AS OF OCTOBER, 2009:

I will no longer be supporting, updating, or troubleshooting this UI. Anyone who'd like to update, modify, steal from, or otherwise make use of any or all of my work is more than welcome to do so. Don't even bother asking to be polite; I'll likely never see the message. I'd appreciate being given credit, but I won't track you down and murder you if you don't.

Thanks for the support, encouragement, and help, all. Best of luck.

~Halvr, at your service!

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IMPORTANT NOTE: After selecting either version of this UI skin, you will need to log out to the character selection screen and log back in before the skin will load properly.

IMPORTANT NOTE #2: In order for the skin to work properly, you'll need to disable 3D Object Portraits. Go to Options > Advanced Graphics and uncheck it. It's towards the bottom.

This download consists of two versions of my Black Fade UI skin: The Standard version (which retains the "normal" mainbar style, complete with auto-attack indicator/button) and a custom version designed for 1650x1080 screen resolution that eliminates all of the clutter and garbage on the mainbar. Also, there are sub-versions of each designed for the champion class, with unobtrusive indicators on the target frames for 25% and 20% target health.

Version Updates: Beyond the champion-specific target frames, the Companion Manager (pet frame) has been skinned, along with the progress bars. I eliminated the Mounted progress bar, as I find it mostly extraneous.

Beyond the obvious, there are a few subtle improvements over the default skin:

In both versions...

• The "level button" replaces the avatar picture as the clickable area for the unit frames.
• The mob "class" (Normal, Elite, etc.) is displayed as a small color-coded abbreviation. Unfortunately, there is no graphic for Nemesis or Arch-Nemesis-class mobs; they share a frame with Normal targets. This is replaced by the class icon when a player is targeted.
• The Hope/Dread gem on the mini-map has a color-coded numerical display. It ranges from 0 (neutral) to 1-5 Hope and 1-5 Dread. The numbers do not match the current level of Hope/Dread, but they're much less vague than the default "Guess how bright the gem is glowing!" icon.

In Custom 1650x1080 only...

• The various menu and inventory buttons have been shrunk, made mostly transparent, and moved over the ends of the experience bar. If you hover the cursor over them, an abbreviation or number appears. The legendary button is always visible and remains on the side of the mainbar.

In Default only...

• The various menu and inventory buttons are still in their customary place and usable. If you hover the cursor over them, they appear as normal.

Comments, concerns, suggestions, corrections, or pretty much any other sort of feedback would be most welcome. Enjoy!

~Halvr

Version Changes:

v0.5- Fixed the target frames for Book 7.

v0.4- Champion frames, Companion Manager, SkinDefinition corrections.

v0.3- Backgrounds, buttons, and (progress) bars, oh, my! And the Escort Target frame.

v0.2- Modified the Custom 1650x1080 menu buttons, added menu backgrounds and tabs, reworked some existing graphics to match the new stuff.

v0.1- Initial release.