| New Interface & Laptop folders[message #202939]
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Mon, 01 December 2008 22:17 
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I've made some changes in the Laptop & Interface folders.
The interface is based on all interfaces I could find, as I needed ideas. I hope that nobody takes offense of that. This current version is only for 800x600 and 1024x786 NIV (EDB enabled). OIV and non-EDB are still to be finished.
I don't know when I will finish the other files. Please post issues or remarks in this thread.
Concerning the laptop files... As some of you may remember from previous threads, I like to spice 'em up a little. Only desktop.pcx & Okey Dokey/confirmorder.sti should be deleted if you don't like nudity). Apart from this I've made several changes here as well since I've posted that thread.
Shots of the interface are further on in this thread...
Here's one of AIM (laptop files):
NEW VERSION DOWLOADS (19 June 2009):
Instruction: just download, unzip/copy the data-1.13 folder in your main Ja2 folder and have it overwrite everything.
Laptop files:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/j2ounmbmtdl/Thor's Laptop.zip
Interface files:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/tmhdym2knm4/Thor's Interface.zip
[Updated on: Fri, 19 June 2009 17:22] by Moderator Report message to a moderator
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Master Sergeant
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| Re: New Interface & Laptop folders[message #202952]
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Tue, 02 December 2008 00:24 
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| Thor |
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Thanks for sticking/stickying it (or what do you call it?)
Damn, it's a lot of work if you wanna do it in detail. Thought it would never stop. Always found more stuff I really wanted to do. I'd say, try it out... I'm really satisfied with the result. Makes me laugh when I think back of my first interface, which was based on the grading technique...
Developed some new techniques since then.... Recalled that it took a lot of time, but never thought it would be this much. Still glad I did it, though.
By the way, if you don't like the Ja3 based inventory figures, you should be able to just replace them by yours.... I'm not too sure about them myself...
[Updated on: Tue, 02 December 2008 00:33] by Moderator Report message to a moderator
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Master Sergeant
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| Re: New Interface & Laptop folders[message #202959]
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Tue, 02 December 2008 01:20
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| Thor |
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Hope you can download the zips now, Randok... Changed from download site...
[Updated on: Tue, 02 December 2008 01:41] by Moderator Report message to a moderator
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Master Sergeant
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| Re: New Interface & Laptop folders[message #203011]
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Tue, 02 December 2008 12:32
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| Thor |
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What do you mean, Majek? Explain... What is it you don't like and what do you like?
[Updated on: Tue, 02 December 2008 12:32] by Moderator Report message to a moderator
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| Re: New Interface & Laptop folders[message #203019]
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Tue, 02 December 2008 13:33
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Looks like you just too random colors and 1 pattern and mixed them together and not just look for ideas, but take pieces and mash them into your grand interface.
Pic 1
Background jungle is fine, but the butttons stick out too much.
The other green is worse. It looks like pasted together from little rectangles with very visible lines and pattern that barely fits together.
The "fish on a hook" pattern on the sides of the map, doesn't really meld into its green background either. It looks like it's been cropped from a white background and pasted onto green, leaving all those white pixels to stand out.
The plain green window for the Map Overview could be improved too.
The contract window is to bright too. Wonder what it looks like with a real contract.
The health and other bars look weird with that bolded line around them, like that everyone's supposed to have them maxed out.
Pic2.
same things as before.
Sector inventory is too bright. It's nice that you finally made a pattern but it looks , how should i say, too amateurish and only look decent when there's an item in there. But since there's no big items i can't full judge it yet.
The female silhouette is like is fine, but it should use more work to colors to really fit into the background.
pic3
paste job. vanilla "empty place" mixed with weird stat bars and too bright item slots to fit with the overall design color. I mean the almost eat up the bright numbers.
pic4
you should really stick to one set of buttons, preferably ones you can make. And background is not really background since it's over all. It like you want for force people to watch trees and since the weapon slots are see through the items will just float in the air. The male silhouette is also completely out of the place here, not to mention it's missing a piece.
The bluish thing over the stats is kinds weird too.
Green,dark green, light blue, dark blue. wtf?
pic5
taking spray tool and playing with it does not make a good picture. I don't even want to imagine how it looks in full screen. And the text is barely readable, very hard on the eyes.
pic6
again with the weird rectangle background, now even brighter and more visible smudges. And the background images are supposed to be background not the main attraction. Even if you want to see that stats or the contract fee or even the items, you can't because you mind will concentrate on the gun or on Franklin.
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| Re: New Interface & Laptop folders[message #203094]
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Tue, 02 December 2008 22:06
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| KEN C |
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Sorry I am not allowed to have tits. but I can use the rest. I can't seem to find the two files to delete in data-1.13 laptop.
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| Re: New Interface & Laptop folders[message #203138]
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Wed, 03 December 2008 05:08
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| Thor |
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Messages:423
Registered:February 2007
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I have noticed glitches in the bottom bar 800x600 screen in tactical.... Any idea how this could happen? Any solutions?
Tried replacing the transparant colours and the files and it seems to have some effect, although the glitches are not completely gone then, only different... Different colours or patterns.
Any others who experienced it in the game? Any who experienced it making an interface of their own? It only seems to be with the bottom panel, so no problem if you leave your inventory open all the time.
The glitches seem to start at random in turn-based when the enemies / militia move. Once they start it gets worse every turn unless you go in and out of the tactical inventory screen (or maybe just any other screen) which resets it to how it was before the glitches.
this issue seems to have a tendency to start more easily in interrupts, but maybe that's just coincidence...
(Btw. I did not touch the red/green/yellow bars that fill the top of the screen (during enemy turn/militia turn/interrupt), so no changes there).
[Updated on: Wed, 03 December 2008 05:10] by Moderator Report message to a moderator
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| Re: New Interface & Laptop folders[message #203182]
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Wed, 03 December 2008 17:26
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| Thor |
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Messages:423
Registered:February 2007
Location: Belgium |
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But Marlboro is correct... There is a second pic in gold_front.sti which I don't have... That will be the solution to my problem, I guess... It is a black grid with a transparent blue background....
Thanks guys!! Damn, never have noticed it...
[Updated on: Wed, 03 December 2008 17:38] by Moderator Report message to a moderator
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Master Sergeant
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| Re: New Interface & Laptop folders[message #203210]
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Wed, 03 December 2008 21:41
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| Thor |
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Messages:423
Registered:February 2007
Location: Belgium |
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Hanakin: Well, weird taste I guess... Thanks for the feedback.
Fixed the file mentioned above....
[Updated on: Wed, 03 December 2008 21:44] by Moderator Report message to a moderator
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