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Modders, start your engines... (UI sample on Pre-order CD!)

Time to start practicing!

If you've got the character creation CD, it includes several moddable UI elements.

(EQ2 installation folder)\DemoCreateIU\demo\

Here's a little sample I whipped up:

All I did was change colors and increase the size of the Accept button.

The XML format is VERY different from EQ1's setup... random sample:

Code:

<TextboxStyle CaratColor="#FFFFC0" CaratWidth="2" Cursor="/Cursor.Text" Name="InputStyle" NormalTextStyle="/Fonts.FontArial14" SelectedTextStyle="InputStyle" SelectionColor="#222266" TextColor="#AAAAFF" TextPadding="3,2,3,0"/>

<Text Color="#D0B97B" Font="/Fonts.FontZapf24" LocalText="Options" Location="58,14" Name="LabelTitle" ScrollExtent="647,26" Size="647,26" TextAlignment="Center" TextAlignmentVertical="Center" Visible="false">Options</Text>

<Scrollbar ArrowPressSound="sounds/button" Control="ReplyList" ExtendedTooltip="Scrolls the listing of replies." HideIfUnnecessary="true" LocalTooltip="Scrollbar" Location="723,40" Name="ScrollbarPage" ScrollExtent="20,568" Size="20,568" Style="/ScrollStyles.default_vscroll" Tooltip="Scrollbar"/>

<Text Color="#D0B97B" Font="/Fonts.FontZapf15" LocalText="Configuration" Location="108,616" Name="LabelCurrentConfig" ScrollExtent="148,26" Size="148,26" TextAlignment="Right" TextAlignmentVertical="Center">Configuration</Text>

<Dropdownbox DataSource="FloorplanSource" Location="259,622" Name="DropdownboxConfig" RowTemplate="/Templates.dropdowntemplate" ScrollExtent="138,20" Size="138,20" Style="/dropdownlist.dropdown_default"/>

Looks more like HTML, which is good. No more having an individual tag for EVERY setting...

Anyway, we have a lot to learn. Go forth and MOD! :D

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deathbane27

Go forth and MOD! :D

ROFL... can i use that?

yes the new code is very different from EQ1, but it allows for alot more modding... dare I say "good job SOE"? I can only hope this IS how the EQ2 UI code will work.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir Taleisin The Seer

yes the new code is very different from EQ1, but it allows for alot more modding... dare I say "good job SOE"? I can only hope this IS how the EQ2 UI code will work.

I can say with 99.9% assurance YES

I am very impressed at how this looks. I did some digging around and it really does seem like the UI will be easier to mod.

I sure hope I see a vert mod for it soon after launch, I just loved vert.

SIDL Fiddle V2 in the works

Hi all.

I'm back to working on SIDL Fiddle for EQ2. I'm redesigning the program pretty much from the ground up to fix a number of problems (and there were a lot).

I haven't received the starter kit yet, so if anyone has any info you can share on the new XML structure please let me know.

http://www.barbre44.com

glad to see your still working on that program, I loving using it to see my UI's before going into EQ.

Thanks! I think you'll be impressed with the improvements when I finally get it ready. It should be a much smaller footprint, use current Java runtimes, and have significantly less bugs.

How funny is it that when seeing the EQ2 UI one of the first things I thought was "Gosh, I wonder how Im (and others are) going to start modifiying this."

Well, looks like it's gonna be fun playin around with it. I'll be there will be some extremely interesting stuff out soon, (to say the least).

Thats awesome, there were some really nice custom UI's for EQ.