Jackstraw's CoreUI3 Horz. HUD

[Aalwein]

I've been giving your HUD a whirl and there's one thing about it that needs a little work - the jin/virtue/blood union etc. counter. At present its just a X/X counter that hovers down around the bottom of the HUD. I would like to see the progression meter moved off to the left or right of the HUD and a similar object added for the "virtue" counter where the progression meter currently is. I think it's more useful to have the counter there instead of the meter (as a ranger the only thing it does is indicate how much more powerful my stance has become - I'm not sure what it does for other classes) but as a disciple having that jin counter front and center is a big deal.

For now I'm dropping the coreui counter right up in the HUD's business but the problem with it is that it is always up, target or not. Integrating a bit more into your HUD would be an awesome improvement - either way I think I'm converting from goldeneye to your HUD!

Great job!

EDIT: Actually, I had some time so I copied in the CoreUI3 counter into your HUD. I'm assuming no class will ever have both a "jin" counter and a progression meter, so I just put it in the same spot as your current progression meter. That way whatever class you use the HUD with, the most important data will be right there.

[Aalwein]

Jackstraw, I also noticed that the golden overlay is not working. I've fixed it up with a new graphic file and some changes to the xml files.

I've uploaded all these changes as a patch to your HUD. Feel free to add them in to your standard distribution.

[jackstraw]

Hey thanks for the input...course i'll have to admit i'm pretty ignorant on the jin for diciples , virtue for monks , and to be honest i rarely look at my progression for form, but i threw it in there just in case anyone else does. but i think i've got a pretty good fix for that one, by making the jin/virtue/progression bar bigger and putting it between the playerHP and targetHP, and rearranging the the target lvl/con pos a bit.

Oh and because i submitted this late at night i boofed up and sent the wrong graphic file causing the goldenoverlay to be filled in instead of just a frame, but have fixed that one too.

And last but not least i modified the coreoptions.exe file to include the new HUD, that way you don't have to eliminate the DuskHud.

I've got most of it done but need to roll up a deciple and test it out just to see what it looks like...

Thanks again for the help and input especially since XML is definately not my forte, i'm more of a visual basic guy

Jackstraw

[jackstraw]

Hey Aalwein took a look at your fixes and looks great so i didn't change anything except that the .tga file you sent me was just over a meg, not sure why other than the graphic program your using maybe..(i use gimp myself). so i just resaved it and got it back down to just over 50k.

and added the CoreOptions.exe file i redid to avoid killing off the dusk hud

thanks again,
Jackstraw

[Aalwein]

I use photoshop. I wasn't even paying attention when I saved it so I probably forgot to save it correctly. good deal though, gonna download yours as memory saved is longer time without a crash! lol