Post your Interface - Page 103

peanutplanters · 02/06/08, 7:14 PM

I play with three screens, giving me lots of extra room. Heres my UI, still a WIP but i would love comments/suggestions on how to improve my UI.

zoomed out pic: http://i25.tinypic.com/ig97vq.jpg

zoomed in: http://i27.tinypic.com/a1n9l3.jpg

• GokieKS · 02/06/08, 7:22 PM

Originally Posted by peanutplanters

I play with three screens, giving me lots of extra room. Heres my UI, still a WIP but i would love comments/suggestions on how to improve my UI.

zoomed out pic: http://i25.tinypic.com/ig97vq.jpg

zoomed in: http://i27.tinypic.com/a1n9l3.jpg

Wouldn't it be really really inconvenient to look at the minimap when it's located so far away from anything else on the screen?

Crometheis · 02/06/08, 7:51 PM

heres my current ui, i would really like to add some skins to it (ala kasane type ui), not sure if I will but I would definatley like to do something different with the buttons. I tried cycirled and didnt like it, so not sure what to do there.

Tial · 02/06/08, 10:30 PM

I made a new UI for my other hunter. I am pretty happy with this one, it's kind of an update to the old UI I had on that same character. I have both empty and in combat screens, but nothing with a party or raid, she's a low level. I do know how I would set it up, but no need for it yet.

combat

Irimli · 02/07/08, 1:01 AM

Heres my UI that I have been working on. I'm pretty happy with it so far.

zork · 02/07/08, 3:43 AM

I played around with the Border and Background Textures again and here is what I got:

You see a 1px black border around many frames or buttons. This isn't really a border, its the background texture with a certain inset-value.

I try to describe it with bartender. Download bartender3 and open the style.lua.

	["Dreamlayout"] = { 
		name = L["Dreamlayout"],
		coords = {0.08,0.92,0.08,0.92}, 
		padding = 3, 
		customframe = true,
		FrameFunc = function(button) 
			local frame = CreateFrame("Frame", button:GetName().."DL", button)
			frame:ClearAllPoints()
			frame:SetBackdrop({
			bgFile = "Interface\\Tooltips\\UI-Tooltip-Background", 
			tile = true, 
			tileSize = 1, 
			edgeFile = "", 
			edgeSize = 0, 
			insets = {left = 0, right = 0, top = 0, bottom = 0},
			})
			frame:SetBackdropColor(0, 0, 0, 0.6)
			frame:SetAllPoints(button)
			frame:SetFrameLevel(0)
			return frame
		end,
	},


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Change it to this:
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	["Dreamlayout"] = { 
		name = L["Dreamlayout"],
		coords = {0.08,0.92,0.08,0.92}, 
		padding = 5, 
		customframe = true,
		FrameFunc = function(button) 
			local frame = CreateFrame("Frame", button:GetName().."DL", button)
			frame:ClearAllPoints()
			frame:SetBackdrop({
			bgFile = "Interface\\Tooltips\\UI-Tooltip-Background", 
			tile = true, 
			tileSize = 16, 
			edgeFile = "", 
			edgeSize = 16, 
			insets = {left = 4, right = 4, top = 4, bottom = 4},
			})
			frame:SetBackdropColor(0, 0, 0, 1)
			frame:SetAllPoints(button)
			frame:SetFrameLevel(0)
			return frame
		end,
	},

You can hide the tooltip-border with a trick, so you don't have to edit it out of every addon.
Make a copy of your border-texture-file (UI-Tooltip-Border.blp) and make a new one fully transparent. Tada, no border anymore

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You can change the inset value to your liking. Try insets of 0, 5 or 10 and see what happens. You can even use SetVertexColor(x,x,x,x) to make it shine in all colors. *bling* *bling*

unr3al · 02/07/08, 4:37 AM

Originally Posted by Chasy

Pretty basic, but I feel very comfortable using it. Will post a shot of it during a raid tomorrow.

http://tinyurl.com/2uh54h

Think we can get you to upload?

Kyuki · 02/07/08, 8:11 AM

Did some minor changes, moved castbars around abit etc.

It's inspired from Eph - all selfmade though, except for the font, which I stole.

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Showing some hidden bars.
http://deliverance-wow.com/uploads/1...aecf397072.jpg
http://deliverance-wow.com/uploads/1...aed0d0bdda.jpg
http://deliverance-wow.com/uploads/1...aed2737d06.jpg

Rolapin · 02/07/08, 10:05 AM

Originally Posted by zork

I played around with the Border and Background Textures again and here is what I got:

You see a 1px black border around many frames or buttons. This isn't really a border, its the background texture with a certain inset-value.

Really nice, even better than last one. Of course, I have a few questions :

1) Can you tell me how you got the x,y position to show on your minimap ?

2) Which addon do you use for your bar-frames and how did you set it up with a fixed distance between buttons ?

3) Which buff addon do you use ?

Thanks.

Gretten · 02/07/08, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by Ileron

Getting out of Ideas ... :o

latest: http://i32.tinypic.com/jt9weg.jpg

Very clean and nice, you have a clear screen and a lot of room for MSBT/Parrot/SCT or whatever you use, but I still don't see how you can go without timers for Mangle and the likes (at least I can't see them in that picture).

With that being said, I'm very interested in playing with it. If you read this, would you care to upload?

Much appreciated

zork · 02/07/08, 11:19 AM

Originally Posted by Rolapin

1) Can you tell me how you got the x,y position to show on your minimap ?
2) Which addon do you use for your bar-frames and how did you set it up with a fixed distance between buttons ?
3) Which buff addon do you use ?

1) Coordinates from simpleminimap (files.wowace.com)
2) Pitbull. You can get space between your buffs/debuffs by editing the pos_a and pos_b in the aura.lua of Pitbull.
3) Buffalo 1, but I edited the buffalo.lua to give the buttons the Bartender3 look. I re-used the dreamlayout function from the style.lua of Bartender3.

bekayoh · 02/07/08, 1:14 PM

Originally Posted by zork

I played around with the Border and Background Textures again and here is what I got:
*snip*

I've always liked your ui setup but was never fond of the gold borders on everything. This looks much better!

Ileron · 02/07/08, 4:39 PM

Originally Posted by Gretten

Very clean and nice, you have a clear screen and a lot of room for MSBT/Parrot/SCT or whatever you use, but I still don't see how you can go without timers for Mangle and the likes (at least I can't see them in that picture).

With that being said, I'm very interested in playing with it. If you read this, would you care to upload?

Much appreciated

Jip, will upload it when I'm happy with the Raid Layout etc

. And I noticed that I can't play without the Timers too

.

Avazza · 02/07/08, 5:58 PM

Okay here we go, I've cleaned up my UI a bit, making it more minimalistic altough I don't know if it's really minimalistic.

Solo:
http://i26.tinypic.com/2vwixxg.jpg

Raid:
http://i26.tinypic.com/2vknsxy.jpg

Raid combat:
http://i32.tinypic.com/35n07sp.jpg

I'm thinking about going with grid instead of pitbull raidframes, we'll see where it goes.

Also, first time in TK, yay!

P.S I am playing in 1600x1200 but for some reason my screenshots get compressed :/

Tylerlee · 02/07/08, 7:02 PM

First time poster in the UI section

Origional concept from "Kerp's UI" sure u all seen it before, Tailored to my own needs/likes.

Zapf · 02/07/08, 7:22 PM

Originally Posted by zork

I played around with the Border and Background Textures again and here is what I got:

Is there anything in particular you use to set your positions/center/offset your various pitbull/bartender frames? They look to be quite well placed symmetrically, and while it's something I try to make sure of, having to manually shift it frame by frame and trying and compare to eepanels I've set drives me insane.

Kalidin · 02/07/08, 7:23 PM

Re did ui today WIP: http://www.freeingmymind.com/Wowfolder/ui.jpg

Avazza · 02/07/08, 8:07 PM

Originally Posted by Zapf

Is there anything in particular you use to set your positions/center/offset your various pitbull/bartender frames? They look to be quite well placed symmetrically, and while it's something I try to make sure of, having to manually shift it frame by frame and trying and compare to eepanels I've set drives me insane.

Try Align!

Quaunaut · 02/07/08, 8:17 PM

Originally Posted by Avazza

Okay here we go, I've cleaned up my UI a bit, making it more minimalistic altough I don't know if it's really minimalistic.

Solo:
http://i26.tinypic.com/2vwixxg.jpg

Raid:
http://i26.tinypic.com/2vknsxy.jpg

Raid combat:
http://i32.tinypic.com/35n07sp.jpg

I'm thinking about going with grid instead of pitbull raidframes, we'll see where it goes.

Also, first time in TK, yay!

P.S I am playing in 1600x1200 but for some reason my screenshots get compressed :/

I do not understand how your player and target frames work. I see the healthbar beneath the 3d model, but the text above that? Could you explain how you had done that?

Inquisition · 02/07/08, 8:33 PM

all comments/criticism is welcome, i have a very simplistic UI as my computer basically sucks right now, but ill be upgrading it soon

Fated · 02/07/08, 11:43 PM

Originally Posted by Avazza

Okay here we go, I've cleaned up my UI a bit, making it more minimalistic altough I don't know if it's really minimalistic.

Solo:
http://i26.tinypic.com/2vwixxg.jpg

Raid:
http://i26.tinypic.com/2vknsxy.jpg

Raid combat:
http://i32.tinypic.com/35n07sp.jpg

I'm thinking about going with grid instead of pitbull raidframes, we'll see where it goes.

Also, first time in TK, yay!

P.S I am playing in 1600x1200 but for some reason my screenshots get compressed :/

Very nice UI. One question, how did you merge the portrait and health bars using pitbull?

Bludstrike · 02/08/08, 12:50 AM

Originally Posted by Kyuki

Did some minor changes, moved castbars around abit etc.

It's inspired from Eph - all selfmade though, except for the font, which I stole.

--

Showing some hidden bars.
http://deliverance-wow.com/uploads/1...aecf397072.jpg
http://deliverance-wow.com/uploads/1...aed0d0bdda.jpg
http://deliverance-wow.com/uploads/1...aed2737d06.jpg

Anyone know the font? =P

Imbar · 02/08/08, 1:15 AM

Originally Posted by Avazza

Try Align!

UIs should live and die by Align.
I can't imagine designing a UI these days without it.

Nantuko · 02/08/08, 1:57 AM

Long time lurker, finally decided to make an account.

Still a work in progress, trying to find a map mod that doesn't have as many errors as SimpleMinimap. Any help or comments would be awesome.

This thread really makes me want to get a new monitor, I'm stuck with a really crappy 17 inch CRT and I want to get a 22 inch LCD. All these widescreen UIs look amazing.

savantido · 02/08/08, 4:09 AM

Originally Posted by Fated

Very nice UI. One question, how did you merge the portrait and health bars using pitbull?

The portrait is not Pitbull but a separate mod- Zuxana Model Citizen.