[Krugus-Runeblade]

http://kamguild.net/DarkUI/darkui-logo.jpg

UPDATED: July 5th, 2010 See the Changes & Fixes below to see whats new!

Greetings!

First off I want to give credit to Zekk that kicked off this UI mod. I also want to give thanks to Revan (FuriAUI) and plaguedplatypus(PlaguedUI) and of course the AoC UI & Mods forum. Also want to give credit to SWP760 that picked up the torch and carried it for the time that they invested into it as well. Now it looks like its my turn. I'm not a coder but I do enjoy tinkering with code and I learn a lot by doing so. I may not have the UI up and working as soon as patch day rolls around but I will sooner rather than later get it working asap since my wife and I use this UI as well. So I only ask that you bear with me as I find and fix Issues that come up along the way. With that said...



My I present:

DarkUI RotGS Update 2.0.5.1 (Click me to Download)

This UI is a compilation of sorts, it takes ideas from a lot of UI's and UI layouts, but that are now dead due to different reasons. Sorta like this UI. It was nearly dead but I breathed some life back into it. I decided to keep the name the same (Dark UI) and left its roots intact (ZekkzyUI folder and his readme) to show Zekk's legacy in the project.


Changes & Fixes

Dark UI Patch Update 2.0.5.1

* Whats new in this build *

[*] All Layouts: Moved the Assassin's Soulshards into the Player Stat Bar.

[*] All Layouts: Adjusted the PvP xp bar to be slightly smaller to better fit if both the pve & pvp bars are tuned.

[*] All Layouts: Re-sized the Friends, LFG & Guild menu buttons to be a bit smaller and spaced them out a bit from each other.

[*] The 4 layouts with mini map in the center: Moved the top menu (inv,stats,spells,feats & quests menus) down into the bottom bar, just above the mini map.


CURRENT KNOWN ISSUES
* GRAPHIC ISSUE: Turning off PvE xp bar will cause the 4 layouts with the mini map in the middle of the bottom bar to drop down lower than the top menu so it will leave a gap between the bottom bar and the top menu. Thus leaving the PvE xp bar ON will prevent this from happening. When I get a chance I'll look into a fix for it.


Previous v2.0.4 a, b & c fixes & changes below

[*] Fixed Mini Map issue in the Default DarkUI layout.  Vanir Grimlin's must have moved the minimap.xml to a different folder and put the one for the upper right hand corner in its place.  After hunting down all Vanir Grimlin's and scoring fatalities on each one, the Minimap.xml for the Default DarkUI is now restored.
[*] Finalized the Statbar Graphic's. They are now and forever more Angled.
[*] Fixed Buffs to be closer to the statbars. Was too high above so brought them down to "earth".
[*] Adjusted Region/World Map border graphic's to better fit with the UI.
[*] Fixed Casting bar issue: no longer has a freakishly huge move box around the bar. I didn't catch this one because once I move the box I lock them back down thus didn't know there was an issue with it. Did not realize that people left them movable....
[*] Fixed Self & Target Buffs. No longer will it move the stat bars box around. Only the buffs will moves up, not the stat bar box.
[*] Removed ResurrectView part of DarkUI, people are still having issues with it so its currently removed till I have the time to look into why its not displaying correctly.

Dark UI Features:

[*] New Statbar & Mini Map Graphic's [*] Inventory Layout to be 8x10 instead of 6x8. Display 80 slots per page. [*] Revamped the Tradeskill Window. Lines per side went from 20 to 33! NOTE: If you pick the Smaller Layout option it will use the smaller Tradeskill book. You can always go into the Extra UI options and copy over the larger Tradeskill book if needed. [*] Adjusted Region/World Map border graphic's to better fit with the UI. [*] Extra UI Options: to use must manually install them into the correct folders. Included both a txt file and picture instructions on how to install. + 7x9 Inventory layout 63 slots per page (do not use with the special 1024x768 layout) + Larger Fonts + Scaled up version of the Tradeskill window to 33 per side. Good for those that run 1680x1050 rez or higher. (do not use with larger font size) + Scaled down version of the Tradeskill window back to its default 20 per side for those that run AoC in a smaller Rez. (do not use with larger font size) + Old Statbars for those that like to resist change. * 3 Different Layout Options that come in 2 different sizes and each one of those comes with the option of a bigger mini map. * 1 1024x768 layout designed for that resolution with re-sized side panel menu's * 1 AoC Default DarkUI Special layout DarkUI to have a total of 14 layout options as follows: [*] DarkUI [*] Smaller DarkUI [*] DarkUI with Bigger Mini Map [*] Smaller DarkUI with Bigger Mini Map [*] DarkUI with mini map in upper right corner [*] Smaller DarkUI with mini map in upper right corner [*] DarkUI with Bigger Mini Map in upper right corner [*] Smaller DarkUI with Bigger Mini Map in upper right corner [*] Middle 3x3 section with mini map in upper right corner [*] Smaller Middle 3x3 section with mini map in upper right corner [*] Middle 3x3 section with Bigger Mini Map in upper right corner [*] Smaller Middle 3x3 section Bigger Mini Map in upper right corner [*] Special 1024x768 layout designed with smaller rez in mind. [*] AoC Default DarkUI Special layout All xml files are updated to the latest version 2.0.5.1 of AoC. Enjoy!

Dark UI Key Binds
[*] Within the Options folder you can find DarkUI's Keybind layout gif which looks something like this:

http://kamguild.net/DarkUI/Dark UI Key Binds ALL.gif


Different DarkUI components:

http://kamguild.net/DarkUI/darkui1.png

New Mini Map Graphic's

http://kamguild.net/DarkUI/New Mini Map Graphics.png

Screenshot of DarkUI:

http://kamguild.net/DarkUI/DarkUI Screenshot1.jpg


Install


Download and install the AoC UI Installer (remember to thank Azagatoth for his wonderful AOC UI Installer!)
Run it to install the DARK UI by:
* Selecting the path Age of Conan is located in
* Selecting the path where the DarkUI zip is located.
* Select the Layout you want and finally click on the Install button at the bottom.
* Don't forget to check out the Buff Plugin, it allows you to change the icon size and what type of buffs display where.

http://kamguild.net/DarkUI/darkuiinstall.png

After you install the layout option you you can Click on the Plugins TAB and change the Buff locations:

http://kamguild.net/DarkUI/buffchanges.png



NOTE: Use the AOC UI Installer to patch your customized UI files by clicking on the Advanced TAB of the AOC UI Installer and locate the Patch UI files section and then click Patch. Easy. And if that does not work you can always download and use ByCrom to patch those pesky XML files if AOC UI Installer fails to do so.

Now you should be ready to log into AoC and Play!

I'm also waiting for project approval at Curse Forge and if approved you will be able to get it from there as well.

[tannix]

Sweet, thanks Krugus for the work you did. I have this 2.0 one installed and waiting to be patched after i patch the xpac.
One question. How do we install that font that's in that directory you listed?

[Krugus-Runeblade]

To install the font, just open up the font folder and right click on the font and select install.

[diatribeeq]

With this update, DarkUI no longer works for me, even when I wiped out the previous version entirely & put this in fresh. Tons of error messages and defaults back to the stock AoC UI

[Krugus-Runeblade]

Did you use AoC UI Installer to patch the UI files or did you use ByCrom?

Be sure you patch the UI files with either AOC UI Installer or ByCrom before loading up the UI.

[Passedout]

I've switched to this UI over the old Mirage UI

This is a nice clean UI

Works flawless with ROTGS

[tannix]

Yep it works for me flawlessly. I used Bycrom to patch it.
THanks Krugus for a nice job!

[tannix]

Hey Krugus. I see Dark is now on Curse.com.
One, if not the best UI out there finally for others to access. Thanks!

[Hordedog]

Great work Krugus!

I have been using Dark UI for a few weeks now and it works flawlessly. I originally installed the last version manually, ran ByCrom and had no troubles at all.

I just downloaded Dark UI 2.0 (thanks for the RotGS update, Krugus!) and while I was at it I also downloaded and installed the AoC UI Installer you linked to and I have to say that program makes installing a UI super simple and fast! It even patched the UI files to match the latest AoC patcher numbers. What a breeze!

One request, can you post a screenshot showing how the Dark UI bars correspond to the game's 1st Extended Action Bar, 2nd Extended Action Bar, etc, etc? I've tried trail and error, and maybe I'm just daft, but I'm not grasping the pattern amongst the bars in the UI.

Thanks again for the great work, Krugus!

[Krugus-Runeblade]

Your all welcome.

The AOC UI Installer is Azagatoth's creation. You can thank him for the "super simple and fast" UI installation

As far as how the bottom bar relates, believe it or not, in the Read me Folder there is a Bindings screen shot that was held over from when Zekk was doing the UI but for you convenience:

** Removed Key Binding Img because I've included one in the OP **