New (modified, actually) in game GUI
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New (modified, actually) in game GUI
Yeah, I hated the one you guys gave Spring, so I took it upon myself to go in the source and hunt down the offending elements.
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I only changed some colors and positioning, no fonts or font sizes. The elements shown in the screenshots are the only things I changed so far. I logged all my changes, the change log can be viewed here. And if you're too lazy to go hunt down the changes and compile yourself, here's a compiled exe with the gui.
I'm planning on brushing up on my file I/O skills to make all of this stuff (size, position, color, translucency) controlled in an INI file rather than in the exe itself. No promises there, but I'll see if I can pull it off.
1024x768
800x600
640x480
I only changed some colors and positioning, no fonts or font sizes. The elements shown in the screenshots are the only things I changed so far. I logged all my changes, the change log can be viewed here. And if you're too lazy to go hunt down the changes and compile yourself, here's a compiled exe with the gui.
I'm planning on brushing up on my file I/O skills to make all of this stuff (size, position, color, translucency) controlled in an INI file rather than in the exe itself. No promises there, but I'll see if I can pull it off.
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You're the only one I've encountered so far that liked your GUI
Anyway, I'm horrible at writing my own code--I can modify bits and pieces and plug in very basic stuff, but that's about it. I never really learned enough C++ to do anything more than a commandline app that does some simple equations for you. To be honest, I had no idea what opengl code looked like before I did this, I just jumped in the code and started searching for strings from the GUI itself ("Metal" and "Stop" and things like that).
There is one problem with the GUI though--that Napalm guy can't see the text on the Attack, Move, etc buttons in the orders menu, regardless of whether he uses the original GUI files or mine. I poked around, but I didn't really see where to modify that to try to change it at all... he has a radeon 9200, I believe.
Anyway, I'm horrible at writing my own code--I can modify bits and pieces and plug in very basic stuff, but that's about it. I never really learned enough C++ to do anything more than a commandline app that does some simple equations for you. To be honest, I had no idea what opengl code looked like before I did this, I just jumped in the code and started searching for strings from the GUI itself ("Metal" and "Stop" and things like that).
There is one problem with the GUI though--that Napalm guy can't see the text on the Attack, Move, etc buttons in the orders menu, regardless of whether he uses the original GUI files or mine. I poked around, but I didn't really see where to modify that to try to change it at all... he has a radeon 9200, I believe.
- [K.B.] Napalm Cobra
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It still boggles my mind how you guys could actually like the transparency... it just made things unreadable and got in the way more than it did its job... and the placement with the margins between the pieces of the GUI and the edge of the screen was just flat out annoying, especially with the minimap...
- [K.B.] Napalm Cobra
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Blah blah modifiable. I'd just like to add that the original interface was kinda okay. Making an interface in C has always been kinda artificial imo. However we could do with some nice graphics. All gnome did at the moment was edit the colors and the placement, which looks good, but didn't change anything to optimize the actualy GUI
Redfish: Yeah, I'm not that good of a coder. I'm still looking into making it controlled via INI, but I got side tracked by Zsinj's "Mini Spring" in the General Discussion forum... Xon (ggs) has said he planned on doing something similar after he finishes his exams, so maybe it'd be best to wait on someone who knows what the hell they're doing to do it
NOiZE: No idea. Spring refuses to work online for me, so I have no way of testing it. Doesn't matter if I have the port forwarded, if I'm in DMZ, or even if I freaking join, the game won't connect properly to other people, so I'm up the shit creek in that regard for now...
NOiZE: No idea. Spring refuses to work online for me, so I have no way of testing it. Doesn't matter if I have the port forwarded, if I'm in DMZ, or even if I freaking join, the game won't connect properly to other people, so I'm up the shit creek in that regard for now...
I must say I prefer the transparent windows. It boggles my mind how somebody can prefer that black stuff
I want a slick UI, taking as little space as possible and only visible when needed. The TA UI was ok (better than other RTS) but not slick enough and the left menu would not have to be displayed all the time taking unnecessary space.
As you see, everyone has a different opinion on this so a configurable UI is almost necessary, but perhaps not a high priority.
I want a slick UI, taking as little space as possible and only visible when needed. The TA UI was ok (better than other RTS) but not slick enough and the left menu would not have to be displayed all the time taking unnecessary space.
As you see, everyone has a different opinion on this so a configurable UI is almost necessary, but perhaps not a high priority.
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cant say i like the existing gui that much but i definately dont like the black one much better... i would like to see a return to the original ta menu style (appearance not structure) while still incorporating elements of the current one... oh and having the old ta menus rebuffed in photoshop would be awesome... if only i have any skill as an artist