Insom's stat strip.

insomniac · #1 10-27-2004, 10:50 AM

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Welcome, insomniac.
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I uploaded this very late last night, so let me know if you spot bugs.

I bet you didn't even know there were that many stats.

I did this cause 1) I'm a stat freak, and 2) i wanted to see what's possible with a player made window (i dont think this could be done any other way), and if i would actually want one in my ui. I'm very happy with this thing.

It's not exactly user friendly, lock/unlock, location, and opacity have to be done using the xml, but at least you can mess with them. Me personally, once i get a window to where i want it, i lock it and never move it again, and i think most people are like that.

The coolest part of this is the money. the icons happily scale to whatever size you want, dont look like crap, and still work. good job SOE!

file availible Here

Oh I'm curious to see what peoples slashing, crushing, and piercing... resists.. are. Does anyone out there have anything other than all zeros unbuffed?

Eloora · #2 11-09-2004, 09:56 PM

I really dig your silver mod insom! I just have one question...any tips on how one might go about changing the position of the stat strip? I dabbled with editing XML files in EQ live but never really got proficient at it and have forgotten a lot of what I knew to begin with

Thanks,

Mystique, Shaman of Permafrost

Findarato · #3 11-09-2004, 11:49 PM

I would like to see some stats like that on the player window

heXum · #4 11-10-2004, 02:17 AM

I really like that, but the fact that I can't move it around in-game and the fact that there isnt health/power stats on there is stopping me from getting it.

I can't wait to see some good UI's though... I'm getting unhappy with the default one already.

fatgit · #5 11-12-2004, 09:13 PM

Is there any way to use this in retail ? Every time I connect to the launcher, it redownloads mousovericons and skininfo xml files (Im probably doing something utterly newbieish :P)

insomniac · #6 11-10-2004, 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Eloora

Iany tips on how one might go about changing the position of the stat strip?

instructions to move the window are in the readme file

filidecht · #7 11-12-2004, 09:39 PM

As I was playing around with the positioning of this, I noticed a few things (sorry if this has already been discussed... I missed it if it has).

I got the feeling that your resolution is 1024 x 768... hence, 751 being the "bottom" (768 - 17 = 751). Got that part. However, it wasn't at 0 horizontally, but instead was some distance away from the edge. I run at 1280 x 1024 resolution, which apparently the UI doesn't recognize when dealing with Locations. When I set it to the top as a test (location 0,0) I noticed it didn't go all the way to the top, but instead only about a quarter of the way down. (see the attached image).

Curious, I started poking around in *.ini files, and found this in eq2_default.ini:

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cl_screenwidth 1024
cl_screenheight 768

hmm... okay, methinks. I'll just change those to fit *my* resolution... 1280 x 1024. /sigh... the patcher overwrites it and reset it back to 1024 x 768. I tried adding the lines to eq2.ini as a test, but it didn't make any noticable difference. Next idea: Negative values!

Success! I *can* work around it by setting the Location to be a negative value... in this particular case, x-axis= "-128 ". This gave me a *true* x=0, putting the window to the left edge of my screen.

Conclusions
Okay, so the UI only recognizes a 1024x768 "window" max, for a full-screen setting. This "window" starts 128 pixels right and 256 pixels down from a full-screen resolution of 1280x1024. Don't know if my wording makes any sort of sense, but I know what I mean

If I missed where I can change this UI "window", please let me know. In the meantime, seems all my adjustments will have to be tweaked slightly

edit:
Did some playing around, and found out how to fix this. Copy eq2ui.xml from the default folder into the custom folder. Open the one in the custom folder, and in the first line there is a field for "size". By setting that to "1280,1024" I could use *true* x- and y-coordinants. 0,0 is really 0,0 now /cheer. However, doing this does kind of mess up the alignment of the UI at the character-select screen, but it's nothing game-breaking.

Wonder if this will work for people with wide-screen monitors?

insomniac · #8 11-13-2004, 03:29 AM

you got it filidecht (tho i think reading the readme in the zip file would've helped a bit

) it basically says the only way to get this thing to move (and stay moved) is to use the xml. but good sleuthing anyway

fatgit - you need to read Howto: Install an Interface

Edit: LOL that is a mess.. i'm sorry guys =/

fatgit · #9 11-13-2004, 05:59 AM

Sorry about that, I thought those instructions were for full the full UI's & not the pieces, my mistake

filidecht · #10 11-13-2004, 10:44 AM

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(tho i think reading the readme in the zip file would've helped a bit )

Got that part... the trick was with the different resolutions. With my 1280x1040, I wanted the bar 791 pixels down from the top. With the UI at a 1024x768 window, this of course moved it below the viewable screen area. The readme.txt didn't mention that little tidbit

So I did some monkeying around, and found that while setting the position to -128,540 put it where I wanted it, I wanted to know *why* the UI was only using a 1024x768 window. And I found the answer in the eq2ui.xml file.

Main reason for posting was in case others came across the same situation

edited for typos

fatgit · #11 11-14-2004, 08:50 AM

As it happens, it wasnt the fact that I hadn't installed it correctly due to not reading the howto (which I had). It was due to the fact that I play windowed, which reduces the screen size, but eq2 doesnt resize as such, as crops. Therefor, the bar was outside the visible area.

When I accidentally alt-enter'ed and went fullscreen I saw the bar. All I needed to do was to set the location to 0,90 for it to show in windowed mode.

AstroCat · #12 11-14-2004, 06:39 PM

Ok, I moved the bar over to the left using -128 location. I noticed all the "mouseover" locations for the pop-up text boxes are pushed way over to the right. Is there to get the "hotspot" to be right over the stat?

Thanks!

Jordan "AstroCat"

insomniac · #13 11-14-2004, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by AstroCat

Ok, I moved the bar over to the left using -128 location. I noticed all the "mouseover" locations for the pop-up text boxes are pushed way over to the right. Is there to get the "hotspot" to be right over the stat?

that's my sloppy code =/
I'll fix it.. eventually.. prolly today..

AstroCat · #14 11-15-2004, 01:21 AM

Thanks!

Jordan "AstroCat"

Eixeew · #15 11-23-2004, 04:39 AM

Hi,

Insomniac, your statstrip is really great and i started to play with it around for a bit, next i removed your strip from mouseovericons to Experiance in the mainhud, so it was kinda only visible if the mainhud, otherwise you'd see the strip in every window you get :P, by doing this you get the freedom to enable/disable the stat strip at your will with, /togglexpwindow, i still didn't get to work in to get it movable, but i think i just missed an option to set, maybe if i put it and replace AdventurerXP :P, i tought about to add the Active option into it to test if it gets it movable etc, but didn't try yet.
After getting frustrated

that the strip always showd in the center of the screen i added the Location 0 , 1 option in the strip, but it always showed at the center, but then i tought to check the windows settings and clicked on Default Locations, and it placed at location 0 and 1, i tryed 1280 x 1024, and 1024 x 768 and it showed at the right place.

AstroCat · #16 11-24-2004, 06:52 PM

Ok I still have this problem:

I noticed all the "mouseover" locations for the pop-up text boxes are pushed way over to the right. Is there to get the "hotspot" to be right over the stat?

I have tried to fix this myself but have failed ... can anyone help me do this?

Thanks!

Jordan "AstroCat"