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Replacement UI Beta[message #245740] Mon, 01 March 2010 20:05 Go to next message
Kaerar is currently offline Kaerar

 
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The idea behind this is to keep the same colouring and create a smoother and easier to see interface. Cleaned up the excessive bevelling and redone most of the textures.

1024x768 is test resolution. Lower resolutions do not have all the correct components in it yet. Please test at 1024x768All feedback is welcome.

Download from here

Alternate NewGoldPiece3.sti with Vehicle bar still in place (Right-Click "save as" or "save link as").

Install into your JA2 installation \Data-1.13\Interface\ directory.

Pics:
http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/ja2/Web%20Previews/1024-Strategic-Complete.png
http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/ja2/Web%20Previews/1024-sectorinv.png
http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/ja2/Web%20Previews/1024-MapBord.png
http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/ja2/Web%20Previews/1024-Tactical-bottom-bar.png
http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/ja2/Web%20Previews/1024-Achtung-Igor-Dies.png

These are actually older images and there have been some slight alterations since taking them. Will upload newer ones after I have had some sleep Smile

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #245741] Mon, 01 March 2010 20:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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This is a JA2-style interface, right?

Did you take into account the larger message window / expenses display from the newest 1.13?

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #245743] Mon, 01 March 2010 20:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Kaerar is currently offline Kaerar

 
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All images are based off SVN 1210 Smile

The interface is based off the original JA2 interface. Hopefully fixing some of the little issues and making things a bit less stressful on the eyes Wink

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #245744] Mon, 01 March 2010 20:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Some screencaps would be nice.

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #245751] Mon, 01 March 2010 20:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Looks really good. I like that interface!

@Kaerar: One thing I am missing is the separation line on the gold strategy panel which separates the merc from the vehicles. Could you add that back? Otherwise great interface.

No need the put the separation line back, because vehicles are now in the same list.

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #245767] Mon, 01 March 2010 21:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Looks great , good work ! One little niggle , at mercs r/hand where it usually shows two boxes for weaps , etc . when only one in use , I still get a part of the original ( actually MM's camo background) showing till I am using two hands . As for the vehicle separation bar , seems ok to me ! POLL !!! Very Happy

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #245838] Tue, 02 March 2010 03:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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@Kaerar: One thing I am missing is the separation line on the gold strategy panel which separates the merc from the vehicles. Could you add that back? Otherwise great interface.


Sorry I only included the no-separation bar version at the moment. Will post up the on with the bar in a min.

lockie
One little niggle , at mercs r/hand where it usually shows two boxes for weaps , etc . when only one in use , I still get a part of the original ( actually MM's camo background) showing till I am using two hands.

Yeah that's because the gun cover is using the base SVN pic. I haven't got that image in the package yet Wink

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #245841] Tue, 02 March 2010 04:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hey kaerar, get your ass into IRC. Razz

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #246167] Thu, 04 March 2010 17:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Kaerar is currently offline Kaerar

 
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I couldn't for 2-3 days, can now Wink

Anymore feedback on it? Anything people dislike, also anything you do like so I know where to go with things Smile

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #246332] Sun, 07 March 2010 01:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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What do the dog tags say or are they all generically the same?

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #246346] Sun, 07 March 2010 05:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Kaerar is currently offline Kaerar

 
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Same. They were an idea of I think it was MM a while back with the alternative NIV interfaces when NIV was released. I think they are fitting and better than a blank section Wink

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #251213] Sun, 09 May 2010 10:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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oh man this looks great! doesnt look like you could go wrong with this.. 100% awesome dude

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #252760] Tue, 01 June 2010 22:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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This finished for release yet K ?

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #275192] Sun, 06 March 2011 11:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Upon request I am working on this again. Aiming to have a release for RoWa21 in the next couple of months. The original version suffered badly with an HD loss (only reason it didn't get completed), so I'm starting again from scratch.

Resolutions to be done:

4:3
640x480 (for compatibility)
800x600
1024x768
1280x960

5:4
1280x1024

16:9
854x480 (480p)
1280x720 (720p)
1366x768
1920x1080 (1080p)(possible)

16:10
1280x800
1440x900
1680x1050 (possible)
1920x1200 (possible)

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #275194] Sun, 06 March 2011 13:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Yeehah big K !!

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #275195] Sun, 06 March 2011 14:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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@kaerar: when can I expect the three 1.13 UIs? Smile

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #275196] Sun, 06 March 2011 14:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I'm starting on them this week so it'll be a few weeks at the shortest, however I need to go over pixel positioning to make my life a bit easier as there are quirks in the current one where things are shifted by one or two pixels in a random or illogical manner.

I'll send ya my skype over PM if you want to have a chat about it Smile

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #275400] Wed, 09 March 2011 07:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hu, hu, Kaerar is back, yay!! Very Happy How was prison? (To start a totally uncalled for rumor, he, he)

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #275416] Wed, 09 March 2011 16:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Kaerar is currently offline Kaerar

 
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lol, it was nowhere near me Very Happy

I'm just going to finish this project as it's something that JA2 has deserved for many many years Smile

Dunno what'll happen after as I'm pretty heavily involved in a mod project for X3: Terran Conflict.

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #275458] Thu, 10 March 2011 05:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Oh wow, I didn't know that there was so much progress in the X series, I own a copy of X: Beyond the Frontier and I still remember the countless hours I spent listening to the female voice while waiting to dock to the various stations like the flower farms to pick up sunrise flowers, it was a great game, I just didn't have a clue what I was supposed to do other than making money and upgrading my ship. Freelancer had more of a story line, so much in fact that it occasionally felt like the story line "got in the way" of my trading fun.

So what are you modding for X3:TC?

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #275725] Mon, 14 March 2011 21:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Well basically the balance of the game annoyed me when I started playing it, so I started on a small rebalance project which then kinda snowballed into a full remake when a coder and another modder got involved. Currently we have remade the galaxy (was 221 sectors with a very odd universe map, now we have 281 sectors with a much better universe map) and are working on a completely new economy. While that's going on I've rebalanced all the ships in the game plus a few extra (roughly 500 odd ships) and am in the process of making them partially modular. Rebalanced all weapons upped weapons from 31 to 52 and rebalanced all shields too. Missiles are being removed in favour of guns which are also being altered to remove ammo based ones and flak (partially for reality reasons and partially for performance reasons).

So yeah it's pretty full on. There is an early alpha we released for testing but it's very very far behind the current development of the mod and is based in the original galaxy. I'm thinking of releasing a final alpha test to see how the new ship balance works with a few different viewpoints, but other than that it'll be missing the new galaxy and economy. Should be fully compatible with the original storyline of Terran Conflict though Smile

I have been a busy bee Very Happy

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #275747] Tue, 15 March 2011 07:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Yo, do you guys have a Wiki or something where I can see the sector map, ships etc.? PM me a link please. Also I can do alpha testing for you guys.

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #275831] Wed, 16 March 2011 06:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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X-Timlines Thread

We haven't released details of the map publicly yet, that's happening with the beta release. The 0.54 Alpha release hasn't got the weapons fully sorted (some gfx errors and lots of repeated gfx for weapons), but most of the balancing and so on isn't too bad.

The next release for balance test will be called 0.7 or 0.8 and I'm in the middle of that at the moment.

Ships are currently based off the available ship mods along with the originals being edited to be more modular. Unfortunately we can't make the models truly modular ingame as it stands, but we are working on it.

Economy won't be available until beta release as that is linked to the new map. Currently the map is semi-populated, but has no stations or anything as they are script installed and the script isn't quite finished.

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #275951] Thu, 17 March 2011 05:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Are you TrixX?

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #275955] Thu, 17 March 2011 09:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Kaerar is currently offline Kaerar

 
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I am indeed Wink

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #277372] Wed, 06 April 2011 12:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Just wanted to ask.What a progress? =)

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #277468] Thu, 07 April 2011 22:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Kaerar is currently offline Kaerar

 
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Progress is coming along. Seeing as I had to restart, it's taking a bit longer than expected. Should have some screenies by next week Smile

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #277505] Fri, 08 April 2011 15:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I'm having this weird runtime error whenever I try to access the Strategic Map. I do wonder... :whoknows:
http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/7426/runtimeerrord.png

Playing on 1024x768 and using Tai's 1.13 Beta SCI. Would the latter be the cause?

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #277623] Sun, 10 April 2011 11:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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@yoshi: That bug occurs because of the UDB integration from HAM 4.0. To get this beta interface working, you have to delete ony file (AFAIK it is the MBS_1024x768.sti) from the beta UI and use the original one. Then it works.

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #277625] Sun, 10 April 2011 12:34 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hah! Finally it works.Thank you for the reply. Very Happy
It's a refreshing UI re-texture. Very nice work Kaerar! Cool

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #277684] Mon, 11 April 2011 08:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Kaerar is currently offline Kaerar

 
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And that's just the old one Wink

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #277926] Fri, 15 April 2011 05:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Right gotta ask a few Q's.

I have the option of changing the UI to have some detail, like steel surrounds, changed Computer look, that sort of thing. Seeing as the original UI has no real commonality behind it (the gold back for the Strategic Merc selection?), I can do what I did the first time and emulate the colour pattern, or I can add a style to it.

Thoughts please Smile

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #277941] Fri, 15 April 2011 13:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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or I can add a style to it.


As long as it's still in the 'JA Style' . Smile

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #277974] Sat, 16 April 2011 08:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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When you say JA style...

It's not going to be Fallout or anything, it'll be suitable to the game. Just trying to make something less like a weird messed up bunch of brown pixels Very Happy

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #277981] Sat, 16 April 2011 12:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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luvvly Jubbly.... sounds the ticket ... hope all's well with you mate . Smile

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #277988] Sat, 16 April 2011 12:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Kaerar
Upon request I am working on this again. Aiming to have a release for RoWa21 in the next couple of months. The original version suffered badly with an HD loss (only reason it didn't get completed), so I'm starting again from scratch.

Resolutions to be done:

4:3
640x480 (for compatibility)
800x600
1024x768
1280x960

5:4
1280x1024

16:9
854x480 (480p)
1280x720 (720p)
1366x768
1920x1080 (1080p)(possible)

16:10
1280x800
1440x900
1680x1050 (possible)
1920x1200 (possible)


"Man, I must be living behind the moon!" Are there already new resolutions possible with 1.13? or do you just make them for the new releases?

Short version: Would be wise to convert my templates (which I made from yours, because your files are much cleaner, concerning pixels) in the resolutions you mentioned above?

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #278487] Sun, 24 April 2011 06:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Kaerar is currently offline Kaerar

 
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Well the way I work is to have a master Photoshop file which is set to the highest resolution and then make the smaller ones off that. Most elements from 800x600 up to 1920x1080 can be the same with just sizing differences for inventory and the main map being the big changes.

Currently they aren't available but are in development, though that took a hit last night when my PSU lost a 12v rail (been trying to get a new PSU for the last month!!!) so that's getting replaced this Friday.

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #282318] Sun, 05 June 2011 17:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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So Kaerar... Any progress? Razz

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #282386] Sun, 05 June 2011 22:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Not even a whimper from our K ... the unfaithful dog has another love now .... :naughty:

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Re: Replacement UI Beta[message #282390] Sun, 05 June 2011 22:31 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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well that was another sample from Spambear's qualityposts

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