yeah i did that first ive used your original first then put the new files in, will i not also have to put in the other files u uploaded in earlier posts?

i got it working now i just didnt use the new skin thats been done, dont know if thats to fault but it works with out it and cant be arst at the mo to try putting it back in, am off to sleep now lol

Heh ok, my cunning plan to put the LFG and Search icons to the right and the negative effects above the .../ wont work. Id forgotten that handy space is where the names go :o

Having been in a full group tonight killin all sorts of stuff, I gotta say, we need the old group one back lol. You're gonna have to find someplace else to put that stats bar or take it out. You can put it under the top section, with the new skinning it doesnt look too bad tbh. I found it hugely distracting at the bottom tho. You still got it at the top if you want it from the journal windows! :p

Apart from that, the UI seems to be workin fine. Im still not convinced by the player info box over on the right, but Im playin a ranger not a healer so I dont really pay much attention to it anyhow :D

My own plan for the image file is to clean off a couple of light edges which look odd in certain zones, well not odd, just scabby.

You gonna want me to upload my entire UI directory to my own webspace at all Laffs? Of you happy butchering one of yer own?

You may notice theres been no request for the 5 button graphic settings thing you know I hate or the csm or other stuff *giggle*.

I already moved the stats bar to the top.. and gave it a triangle background.. fiits in oks...

Just upload the skin for me to take a propper looks at... This Effects window is not going to work this way off a switch I have been on for hours now trying different stuff and it wont play ball properly.. I have had dealings with this damn thing before.. There is just not enough flexability with it...

Other stuff will be getting popped into this I guess but It will all be hidden untill you want to use it or not.... Still much to do here

Ok my entire UI folder is here now. It got an ini file in for settings.

Ive had to remove the EQ2Map files, so, if anyone else wants to use this, you will need to get the updater and run it. After you have put the folder in the correct place, and created a file pointing to your UI as normal. If you arent familiar with setting custom UIs up, I suggest you read the FAQ on this site :)

So, this is enough to get upto date with what me and Laffs has done, mainly him of course lol.

Night!

Ok Ive seen the perfect hotbar! Its mooks 3in1. Sadly tho, he has a full size one, and a small one, and neither fit into this UI. I cant figure out what size the one we use is, if its 90%, 75% or whatever.

Laffs, copy his idea and do a hotbar that will fit! :nana:

Oh Ive nearly finished cleaning up the skin. Ill do some different textures / colours too.

Sheesh, bastid graphics!

Right, attached is a perdigraphic I like. Ive changed the texture slightly, and lightened it up. I think it looks ok, but feel free to suggest stuff!

Its easy nuff to change colours and textures etc so if theres something yer burning to see, let me know. In fact Ill throw on the wierd looking brown too I did earlier, to show how diverse it can be heh.

For anyone else reading this, if you wanna use either of these files, the perdigraphics one is easy, unzip, put it in the images folder in your custom UI folder. The other ones the same, just remove the _weave_brown bit.

Oh Ive put my ini in too to make life easier for people.

Sheesh, all this work and Laffs will get all the credit!

:D

Now wheres my hotbars and other new stuff slacker?? :p

I'll tell yah where I will be sticking the hotbar soon ! :p Lmao

Its easy enough to take out the names and stuff from the existing one's will do it tonight.

Me wants an electric blue background /sulk , You may as well make a pink one as well, as my guild leader asked if there was a UI that was pink ;) That will keep me in the good books :D Also Its a cunning plan to get stuff tested quicker as she does a bit of raiding etc.

Still messing with the stats window and stuff and need to make an option for the implied target to look like the effects window..

Sheesh sickos! Good job for you that Lord Grydack is avoiding me and Im bored waitin for him!

I refuse to put these in my UI, lemme see a screeny of how they look :D

Please God Why Did U Make Me Do This!!!!!

Hmm Thats pretty :D

:nana:

Woah! Now *that* is pink. Wonder if I should leave the backgrounds for the chat boxes etc black/grey?

Still, Im soooo pleased I didnt use that one hehe.

i think you should leave pink out of it alltogether!!!!

the blue is very very very blua as well lol

I like the blue but it does need toneing down a bit...

Working on bits and pieces still...

If you think the look of the skin is fine, Ill work on the colours tomorrow, I take it you want the blue darker?

Ill make the chat area etc darker still too I think as that shows up text better.

The look is kool, well done!

The blue is what I asked electric... but its a bit too bright... Thanks

Also there is still some black edges on a few of the windows.. Mostly with windows using the 2nd block background down in the .dds file

I have the implied target working now.. When you set it to Frame its a box like the effects one.. with none its a triangle again..

Been playing with someother stuff as well like the raid control box that appears when you set the clock to Frame as well...

Added a socials button to the start menu window..... There is room for 1 more button in there any surgestions? .... After that I may work on another set from a switch or maybe just from the view setting of the window.... Trying to keep this functional but unclutted but allso make it easy to use stuff that you dont want or need to see all the time...

I am going to actualy play the damn game for a bit now properly and see what crops up....

Will post SS and updated file in a few hours :)

Ps. Could you take a look at "raid.dds" and see what you can do with it? please

how about a tracking button, i just been trying to get that up in game lol but couldnt find it.

i cant be bothered to look for the manual to see what button it is.

i only just realized that its a function in the game lol, i was always asking a guard where the NPC's were lol

Yeah sorry, have not really used the other 2 tiers on the top bars, Ill look at that tomorrow too. Ill get the grey one working first tho if you dont mind :)

So for the start button we got notes, shading, socials, bags and you need one more? Map is an obvious one I guess.

Oh heres a raid dds :D

Yeh its gotta be the map i guess...

After playing for a few hours I missed that lots !! i know its only hit M to get it but I like it to be mini map etc

Well my change in window positions health player etc SUCKS!! bad lmao....

It was taking me way to long to get mouse pointer to the right when needed and was looking for the casting stuff on the left still etc etc ... result is I didnt like it one bit :( and I swear I died twice because of this confusion ... SO that set up is going to get placed in an alt set up folder ... and the old ones is going back in ..

So no update as yet .. doing it now its 2am here atm .. so i guess you see update when i have tested again tomorrow :)

Oh will have a looks at the raid dss now also thanks.

Damn it had a big file mix up lol...

Posting madhogs full UI , with the updated files ! ... I think :o

You should have the player, memorized, filler etc back in the original order.. and the other order should be in the alt folder I have put in...

Oh hell I dunno lol... I still have one of my game folders that has all of the new stuff in and working for sure... but take a look at this first pls... Best to rename it then try I thinks ...

Been a long day, I guess :(

Heh no, that folder is fooked up bad! If you try and right click on any window, you dont get the options box, you get a black box, thin one too! So cant change any frame properties at all.

Opening up the notes element doesnt work either, just get a back box, large one tho that time /giggle

Can you use the last grey dds I posted too pls, not that one!

Been thinking about the other layers on the top of the UI, do we actually need them? Using your stat bar I cant see the point in the double row on the journal, only one of any use is the coins one on the exp element, and Im sure you could put that info somewhere else?

I ask this cos if I only had to concern myself with the one part, I could do more things with it, a lot more things with it. 3 Layers for sure is a pain in the ass to meet up, and 2 is too tbh.

Gimme the proper UI!

Ok, yer prolly gonna hate me now lol.

Ive redone the skin. I never really liked the sharp edges anyhow :D

I figured that seeing as we are redoing this UI, we might as well make it look like our own, and this is the best way to do that, and looks better anyhow. Or least it could do. Hell we might even end up cobbling together a professional looking UI here if we aint careful! :p

I think the shapes that appear on the screen come from how you call the image in the elements you're working on. Least thats how it appears cos Ive changed the bloody thing and its still triangles.

Could you *please* use the perdigraphic in the enclosed zip and refine the UI around the curves? If I know you're happy to do this, and are able to utilise the elements nicely, I can work on different textures, colours etc. I might do a fantasy version too if I can be arsed :eek:

Ive done a toned down blue version for you too, with darker area for chat boxes. Let me know what you think about this.

Dont forget the last zip you uploaded is buggered, and I need the fixed un!

Oh, you're in the UK too? Or was you just lazy when you did yer profile?? :nana:

You forgot to modify the alpha channel, ya goof :D

What the...who the hell turned the alpha channel off?? Laffs! :mad:

:o

*sob*

Sorting it out now.

Oh, and erm, I knew that!

*ahem*

*cackle*

Had a dab at modding that file myself, but its all weird because the background is inconsistant, it really should be all one color, a nice medium grey is my fav.

Good flipping grief. Alpha channels are bloody evil.

Ive given up on the curvy one, its just too bastid hard heh.

Ive redone the grey and the blue tho, and they are attached to this.

Laffs, have you altered the region used for the start button element? If I drag it out to a wacky huge shape I get the thin black edge along the bottom but if if its in the normal position its all squished. This make sense?

Yeah Roenfanz (RF from now on!), I prefer a mid grey which is why Ive done this one.

If you fancy playing with it, I have cut all the elements out into their own layers within photoshop. Ive even left the bastid Alpha channel in! :mad:

All you need to do is change the overlay colour or even if you fancy, mess around with the textures. Took me a while to get it to this stage but its easily changeable now colour / texture wise.

Hmm I want a cool Interface Designer badge too! Ive aged 20 years doing these graphics!!

So what damn file do you want me to work with you muppet ?? :p

The one in the last post?

I was thinking of rounded edges also, Was this to hard for you? Hehe

Oh and me is in the UK... /evil grin .... thats kool means I can now track you down and strangle you :nana:

I think I have the right files in order now... There is a folder in there called "centered target windows" that contains the switched around gauges in can anyone want to use them... put too much work into them to just throw away.. Personaly after all that and playing the game I didnt like that set up lol..

Going to have a look at that dds and stick it in the zip here...... all the zip includes is the changed files again none of the rest untill we get this set up right..


P.s. Madhog... you old git :eek: just looked at profile hehe

Just use the last dds I put on, Ill play with the rounded one again at some point, when I understand alpha layers first hehe. Last one works tho!

Wheres the files??

/tap

Have a look up the list :rolleyes:

LOL

Bah, hush cheeky young bastid! Ok testing that now, I take it that its a complete UI folder? Hope so heh.

Respect mah authoritaaaah!

Nope its not complete UI folder :p

Have you seen the box like view for the implied target yet?

Testing it now, well trying to, looks good, once I realised I needed to drop it into my folder not use it on its own heh.

Ive removed the stats bar btw!

Ill test it tonight and report back as soon as I know whats what.

Oh, was the blue dds ok?

Its too damn light in here atm to see what it looks like properly lol... Will let you know later... Going to try and piece together all the parts for this to standalone... there is a lot of files that It dont need in the LaffsV8 folder...

This effects window is still bugging me... going to try and see if it will work off a slider rather than a button...

This Lite version is looking oks so far but it lacks somthing! and I am not quite sure what.... My son just installed Jaxels OCD and I gotta admit the screenshots do not do it justice! Some very nice features in there and well thought out.....

So how can we improve on what we have here?

A rounded look would be good like you said for a start off

Oks this should be the complete UI with all the files not in use taken out and refs to them also (I hope)

Put a show/hide map icon on the start button window now also..

The map mod will need to be installed to this folder as well likes..

Take a look at the exp gauges guys pls .. I changed the bars .. and I think going to do some more to this maybe like the erm... I think it called fetish turbo exp style.... Type of bar look..

That new blue background :( didnt like it sorry bud

Could you take a look at this color one with the same style you using on the new uns for me please... As this color seems to be the most easy on my poor eye's ... Had to half the size of the canvas to upload it here.. but you being an 'expert' (cough) with Photoshop that souldnt be a problem ;)

:D

Erm whats the difference on the exp bar?? Its nearly 2am and my eyes hurt, but I cant see anything different hehe.

You mean you want that style and colour on the skin? Or just the colour? That said, theres about 6 different shades there hehe. If you want that look and colour its easy.

I have some ideas btw after testing this all night.

Bottom right where the hotbars are, take out the top one, and you get a gap above it a hotbar box high. Take off the triangle on the power bar. You get an empty rectangle. Could you create a box to go in there? Was thinking, put the bag, emotes, notes, Shader etc icons on that. You could then centre up the start button on the exp element. You could put the perloc buttons on this too most likely. Or put the other icons on the same element as the 2 perloc buttons. Something like that :)

Talking of which, now its split it looks odd. Put it back to one piece with the start button on, tho lower as suggested above.

I spent an hour playing with a curvey one, it just looks wrong. Ill give this some more thought tomorrow and Ill do your blue skin again too.

Bleh cant think straight, Im off to bed!

PS I prefer the triangley implied target after all *giggle*

I realy do need to kill you lol :p

Oks I thought the same about removing the hotbar etc etc .. it dont work well

Now what about putting the compass the perloc job into the stats window? (well it will realy be perloc and stats into the compass window but in a bar like the stats) ... Compass in the middle .. perloc erm well at the end maybe ?

As for that background I posted i mean the darker shade of the color being the main one and the lighter shade being the indents on your style .. like it is with the lighter tones of the marble as it stands .... Hell your the grafix dude sort it out lol ;)

Diff with exp bars is they are in same style as the target etc (vert lines and not solid)

Now for the background what I am saying is not make the triangle edges curved... I mean the whole UI ... Means a reskin erm EG ...

I made the implied target a square option ... now just make the corners of that square round ! ... Like the windows on Windows XP with the rounded corners ...

You got to remember every window in the game is square anyways its just the frame / background that gives the shape .. the window size is still the same as the longest point on the background / frame...

I will try and knock up an example of what i mean with the backgrounds and post it here ... but its going to suck bad and just for you to see what I mean.


Oks me off to find my map and clean up my shotgun... Ermm I mean off to bed bud ;)

Madhog I took a stab at your perdigraphics with the round edges. See the attached zipfile.

Very Well Done! A couple of comments if you don't mind another set of eyes:

I play in 1600x1200 so I had to add a couple of text boxes to fill out the top area. I'm trying to attach a screenshot of how I've set it up.

When you have the letterbox in use and place a hotbar in the black area it fades out the background even if you have it full strength. You can see this in the screenshot in the lower right.

I see one black box that pops up that I'm not sure what it's used for. The box I'm talking about is in the upper left quad if it works.

In your screen shots that are posted I see 5 blocks in switch area, I only have two on mine.

In the area below the clock when you turn on the second view option there are 5 colored blocks. Only one of them brought anything up. It was the raid window. The rest just said Close in the mouseover.

Madhog: I really liked the look of the image in post 33.

Keep up the good work guys!

Thanks Roenfanz! Some bits could do with smoothing still, but, *sob*, you got me interested in this one again. :mad: