Targeting reticles
Allegiance's targeting reticles are 64x64 bitmap images stored in Allegiance's own .mdl format. The exact files containing the targeting reticle in the Allegiance folder are located in the artwork subfolder:
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Allegiance\Artwork\centerinbmp.mdl
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Allegiance\Artwork\centerinbmp.mdl
The centerinbmp file is used when your target is "in" your line of fire, and the centeroutbmp file is used when your target is "out" of your line of fire.
You can create these files by using any graphics program such as Microsoft Paint. The easiest way to do it is to take an existing centerinbmp and centeroutbmp and modify them to your liking.
To do this, you will need to use the MDLUtility available in the downloads section of the forum. Follow these steps to customize your reticule:
- Use MDLUtility to export the bmp files from centerinbmp.mdl and centeroutbmp.mdl
- Open the extracted bmp files in your favorite image editor
- Modify the image however you like making sure you do not change the filesize! It must remain 64x64 pixels!
- Save your modified image
- Use MDLUtility to import your modified bmp files into new mdl files
Once you have created your mdl files, simply replace the centerinbmp.mdl and centeroutbmp.mdl files in your artwork directory (making sure Allegiance is closed first!) and launch Allegiance. That's it!
Be sure to backup your existing .mdl files in case you want to revert to the originals!!
A few members of our community have prepared many customized targeting reticles for easy download. They are available below - just click on the reticule you want and download its zip. Extract the zip's contents to your Allegiance\Artwork folder and you are set.
http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/1.jpg 800x600 - Number One http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/2.jpg 800x600 - Number Two
http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/3.jpg 800x600 - Number Three http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/4.jpg 800x600 - Number Four
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http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/7.jpg 800x600 - Number Seven http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/8.jpg 800x600 - Number Eight
http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/9.jpg 800x600 - Number Nine http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/10.jpg 800x600 - Number Ten
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http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/21.jpg 800x600 - Number Twenty-One http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/22.jpg 800x600 - Number Twenty-Two
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http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/29.jpg 800x600 - Number Twenty-Nine http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/BasicCross.jpg 800x600 - Basic Cross
http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/BasicThinCross.jpg 800x600 - Basic Thin Cross http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/DottedCross.jpg 800x600 - Dotted Cross
http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/HollowCross.jpg 800x600 - Hollow Cross http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/Homemade.jpg 800x600 - Homemade
http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/IronSights.jpg 800x600 - Iron Sights http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/PsycHs.jpg 800x600 - PsycHs
http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/Quake3.jpg 800x600 - Quake3 http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/RedXCross.jpg 800x600 - RedXCross
http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/TehBox.jpg 800x600 - TehBox http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/TheBoredSpecial.jpg 800x600 - TheBored Special
http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/TheFinger.jpg 800x600 - The Finger http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/TheMan.jpg 800x600 - The Man
http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/ThinDefault.jpg 800x600 - Thin Default http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/ThreeThreads.jpg 800x600 - Three Threads
http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/TinyCross.jpg 800x600 - Tiny Cross http://www.freeallegiance.org/knowledgebase/mods/reticles/VulpRet.jpg 800x600 - VulpRet
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