New Bottom Bar Issues

gjsi · #1 03-14-2011, 11:00 AM

Now that the new bottom bar is in, I wanted to post a couple of issues I have.

1. The dividers in my resolution (1280x1024) are sitting a little too high. They do not touch the bottom frame and the hang from the top of the top frame.

2. Need a few more dividers (between MA and AE Autoattack and between abil recov and crit chance)

3. Is there a way to setup the items in the order they were in in the old bar, so we could get it to look just like the old bar or can you give us a way to reorder the items in the list.

4. Is there a way to change the abbriviations you used in the bottom bar?

Thanks for all the work.

**TalTal** · #2 03-14-2011, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gjsi

Now that the new bottom bar is in, I wanted to post a couple of issues I have.

1. The dividers in my resolution (1280x1024) are sitting a little too high. They do not touch the bottom frame and the hang from the top of the top frame.

2. Need a few more dividers (between MA and AE Autoattack and between abil recov and crit chance)

3. Is there a way to setup the items in the order they were in in the old bar, so we could get it to look just like the old bar or can you give us a way to reorder the items in the list.

4. Is there a way to change the abbriviations you used in the bottom bar?

Thanks for all the work.

1. I found the issue. Sorry about that.
2. I can add more dividers. They take up space on the bar however so I figured the 10 I have were probably all anyone would want. Those 10 divide the major categories of stats.

3. I could reorder them. I should be able to make them sortable as well but that is for a later time. I wanted to get this out before I worked on more options for it.

4. You would have to edit the code atm. That is something else I want to make dynamic. But even when that is done the size would not vary. I know of no way to determine the length of a string in the ui(would be necessary to make the items truely dynamic).

Silat

gjsi · #3 03-14-2011, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by TalTal

1. I found the issue. Sorry about that.
2. I can add more dividers. They take up space on the bar however so I figured the 10 I have were probably all anyone would want. Those 10 divide the major categories of stats.

3. I could reorder them. I should be able to make them sortable as well but that is for a later time. I wanted to get this out before I worked on more options for it.

4. You would have to edit the code atm. That is something else I want to make dynamic. But even when that is done the size would not vary. I know of no way to determine the length of a string in the ui(would be necessary to make the items truely dynamic).

Silat

1. Thanks, no worries, just trying to help.

2. can we move the existing dividers? if not, the two I requested, help divide the stats up closer to the original bar (and of course was my take on how it should be divided

).

3. no big deal. the sorting would be nice but, I am just so used to looking at a certain part of the bottow bar for stats, and I am totally confused when I don't see what I am looking for. Will take a while to get used to the new order, but I will eventually.

4. Thanks. I will tweak the code if it really bugs me, and yes the ability to set our own labels would be nice, and I realize it may not be soon, after all you do this on your own time.

These were all suggestions to help make the bottom bar better (at least from my perspective, I don't know how anyone else feels.)

Thanks again for all the hard work.

Therendil · #4 03-14-2011, 02:00 PM

Moving the dividers should be fairly easy. If you look at the code, you'll see that each block defines either a divider or an item (look at the last part of the second line of the block). You should be able to cut a divider block and paste it between a different pair of item blocks. Just be careful to keep the dividers and items in the same order. I haven't tried changing the order to see what happens.

-= Therendil =-

gjsi · #5 03-27-2011, 12:59 PM

1. The dividers in my resolution (1280x1024) are sitting a little too high. They do not touch the bottom frame and the hang from the top of the top frame.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TalTal

1. I found the issue. Sorry about that.
Silat

Did you every get a chance to fix this issue and push it to the patcher. I am still seeing it.

Thanks

**TalTal** · #6 03-27-2011, 03:21 PM

I have fixed it but not pushed it. That item, adding concentration slots to the bar, adding more dividers, and sorting are going to go out once I have the sorting complete.

Silat

Suziekew · #7 03-21-2011, 01:20 PM

I've read through the instructions for the new bottom bar but it's completely blank and, when I click on "Bottom Bar Config" in the control center, I just hear a "thump" and nothing happens (just like auto attack always has), so I have no way to customize. Can you tell me what I need to do to get this set up?

**TalTal** · #8 03-21-2011, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Suziekew

I've read through the instructions for the new bottom bar but it's completely blank and, when I click on "Bottom Bar Config" in the control center, I just hear a "thump" and nothing happens (just like auto attack always has), so I have no way to customize. Can you tell me what I need to do to get this set up?

You most likely have _profitui_custom.xml on ignore. Launch the autoupdater. Click Settings in top left. mouse over updater until menu opens to the right of it. Click reset all settings. rerun the patcher.

Silat

Mystara0001 · #9 03-21-2011, 05:11 PM

The Hate Mod stat appears as ##... when displaying a negative value.

Other than that I haven't seen any real issues.

Suziekew · #10 03-21-2011, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by TalTal

You most likely have _profitui_custom.xml on ignore. Launch the autoupdater. Click Settings in top left. mouse over updater until menu opens to the right of it. Click reset all settings. rerun the patcher.

Silat

No, it wasn't ignored but I went ahead and did that anyway and lost my custom settings. Now, I have the box around the active quests on screen and your instructions from your forum reply on that issue (There is a no frame variant available via the auto updater. Launch updater ... Select Settings ... Select Variants...Change dropdown to quest journal - active....double click no frames ...it should turn green...click ok...click update now if needed.) is not working.

So now I have a blank bottom bar (which does tell me "bar will appear in xx seconds) and I have the box around the quests list again....

**TalTal** · #11 03-21-2011, 07:13 PM

If you cannot see the settings page when you click on bottombar settings in the profitui control center it means that the file is not included. This means that your profitui_custom file is old. If it was missing you would be missing almost all of profit so it is not missing...just out of date. The bar is blank because the bottombar_settings file is not available. It is included in the profitui_custom file. Until the most current version of the custom file is in your install you will continue to have the problem. Try deleting the file _ProfitUI_BottomBar_Settings.xml from your profitui directory and then rerun the updater. It should replace that file.

Silat

Suziekew · #12 03-21-2011, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by TalTal

If you cannot see the settings page when you click on bottombar settings in the profitui control center it means that the file is not included. This means that your profitui_custom file is old. If it was missing you would be missing almost all of profit so it is not missing...just out of date. The bar is blank because the bottombar_settings file is not available. It is included in the profitui_custom file. Until the most current version of the custom file is in your install you will continue to have the problem. Try deleting the file _ProfitUI_BottomBar_Settings.xml from your profitui directory and then rerun the updater. It should replace that file.

Silat

Ok I will try that. Meanwhile, here is the _ProfitUI_custom.xml file contents. It did get downloaded in the update. I'll let you know if deleting the other file works tho. _ProfitUI_SubClassDetector.xml _ProfitUI_QuickRaidButtons.txt _ProfitUI_CuresCode.xml _ProfitUI_StandardSearches.txt _ProfitUI_InventoryColorSettings.txt _ProfitUI_Settings.xml _ProfitUI_SoundControls.xml _ProfitUI_VideoControls.xml _ProfitUI_ControlCenter.xml _ProfitUI_Timer.xml _ProfitUI_BottomBar.xml _ProfitUI_BottomBar_Settings.xml _ProfitUI_Persona_Settings.xml _ProfitUI_InfoCenter.xml _ProfitUI_AutoAttackCalc.xml _ProfitUI_AutoAttackBar.xml _ProfitUI_TargetCasting.xml

EDIT:
Sorry, can't get it to format nicely. Anyway, I did as you said and still blank bar and no config in the control center. I did fix the frame around the active quests, however, by reverting to the previous version. I forgot to mention this is the case on two computers. The previous version of bottom bar worked fine tho.

Therendil · #13 03-25-2011, 11:25 AM

I have used the bottom bar config tool now and I have one issue. When the config window comes up, the existing bottom bar items are not pre-checked. Is that the way it is supposed to work? I hope not. That forces me to redefine the current setup (and hope I remember everything) before making changes.

-= Therendil =-

**TalTal** · #14 03-25-2011, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Therendil

I have used the bottom bar config tool now and I have one issue. When the config window comes up, the existing bottom bar items are not pre-checked. Is that the way it is supposed to work? I hope not. That forces me to redefine the current setup (and hope I remember everything) before making changes.

-= Therendil =-

No it should be pre-checking everything. A few people besides yourself seem to be having the occasional issue...but I cannot track anything down as I am not having an issue.

Silat

Mystara0001 · #15 03-25-2011, 05:10 PM

When I first installed the new bar nothing worked, then I remembered that I was using a variant of the bottom bar.

Once I went into the auto-updater and reset the bottom bar to Default, it worked just fine.

Also TalTal - Did you see my post regarding the Hate Mod value on the bottom bar ending in '...' when greater than 10?

**TalTal** · #16 03-25-2011, 05:58 PM

No I missed that somehow...I will get it fixed soon. I am working on making it more dynamic at the moment, so I don't really want to release it mid stream. Should be sometime next week or the one after.

Silat

Therendil · #17 03-25-2011, 06:53 PM

Just tried a small experiment on my second system, which had also been unable to summon the bottom bar config window. Instead of entirely re-installing Profit, I deleted 3 files: _ProfitUI_BottomBar.xml, _ProfitUI_BottomBar_Settings.xml and _ProfitUI_ControlCenter.xml. I ran the updater to replace those. When I logged in, bottom bar config worked fine.

Just for fun, I compared the files that worked with the files that didn't. Looks like my broken setup still had the old version of _ProfitUI_BottomBar.xml. Could that explain the config failure? The other two files were identical across versions.

Still had no boxes pre-checked in the config window. I'll do some more poking around to see if I can get a handle on this.

-= Therendil =-

Hoss · #18 04-22-2011, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Therendil

I have used the bottom bar config tool now and I have one issue. When the config window comes up, the existing bottom bar items are not pre-checked. Is that the way it is supposed to work? I hope not. That forces me to redefine the current setup (and hope I remember everything) before making changes.

-= Therendil =-

I think I'm having this same issue. When I pull up the config, everything is unchecked. I try to check the stuff I want, click update, and nothing changes. I can't figure out how to modify what's shown. Any ideas for me?

Also, a general question, when I make a change to UI files, do I need to camp to desktop to activate them, or can I just camp to myself?