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SEAGOAT'S EXPERIENCE BARS
v.20070425, GU34 COMPATIBLE
By Seagoat / Seagoat20 / LCAngela / Riannon
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MY UI AUTHOR PORTAL:
http://www.eq2interface.com/portal.php?&uid=55671

SEAGOAT'S UI MODS SUPPORT THREAD:
http://www.eq2interface.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5808

Please post any questions you have about my mods to the support thread. Bug reports and feature requests should be made through my Portal.

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WHAT DOES IT DO?

This experience bar mod has the capacity to show all four progress bars at once:
- Adventure experience ("XP")
- Tradeskill experience ("TS")
- Achievement experience ("AP")
- Guild level ("GS")

There are 6 possible configurations!
- All 4 bars! (XP, TS, AP, and GS)
- XP
- XP and TS
- XP and GS
- XP, TS, and AP
- XP, TS, and GS

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HOW IS IT DIFFERENT?

The gems have been removed from either end of the bars. The level/points achieved is shown on the left end of the progress bars. With the adventure or tradeskill bars, the vitality overflow arrow has been moved closer to the right end of those progress bars.

To the far right of the bars are "reminder" initials:
- "XP" for (adventure) eXPerience
- "TS" for TradeSkill experience
- "AP" for Achievement Points
- "GS" for Guild Status (guild level)
These initials can be hidden by resizing the window from the right.

The mouseover tooltip for the vitality overflow arrows has been changed to reflect the tooltip information once shown by the gems. (I.e., instead of saying, "Your vitality bonus extends into the next level," they say, "Adventure/Tradeskill Vitality: ##.#%.") As such, the overflow arrows WILL NOT disappear when your vitality expires during your current level, although they will still display appropriate information in the tooltip.

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HOW DOES IT WORK?

The three bottom bars ("TS," "AP," and "GS") are linked to window properties, and the remaining bars can be moved up by resizing the window.
- "TS" is linked to the window "Titlebar" property.
- "AP" is linked to the window "Frame" property.
- "GS" is linked to the window "Backdrop" property.

For instance:

To hide the GS bar, right-click on the interface piece and choose "Window Settings." Slide the "Backdrop" opacity sliders both all the way to the left.

To hide the TS bar, choose "Frame Only" from the "Frame and Title" dropdown menu.

To hide both the TS and AP bars, choose "None" from the "Frame and Title" dropdown menu OR slide the "Frame and Title" opacity sliders both all the way to the left.

Once your unwanted bar(s) have been removed, simply resize the window from the bottom to move the still-visible bar(s) toward the always-visible XP bar.

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HOW DO I INSTALL IT?

1. Follow the installation instructions for all UI mods here: http://faq.eq2interface.com/

2. When logging in to EQ2 for the first time after copying this mod's XML file to your custom UI directory, you need to check your XP bar's window settings to ensure the mod is showing up correctly:
	a) Right-click on the bars and choose "Window Settings."
	b) Slide all opacity sliders to the right as far as they will go ("Window," "Frame and Title," and "Backdrop").
	c) Select "Frame and Titlebar" from the "Frame and Title" drop-down menu.
	d) You may need to untick the "Locked" checkbox so you can resize the window and make all available elements visible.
	e) Click "OK" to save your changes.

3. Once you're sure the mod is installed correctly, you can go back into your "Window Settings" dialog box and hide any unwanted elements.

Enjoy!!

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HISTORY:

v.20070425
- Modified text element widths and widenened the entire window to accomodate GU34 XP formatting changes (percentages with decimals).

v.20070202
- Changed text style to reflect serif or small sans-serif font, depending on user's settings.
- Widened right-side text areas so that wide text isn't truncated with elipses.
- Introduced 2 additional versions of the bars: No AP and Percentages w/ No AP. The additional versions can be downloaded from the "Patches/Addons" section of this mod's download page:
http://www.eq2interface.com/downloads/fileinfo.php?id=4202

v.20070127
- Removed the frames around the bars.
- Changed the font colors.
- Further condensed the entire UI piece by moving the bars and their surrounding elements closer together.
- Introduced 3 additional versions of the bars: Percentages, AP First, and Percentages w/ AP First. The additional versions can be downloaded from from the "Patches/Addons" section of this mod's download page:
http://www.eq2interface.com/downloads/fileinfo.php?id=4202

v.20061117
- Fixed an issue with the vitality overflow markers for adventure and tradeskill XP not showing up correctly...it was a simple "visibility" attribute that somehow got set to "false."  Anyway, they should be working as expected now!

Text Update, 15 October 2006
- Added the "How do I install it?" section above after a guildmate wrestled with getting the mod installed and configured. 

v.20060826b
- Updated the background color of all 4 bars. Once I actually logged in and used the bars, the red of the GS didn't contrast enough with the ugly brown background for my taste...so I made the backgrounds blue! (See the image on the right.)

v.20060826
- Updated the color of the GS bar. I got tired of it being the same gold as the XP bar, so I made it the same shade of red as the XP debt bar, since I just know no one sees much of that color anymore.  

v.20060310
- Updated three bottom bars' properties so that they can be moved up to rest below the always-visible XP bar.
- Switched the TS and AP associated window properties so that those characters who are uninterested in TS experience (adventure-only types) can still view the AP bar.

v.20060309
- Initial release.

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I welcome any comments or suggestions, and I hope someone besides me will find this useful. :)

Email me anytime with feedback:
riannon@thehalasianempire.com
angela@lunaclick.net
933k.90dd355@gmail.com