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Crosshair Studio

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Overlay crosshair for games and apps that have none.

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# Crosshair Studio

**A clean, click-through crosshair overlay you can tune without leaving the game.**

Crosshair Studio draws a transparent reticle at the center of your screen and
gives you a full editor for its shape, size, color, outline, glow, and behavior.
It is purely cosmetic: it does not read game memory, control recoil, or touch
game files. You can also hold a key and move the mouse to place it precisely,
and bind each saved profile to a game process.

## Highlights

- **Five shapes:** Plus, Dot, T, Circle, and X.
- **Fifteen extra shapes** in eight pre-rendered tones, plus nine hand-drawn presets.
- **Five tabs** in Options: Reticle, Presets, Position, Behaviour, Keys.
- **Clean shapes:** Circle is a true vector ring, and X uses continuous
  diagonal geometry, so neither reads as a chain of blocks.
- **Transparent by design:** no background panel is drawn. Only the crosshair
  appears on screen.
- **Full editor in Rebind:** color, outline color and width, glow, center gap,
  arm length, thickness, dot size and shape, opacity, and X/Y offset.
- **Mouse placement:** hold **F11**, move the mouse, and release to save the
  reticle position. Esc cancels.
- **Four saved profiles:** build one crosshair per game and switch instantly.
  Bind a profile to the current game's process from the editor menu, and it
  loads automatically when that game is focused.
- **Toggle or hold:** use F12 as a toggle, or hold F12 to show the reticle only
  while the key is down.
- **ADS behavior:** keep the reticle normal, compact it, or hide it while right
  mouse is held.
- **Cosmetic input bloom:** the center gap opens slightly while moving, jumping,
  or firing. This is visual feedback, not real weapon spread.
- **Never blocks input:** hotkeys and ADS detection use passive observers, so the
  game keeps every key and mouse event.
- **Preview on edit:** if you hid the reticle, opening the editor or changing a
  setting brings it back automatically in Toggle mode.
- **Settings persist:** visibility, profiles, the last profile, and the per-game
  memory are restored automatically.

## Quick Start

1. Install **Crosshair Studio** from Rebind.
2. Approve the overlay-related permissions Rebind requests.
3. Start the script.
4. Use **F12** to show or hide the crosshair.
5. Press **Ctrl+F12** to open the editor menu.
6. Pick a preset, tune it, then save it to a profile.
7. Hold **F11**, move the mouse to the exact aim point, and release.
8. In the editor, use **Bind profile N to current game** to link it to the
   foreground game process.

The default reticle is a green Plus crosshair with a black outline.

> On Windows, Rebind overlays need **borderless or windowed fullscreen**.
> Exclusive fullscreen hides them.

## Controls

| Key | Action |
| --- | --- |
| **F12** | Toggle the crosshair. In Hold mode, hold F12 to show it. |
| **F11** | Hold to move the reticle with the mouse; release to save. |
| **Ctrl+F12** | Open or close the Crosshair Studio editor. |
| **Alt+F12** | Cycle through saved profiles. |

The combos follow the configured **Toggle / editor key**. The editor is always
**Ctrl + that key**, and profile cycling is **Alt + that key**.

If F12 is a screenshot key in your game, change the toggle key in Rebind's
**Options → Crosshair Studio** panel.

## PNG presets

Nine original transparent 160x160 reticles are included:

- `plus-thin`
- `gap-cross`
- `dot-fine`
- `circle-dot`
- `t-reticle`
- `brackets`
- `chevron`
- `sniper`
- `glow-ring`

Select one from **Options → Presets → PNG preset**, or open the editor with **Ctrl+F12** and pick it from the Classic presets tab. PNG presets are static art: colour, outline, gap and glow apply only to the generated shapes. Set **PNG preset** to **none** to return to the generated reticle.

## Extra presets

Fifteen more shapes ship with the pack, each pre-rendered in eight tones.

- **Dot 1-4**, **Ring 1-3**, **Core 1-3**, **Bar wide / short / mid / tall / long**.
- Pick a shape in **PNG preset**. **Preset colour** defaults to *match colour*, which uses the closest tone to your crosshair colour.

These are drawn at their native 128 px, so they stay sharp without any upscaling. The eight tones are pre-rendered files - an overlay image cannot be tinted at draw time - so *match colour* picks the nearest one rather than your exact hex.

Crosshair art by Kenney (kenney.nl), released under CC0. Attribution is not required; it is here because it is deserved.

## Editor

Open the editor with **Ctrl+F12**, or use the Crosshair Studio panel in Rebind's
**Options** tab. The panel is split into five tabs.

### Reticle

| Setting | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| **Shape** | Plus, Dot, T, Circle, or X. |
| **Shape size** | Overall size of the generated reticle, 40 to 320 px. |
| **Dot size / shape** | Centre dot size and round or square shape. Set to 0 for none. |
| **Thickness** | Line thickness. |
| **Arm length** | Length of the arms. |
| **Center gap** | Space between the centre and the arms. |
| **Opacity** | Whole-crosshair transparency, from 0 (invisible) to 1 (opaque). |
| **Crosshair color** | Main reticle colour. |
| **Outline color / width** | Dark or coloured edge around the reticle. |
| **Glow** | Soft coloured halo behind the reticle. |

### Presets

| Setting | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| **PNG preset** | A fixed-art reticle from the classic or extra set. Applies instead of the shape. |
| **Preset colour** | Tone for the extra presets: *match colour* follows the picker, or choose one of eight directly. |
| **Preset size** | Size of the extra presets in pixels, 16 to 200. |

### Position

| Setting | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| **Centre on** | Display, game window, or auto. Auto gives a windowed or lower-resolution game its own centre. |
| **Offset X / Y** | Nudge the reticle away from exact centre. |
| **Game offset preset** | Per-game memory: seeds a known offset the first time, then remembers every setting you change while that game is selected. |

### Behaviour

| Setting | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| **Activation** | Toggle or Hold. |
| **Show on start** | Whether the reticle is visible when the script starts. |
| **While ADS** | Show normally, compact to 70%, or hide while right mouse is held. |
| **Input bloom** | Cosmetic gap expansion while moving, jumping, or firing. |
| **Move bloom / Fire bloom** | How far the gap opens for each trigger. |
| **Bloom speed** | How quickly the gap opens and settles. |

### Keys

| Setting | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| **Toggle / editor key** | The main key; Ctrl and Alt combinations follow it. |
| **Placement key** | Hold-to-place key; default F11. |

The **Ctrl+F12** menu mirrors the same structure with its own tabs: Shapes,
Classic presets, New presets, Custom, and Tools. Tools holds the on/off toggle,
place-with-mouse, profile save / load / bind / unbind, reset, and help.

## Transparency

- Crosshair Studio draws **no background**; the area around the reticle stays
  fully transparent.
- **Opacity** affects the whole crosshair. `0` makes it invisible, `0.95` is the
  default, and `1` is fully opaque.
- Advanced users can add alpha directly to a color with `#RRGGBBAA`. For example,
  `#a5e63c80` is the default green at roughly 50% alpha.

## Profiles

There are **four profile slots**. A typical setup:

1. Open the editor with **Ctrl+F12**.
2. Tune the crosshair.
3. Choose **Save 1**.
4. With the game focused, choose **Bind 1**.
5. Tune a different look and save it to profile 2, then bind that profile to
   the other game.
6. Switch manually with **Alt+F12**, or let the matching process load the
   profile automatically when it becomes the foreground window.

Each profile stores its own shape, size, colours, outline, glow, bloom,
offset, preset choice and game-process link. **Unbind** removes the automatic
link without deleting the crosshair settings; a profile with no process link is
manual only.

## Compatibility

- **Rebind 3.14.0 or newer.**
- Windows only: the window and monitor calls it relies on are not available on macOS.
- Works over **borderless or windowed fullscreen** games.
- **Exclusive fullscreen hides Rebind overlays.** Switch the game to borderless
  or windowed mode.
- Rebind overlays are click-through and stay out of normal Windows recordings
  and OBS captures.

Some games and anti-cheat policies restrict external overlays. Check the rules
for the game you play before using any overlay.

## Troubleshooting

### The crosshair is invisible

1. Press **F12** once. The reticle may have been toggled off.
2. Check **Activation**. If it is set to **Hold**, hold F12 instead of tapping it.
3. Check **Opacity**. A value of `0` is fully transparent.
4. Make sure the script is running and **Show on start** is enabled.
5. If the game is in **exclusive fullscreen**, switch to borderless or windowed.
6. In Toggle mode, opening the editor or changing a setting now re-shows the
   reticle automatically.

### The hotkey does not work

F12 may be reserved by the game or another app. Change **Toggle / editor key** in
the Crosshair Studio options.

### The crosshair appears in the game but not in recordings

That is expected. Rebind overlays are excluded from normal Windows recordings
and OBS.

### The crosshair is too thick or too faint

Lower **Thickness** and **Outline width**, or adjust **Opacity** and **Glow**.

## Privacy and Permissions

- Crosshair Studio does **not** read game memory, inject into the game, modify
  game files, or capture the screen.
- It does **not** request network access or the ability to run external
  programs.
- It does **not** read the clipboard.
- Rebind's overlay engine may ask for overlay-related permissions during
  installation. Crosshair Studio requests **screen** only to read monitor
  geometry for mouse placement; it does not capture or inspect pixels.
- It does not request `target:*` or clipboard access.
- Crosshair Studio itself has no account, telemetry, or cloud service.

## What It Does Not Do

- It does not control recoil or provide aim assistance.
- It does not read the game's real spread, recoil, or aim state.
- It does not inspect game state or read the game's aim point. Automatic
  profiles are based only on the foreground process name you bind.
- It does not draw weapon images or web content.
- Bloom is cosmetic and approximate.
- It has no sniper tunnel-vision overlay. Rebind caps how large an overlay
  surface can be, so a full-screen vignette cannot be drawn around the reticle.

## Changelog

### 1.5.9

- Fixed: compact shrank shapes twice, and re-rendered every frame while aiming.
- Fixed: the preset image cache was not cleared when switching profiles.
- Fixed: profiles did not restore their on/off state.
- Added: **Unbind** in the editor's Tools tab.
- Packaging: Windows-only declared, local state file no longer included.

### 1.5.8 - 1.5.6

- Added: per-game memory in **Game offset preset** — every setting, not just offsets.
- Added: **Shape size** slider, independent of preset size.
- Added: five tabs in the Options panel.
- Fixed: classic presets ignored the size slider.
- Fixed: choosing a shape now switches an active preset off.

### 1.5.5 - 1.5.0

- Added: eight pre-rendered tones for the extra presets, with *match colour*.
- Added: **Custom** tab — drop PNGs into `assets/presets/custom/`.
- Added: tabbed editor menu replacing a 60-row flat list.
- Removed: X-reticle.

### 1.4.x

- Added: fifteen extra shapes drawn at native 128 px.
- Added: **Preset size** and native-size drawing.
- Fixed: centring on the work area instead of the display; it now follows
  resolution and monitor changes.
- Fixed: colour settings reaching fixed-art presets.

## Requirements

- Rebind 3.14.0 or newer.
- Borderless or windowed fullscreen for the overlay to be visible.
- Overlay permissions granted once in Rebind.

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**Crosshair Studio v1.5.9** — cosmetic crosshair overlay for Rebind.

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