An Artisan's Dream by Centhena

Centhena · #1 11-29-2004, 07:26 PM

My first eq2 mod

You cand find it here!

I am stuck running at 1024 x768 for the time being and the default tradeskill window is just way too big bulky and space consuming on my screen. I like to be able to see my characters work and such if i'm so inclined. So I set to work to make a mod that would correct this problem. Apparently you can not have a window that is housed in a parent window take a different shape than the parent window without an enormous amount of complication and even then it's not perfect.

So even though I wanted the recipe window to remain exactly as it was i sacrificed it for the create\prepare window that i wanted. I think it turned out nicely. I hope you all do to.

So without further ado.....

The first shot is so you can get an idea of the actual size of the window...these are all taken in 1024 x 768 so those with better resolutions should have it appear smaller than in this shot.

The next 5 are all the different subwindows that pop up in this window. I've included each so you could see the layout since they all had to be changed to fit the new frame.

Now these aren't perfect there's some places where the graphics overlap or it's not centered exactly but they all work trouble free and have no non-cosmetic problems. I have aligned the Repeat and Begin buttons for easy clicking also. I plan to add an Examine button to the recipe window soon as I can figure out how.

I hope you like it but lemme know what you think any suggestions, feedback, ideas.

Centhena

Agathorn · #2 11-29-2004, 11:06 PM

The file eq2ui_tradeskills.xml should be all you need unless you also have custom graphics.

Eeek thats way to small of a recpie list for me to use

Good work changing it all though. I had started a slimmer mod for Streamline but I just couldn't be happy with it all being so small

I'm sure there are those who will love this though. To each his own

Centhena · #3 11-29-2004, 11:30 PM

yeah i know i wish that it was bigger too but if you use the filter feature which i've started doing now since the list box is so much smaller.... it's kinda forced me to use it.... but now that i have been using it i LOVE it hehe with allmy stuff presorted i don't really need much more space.... i'm sure i probably will as i get more recipies i'm only 11 so far in craftsman after all...maybe i'll shrink the icon and the text so that you can see more in the box... hmm dunno....

are you sure that's all the files i need cause when i saved it to my directory it put all these files in there with it..... so i wasn't sure if i needed all of them or just one or two files? there's 5 window bodies and 1 frame so i'm not really sure...

Cen

taco-man · #4 11-29-2004, 11:40 PM

that should be all you need since tradeskill is all one window it just hides and shows the different parts of it.

homeslice513 · #5 11-30-2004, 12:10 AM

I have been wanting something small for my tradeskill boxes, I hate them taking up so much of my screen.

I can't wait to have these downloaded to use

Centhena · #6 11-30-2004, 12:52 AM

k i'll zip it up and get it uploaded

Centhena · #7 11-30-2004, 01:09 AM

k done but the images didn't seem to be working so i hope it worked.... i'll check it later and see

homeslice513 · #8 11-30-2004, 04:02 AM

Maybe it takes time for the file to show but I don't see a zip file anywhere from you

Centhena · #9 11-30-2004, 10:59 AM

you have to wait for it to go through moderation before you see it up.... it's gone through now but i just went and put in more screenshots and changed the description text so i know it's there and working

enjoy

Cen

Centhena · #10 11-30-2004, 01:35 PM

These guys can explain installation better than I.

Installation instructions

Good Luck let me know if you're having problems still.

Cen

Zephyr · #11 12-01-2004, 08:59 AM

OMG you're my hero!

I don't use the recipe window much anyways coz I got sick of scrolling through a million alchemy recipes I don't use so I've been putting my favorites in hotbars (you can drag em across)

This ui is perfect for the actual combine process part and I love it!

Thanks!

homeslice513 · #12 12-01-2004, 10:19 AM

Thanks for making this

I just really started crafting finally and hadn't since beta so this is a great change for me and I don't feel like my window is taken up but all the bulkiness of the origanl artisan windows.

Centhena · #13 12-01-2004, 09:48 PM

you're welcome

hehe I'm glad you guys like it.

Gillysan · #14 12-03-2004, 03:43 PM

There are some long book names that are cut off in the filtering window. Your mod shows a lot more of these long names, which is really great, but still cuts them off.

Suggest changing the font on it to make it smaller or moving the buttons to the left to make the scrolled portions bigger.

malnedra · #15 12-03-2004, 04:23 PM

I chunked this togeather, needs some work but see if you think its small enough.
You need a font folder and the font.xml all are in the zip.

http://cmc.dns2go.com/trade.zip

Gillysan · #16 12-04-2004, 02:49 PM

That didn't quite work Malnedra. I assume the font folder is copied into the custom skin folder as a folder or just the file inside? It also changed the window to something like the default window, the vertical arrangement, instead of Centhena's.