Player, Pet, Target, Implied, Group, and Raid set

Othesus · #1 04-20-2007, 03:36 AM

He shows his group members just about the raid window.

Do you ever raid with 24 people? Is your group window covering up the first raid group?

**gm9** · #2 04-20-2007, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Othesus

He shows his group members just about the raid window.

Oh, you're right, should have read his post. Sorry.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Othesus

Do you ever raid with 24 people? Is your group window covering up the first raid group?

Looks like 24 to me. 5 group members plus himself in the big box on top.

Edit: And to add something constructive as well: I like the design, although you should run into some trouble properly displaying this window if you're not in raid group one.

Jerry · #3 04-20-2007, 05:50 AM

Thanks for the input so far!

The tiny icons on the player window are supposed to be the Effects, that way more tank-y people who use this can see how much junk has been cast on them. (If you think this is less-than-optimal, lemme know why---I would likely want to remove it if I understood your reasoning.)

Taking your point about the 30 maximum into account, Osethus, I decided to remove a slightly unnecessary part of the target & implied windows, and shortened all of the windows from side to side (the HP/power bars are now 130 px, and the con of the target will be displayed in the HP / Power bar).

As for the raid thing...
I thought it was possible to collapse one of the raid groups, like in this mod (from long ago).

Is it still possible to do this?

**gm9** · #4 04-20-2007, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Jerry

As for the raid thing...
I thought it was possible to collapse one of the raid groups, like in this mod (from long ago).

Is it still possible to do this?

Sure, you can do that. You could even add code to do it automatically (maybe that mod you linked does that, I admit I had never seen it before). Your group will always display at the top, i.e. you won't know at a glance what group number you are in and your position in the raid (e.g. player #14). And you won't be able to drag people into your group our out of your group if you are the raid leader. You have to do that in the raid window. Probably no real issues for most people I admit.

And btw, you may want to make the power bars smaller than the health bars, thus saving some space.

Jerry · #5 04-23-2007, 09:34 AM

Wow...This is looking more complicated to me (since I am just now learning how to change the EQ2 UI)...I made it a request, for now, since I am struggling so much with making it myself. If anyone can point me to more "tutorial" info besides the .doc included in the UIBuilder.zip, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks again!

Othesus · #6 04-23-2007, 10:02 AM

It is complicated when you're first starting out. The best beginner guide is this one:
http://www.eq2interface.com/forums/showthread.php?t=858
The only information I would change is that you should only copy the eq2ui.xml file to your custom folder. You don't need to copy all the default files.

After that just start looking at all the other good mods that are available. Start with the simple single window ones and see how they work. The scripting is the most complicated and can take a lot of debugging and testing-- in the UI Builder and by loading up the game, checking something, quiting, fixing, loading, checking, quiting, fixing, about a hundred times.

If you want to edit the xml files directly I recommend using a text editor that understands xml syntax. I use Notepad++ with the xml plugin for all my editing and I don't think I could have survived using a normal text editor.