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3D Box + 2D Square Target Selection Mode

Apr 16, 2026 Hawkfeather link
I love the multiple target indicators that 2D Square has, but I can't give up the 3D Box for the primary target. It would be awesome to have a combined mode where currently untargeted ships have the 2D Square indicator while the primary target has a 3D box. It would also be nice to have a command to quickly enable/disable these 2D Squares, if there isn't one I don't know about already.
Apr 16, 2026 Factor Fett link
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Apr 16, 2026 incarnate link
Interesting, yeah, I can see that. 3D Box is useful for being aware of selected-ship orientation at a distance, but 2D Square is good for general situational awareness.

And then you want a bindable that disables 2D Square, but leaves 3D Box enabled, I imagine? Or maybe just one that can disable "whatever" model, and if you have the two of them enabled concurrently, 3D Box will take priority for currently-selected-object.
Apr 17, 2026 Lord~spidey link
Fuck yes.

This is tentatively related but having a roll indicator would be pretty fucking sweet, doesn't need to be fancy either I'd love a reference to my ships X axis relative to the camera's orientation whilst flying in first person with mouselook.

back when we used to be able to target our own ship targeting one's own ship did the job admirably so if we could get some vertices around our own spaceboat I wouldn't mind either!
Apr 17, 2026 Hawkfeather link
Yeah, I would love the bindables to toggle each mode on and off if possible!
Apr 18, 2026 incarnate link
This is tentatively related but having a roll indicator would be pretty fucking sweet, doesn't need to be fancy either I'd love a reference to my ships X axis relative to the camera's orientation whilst flying in first person with mouselook.

That doesn't seem very related, and also I don't know what you mean. So, maybe you could make another thread that's a bit more detailed about that.
Apr 18, 2026 mybeatsarebollox link
and if you have the two of them enabled concurrently, 3D Box will take priority for currently-selected-object.

Yes please, +1
Apr 20, 2026 Factor Fett link
Doesn't not fit the suggestion but usefull one key press switch:

alias trgtype "trgt1"
alias trgt0 "echo '*** Target 2D' ; set rTargetBoxMode 0 ; alias trgtype 'trgt1'"
alias trgt1 "echo '*** Target 3D' ; set rTargetBoxMode 1 ; alias trgtype 'trgt0'"