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Crosshair overlay - Allowable or against terms & conditions? Here on Steam is a video capture application that enables overlays. While the base product allows for overlays such as system metrics (cpu, gpu, mem etc), streaming data (twitch or discord chat), a DLC is available to apply a crosshair overlay. From my vague memory, any application. HudSight draws a crosshair overlay right over a game frame and it doesn't matter what video mode is used in a game. That is why you can switch your game to fullscreen and get minimal input lag. During my search to find the best crosshair overlay solution, in the farthest regions of google, I found a program that was created for business, that, funny as it is, does the job better than mumble, Asus monitors, programs that were created especially for crosshair overlays, and whatever in between. Download and install the CrossHair applicationto use a customizable crossha. On the main menu screen, press 'Add Mod', find the 'Crosshair Overlay' mod, and press 'Install'. If you accidentally hide the mod manager or need to access it while in-game (it hides automatically when a session starts), move your mouse to the left side of the client and click in the highlighted region with the arrow.

Amsterdam, 12 June 2018 – Display specialist AOC announces the G1 Series, with three new curved models C24G1, C27G1 and C32G1 ranging from 23.6” to 27” and 31.5” screen sizes. The red-accented design and aggressive curvatures (1500R to 1800R) assure an excellent, immersive gaming experience. The new series is equipped with VA panels and supports Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) resolution. Aimed at competitive gamers, these monitors deliver high contrast images with deep blacks and vivid colours with 144 Hz refresh rate, 1 ms MPRT (Moving Picture Response Time) response time, and wide viewing angles of 178°/178°. For the smoothest gaming experience, these monitors boast AMD FreeSync support for stutter and tear-free gaming, Low Input Lag for the fastest visual feedback, AOC Game Color for on-the-fly adjustment of saturation and picture detail as well as the brand new “Dial Point” for a crosshair overlay, helping gamers to aim accurately in FPS games.

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Gamers no longer need to choose between elegant designs, fast panels, accurate colours and curvature for better immersion. With the new AOC G1 Series, all these features and design come together.

The G1 Series comes in an entirely new design language. All models boast an elegant 3-sided borderless design, which looks very compact and enables seamless multi-monitor set-ups for immersive battlestations. Two monitors of the new series (C24G1 and C27G1) also come equipped with an ergonomic stand with 130 mm height adjustment and -35°/+35° swivel range, so that gamers can keep their optimum viewing position. Thanks to the curvature with a very small radius of 1500R (for C24G1) or 1800R (C27G1 and C32G1), users are going to feel captured and fully immersed in the virtual worlds.

All three models are equipped with AMD’s FreeSync technology, which synchronises the GPU and the monitor so that frames are displayed when ready, therefore reducing input-lag and stuttering caused by V-Sync, or reducing tearing caused by mismatched frames. The 144 Hz refresh rate and fast response time of 1ms (1ms MPRT if desired; it can be adjusted to 4ms GtG) ensure the “connected” feel in games by drastically reducing perceived motion blur. The G1 Series has very low input lag, meaning that the actions of the users given by input devices translate into visual feedback without a noticeable latency caused by the monitor’s internal processing.

With another unique feature, AOC Game Color, users can change colour saturation for better grey level and picture detail. While users can fully customise colour, pixel overdrive and various other little settings and save them into three different Gamer presets, the G1’s Game Mode Settings also include pre-defined FPS, Racing, RTS modes for convenient features aimed at different genres.

Veteran gamers will remember the days when they painted the screen with a marker pen or with a sticker to mark the center point. Now, this feature is built-in to the monitor, AOC’s “Dial Point” places a crosshair overlay to help FPS gamers aim better and easier.

The G1 Series’ VA panels combine the best characteristics of TN and IPS panels and improve upon them. The viewing angles of the G1 Series are on par with conventional IPS panels (178/178), and the fast 144 Hz, 1 ms panels match current TN panels, with much better colour accuracy and viewing angles. What’s more, the VA panels boast 2-3 times higher contrast than both of them.

With rich connectivity including 2 x HDMI, DisplayPort and VGA for legacy display sources and headhones output, the G1 Series covers all grounds.

The AOC G1 Series allows for long hours of playing games; AOC’s Low Blue Mode reduces harmful blue wavelength, while AOC’s Flicker-Free technology adjusts the backlight with DC (Direct Current) instead of PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) for a more comfortable use.

The 23.6” curved C24G1 and the 27” curved C27G1 are going to be available in July 2018 with an MSRP of £179 and £219, respectively. The larger curved 32” C32G1 is expected to be available in August 2018 with an MSRP of £259.

About AOC

AOC is one of the global top brands in the display market. High quality, first-rate service, attractive designs as well as environmentally friendly, ergonomic and innovative products at competitive prices are the reasons why more and more consumers, corporate decision-makers and distribution partners trust in AOC. AOC offers displays which cater to every type of user, be it for professional, home, entertainment or gaming use. AOC is a subsidiary of TPV Technology Limited, the world’s largest LCD manufacturer.


The Recursion Real-Time Stat Tracker now has a built-in configurable crosshair overlay! It features automatic centering of images, the ability to use any custom user-specified image for the crosshair, an easy way to toggle its visibility on demand, and immediate updating so you can change the crosshair in seconds if desired.
Installation
On the main menu screen, press 'Add Mod', find the 'Crosshair Overlay' mod, and press 'Install'. If you accidentally hide the mod manager or need to access it while in-game (it hides automatically when a session starts), move your mouse to the left side of the client and click in the highlighted region with the arrow.
Configuration
To configure what image the crosshair overlay uses, click the 'Crosshair' component and 'Configure'. Press the '[...]' button and navigate to the file path of the image you'd like to use.
A small set of preloaded images is included in the 'Crosshairs' folder. For easy access, copy and paste your own images into this folder so you can quickly navigate to them later on. Right click the 'Crosshair' component and click 'Open Directory' to reach the mod folder, where the 'Crosshairs' folder is contained. The preloaded crosshairs are shown below:
To restore the default white dot, right click the variable and select 'Restore Defaults'.
Additional premade crosshairs
A larger set of premade crosshairs from the legacy .rtst_pak files is available here: http://goo.gl/PvvsWX. Simply download the image you would like to use and save it to the 'Crosshairs' folder.Free crosshair pc
An incredibly large collection of crosshairs can be found at this Google Drive, courtesy of Iris.
The crosshairs compiled by Iris come in a variety of colors:
You get a choice of numerous dot sizes, with and without borders:

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There are many types of crosses, with and without dots and gaps, as well as three-prong 'Kobra' crosses:

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Creating a custom crosshair
Creating a custom crosshair overlay image is easy, and can be done very quickly using free online tools. One such tool is pixelartmaker.com. Draw your custom crosshair image, then save it (remember to set the size of each pixel as 1px) and copy the downloaded PNG into the 'Crosshairs' folder. Make sure that the space around your crosshair is even, as the Recursion Crosshair Overlay will automatically center an image, not necessarily the crosshair inside of it (good, good, bad). Of course, any number of programs can be used as well, such as GIMP or Paint.NET.
Frequently Asked Questions

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1. Are crosshair overlays allowed? Won't I be banned?
DBG staff have explicitly stated on numerous occasions that crosshair overlays are allowed to use, e.g. here as well as specifically voiced their support for the tracker.

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2. Why would anyone need a crosshair overlay?
Many of the in-game reticles and iron sights in Planetside 2 are off-center by a few pixels, move around slightly with your player character's motions while moving your view or walking around, and offer little in the way of customization.
You get a variety of reticles with the 1x and 2x optics, but for higher zoom scopes, you're locked into at most two options, often only one. Crosshair overlays allow you to use any style you like with the assurance that it will always be centered and accurate.

3. I don't like any of the available options, what can I do?
While the premade images are designed to accommodate a wide variety of choices and cover many of the typical crosshairs seen in games, everyone has their personal preference and they may not be satisfied with what's available. The Recursion Crosshair Overlay allows for the use of any custom image, preferably saved as a transparent .png for best appearance.

4. Why are the crosshairs evenly sized? Shouldn't the crosses and dots be only 1 or 3 pixels wide to be as small as possible?
There is a common belief that crosshairs should be 1 pixel wide to be as small and unobtrusive as possible. This may be true for that scenario, but a 1 pixel dot is not as accurate a measure of the center of your screen as one that's 2 pixels wide would be (4 pixels total). Because all commonly used resolutions have an even number of pixels (for example, the ubiquitous 1920x1080), there is no 'center' pixel.
The center is a group of 4 pixels in the middle of the screen, with 'true' center being physically in between those pixels and not able to be displayed. The premade images follow this and are at minimum 2 pixels wide. Dots or crosses with 1 pixel widths will work fine, but will be offset by 'half' a pixel from true center.

5. My crosshair looks like it's off-center sometimes, is it inaccurate?
Assuming your crosshair image is accurate (the preloaded ones are guaranteed to be accurate, as are any images with evenly sized padding around them - see 'Creating a custom crosshair'), the overlay will be accurately placed. Many of the in-game reticles, scopes, and iron-sights are off-center and are not a reliable representation of the center of your screen.
To ensure that your crosshair overlay is centered, compare its position to that of the hipfire crosshair. An easy way of doing this is to hold a Medkit, which will show you a small white cross that can serve as an accurate reference point for the center. If it is for some reason misaligned, you can reset its position under Tools->Options-Display or manually input a position in the same place after turning off 'Centered Image' under the component's configuration options.

6. Why aren't all the premade crosshair images included by default?
Default crosshairs are a mandatory download for anyone using the Recursion Crosshair Overlay, meaning that a needlessly large collection of crosshair images would place an excessive burden on anyone with slow internet download speeds, metered connections, limited free hard drive space, and other restrictions.
Keeping the external collections separate remains easily accessible to anyone interested while ensuring that people access these collections and download images on-demand without anything forced on them.