The only things that I have done is updated certain panels like the vault backgrounds and mount buttons. I also added larger Vendor, Barter, Auction House, Mail Box, and Crafting panels. I would like to thank Daimon for the use of his crafting panel which was originally based off Firefern's Crafting Panel by MirarKitty @ Lotrointerface.com. I altered the
image to fit with the styling of the skin but other than that, left the panel itself alone. I also kept with the usage of MirarKitty's enlarged vendor and quest panel. Both panels of which were optimized by Daimon in a previous UI skin of his. Thank you so much to Daimon again and to Halvitur for the assistance with the creation and idea for the mini toolbar.
My only intention was to make a mini toolbar version of this skin because I never use the buttons on the toolbar and they annoy me. If I receive any requests for the default size toolbar, I will try and release one. Also, The Old One with his great panel alterations. I incorporated his Extended Barter and Skirmish panels. Thrashfinger for his Larger Auction Panel which makes searching so much easier!
Rushl for his borderless bags. And finally Wicked Mouse for all of his Mail Box images, vault, vendor and a few wood images that I used in other elements.
I am still working on making a level cap mini toolbar that reduces the size of the experience bar because well, let's face it, having a mini toolbar with a normal sized experience bar is just strange. lol Please forgive the stretched look of some of the images. that is due to my complete and total lack of artistic talent. I mainly used the images that were already in the skin and altered them to fit in the panels I updated.
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Foreword: Edited by aurickle for LotRO F2P.
Enjoy!
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EORLINGAS UI THEME
Made for The Lord of the Rings Online Free to Play version by Turbine
Version 2.0.1, October 15, 2010
Originally created by Eduardo Lucero "LedMirage"
Updated by Dewee for Mines of Moria
Updated again by aurickle for F2P
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Many, many thanks to the artists who have come before me with this project! Eorlingas has always been one of my all-time favorite UI skins, so updating it is a labor of love. But I would have been totally lost and uninspired without LedMirage's grat work and Dewee's later dedication.
The name for the UI Skin "Eorlingas" is right out of the LOTR lore, here follows a brief explanation: In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, the Rohirrim were a horse people, settling in the land of Rohan, named after them. The name is Sindarin for People of the Horse-lords (sometimes translated simply as Horse-lords) and was mostly used by outsiders: the name they had for themselves was Eorlingas, after their king Eorl the Young who had first brought them to Rohan. Forth Eorlingas!
Every image file used in this theme is original work created by LedMirage using Photoshop CS2 exclusively. As he put it, "I love creating neat stuff for games and I've been doing this as a hobby for more than 10 years! :-)"
Unfortunately, Eduardo appears to no longer play LotRO or at the very least has moved on to other things. Dewee took over maintenance of the skin for a while, but hasn't touched it since February.
Over the course of the many game updates since LedMirage first released the interface there were things that were starting to break down and a lot of other new artwork that never got skinned at all. While this release of it doesn't bring EVERY panel up to date, it's a start. I intend to work more on this over time.
A lot of work has gone into this UI theme, we sincerely hope you enjoy it as much as we do. Thank you for trying it!
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RECENT CHANGES
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Version 2.0.1 10/15/2010
1. Main Bar:
* Fixed the XP bar to accomodate its larger size in Volume 3, Book 2.
2. Mailbox:
* Replaced the background for the mailbox, reading panel and composition panel.
3. Deed Log:
* Fixed the Mines of Moria bookmark to compensate for the filename change introduced in Vol.3, Bk 2.
4. Skirmish Panels - Finally match the Eorlingas theme!
* Skinned most every element for the Instance Join panel.
* Skinned the entire Skirmish Traits panel.
* Skinned the soldier vitals and summon button.
Version 2.0 9/24/2010
1. Deed Log:
* Fixed the issue causing portions of the bookmarks to be chopped off or otherwise mutilated. Also updated the many new bookmarks that have been added since LedMirage's last update.
2. Store Icon:
* There is no describing how much I hated the LotRO Store icon -- especially when it "meshed" with the Eorlingas theme! I think my version actually manages to look classy.
3. Main Bar:
* With the many new buttons that have been added to either side of the skills area, the art wasn't matching up anymore. This has been fixed.
4. Attunement Panel:
* Rune-Keepers get some love with an all-new Attunement panel designed to match the rest of the theme.
5. Gambit Panel:
* Ditto for wardens with a matching gambit panel.
6. Escort Vitals:
* The issue with the escort artwork being offset with an odd wrap-around and not matching up with the stat bars has been fixed.
7. Dressing Room:
* My kinship had requests for a larger Dressing Room. Since it needed skinning anyway I went ahead and incorporated the one by Daimon, which in turn was based on Firefen's creation. (Thank you to both of you!) So now it's both skinned AND bigger.
Version 2.0.1 24Oct2010
1. Added Daimon's Crafting panel with skinned image to match the rest of the UI.
2. Added The Old One's Enlarged Barter, Skirmish and Auction House panels.
3. Added mail box, vendor and vault images from Wicked Mouse's Delving Hills skin.
4. Added Rushl's borderless bags.
5. Skinned multiple images to match the look of the UI including the Dismount button. The mount's morale is a bit off for some reason that I have yet to find a solution to. If anyone else does, please feel free to update.
6. Altered the toolbar to resemble a "mini" version. Reducing the size of the experience bar for max level characters is still a work in progress for me. When and if I am able to correct that, I will.
I sincerely hope that I didn't miss anyone who's work I used and if I did, please, PLEASE let me know so that I may credit you the work that you no doubtedly
spent countless hours on. lol Thanks again for using this alteration of an altered skin that's been altered.