Fullscreen Crosshair

This is a step-by-step guide for how to use RivaTuner (RTSS) as lightweight ingame crosshair for fullscreen games.

Prerequisites

• RivaTuner Statistics Server is a freeware overclocking and hardware monitoring program.

• Your favorite transparent crosshair PNG. Or a transparent crosshair sprite. You can check out some of Myian's. (ADD DOWNLOAD LINK)

Instructions

1. If you cannot find the RivaTuner download link on the download page, scroll all the way down. This tutorial will work with RTSS 7.3 and newer.
2. In RivaTuner, Add (bottom left corner) your game exe or simply use the "Global" profile.
   • Set Show On-Screen Display on the right side to "ON".
   • Set On-Screen Display zoom to 100% (i.e. slider all the way to the left).
   • Click Setup (blue button on the bottom). A new window opens.
3. In the new Properties window, select the tab Plugins
   • Click on the checkmark next to OverlayEditor.dll to turn it on.
   • Double-click on Overlay-Editor.dll. The Overlay Editor opens.
4. In the Overlay Editor, create a new layout with CTRL + N or by clicking Layouts > New
   • Save the new layout in the default directory:
     Program Files (x86)\RivaTuner Statistics Server\Plugins\Client\Overlays
   • Close out of the Overlay Editor.
   • Open this newly saved .ovl file with a text editor (like notepad.exe).
   • Add your crosshair file name to the line EmbeddedImage=my_crosshair_image.png
   • Save the file. If you don't have permissions, save the file somewhere else and then move it into the original directory.
   • Copy your crosshair image into this directory, too.
5. Open the Overlay Editor again and load your layout.
   • Open your fullscreen application maybe to see what you are doing.
   • Add a new layer with Insert or by clicking Layers > Add
   • Double-click on the newly appeared "Text layer". The Layer Properties open.
   • In the textbox "Hypertext", delete the text. Click the + to add something new.
   • Click Add embedded image and then on the three dots … to open the Embedded Image Settings.
   • Change the values in the new window so they read, from top to bottom: image width, image height, 0, 0, image width, image height. If you have a sprite for your crosshair, this is where you can select the area you want.
   • Click OK
   • Click OK
   • The textbox should now read something like: <I=200,200,0,0,200,200>
   • Click Apply at any point to preview what your changes do.
   • Check Sticky layer position and select the center square.
   • Set Text size, in percents to zero. If you discover that your crosshair is not perfectly vertically centered, set this to any negative value. You can help debug the positioning by activating "Use custom background color" in this window.
   • Click OK
   • Save with CTRL + S or Layouts > Save
   • Close the Overlay editor.
   • Click OK
6. All done!