Adding the Window to the game

In order to get our Testing window to show up in the game...

1. First lets create a folder and name it MOD in the Sony/Vanguard/VGUIAssets/Shells folder
2. Next inside the MOD folder create a folder named "Windows"
3. Save the XML we were working on in the last section as "Sony/Vanguard/VGUIAssets/Shells/MOD/Windows/Testing.xml"
4. Copy the default Index.xml and SkinInfo.xml files located at "Sony/Vanguard/VGUIAssets/Shells/Default" and paste them into your MOD folder.
5. Open the Index.xml up for editing.
6. Find where it says

   <SystemWindows directory="Windows">

   And change it to read:

   <SystemWindows directory="../Default/Windows">

7. Find where it says

   <GameplayWindows directory="Windows">

   And change it to read:

   <GameplayWindows directory="../Default/Windows">

   This will tell the game where to find all the default un-modified windows.

8. GoTo the end of the file and find:

   </GameplayWindows>

9. Add in the information for the window we just created by adding this AFTER the above line:

   <GameplayWindows directory="Windows">

   <Window filename="Testing.xml"/>

   </GameplayWindows>

10. Open the SkinInfo.xml for editing.
11. Find where it says

    <AnimationDefinitions directory="Textures">

    And change it to read:

    <AnimationDefinitions directory="../Default/Textures">

12. Open and Edit the Sony/Vanguard/bin/vgclient.ini
    • In the [UI] section change the ShellName to ShellName=ModFolderName where ModFolderName is the name of the folder containing the Custom UI, in this case ShellName=MOD is the name.
    • NOTE: this setting is CASE SENSITIVE!
      • Also Note, your [UI] Section will be blank if you have not logged in all the way and camped back out. this will happen on a fresh install or if the patch changes the default ini version.
13. Save the ini file and log in.
14. You should see a blank window appear in the middle of your screen somewhere, that has a background, frame, and is movable. Like this:

Next we will talk about adding items to our window in Adding Items Part 1