The Old One

Sorry I've been out of town but I will do this tomorrow.

Temil2006

Very very Minor Issue I found.

When loading the UiBuilder, the 2 newest additions being "Chat" and "Full Map" default to "null" (being blank values). It's not pulling from the config file the previously saved setting, unlike all of the other fields in your program.

Other then that, all is well =) thanks!

goldbishop

Have you thought of letting someone remove a UI from the build?

Some spec's that probably should be implemented.
- Allow users to direct the Skin to a location they want along with allowing them to load a skin, some of us use different skins/plugins for different classes.
- Keep the empty listitem available, or add "<delete>" selection, for clearing a skin reference from use, and appropriately delete that skin for being used in the directory structure.
- As well, if you do not have a skin change choice, dont put it on the whole window, grey it out, until you have a choice other than "Default".

I would have no problem helping you out, if you do not have enough side time. I am recently laid off and have till end of the year to get a real job.

The Old One

Actually I had not thought of that. (do you mean remove a interface you have already built or one of the options from the list?)

ATM it puts the skins in a sub-folder called "<name placed in UI Name box> Skin" and showing in game as <name placed in UI Name box> the game checks each sub-folder for SkinDefinition.xml so you can have more than 1 setup with this if you give them different names. Changing that could break addons. (Something I'm hoping not to do again)
Not sure what you're asking if it's to delete skins previously made with this it never occurred to me to put that in as I use the same name whenever I built a skin. EDIT: Done!
If it's to delete options from lists that also never occurred to me as in the old MyUi every option had to be hard coded so removing something would be much harder then this one and if someone didn't like one of the options they could just not us that one.
That is a good idea. EDIT: Done!

That would be nice as school takes up more and more of my time.

Fringe

Not sure if you'll be updating this for compatibility with the November Patch or if any of this will help but here's what I've discovered using v3.3.0 with the options that I would normally use.

ArtyBar = OK
Firefern's Quest Log = NEEDS UPDATE
Firefern's Vendor = OK
Firefern's Mail = OK
Larger Crafting Panel by Thrashfinger = NEEDS UPDATE
Larger Auction Panel by Thrashfinger = OK
B.D.R.X. (Dressing Room) by Brygard2007 = OK
DaimonUI Inspect/BIO = OK
Larger Item Advancement Panel by Agent Propagandi = OK
Extended Barter by The Old One = OK
Extended Skirmish by The Old One = OK
Faded Scrollbars = OK


Hope this helps.

The Old One

I've been out of town (still am) so have been away from my development system but plan to pull broken panels until they can be updated.

Shazzie

Oh, I'm excited about this, thank you!

I always wind up just going with a bits-and-pieces UI, and this makes it far more cohesive. Much appreciated!

jeredwolffe

Hey Old One.

I love your UI builder and have used it for a while, but now I've found a few UI skins I like that are not in your builder and cover more than 1 panel. In particular I tried Cleanlinez 0.8 and New Default UI. both very good and simple. But I cant get them into your builder. So do I have to cut out each section and make a new xml?

Your assistance would be appreciated

maradakia

Hi. I keep coming bck to the UI Builder, wanting to use this tool and make my own UI...

But I'm not knowledgable about this kind of thing, and don't understand how to use this.

1. First of all, do I save it to? My Documents\The Lord of the Rings Online\ui\skins That's where I saved all my other UI skins.

I don't understand the note in the FAQ about putting this in: %Documents%\The Lord of the Rings Online\UI\Skins

Do I have to create this new folder called %Documents% ? If so, where do I create that folder? (I'm using Windows XP)

2. Once I've saved this to the correct place, how do I run it? You wrote to run this from Windows > Will there be some sort of shortcut to launch the UI Builder from my Desktop?

3. You say to give the UI I'm making a name. Where do I do that? Is it self evident when I have the Ui builder up? Is it just the name I save my new UI compilation under? Or do I need to create a folder within \ui\skins with the name of the UI I'm making?

Is it possible for a total layman to use this program to build their own UI, or will I need programming skills?

I looked over the instructions of the Quick FAQ - steps 1-5... but even though I stare at it and try to understand it, I don't ... yet, though I think I'm starting to.

Is all that info on steps 1 to 5 how to add your own skin to the Ui Builder dropdown lists? i.e. In using the UI builder to make my own, do I need to do any of that stuff if I'm not adding my own work to the builder?

Sorry for all the noob questions. I'm really intersted in using this UI builder... just need some guidance.

I was even wondering if anyone who is proficient with this tool, and who uses ventrilo, might want to meet up in vent, and help me get to know how to use this? : ) That would be awesome.

ickypoo

Hmm, you may not have enought understanding to use this tool. However, i'll try to help.

Place the ui in whatever folder is ...\The Lord of the Rings on your computer. To do this find the folder, usually in your documents and settings folder, then add a new folder called 'skins' to the above folder, and in this folder (skins) put the ui builder folder.

The other info explains how developers may change skins they already have to be placed in the ui builder for others to use.

It took me a bit to understand too

However, this ui builds 'one' ui from bits, or separate entities. There are a few availabe for you to use in the existing UI builder.

Just run it, and no it doesnt put a shortcut on your desktop.


Read the drop downs when it is running and play with it, you will understand then.

Good luck