Elitist Jerks
Register
Blogs
Forums


Go Back   Elitist Jerks » User Interface and AddOns

Closed Thread
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 02/05/08, 9:54 PM   #2526
Chasy
Von Kaiser
 
Chasy's Avatar
 
Chasy (Retired)
Gnome Warrior
 
No WoW Account (EU)
Pretty basic, but I feel very comfortable using it. Will post a shot of it during a raid tomorrow.

http://tinyurl.com/2uh54h

Offline
Old 02/06/08, 12:00 AM   #2527
emptyroom
Glass Joe
 
Undead Rogue
 
Skullcrusher
Originally Posted by Chasy View Post
Pretty basic, but I feel very comfortable using it. Will post a shot of it during a raid tomorrow.

http://tinyurl.com/2uh54h
I like it, your last UI was good too. Very basic, and clean. But easy to access all the necessary information.


Screen shots of my current setup are coming shortly.

Offline
Old 02/06/08, 12:33 AM   #2528
The Gopher
Don Flamenco
 
The Gopher's Avatar
 
Dwarf Warrior
 
Black Dragonflight
So I've never been incredibly good at making UI's, but I decided I wanted to make something more useful and aesthetically pleasing for my Paladin a few weeks ago and I came out with this.

I started reading about pitbull and it sounded like something worth my time (especially with the low memory usage) so I basically replaced agUF with pitbull. After playing around with it for a little bit I noticed that I was having some weird draw issues that like like this.

If anybody knows what the issue is it'd be great. I know there's a pitbull thread but I wanted some feedback on my UI in general. I'm open to any and all suggestions. And yes my action bars are incredibly messy, but I dont care about minimizing button space so much, but I should really scale the bars down.

Offline
Old 02/06/08, 12:40 AM   #2529
Chasy
Von Kaiser
 
Chasy's Avatar
 
Chasy (Retired)
Gnome Warrior
 
No WoW Account (EU)
Originally Posted by The Gopher View Post
So I've never been incredibly good at making UI's, but I decided I wanted to make something more useful and aesthetically pleasing for my Paladin a few weeks ago and I came out with this.

I started reading about pitbull and it sounded like something worth my time (especially with the low memory usage) so I basically replaced agUF with pitbull. After playing around with it for a little bit I noticed that I was having some weird draw issues that like like this.

If anybody knows what the issue is it'd be great. I know there's a pitbull thread but I wanted some feedback on my UI in general. I'm open to any and all suggestions. And yes my action bars are incredibly messy, but I dont care about minimizing button space so much, but I should really scale the bars down.
The "draw" issues you are referring to, is in fact a module of Pitbull, called Interact Lines. They can be disabled by unchecking them via /pitbull -> Modules -> Interact Lines.

Offline
Old 02/06/08, 12:45 AM   #2530
The Gopher
Don Flamenco
 
The Gopher's Avatar
 
Dwarf Warrior
 
Black Dragonflight
Originally Posted by Chasy View Post
The "draw" issues you are referring to, is in fact a module of Pitbull, called Interact Lines. They can be disabled by unchecking them via /pitbull -> Modules -> Interact Lines.
Ah, no wonder. Just how like when I first installed the mod the combat fade "feature" actually worked. (Who knows, I may work, but it sure as hell was finicky for me).

Offline
Old 02/06/08, 1:47 AM   #2531
Ishtral
Glass Joe
 
Human Warrior
 
Earthen Ring
Solo:




Raid(trash):




Raid(boss):


Offline
Old 02/06/08, 2:59 AM   #2532
Drolz
Von Kaiser
 
Undead Death Knight
 
Magtheridon

Offline
Old 02/06/08, 5:40 AM   #2533
Bluetail
Glass Joe
 
Night Elf Druid
 
Argent Dawn (EU)
Originally Posted by Optikalusion View Post
Rydia's Purple UI of Pleasure

My beautiful self
Raiding (messy Hyjal moment)

Any chance of a Unit Frames textures etc upload?
Cheers

Offline
Old 02/06/08, 6:01 AM   #2534
surrender
Von Kaiser
 
Undead Warrior
 
Kargath
Originally Posted by Chasy View Post
Pretty basic, but I feel very comfortable using it. Will post a shot of it during a raid tomorrow.

http://tinyurl.com/2uh54h
I have always liked your UIs, but I love this one.
Any chance for an upload?

Offline
Old 02/06/08, 6:25 AM   #2535
350
Banned
 
Draenei Shaman
 
Boulderfist
Originally Posted by Karmen View Post
Merge of Hal and Lastembrace. Still a WIP but has made leading a raid a bit easier for me.


that is grid your using I assume. Whats the texture on it?



*update* anyone knows how to get an icon to show at ElkBuffBars? example BoS -> icon next to timer.

Last edited by 350 : 02/06/08 at 7:31 AM.

Offline
Old 02/06/08, 10:29 AM   #2536
 GokieKS
OH NOES!
 
GokieKS's Avatar
 
Citania
Undead Warlock
 
No WoW Account
The one thing I dislike about playing a warlock (or hunter) is the nature of the pet action bar/unit frames. They're not always there, but you still have to consider it when building the layout of everything on-screen. I can't even count the number of times I've thought "Oh, that looks quite nice. But there's no way you could find a good place to put the pet frame and bar in that".

</end rant>

Anyway, I finally redid my UI again, and after some fiddling I think I'm happy with it for now. A lot of inspiration comes from Caith's latest (which is absolutely lovely, but also suffers from the aforementioned pet problem to an extent):

Normal:
http://www.gokieks.com/files/wow/ui/2008_02_05_OOC.jpg

Raid:
http://www.gokieks.com/files/wow/ui/2008_02_05_Raid.jpg

Notes:

1. The memory usage for the raid one is somewhat misleading - I was doing AV prior to the raid and thus there's a lot of random Recount data in memory.
2. For non-raid parties, the party unit frames occupy the same space as Grid does for in raids, and includes Party/PartyPet/PartyTarget frames. That's why the Grid layout is much larger than it really needs to be.
3. Ranger is useful. I need to find a way to make it use CyCircled texture though - right now it just looks out of place, which really annoys me.

United States Online
Old 02/06/08, 11:10 AM   #2537
Nekokun
Glass Joe
 
Undead Warlock
 
Earthen Ring (EU)
Originally Posted by GokieKS View Post

Anyway, I finally redid my UI again, and after some fiddling I think I'm happy with it for now. A lot of inspiration comes from Caith's latest (which is absolutely lovely, but also suffers from the aforementioned pet problem to an extent):

Normal:
http://www.gokieks.com/files/wow/ui/2008_02_05_OOC.jpg

Raid:
http://www.gokieks.com/files/wow/ui/2008_02_05_Raid.jpg
Very good looking. Clean and functional, I like it. Better than the original Caith in my opinion.

Offline
Old 02/06/08, 12:23 PM   #2538
Imba
Von Kaiser
 
Imba's Avatar
 
Tauren Warrior
 
Doomhammer (EU)
Here goes my UI in raid. It is basicaly some guys (can't remember the name) UI with changes to suit my exceptional taste

[edit] I have no clue how did those stripes get there on recount, maybe some glitch while taking a screenshot.

[edit2] I've just updated my addons and what I found is that one of pitbull libraries totally screwed up so my unitframes are now looking crap :S


Last edited by Imba : 02/06/08 at 12:33 PM.

Offline
Old 02/06/08, 12:36 PM   #2539
Smooglab
Von Kaiser
 
Troll Warrior
 
Twisting Nether (EU)
Originally Posted by Imba View Post
Here goes my UI in raid. It is basicaly some guys (can't remember the name) UI with changes to suit my exceptional taste

[edit] I have no clue how did those stripes get there on recount, maybe some glitch while taking a screenshot.

[edit2] I've just updated my addons and what I found is that one of pitbull libraries totally screwed up so my unitframes are now looking crap :S

I really like the way the actionbars are setup, do you have any idea what texture in CyCircled (assuming it actually is CyCircled) that is? And if it isn't a default one, would you mind uploading it? If seen it before but never have been able to figure out what addon it is exactly or who made it.

Terrified. Mortified. Petrified. Stupefied... by you!

Offline
Old 02/06/08, 12:49 PM   #2540
Chasy
Von Kaiser
 
Chasy's Avatar
 
Chasy (Retired)
Gnome Warrior
 
No WoW Account (EU)
Originally Posted by Smooglab View Post
I really like the way the actionbars are setup, do you have any idea what texture in CyCircled (assuming it actually is CyCircled) that is? And if it isn't a default one, would you mind uploading it? If seen it before but never have been able to figure out what addon it is exactly or who made it.
The CyCircled texture is created by Caith and can be found in his latest UI release.

Offline
Old 02/06/08, 12:55 PM   #2541
Ottoline
Glass Joe
 
Worgen Hunter
 
Chamber of Aspects (EU)
Originally Posted by GokieKS View Post
The one thing I dislike about playing a warlock (or hunter) is the nature of the pet action bar/unit frames. They're not always there, but you still have to consider it when building the layout of everything on-screen. I can't even count the number of times I've thought "Oh, that looks quite nice. But there's no way you could find a good place to put the pet frame and bar in that".
Set your pet bar to be totally transparent except when moused-over. Any pet commands you need to use quickly you should already have keybound, and other stuff like Growl on/off, passive/defensive etc can be clicked when necessary.

Offline
Old 02/06/08, 1:51 PM   #2542
Crysli
Glass Joe
 
Draenei Mage
 
Hellscream (EU)
Targeting myself, at full health, no combat:



WE out, casting, target casting:



I'd really like to get some ideas for my cast bars. I'm not sure about the font, and the colors are all wrong.
So gimme some colors and suggestions for spell text!

Offline
Old 02/06/08, 3:48 PM   #2543
Ajuga
Piston Honda
 
Ajuga's Avatar
 
Undead Mage
 
Jaedenar (EU)
Originally Posted by Crysli View Post
I'd really like to get some ideas for my cast bars. I'm not sure about the font, and the colors are all wrong.
So gimme some colors and suggestions for spell text!
Is the red bar on the bottom your pet? I'd probably change the color to something less "hostile" - like green or blue. Mmm.. or is it just red, cause it has aggro?

The spell font should definately go! Can't say what'd look best, but perhaps a pixel font would be fitting considering it's what you use on the UFs.

Offline
Old 02/06/08, 3:50 PM   #2544
Crysli
Glass Joe
 
Draenei Mage
 
Hellscream (EU)
Originally Posted by Ajuga View Post
Is the red bar on the bottom your pet? I'd probably change the color to something less "hostile" - like green or blue. Mmm.. or is it just red, cause it has aggro?

The spell font should definately go! Can't say what'd look best, but perhaps a pixel font would be fitting considering it's what you use on the UFs.
Yeah, it's because it has aggro.
And I've been thinking of using Visitor for the cast bars. WTB outlines on Quartz text

Offline
Old 02/06/08, 4:38 PM   #2545
Karmen
Piston Honda
 
Tauren Druid
 
Uldum
Originally Posted by 350 View Post
that is grid your using I assume. Whats the texture on it?



*update* anyone knows how to get an icon to show at ElkBuffBars? example BoS -> icon next to timer.
As I noted it's a merge of Hal's UI with Lastembraces layout, so all the textures are Halycon's. Look up his recent posts and you'll find the post where you can get his texture pack.

Edit: I'll also be updating my pic in the next day or two. I cleaned up Grid a bit more as well as moving the trinket buttons and a couple of other minor things.

Late Night Raiding www.skeletoncrew.org

Offline
Old 02/06/08, 4:56 PM   #2546
Beans
Von Kaiser
 
Beans's Avatar
 
Blood Elf Priest
 
Earthen Ring
Changed some stuff, but layout is roughly the same. I dropped fubar in lieu of minimapbuttonbag (mbb), EBB for Satrina's buff frames.

Full size here: http://i32.tinypic.com/sfx894.png

Last edited by Beans : 02/06/08 at 5:02 PM.

Offline
Old 02/06/08, 5:05 PM   #2547
 GokieKS
OH NOES!
 
GokieKS's Avatar
 
Citania
Undead Warlock
 
No WoW Account
Originally Posted by Ottoline View Post
Set your pet bar to be totally transparent except when moused-over. Any pet commands you need to use quickly you should already have keybound, and other stuff like Growl on/off, passive/defensive etc can be clicked when necessary.
That doesn't really solve the problem that I have, which is that you still have to design the placement of the pet bar/frame into the layout of the UI, even if you do not always see it - you can't really just throw it at a random spot on the screen when everything else is carefully placed. My spec is such that I usually only have my pet out only long enough to Demonic Sacrifice it, but I still had to leave an extra "blank" space to put those in for when I do have one out (when I respec for PvPing, or some such). And I didn't even put in everything that I would've liked to - pet target and pet cast bar are both situationally useful UI elements that I had to forgo in order to make everything fit together neatly.

United States Online
Old 02/06/08, 5:10 PM   #2548
royaljester
Piston Honda
 
Orc Death Knight
 
Destromath
I'm trying to use dash to hold a couple items off the main page. Mainly map, combat log and a few other odds and ends that I dont really need to see all the time. I tried adding them last night, but the system seems to not be very intuitive, anyone have a working knowledge of it and can help out?

United States Offline
Old 02/06/08, 5:21 PM   #2549
MaveN
Von Kaiser
 
Draenei Shaman
 
Uldum
Originally Posted by Beans View Post
Changed some stuff, but layout is roughly the same. I dropped fubar in lieu of minimapbuttonbag (mbb), EBB for Satrina's buff frames.

Full size here: http://i32.tinypic.com/sfx894.png
How do you get your chat like that? I would guess its prat but, i cant get it like you have it.

Offline
Old 02/06/08, 5:39 PM   #2550
shabee
Von Kaiser
 
Undead Priest
 
Frostwolf
Originally Posted by syeren View Post
I would seriously suggest using WoWInterface Downloads : Beta-version Interfaces : SBF 2.8 Beta over both Buffalo and Buffalo2, it's leaps and bounds ahead in features, customizability, and support. And yes, it can get your cyCircled Skins ;D
I tried out SBF last night in hyjal, It is very nice indeed.

I especially like the fact that you have the ability to choose whether to show buffs/debuffs as bars *OR* icons. I like to have my buffs in their regular place as icons, and debuffs on top of my player unitframe as bars. It is fairly easy to do in SBF (I will need to use EBB and Buffalo to duplicate the look w/o using SBF).

Just one question about SBF, I hope someone here would be able to answer me.

I keep two "Buff frame"s. One is for buffs and another one is for debuffs. So when choosing buff frame 1, I have the show buff chosen and show debuff chosen for buff frame 2. Somehow, when I change from one buff frame to another, that information is lost. For instance, if I go from buff frame 1 to buff frame 2, the "show buff" is still chosen(I change buff frames by using the drop down menu on the top right corner) Is this a bug or something that can be prevented by clever tricks in how you operate the GUI?

T.I.A.

Offline
Closed Thread

Go Back   Elitist Jerks » User Interface and AddOns

Thread Tools

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Pimp My UI: The Art of Interface Design Zygar User Interface and AddOns 575 07/08/09 4:11 PM
Post your WoW 2.1 Interface Howitzer User Interface and AddOns 2014 09/28/07 6:47 PM
Odd behaviour of raid interface boomix User Interface and AddOns 17 04/05/07 11:46 PM
Gaming interface question probiscus Public Discussion 49 07/07/06 8:04 PM