Darqwood

Currently the only way to change the color of the casting bar is by editing the file directly like you did, although the upcoming window utility has new controls for several customizable DarqUI windows including this one. The new utility also addresses the issue of the spell monitor always opening to the default size.



A recent re-write of the threat window has reduced the complexity of the window considerably, so I would feel better about putting in some more options for layout customization. I'm trying to get the new utility and some other updates out the door, so I can't necessarily work on it immediately, but I will definitely take another look at it soon.

If you want to announce specific spells as they are being cast, use the Spell Monitor for that. The detriment announcements (threat window) only react to what has already been cast on you. Generally if you will stack the two together, you can give your raid a pretty good idea of what's hitting you.

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Carthington

Darqwood

Hi Carthington, thank you for the comments.

The hotbar window linked below should do what you want. Everything is the same as the DarqUI hotbar except the frames are tucked in under the icons. This version makes more sense after SOE made it easier to move hotbars around with F10, although players get very flipped out when you mess with their hotbars so the current version is staying on the patcher. Replace your hotbar file with this, then re-stretch the frame of each of your hotbars to make the border snap under the icons:

darqui-hotkey-noborder.zip

The NPC Spellcast Monitor is built on the Tagging window, so (Ctrl+Shift+T) should show the monitor, or you can right-click your Target window and choose Tag from the pop-up context menu. Stretch the window vertically to show the spell listener area. Unfortunately, the Tagging window won't stay visible between sessions, so you have to re-open it every time you log in with a different character.

The threat window does have a lot going on, but that's by design. You can turn off the spellcast bar and target's target health display to simplify it a bit. I have recently re-coded this window (in testing now) to use the new cureplayer commands for self-cures, and it can be stretched out a bit wider than the current version. Also the issue you are having with the cursor should go away with the new version.

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Carthington

Also I want to point out when I click to cure in the trauma window, it won't let me type basically...and I have to click outside of the window or whatnot in order to be able type again...

for example, I use my number keys to cast spells, when i click to cure, locks the keyboard until I click a different window or a spell

EDIT: Ok, a little more info on the threat window regarding that problem

ok when I click to cure, it locks the focus window and starts typing in the area where you put what channel you want to announce to...

hope that helps!

Carthington

Hello..

First of all, so far excellent UI

I do have a few things regarding customization...

Hotbars - Is there a way to remove the outter-most padding from around the entire hotbars so I can put all of them together instead of having a space inbetween each one? I'm not talking about cell padding either, this is a pad around the entire hotbar.
Spell Timer aka Casting bar - I'm trying to get this to show up so I can change the color and all, is there way to do this through the window utility? Maybe even provide an option to put it inside the threat window?
Threat Window - do you plan on implementing different versions of this? Right now, its a little cluttery, one on top of another which makes it slightly hard to look at and I can't stretch it out as far as I really need it either.

Sorry for the stupid questions! But thanks in advance!

Darqwood

Hi kinaddin, the attack bars are located at the bottom of the threat window. Make sure the frame is stretched low enough to see them. They only appear when you are in combat.


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kinaddin

Hello,
Really nice ui but i have a little problem :
I can t find Melee attack timing bars for Primary, Secondary and Ranged can you help me.
It s activate in the darqui windows utility.

Darqwood

LittleMagica, are you referring to the Quick Setup feature in the utility program? If so, try typing the undetected name with the diacritic directly onto the form. Quick Setup should finish correctly using the name you type.

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LittleMagica

Have a Questions....

is it possible to Set Up any Characters with an Apostroph in the name? Have some Characters with an Apostroph...like Dracó or so..
For the Quick Char-Switch and SpellSettings...
When i look under my Chars are all with Apostroph not detected or so..

Valteron

Hi,

Thanks for the quick reply and info, that's all I needed to know, also thanks for the excellent UI, love the features.

Regards

V.

Darqwood

Valteron, you haven't missed anything feature-wise. I've tried to keep the basic architecture of the DarqUI windows consistent with the default, so that a user transitioning to DarqUI will log in to find everything basically in the same place where they left it. Some of the other large interfaces do give you the option of setting up your window locations for you, but DarqUI takes the approach that you already have the persistent windows (hotbars, chat, target, etc.) set up to your liking.

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Valteron

Hi,

I have just found your UI, and really like it, one thing I cannot find is window placement files for different resolutions? I have looked in the setup utility but cannot see any? am I missing them somewhere?

Any help appreciated..

V.

Juravael

Darqwood,

Thank you so much for the reply. I downloaded the installer and got it set up with ease. You have done an amazing job and it could not have been easier.

Thanks again!

Darqwood

Juravael, the utility can be used to download just a subset (or just one) of the DarqUI windows if that's your choice. Go to the Updates tab and check the "Accept" or "Skip" column for each window depending on what you want. Then press "Update Now" to download only the accepted files. The updater tab will remember which files you prefer to skip over. And the utility will not try to set up or replace anything that is not a DarqUI window.

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Juravael

Thanks for the great UI mods. Ive been using your group mod for some time now and love it. I was wondering if there was someplace I might be able to get the updated version on it's own or do I have to download and use the updater?

If I download the updater will I be able to pick and choose which windows to use the darq ui mods with or will it convert all of the windows?

Thanks for you time!