Draco'Kyn UI Support Thread (Current Version = 1.00, released 12 Nov 05)

[JohnnyDeere]

About the Eq2map updater, i had mine installed long before i found the UI and it worked fine, just make sure to run it before going into eq2 with the new ui.... if any other problems i might actually be able to help lol!

[Wulfgyr]

Apologies to all, I did NOT expect to be away this long at all!!

Unfortunately, things are very hectic for me, much more so than I expected after the new baby arrived late last year. (By the way, I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season, and that the new year is going well)

In a nutshell... my youngest daughter (not the new baby, that's my youngest son, hehe) has developed some potentially serious health problems, and my wife and I have been spending a fair amount of time on the road, going back and forth to various spe******ts, children's hospital's, etc. So far, things are going well, and as long as the test results keep coming back the way they have been, things should iron out in a month or two, and my blood pressure can come back down to normal levels. (Nothing worse than havin' to hold a 1 year child while they sedate her. )

To top that off.... I've also been involved in a complete revamp of my home network, which is also used for some business reasons. We went from a 10/100, all Windows XP environment to a 10/100/1000 setup, with a new Windows 2k3 server. Let me assure you... if you've never been involved in an Active Directory deployment from the ground up, it's an interesting experience. For those that have, or are considering it, I highly recommend "Mastering Windows 2003 Server" by Mark Minasi. After my first disastrous attempt (I have experience administering AD... one of the reasons I decided to set it up at home as well, lol) at "winging" it, I reformatted everything, and started over, using that book as a reference. Flawless setup the first time, without any confusing Microsoft errors.

Finally, we lost 2 people at work (one to a heart attack - survived thank god, but is on medical leave, most likely until he retires), so I've had to pull a ton of extra hours, until we get 2 new folks in and trained up. That looks to be complete within 5-8 weeks, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

That being said, I still intend on supporting this UI.... whether it'll be coding with the baby in one hand, or just on the weekends, I should still be able to get some things out. Obviously, the time between request and delivery is going to suffer a bit, and for that, I apologize.

Thanks all,
Wulfy
(and yep, this is the same as what I posted on the T. King Gothic thread, for the conspiracy minded, lol)

[Wulfgyr]

Welp, I have good news, and I have bad news. And that's from my point of view, from the point of view of the forum viewers here, it's probably all bad.

After a period of reflection and rest (not much rest really, more exhaustion taking hold), and a long sit-down with my family, I came to the conclusion that I need to cut down on the number of commitments I have. Given the new baby, as well as other priorities in our family, I've decided to retire from Norrath for good.

My toons have already deposited all they can into our guild bank, and the accounts are cancelled. Barring a winning lottery ticket, I don't see them coming back anytime soon.

As such, I'm no longer providing support for the UI's I've provided here - I've e-mailed T. King, and will let you all know what the future holds. Keep in mind, he's got as many, if not more commitments than I do (Though I think he's 1) Much better at what he does, and 2) has a lot more energy than I do, lol).

If any other UI developer's are interested in assisting with providing support, please contact T. King. He's got all the work the team member's have done, and would be the best starting point for those interested in helping out.

Regards to all, and I truly apologize for the lack of communication in the recent weeks.

Ben
(formerly the toon known as Wulfgyr / Mystbolt)

[alexd9446]

Pls update this for EoF i love this UI but had to uninstall it cause it caused the Char Select screen to dissappear.

[turtlewatchin]

I love your ui but I cant get the player window and chat window to come up like you pic any advise

[Martrae]

Sorry, I didn't see this sooner.

The chat window should be part of the Dracokyn UI. I just have the tabs separated into to different windows.

The player window is Itanius' Arcane Player Window.

[lilfroggy]

i goin with something else.....too many change this and chnage that to make it work....

[Wulfgyr]

All - I recently contemplated returning to Norrath. Unfortunately, it appears as though one of my accounts was compromised sometime after I left. While Daybreak staff was able to recover one, they aren't able to recover the other (apparently when a miscreant changes the associated email, it overwrites the original email used to register/create the account). And I guess there aren't ingame GMs left that can verify Wulfgyr & Erytheal paid the upkeep on Mystbolts house in 2005-2006.

So, if you see Wulfgyr or Erytheal (or probably Wulfgyrw & Erythealw after the server merges) running around on Skyfire, tell them I said thanks.... or better yet, so long, and thanks for all the fish.

So no- I won't be updating the UI. As I previously mentioned though, any author that wants to can feel free - just please credit Thomus for his wonderful artwork.

Regards,
Wulfgyr Draco'Kyn
Mystbolt Draco'Kyn

[Wulfgyr]

Version 1.17.1 posted today!! (December 3rd, 2005)

Known Issues: (Current as of 3 DEC 05)

1. Initial upload of this version was missing some graphics files for the right side casting orb on the target bar. -- RESOLVED on 4 December 2005 (The current download file has the missing files, apologies to all.)
2. Store Window is displaying a black block instead of the correct background when something is sold. (Reported when zoning into your player housing)
3. Knowledge book combat arts and spells may need to be re-sorted (unsure why, appears as though Sony changed some of the hard coding) to make all the spells / combat arts reappear.

[sicundercover]

i found another problem too, (srry i didnt post here to begin with) How do i enable the scroll key to scroll through the hotkey bars, also i noticed that the skills book only has a first and last tab and not a next and previous tab.

Also, realeting to my first post. I ment that there was no plus on the HUD for Tradeskill lvl . On the personal orb it has your adventure lvl listed in the upper left but no tradeskill.

Btw, The update is great thanks for all the work.

Also, will the T. King Necro MOD be able to be used with this UI.

[Hantu]

as far as i know T. King him self is making the necro mod and i believe its gonna be a complete set so there gonna be 2 completely different sets

[sicundercover]

I just have a few alts that are primarily crafters thats why i noticed that.

[sicundercover]

Yeah you rule

[mikegoe]

This is the 3rd interface I've tried and it is by far the best! A few questions:

1. I seem to be unable to get the clock to show? ...maybe I'm doing something wrong
2. Is it possible to add a mini-map functionality?

Again..awesome job! Thanks!

Fersnizzle on Lavastorm