nealeb

I am certain there is a problem with my configuration but I wanted to pose this question hoping you can help.
I configured 1 button that activates mana flow and does a /gsay that contains a %T. When i click it, it just says "Mana Flow on Parent.Parent.T.Value" in group chat.

I am also using the Razc UI set.

<Data Name="Spell1" SpellName="Mana Flow" Tell=" " Gsay="Mana Flow on Parent.Parent.T.Value" Rsay=" " BG="X" Cmd=" " CmdTT=" " />

Darqwood

Hi Nealeb,

Tell, Gsay and Rsay are all simple string fields that deliver uninterpreted text into the selected channel. Of these three, Rsay is an exception in that it will automatically add the button target's name at the end of the string, but this is internal and not the result of a %T entry in the utility. The Command field does convert %T into the button target's name, so in your case you can get the right result by clearing the Gsay field and instead putting

gsay Mana Flow on %T

into the Command field for that button. When you write your data in the utility, the line will be converted to:

gsay Mana Flow on Parent.Parent.T.Value

(Don't forget to also put something in the Command Tooltip field like "Group Announce," otherwise you'll get a default generic tooltip for that button.) The complete line in the UI file would look like this:

<Data Name="Spell1" SpellName="Mana Flow" Tell=" " Gsay=" " Rsay=" " BG="X" Cmd="gsay Mana Flow on Parent.Parent.T.Value" CmdTT="Group Announce" />

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nealeb

It worked! Thank you for your help and this great mod!

Prez

Something has been occuring more frequently lately that I don't care for. During a group or raid situation, after clicking a quick icon/button on a player to cast a ward, it shows the ward was casted on the player below the one I clicked.

----This does NOT happen EVERY time I click the same button. When I click it again, most times it casts correctly.

It seems to have started coinciding with the current lag situation on Crushbone.....could this have anything to do with it?


When I first installed this (EliteUI which contains it) I never had this issue. I have never changed anything since the first time I configured the buttons either.

Thanks for any help =)!

spinedoc

Awesome mod!! Couple of questions. First, is it possible to change the size of the icons? They are hard to click in the heat of the battle and I'd like to size them up a bit, I don't mind at all if it sizes up the entire group/raid window.

Also I use primarily the horizontal mode with 6 names going from left to right. But I'm not keen on having the quick cast icons on top of the power/health, it takes an extra second to quick cast. Is it possible to put the quick cast spells under the name, maybe over/under the cure icons? Or at least have an option for this.

Thanks.

Darqwood

Prez, that does sound like a problem although I haven't had any other reports of it happening. I do know that the game servers have recently begun throttling "useability" type commands (which the group and raid windows use) to combat server lag caused by certain macro configurations. Depending on exactly what's being done with the commands, this may be contributing to your intermittent troubles. If your code has not changed since you first installed it, I would tend to look outside the interface for the cause.

Spinedoc, the size of the spell icons and other group window components are fixed, although I would really like for them to be resizable similar to the hotbars. That would be a very big project to tackle for a future version. I do have two new display modes for the group window in development now, and I believe one of them will be very similar to the layout you are suggesting. I have another fairly ambitious upgrade on the table, although I may have to hold off on that and settle for a smaller set of improvements including this one. The next version should be available around the release of the Sentinel's Fate expansion.

Thanks to both of you for your comments, and to everyone who has tried out the DarqUI interface pieces.

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spinedoc

That's great news! I'm absolutely LOVING the raid window mod, especially the cure curse sound notification, it has sped up my reaction times so much and left me free to heal.

The group window I actually deleted and do not use for a couple of reasons. First, as you already know, the icons are way too small. Also in the 6x1 setup I use, where the icons are hidden unless you mouse over, I just spend wayyy too much time hovering and finding the right icon, same with cures but they are a bit easier since they are not hidden.

What I actually ended up doing with my cures and heals is I made a 6x1 hotbar for my cures and another one for my small heal, and put them directly under my 6x1 group window with macros to cancel spellcast, select group member, cast cure/heal, target previous. It works insanely well and you can resize the icons to your hearts content, but the only problem is I ran out of hotbars! It still takes up a lot of space, and I'll wait patiently until you put out your upgrades as I'd rather have your setup.

In any event I am VERY excited about your planned upgrades. SUPER SUPER job and your work is much appreciated.

StarManWild

I love this mod for healing, but in battlegrounds it would be of no use for the simple fact that ever character has the _servername after there character name.

This is done so people from different servers, but with the same name are not counted as one person or something like that from the test forums.

Is there anyway to get the server name for healing?

spinedoc

Crossing my fingers this will be updated for the xpac, I can't live without it now.

StarManWild

Any chance for an update? I got into a raid last night and the click to heal abilities were not working.

Darqwood

The Group window mod will be updated for Sentinel's Fate within a few days. Thank you for your patience!

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Darqwood

StarManWild, in late Febuary there were some SOE code tweaks that directly affected custom commands like the ones used in the group window mod. After testing under a variety of conditions, the "usability" commands seem to be working fine so give the custom UI pieces another try and let me know if you are still having trouble.

PS: There is no UI code available to break up a string like charname_servername into pieces, so the workaround code would most likely be too complex to consider. Good point about Battlegrounds, though.

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Ebarel

Hi,
first of all, GREAT UI - thx alot for the work!

i just have 2 questions issues:

1) although i put type 5 in the xml file for the layout it always comes up with layout type 4 - dont know what i am doing wrong

2) as a EU user i cant use the spellnames - i have to replace them with the spell numbers to work. where or how could i replace that in the setup program already so i dont have to do everything manually afterwards? (and how can i add a comment so i still know later on what it is )

TheGrauen

Hi, first of all thanks for this great UI, I like it

But, as i use a german client of EQ2, i always have the following error when I want to use the Defilers "Shields" "Healthcures" and so on:
Usage: /useabilityonplayer [Player] [Ability]

Thx ...

Grauen

@Ebarel
Try to use 2 SPACES bevor die Level (VII), in german I use: "Ahnenwächter#spacespace#VII"

gitana

thx for this great UI.

Just returned to game and the group window i was using not longer works so installed this one, just got a question, its possible to change the size of the entire UI ??

i really like to know if there its any easy way to made it all bit bigger