HowTo:Nav Computer Interface

Introduction

The navigation computer interface is a screen that is accessed with the [Shift+M] key (in the default setup). It offers navigational help like a starmap for sectors and current system, some status information, and a navigation computer where one can find systems and save routes.

Modding

You need to supply to the game:

• a mesh for the nav computer, called console.bfxm, in /data/meshes/nav/default folder.
• a mesh for the buttons, called b_generic.bfxm, in /data/meshes/nav/default folder.
• textures for console and button as specified in the mesh file, in /data/textures/nav/default folder.

The mesh sources are created from:

• console.xmesh, to be found in /masters/meshes/nav/default.
• b_generic.xmesh, to be found in /masters/meshes/nav/default.
• master textures in /data/textures/nav/default.

Requirements

The following requirements apply:

• Mesh guidelines
• Texture requirements

References

• The forum thread discussing the nav computer interface
• The player manual entry about the nav computer