Mother's UI Pieces Thread

mother9987 · #1 01-13-2006, 11:53 AM

It appears all the cool kids have threads in here for their interfaces. I wanna be cool, so here's the thread for discussion on any of the Mother's UI Pieces.

I apologize for the frequent updates of some of the pieces, but I use them all myself, so when I see a little thing the bothers me, it gets changed pretty quickly. As soon as I'm happy with them, I promise that the updates will slow.

Vanyari · #2 01-16-2006, 01:38 PM

First let me say I love the new raid window. The flexability of it is just what i've been looking for. One request though, and maybe I just missed functionality that's already there, but is there a way to close windows that aren't needed? If your in a Raid x2 for example closing the other two unneeded raid windows. If not I'd very much appreciate that being added. Many thanks!

mother9987 · #3 01-16-2006, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Vanyari

First let me say I love the new raid window. The flexability of it is just what i've been looking for. One request though, and maybe I just missed functionality that's already there, but is there a way to close windows that aren't needed? If your in a Raid x2 for example closing the other two unneeded raid windows. If not I'd very much appreciate that being added. Many thanks!

There's 3 and 2 group horizontal and vertical options in the raid options window. So, hopefully you're covered

silver1978 · #4 01-17-2006, 08:46 PM

Has anyone else had the problem that you cant see hps going up and down in
the raid window? It remains the same length and color bar always.

mother9987 · #5 01-18-2006, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by silver1978

Has anyone else had the problem that you cant see hps going up and down in
the raid window? It remains the same length and color bar always.

Are they stuck at 0, at 100, or some random point in the middle?

mother9987 · #6 01-18-2006, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by silver1978

Has anyone else had the problem that you cant see hps going up and down in
the raid window? It remains the same length and color bar always.

I found it. I'm retarded. The health bars were referencing a style from mother's group window. That's the second time I've made that mistake, and I thought I had learned my lesson the first time.

New version just uploaded. Try it out once it gets approved.

Dragonrealms · #7 01-18-2006, 10:53 AM

what happened to the raid window in the downloads section? 0_o I know I saw it the other day (cuz I posted a suggestion there) but don't see it at all now...

mother9987 · #8 01-18-2006, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Dragonrealms

what happened to the raid window in the downloads section? 0_o I know I saw it the other day (cuz I posted a suggestion there) but don't see it at all now...

It had a bug in it and I had to upload a corrected version. I'm pretty sure eq2interface manaully approves all downloads after virus scanning or something, so it could take a couple hours for the new version to show up.

williamblade · #9 01-29-2006, 04:13 AM

I like the modifications you made to the game's UI here. My main reason for looking around for an add-on though is I want one that'll show a player's pet when I'm grouped with them. When I play a healer I actually like to keep players' pets alive if they get hit, but starting at a group window that doesn't show pet hp makes it hard on me. Is there a way you could add that in, or any UI that does this already?

mother9987 · #10 01-30-2006, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by williamblade

I like the modifications you made to the game's UI here. My main reason for looking around for an add-on though is I want one that'll show a player's pet when I'm grouped with them. When I play a healer I actually like to keep players' pets alive if they get hit, but starting at a group window that doesn't show pet hp makes it hard on me. Is there a way you could add that in, or any UI that does this already?

Sony does not expose that data, so there's no way to do it. I'd be happy to if it were possible.

williamblade · #11 01-30-2006, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Dragonrealms

what happened to the raid window in the downloads section? 0_o I know I saw it the other day (cuz I posted a suggestion there) but don't see it at all now...

What does it take to get the raid options window to pop up?

mother9987 · #12 01-30-2006, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by williamblade

What does it take to get the raid options window to pop up?

Hover the mouse over the bottom left corner of the raid window, and a button should appear with "..." on it. click that button to open the raid options.

Worst case, try /show_window MainHUD.RaidOptions

mother9987 · #13 02-01-2006, 04:43 PM

For the people who suggested I look at Ger's individualy movable raid window, I wanted to say that I'm getting closer. I've actually got a free-form mode I've added to the raid-layout option, and it is partially working. Windows are movable and hidable individually.

Currently, I'm having trouble saving the group layout you pick (and a few other things on initial display). Freeform mode has caused quite a bit of confusion to my super-sekret mode of saving that info. But if you're still waiting, hopefully relief is on the way.

So, I've recreated what he did. When I solve the problems I created by adding it, there will be a brand new version of the raid window on the way. If anyone has any more suggestions, now is the time to give them because with the amount of cussing I'm doing now, I don't know if I'll want to touch it again

mother9987 · #14 02-03-2006, 02:28 PM

Raid window completed...

SkylyJay · #15 02-13-2006, 05:46 AM

I really like you're various windows, especially the group, target, and player windows.

I play a templar mostly, so I don't have a pet. I made the player window's minimum size the same as the player info page, so I could shrink the window to just show the player stuff but still be able to expand ti to show the pet stuff when I happen to play a pet class. However, the bars dissapear. Theres still a very dark set where the player hp bubbles were.

I simply just edited the Minimum size, to be the same as the Player page. Is there a way to fix that? i'd really like to minimize the blank space on my screen.

Thanks for all the hard work you put into making these.

mother9987 · #16 02-13-2006, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by SkylyJay

I really like you're various windows, especially the group, target, and player windows.

I play a templar mostly, so I don't have a pet. I made the player window's minimum size the same as the player info page, so I could shrink the window to just show the player stuff but still be able to expand ti to show the pet stuff when I happen to play a pet class. However, the bars dissapear. Theres still a very dark set where the player hp bubbles were.

I simply just edited the Minimum size, to be the same as the Player page. Is there a way to fix that? i'd really like to minimize the blank space on my screen.

Thanks for all the hard work you put into making these.

I'm not sure how I set the pack options on the different elements of the player window because I didn't indend it to resize. But apparently, other players put their windows somewhere I don't, because I think you're the second person to mention the dead space when there's no pet. My assassin has never noticed.

So, I'm guessing that non-pet users would prefer either a) the whole player window shrinks when there's no pet, eliminating the dead space, or b) I make a second version of the player window and put the pet info back in the pet window for it.

Vote now! /em plays jeopardy theme.

maddbomber83 · #17 02-13-2006, 10:12 AM

You could just have the player window (the whole thing) able to resize. Minimum size is the size of just the player data, maximum size is the size of the player/pet data.

Then set the Pet data to be a fixed distance from the top, or side depending on the layout.

Your OnShow/OnHide commands still hide/show the pet data based off if you have a pet or not.

This way, if you are a pet class you have the window stretched full to show the pet data. If your pet dies the window does not resize but the pet data goes away.

If you are a non pet class or fluff pet class you can just shrink the window to the player info, and then it doesn't matter if you have a pet or not.

mother9987 · #18 02-13-2006, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by maddbomber83

You could just have the player window (the whole thing) able to resize. Minimum size is the size of just the player data, maximum size is the size of the player/pet data.

Then set the Pet data to be a fixed distance from the top, or side depending on the layout.

Your OnShow/OnHide commands still hide/show the pet data based off if you have a pet or not.

This way, if you are a pet class you have the window stretched full to show the pet data. If your pet dies the window does not resize but the pet data goes away.

If you are a non pet class or fluff pet class you can just shrink the window to the player info, and then it doesn't matter if you have a pet or not.

I thought I had read somewhere that the player window didn't save it's size. Maybe I imagined that. Because it's way easy to just modify the window to be resizeable.

maddbomber83 · #19 02-13-2006, 01:47 PM

My player window remembers its size. I didn't do anything special to make it that way so I think everyone's should.

eq2fury · #20 06-28-2006, 11:33 AM

MapSpoiler Installation for ThorUI.

Ok, I have the ThorUI Interface. I just documented completely how I installed this so that someone that has problems might be able to install this AWESOME assistant MOD easier. If I did something wrong. Please correct me.

Thanks for your hard work Mother.

1) Download the Mod

2) Extract it to a directory on your PC.

3) You should have the following files and folders:
eq2map (Folder)
mapspoiler (Folder)
eq2ui_mainhud_mapspoiler.xml (File)
example_eq2ui_mainhud.xml (File)

4) If you are a ThorUI user and have your interfaced installed to the default:
C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest II\UI\thorui you can do the following.

This is what I did:

5) Go to your thorui\eq2map directory and rename the Plugin_7.xml file to Plugin_7.xml.backup. Copy from extracted folder listed above the "eq2map" folder and paste it within the \thorui. It will ask you to copy over. Simply say yes and the "new" plugin_7.xml file will be copied into your thorui\eq2map folder.

6) Copy from your extracted folder listed above the "mapspoiler" folder and paste it in C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest II\UI\thorui folder.

7) Copy from your extracted folder listed above the
"example_eq2ui_mainhud.xml" file and paste it in: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest II\UI\thorui. Rename this file to
"eq2ui_mainhud.xml"

8) Copy from your extracted folder listed above the "example_eq2ui_mainhud.xml" file and paste it in: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest II\UI\thorui. Rename the current "eq2ui.mainhud.xml"
file to "eq2ui_mainhud.xml.backup". Rename "example_eq2ui_mainhud.xml" to "eq2ui_mainhud.xml".

9) Copy from your extracted folder listed above the "eq2ui_mainhud_mapspoiler.xml" file and paste it in: C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest II\UI\thorui.

10) Edit the C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest II\UI\thorui\eq2ui_mainhud.xml and do a search for the following code:

Code:
<include>eq2ui_mainhud_map.xml</include>

Go to the end of the line and create a "new" line. Enter the following Code to the file.

Code:
<include>eq2ui_mainhud_mapspoiler.xml</include>

Close and Save the file. Remember you can always delete the file and go back to your previous version now named:
eq2ui_mainhud.xml.backup.

11) Start up EQ2. You may have to press "M" a couple of times. Give it a moment to load all the spoilers in the area. Depending on what zone you are in. It's greeeeat!

Wozamil · #21 06-29-2006, 12:39 AM

Not sure the issue, but since this last LU, the game will close shortly after I activate the timer. No problems as long as I don't activate it

mother9987 · #22 06-29-2006, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Wozamil

Not sure the issue, but since this last LU, the game will close shortly after I activate the timer. No problems as long as I don't activate it

Wow, you're right. I have no idea what could be wrong, or even who to ask. I guess I'll try to take it to tech support. I've been playing a new alt that's not yet using any timers since lu24 so I didn't see this issue.

But, the timer window appears to be a quite effective /exit command at this time.

mother9987 · #23 06-29-2006, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by eq2fury

MapSpoiler Installation for ThorUI.

...

The instructions seem pretty good. There's a few places I might do things differently or that it seems you're doing extra work, but it's very step-by-step and you say the end-result is a working spoiler and that's what counts!

Congrats and glad you like.

Dismal · #24 07-01-2006, 03:56 AM

Halloo Mother,

Just wanted to check before I d'load this doesyour tradeskill mod have the "enter/escape" function?

Looks very nice by the way, and I miss search too

Ttfn.

mother9987 · #25 07-01-2006, 06:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Dismal

Halloo Mother,

Just wanted to check before I d'load this doesyour tradeskill mod have the "enter/escape" function?

Looks very nice by the way, and I miss search too

Ttfn.

I actually had to double-check, as the buttons were the first thing I did for the mod, and getting everything else done took quite a while.

But, the buttons behave exactly like fetish. On the component summary page, enter is begin.

On the actual crafting page, enter is repeat. Escape is cancel (you owe me a cherry kindling from that test

) or recipes depending which button is active.

Thanks for the compliment!