Pad location HUD in VR.

[Rockyrocket]

Hi,
So I was going to update my old Thread however it seems to be locked.
For the two of you that may actually be using this an update was needed as the method had to change, and also I figured out how to get it working in VR.
The image app I was using now causes many AV apps to start wigging out unfortunately, although I suspect it to be a false positive as the dev is issuing refunds instead of running for the hills.
Changing the overlay app to the free CustomDesktopLogo brought some benefits as it will display images placed into a watch folder via a simple AHK script.
The same folder I realised can also be watched by irfanview that will then display it in a window with minimal border/outline - perfect for pulling into VR with ovrdrop.
I am not doing anything particularly smart here really just stringing other peoples software together, in the case of VR the workflow is....
EDDI - voiceattack - Ahk - irfanview - Ovrdrop.
An example can be seen in the video and I will add a link in the description to a download containing Ahks + vaps etc once I get some more time.

[video=youtube;yyLO13cnVKE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyLO13cnVKE&feature=youtu.be[/video]

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Instructions....

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I will assume that you already have voice attack and EDDI installed and working, and that for the 2D overlays ED is in full screen borderless mode.

In EDDI under the speech responder tab edit the "Docking Granted" entry (thanks J. Calvert)to this...

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{_ Context }
{SetState('eddi_context_last_subject', 'landing pad')}
{SetState('eddi_context_landing_pad_system', system.name)}
{SetState('eddi_context_landing_pad_station', event.station)}
{SetState('eddi_context_landing_pad_pad', event.landingpad)}

{set station to StationDetails(event.station)}
{SetState("stationtype", station.model)}
{if station.model = "Coriolis Starport" || station.model = "Orbis Starport" || station.model = "Ocellus Starport" || station.model = "AsteroidBase" || station.model = "Unknown Starport":
{Pause(8000)}
{F("Landing pad report")}
}

Next copy the Pad finder folder from the download into your \VoiceAttack\Apps folder next to the EDDI folder.
The dev of CustomDesktopLogo is cool with it being distributed so its ready to go.
CustomDesktopLogo is set to display images placed into the VoiceAttack\Apps\Pad finder\images folder by the AutoHotkey scripts.
To adjust size and position etc use the setting accessed from the tray icon.

Once you import the profile Vap files into VoiceAttack you should be good to go - with one caveat as you need to have a different profiles for 2D and VR as the commands are different but have to share the same names.



For VR we use irfanview to display the pad image as it will also watch a "hot" folder and display any new image added to it.
Set the hot folder to the same VoiceAttack\Apps\Pad finder\images folder as before.
You can also set this from the commandline with I_view32.exe /hotfolder="your path to\VoiceAttack\Apps\Pad finder\images"
Whats great about IrfanView is that it has shortcuts to remove its window borders,toolbar etc (Alt+Shift S,T,M,C)

Unless I have forgotten something then now all that's needed is for you to set up OvrDrop however you like.
Note this uses the default hotkey (space) to hide ovrdrop.

Have fun.

Files...
File download

Have fun.

 

[Chromezero]

Wow, that's a cool idea. I like OVDrop but it doesn't seem to place my windows(in VR world) consistently which would be frustrating for something like this. I'll have to give it a try anyway. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Flimley]

That is very cool. I like it.

Flimley

 

[Rockyrocket]

Glad you folks like the idea.
Down load and files added to the first post.

 

[TorTorden_VR]

The nav ball points to your pad.
has for the last few years at least.

 

[BigF]

This looks interesting, will have to install it and give it a try.