Widescreen 1920x1080 Perfect HUD Trick

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Why can not I just use the "-dx", which must be entered in the shortcut to start Freelancer?

Example:
"C:\Discovery Freelancer 4.86.0\EXE\Freelancer.exe" -dx -newplayer -dptplayer

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That doesn't move your HUD, as you can see - it's still left floating in the middle of the screen. That's what you'd use Adoxa's Hudshift for.

It's supposed to correct the problem with the HUD not being lined up to the edges of the screen on widescreen resolutions. I've never tried it, nor did I when it first came out, because Cannon or any member of the Admin team said it was allowed to be used on the server.

I would, however, be curious as to if it would be allowed. My HUD matching my resolution would be extremely handy.

~Leo

I don't think Jason's FL patch does that (move the HUD like you're describing, that is), but I've never tested it either. The main reason why it's not allowed for use on the Discovery server is because it adds a lot of other functionality, so I presume it wouldn't be compatible nor useful - we've already had the vertical strafing and roll functionality that it adds for years.

Adoxa's Hudshift is the fix you'd use (and the only one around, as far as I know) for moving the HUD out to the edges of the screen when you're running FL in a widescreen or other non-standard resolution. You can find a link to that in my post a bit further up in this thread.

EDIT: Link to the post w/installation instructions for those of you that are too lazy to scroll up

EDIT2: <strike>The download link in that post is broken. I'll fix that in a moment - I've changed my server software since then.</strike>

EDIT3: Adoxa's site is up again, might as well use that: http://adoxa.110mb.com/freelancer/hudshift.zip

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