Arma 3
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Data Type: Mod
Mod Type: Mechanics
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13 Feb, 2023 @ 8:00am
22 Jun, 2023 @ 1:19am
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Simple Dot Crosshair

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Description


Literally a dot in the center of your screen
I have no idea how do interface configs work and the fact this looks somehow good is only because I managed to change enough values to be where I want it to be. So now instead of normal crosshair, there is a small dot showing you the general way you're pointing your gun. It's not a pinpoint laser pointer allowing you to Rambo-snipe anyone, sway still exists.

What is a crosshair
In Arma 3, crosshair is a single texture repeated four times to make four selections - top, bottom, left and right. These selections can "fade", change their position depending on the damage or fatigue your character has. That "feature" of having sections moving away from center means that you can't have a circle-like pointer that can resize at all, what I did is making one selection stay in place while the rest is completely hidden. That circle can't change its size so it will not show where your bullet will land nor show the "box" of sway you currently have. I could make four circles overlapping each other and depending on the fatigue they would go away from the center, but this wouldn't be simple and would take more screen space. Instead you get a Old-Man-like dot.

PS If you're playing a mission where one task is to interact with an object and that object is among many other interactive objects and you can't "hit" it, hold down the J key (key for showing task markers in 3D space) and aim at that object, the game will find it instantly and you'll be shown its action.
21 Comments
honger  [author] 21 Aug @ 1:34pm 
I might add some slight shadow or a border around it once I remember how I made this work at all lmao. But yeah for now just change the colour.
Bandit 20 Aug @ 5:12pm 
Simple mod but can't do without, cheers mate!
honger  [author] 19 Aug @ 12:06pm 
@Bandit, Options -> Game -> Colors. Just like you change the base game crosshair color.
Bandit 19 Aug @ 11:30am 
is it possible to change the color? sometimes white is hard to see
MaddMink 10 Mar @ 9:24am 
Please update the bikey if you have a moment.
HBAOplus 10 Mar @ 1:18am 
@AvvuErni
You will have to enable basegame's own crosshair first in difficulty setting
honger  [author] 9 Mar @ 7:09am 
@AvvuErni download, select in Launcher, click play. It won't work if you are using another mod doing the same thing.

@Eidann, idk, I only changed those I found information about on wiki and in the files.
AvvuErniii 8 Mar @ 6:43am 
how to enable?
Eidann 2 Mar @ 9:26am 
it is possible to make it overide all crosshair of the game ?
MaddMink 19 Aug, 2024 @ 8:22am 
The bikey is broken.