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Name: Mothers Complete
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Date: 09-04-2007 10:12 AM
Size: 390.74 Kb
Version: 1.1.0gfx10
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I've been trying to put this together for a long time... it's a compilation of all the UI pieces I've done around this site, plus a few that haven't been worth an upload of their own.

Most every window on the main screen has been reskinned or altered in some way. The basic theme is removal of ornamentation and backgrounds, and use of bright contrasting colors to in many cases make indicators still readable but smaller.

Feature List

Target, player, defensive target, group windows, encounter window, minions window all reduced in size and redesigned and given transparent backgrounds.

Experience window shrunk in size to match the player window. Experience window is made of 10 twists that fill vertically for easier experience estimation. Experience changes to whatever activity you are currently engaged in. Experience bar changes color to indicate which experience is is showing. (Yellow for adventuring, Purple for crafting, Cyan for Harvesting, Green for diplomacy.) Mouse over the experience text disply to bring up the equipment selector buttons (The buttons are color coded same as the experience bar.)

Bag bar is shrunk to same size as player window and experience bar. Added crafting utility bag and diplomacy bag to the bag bar for easy access.

Hotbars are reduced in size. Added 10 banks to the third hotbar, changed key-bindings to be more like eq2 style (first hotbar 1 to =, second ctrl-1 to ctrl =, third hotbar alt 1 to alt =; add shift to the mix to switch hotbar banks).

Spells on you have text names and duration on them coming down the left side of the screen.

Crafting window redesigned, highlighting the 4 stages more, dust cap technology(tm) prevents accidentally skipping the add catalyst step. Recipe hotbar allows you to store 100 commonly used recipe macros in whatever organization suits your fancy.

Clock and compass window shows you the current time on Telon and your local timezone and a representation of the sky for quick reference. In addition shows you distance from your waypoint if you have one selected.

LFG window shows at a glance if you've left LFG/LFM on and a single click allows you to toggle your status. (LFG/LFM indicators are always correct, sometimes the check-boxes on the LFG page do not show your actual LFG/LFM status. I've tested this pretty extensively, and am pretty sure of my indicators accuracy. Feel free to post if you disagree.)

Cast bar, assembly progress bar, object interaction bar, harvesting bar, and breath bar all reskinned to match the progress bars used in the rest of the interface. Cancel harvesting button removed from the harvesting progress bar (Just right-click on the bar to cancel harvest. In addition, right-click on the cast bar to cancel whatever you're casting (Ever hit recall at the wrong moment?) All bars except breath pop up in same location as the cast bar so you only have to reposition cast and breath bars.)

Connection monitor shows FPS, Ping, and packet loss counters without mouse-over.

Consolidated all the window toggle buttons into a single menu button.

Version History
Version 1.1.0
Fixed 3 bugs (rest xp wasn't showing in the 0-10% bar, the object interaction bar was showing up 150 pixels to the left of the castbar, and crafting and diplo bags being broken in the character window)

Added Mother's LFG Indicator window.

Version 1.0.1
Fixed a bug in index.xml related to the universal map plugin thingie... should work now.

Installation Instructions

To install:
1) Unzip the mod file into your Vanguard/vguiassets/shells folder, which will make a folder called Vanguard/vguiassets/shells/mothers.

2) Open that folder and the folder inside it called bin

3) Select all the files in that folder (Ctrl-A)

4) Copy those files (Ctrl-C)

5) Browse to your Vanguard/bin folder

6) Paste the files (Ctrl-V). Tell it "Yes, you do want to overwrite user.ini".

7) Open vgclient.ini (Doubleclick it)

8) Find
Code:
[UI]
ShellName=Default
9) Change it to
Code:
[UI]
ShellName=Mothers
10) Save (Ctrl-S)

11) Load, and play Vanguard

12) Use /uiload 1600x1200 or /uiload 1280x1024 or /uiload 1024x768 to set the window positions... they should give you a good starting point for adjusting to your comfort. (The 1600x1200 is the actual positions I play at, others were just whipped up for this package and could require more adjustments.)

13) Head to my thread and post how much you enjoy it, or more likely what bugs escaped that need to be fixed.
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08-24-2007 09:37 PM
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Mother9987
08-24-2007 07:14 PM
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Old 10-20-2007, 02:45 AM  
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Is there a workaround or update for the raid group windows?
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Old 09-23-2007, 11:37 AM  
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Re: Nice. One thing

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Originally Posted by medz
I love this UI. I think this was posted before but every time I relog 2 of the hotbars move to a different spot on the screen. I do not mind moving them back because this UI is the best but just wanted to let you know. I did do the /uisave mothers as well.
I have a fix for this... I'm just trying to package a couple other updates also so that I don't release 3 versions over the next two weeks. PM me your e-mail if you wish and I'll send you a zip with the fix for the hotbars. Or wait and I'll try to get the new version up in the next week with new pet windows, the fix to the hotbars, and a revamp to the crafting window. And possible an option to turn on a % display on the health bars if I'm not too tired!
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Old 09-21-2007, 05:14 PM  
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Nice. One thing

I love this UI. I think this was posted before but every time I relog 2 of the hotbars move to a different spot on the screen. I do not mind moving them back because this UI is the best but just wanted to let you know. I did do the /uisave mothers as well.
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Old 09-10-2007, 07:15 PM  
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I've never noticed such a problem, but I'll look into it. Check your PM's as I'd like you to mail me a couple screenies of where you want them and where they're showing up.
Edit: This will be fixed in the next release. Thanks for pointing it out.

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Old 09-10-2007, 11:42 AM  
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Latest Mothers

I decided to give your UI a try since it's minimal and was hoping to get an FPS increase. I like it but have found that the right two hotbutton bars do not remember their position from one login to the next. I have to reset them each time I log in. Will you be fixing this soon, or is it something I've overlooked...
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Old 09-03-2007, 09:56 PM  
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Quote:
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Everything looks awesome! Excellent work.

One problem. My crafting bag is not visible . . . nor can I open it or put another in it's place. I went to the default UI and there it was . . . added my fuel, water etc. Back to Mothers and gone again.
I answered you in my main thread... but short version is it's a known issue, but the bag is accessible through the bag bar (top left of the screen under the hotbars).

I'll see about a more user friendly solution.

Edit: I have the fix. Thanks for posting as I had forgotten this issue. I'll get an update up in the next day or so as soon as I repackage it.

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Old 09-03-2007, 04:54 PM  
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Everything looks awesome! Excellent work.

One problem. My crafting bag is not visible . . . nor can I open it or put another in it's place. I went to the default UI and there it was . . . added my fuel, water etc. Back to Mothers and gone again.

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Old 08-27-2007, 04:02 PM  
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Aah, ok. I just got a 8800 too and have been monitoring temps also. It seems the case I bought does its job though - there's a 25cm fan on the side hehe.
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Old 08-27-2007, 12:10 PM  
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Looking good. Really like the crafting window.

Edit: What software are you using to display your graphics card temperature in the game?
That's RivaTuner. When I started playing VG, my game wasn't real stable, and I read somewhere that for "noise" considerations the fans on 8800's were set to 40 or 50% speed. When I started watching my temperature, it was running mid 70's at the desktop, and in the game one time hit over 90 while playing. Well, I turned up the fan speed and even installed one of those fan cards in the slot next to the video and the difference is night and day.

Now I rarely hit 70 while playing and many of the graphics anomalies (which are hard to explain but interesting looking) and crashes are completely gone. I suppose I could shut that back off now that I know everything is fine, but I'm used to it.
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Looking good. Really like the crafting window.

Edit: What software are you using to display your graphics card temperature in the game?

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Old 08-26-2007, 01:42 PM  
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OK, I am gonna try this this thing...

Hi Mother,

I usually use DROX with several patched/mod stuff, including Mothers Crafting, maps, and other stuff.... I will post back here once I give it a shot.

Thanks,

-Z-
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