There are many types of crosses, with and without dots and gaps, as well as three-prong "Kobra" crosses:

http://i.imgur.com/6MPs3CE.png (http://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7B11LWfIZ7FTkpVRnllaWk5TUE)

Creating a custom crosshair
Creating a custom crosshair overlay image is easy, and can be done very quickly using free online tools. One such tool is pixelartmaker.com (http://pixelartmaker.com/). Draw your custom crosshair image, then save it (remember to set the size of each pixel as 1px) and copy the downloaded PNG into the "Crosshairs" folder. Make sure that the space around your crosshair is even, as the Recursion Crosshair Overlay will automatically center an image, not necessarily the crosshair inside of it (good (http://i.imgur.com/cR169iO.png), good (http://i.imgur.com/VaTOGM9.png), bad (http://i.imgur.com/WKDbAa2.png)). Of course, any number of programs can be used as well, such as GIMP (https://www.gimp.org/downloads/) or Paint.NET (http://www.getpaint.net/download.html).

Frequently Asked Questions
To contact me directly, please send a Reddit PM to /u/ashleyapb (https://goo.gl/jGR8Sj).

1. Are crosshair overlays allowed? Won't I be banned?


DBG staff have explicitly stated on numerous occasions that crosshair overlays are allowed to use, e.g. here (https://www.reddit.com/r/Planetside/comments/3drcfm/after_a_break_from_ps2_i_decided_to_come_back_and/ct80wld) as well as specifically voiced their support for the tracker (https://www.reddit.com/r/Planetside/comments/4c9q6t/recursion_stat_tracker_safe_to_use/d1h97up).

2. Why would anyone need a crosshair overlay?


Many of the in-game reticles and iron sights in Planetside 2 are off-center by a few pixels, move around slightly with your player character's motions while moving your view or walking around, and offer little in the way of customization.

You get a variety of reticles with the 1x and 2x optics, but for higher zoom scopes, you're locked into at most two options, often only one. Crosshair overlays allow you to use any style you like with the assurance that it will always be centered and accurate.

3. I don't like any of the available options, what can I do?


While the premade images are designed to accommodate a wide variety of choices and cover many of the typical crosshairs seen in games, everyone has their personal preference and they may not be satisfied with what's available. The Recursion Crosshair Overlay allows for the use of any custom image, preferably saved as a transparent .png for best appearance.

4. Why are the crosshairs evenly sized? Shouldn't the crosses and dots be only 1 or 3 pixels wide to be as small as possible?


There is a common belief that crosshairs should be 1 pixel wide to be as small and unobtrusive as possible. This may be true for that scenario, but a 1 pixel dot is not as accurate a measure of the center of your screen as one that's 2 pixels wide would be (4 pixels total). Because all commonly used resolutions have an even number of pixels (for example, the ubiquitous 1920x1080), there is no "center" pixel.

The center is a group of 4 pixels in the middle of the screen, with "true" center being physically in between those pixels and not able to be displayed. The premade images follow this and are at minimum 2 pixels wide. Dots or crosses with 1 pixel widths will work fine, but will be offset by "half" a pixel from true center.

5. My crosshair looks like it's off-center sometimes, is it inaccurate?


Assuming your crosshair image is accurate (the preloaded ones are guaranteed to be accurate, as are any images with evenly sized padding around them - see "Creating a custom crosshair"), the overlay will be accurately placed. Many of the in-game reticles, scopes, and iron-sights are off-center and are not a reliable representation of the center of your screen.

To ensure that your crosshair overlay is centered, compare its position to that of the hipfire crosshair. An easy way of doing this is to hold a Medkit, which will show you a small white cross that can serve as an accurate reference point for the center. If it is for some reason misaligned, you can reset its position under Tools->Options-Display (http://i.imgur.com/gAysGDO.png) or manually input a position in the same place after turning off "Centered Image" under the component's configuration options.

6. Why aren't all the premade crosshair images included by default?


Default crosshairs are a mandatory download for anyone using the Recursion Crosshair Overlay, meaning that a needlessly large collection of crosshair images would place an excessive burden on anyone with slow internet download speeds, metered connections, limited free hard drive space, and other restrictions.

Keeping the external collections separate remains easily accessible to anyone interested while ensuring that people access these collections and download images on-demand without anything forced on them.

ashley
03-27-2016, 10:15 AM
Last update:

Added:
-Most popularly downloaded crosshair styles are now preloaded, with colored variants. The total number of preloaded crosshairs is now 13. They are: cross, small cross, tiny cross, and dot, all in three colors (green, purple, red), as well as the default white dot. This is primarily for easy access of the most popular crosshairs.

http://i.imgur.com/495Ao4X.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/OFFYusa.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/XUvS5ZU.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/rcQai8E.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/gvvFD9a.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/RiRrXdn.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/016ULcU.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/XBJ5NfJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/uFw401R.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/wchzr6I.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/nxlME77.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/l9igD70.png

-Startup screen, since many users were unaware that they could use custom images. This will hopefully help alleviate this problem, while experienced users can very easily turn off the startup screen by pressing "Remove" on the component. I apologize for essentially adding a popup, but it was born out of an observed need and can be removed in seconds. Thanks for understanding!

http://i.imgur.com/YSD3ap7.png

With this update, users will need to reset their specified crosshair due to a change in the way the program handles the image. Sorry for the inconvenience, and this will almost certainly not need to be done again now that version 0.11 is out of Beta and into a full release.

limitlessenergy
03-27-2016, 10:23 AM
nice work on this

ashley
03-29-2016, 03:59 PM
In-game scopes are off center. See point 5 in the FAQ.

Ghost182
03-30-2016, 09:07 AM
In-game scopes are off center. See point 5 in the FAQ.

OMG sry. I'm so stupid.^^ I tried so long to get it matched that I forgot to read the FAQ.

But where does the game send the bullets. The real center (overlay crosshair) or the scope one?

Again thank you for this mod. No wonder my aim was better when using it. WTF can't Gamebreak games get important stuff like that right? I mean scopes in a FPS that are off center? Really?

ashley
03-30-2016, 09:44 AM
Shots always originate at the true center of the screen, even during extreme examples like when your gun is flying around during screen shake.

SeveN797
04-01-2016, 03:33 PM
How can I use crosshairs from old recursion versions which are in rtst_pak extension?

ashley
04-01-2016, 03:37 PM
You can't use them natively anymore. The images used for them are available in the OP under the "legacy crosshairs" link. Instructions on where to place the images are also detailed above under "Configuration".

SeveN797
04-01-2016, 03:43 PM
You can't use them natively anymore. The images used for them are available in the OP under the "legacy crosshairs" link. Instructions on where to place the images are also detailed above under "Configuration".

Thanks, I have missed that link.

ashley
04-04-2016, 06:07 PM
Courtesy of /u/irisflame (https://www.reddit.com/user/irisflame), an incredibly large collection of premade crosshairs is now available at this Google Drive (http://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7B11LWfIZ7FTkpVRnllaWk5TUE).

The crosshairs compiled come in a series of colors:

http://i.imgur.com/P3pl4b7.png
You get a choice of numerous dot sizes, with and without borders:

http://i.imgur.com/38K96GB.png
There are many types of crosses:

http://i.imgur.com/XAAji8C.png

McRory
05-23-2016, 05:59 PM
Thanks for this mod/addon. Love it!

FieldMarshall
05-25-2016, 11:21 AM
Very awesome mod. Pretty much a must-have (in my opinion)

I wish there was a quick way to change the size of the crosshairs in the recursion client though.

ashley
05-25-2016, 01:32 PM
Thanks guys!

By change the size you mean resizing the image itself? There currently isn't support for that outside of changing the actual image it uses. If you wanted, I could resize or make a crosshair of choice for you to load in? Let me know what you're looking for; the process is fairly simple.

FieldMarshall
05-26-2016, 05:44 AM
Oh, that would be really awesome. =]

I was thinking maybe a double sized version of the green (or any colour) "T" crosshair.
I would do it myself, but honestly im not very good with these things.

Thanks again for the awesome mod.

ashley
05-26-2016, 09:35 AM
Double sized how? Just width, or length, or both? If you wanted to take a crack at it yourself, it's pretty simple, especially with something like http://pixelartmaker.com/. I've got some bigger versions of the T cross below, along with the original for comparison. They are ordered: normal, double width, double length, double width/length, and scaled 200%.

http://i.imgur.com/4sSO0Wr.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/RPEOk3r.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/XKcafgR.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/XvXs9WZ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/pkI0QIK.png

FieldMarshall
05-26-2016, 09:42 AM
Thats perfect =]
(What i meant by double size, was just scaling everything up in size 200%)

When i tried, i did it in paint... (should give some idea of my level of expertise).
I'll try the program you recommended, but it doesent look like i'll need it.
The ones you made are really good.

Thanks =]

ashley
05-26-2016, 11:42 AM
Awesome, good to hear :). Enjoy!

XxXxDRAGONxXxXMLG
10-15-2016, 06:47 PM
I keep getting an error that says image not to size 0 x 0 how do you fix this?

XxXxDRAGONxXxXMLG
10-15-2016, 06:48 PM
Having trouble with it saying image not to size 0 x 0 what do i do?

ashley
10-16-2016, 12:34 PM
What image are you trying to use? Can you upload it to imgur?

West
10-18-2016, 09:45 AM
When i activate your Mod it hides the default Hud. Also i only see Beta Participation in the Mod Config.
What do i wrong? :)

mendi
02-11-2017, 11:57 PM
thanks works great

Pepper
04-01-2017, 09:16 AM
When I try to load a new crosshair it says "Could not load bitmap: File not in constraints: 0x0". Is there a way to change the file constraints? I am also using ch_cross_green file from the mod.

COOLCANADIAN
05-15-2017, 08:40 AM
when i launch the game with the crosshairs enabled they don't show up in fullscreen or windowed any ideas on why and how to fix please?
never mind i fixed it you have to press f11 and shift

TheKharjo
09-24-2017, 03:05 AM
Hi
I am pressing Shift+F11 but the chrosshair overlay is not appearing....

ashley
09-24-2017, 03:29 PM
Are you running the program in administrator mode?

TheKharjo
09-26-2017, 08:39 AM
Are you running the program in administrator mode?

DOH!
I cant believe i forgot that, lol.
Thanks!

Zavatun
02-21-2020, 01:22 AM
I'm an older player (60 years +) with failing eyesight and I'm also quite red green colourblind. I find it very hard to see many of the in game reticles, and even many of the coloured crosshairs here I find hard to see against all backgrounds.
I have, however, created a custom crosshair that works well for me. I downloaded a large png file of a sniper crosshair in black and red. Using Photfiltre, I resized it to 64x64 pixels, created a negative image in white, then added a broken black line over the center cross. I did a few edits, and this is the final version that I'm really happy with. What do you think ?

1612

Reza
03-24-2020, 05:10 PM
That's a nice look. Clean, but still eye-catching enough to use for aiming.

TunaFishIsBestFish
07-13-2020, 08:40 AM
Is there a way to disable the crosshair while ADS?

Alnoy
02-27-2023, 04:54 AM
Sorry, i can't access to Google drive, it is restricted for some reason. Do you have Iris crosshairs? Thanks

MedievalWelder
03-21-2023, 12:18 PM
I could send you the folders we have it has a ton of options. Lets do it via discord go ahead and add me MedievalWelder#6394

Koolapz
04-10-2023, 12:33 PM
Hey, just sent a friend request on Discord too
It seems that these files can't be found anywhere