DOACleric

As nice as many of these new interfaces are, I find that they are a bit intrusive and too "busy" for my tastes. I've always prefered the clean UI that shipped with Classic EQ, the one that appeared when you hit F10, also known as the fullscreen UI. It was simple, yet functional. So i've begun work on recreating that old UI that many players grew up with.

I'd say i'm about halfway done. The only major window left to do is the inventory, and then a few minor ones. Let me know what you think so far.
Any feedback is of course appreciated.

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thatdude222

gimme gimme gimme hury up and finsih

Oldschool101

PLZ! I love YOU! haha.. this is what i have been looking for sooooo long!! I am all about the Old School!!

*hug*

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Oldschool101

Do you have a time this might come out? haha.. Sorry for the post above.. But i love old eq more then the new eq... But i am waitin for this one to come out..

DOACleric

The UI is basically done, and has been for a few weeks. No one really seemed interested so I didn't bother releasing it. Also, the UI has been specially remade for the EQClassic project that I am working on, so i removed a lot of functionality that would no longer be needed for a classic enviornment - shared bank slots, 9th spell gem, many toolbars, and many "advancements" that players might have come to get used to, such as exact mana numbers.

On the bright side, I also took the time to remake the login interface, so that part also looks similar to the EQ of 1999. Because of that, this UI needs to OVERWRITE the default UI - that is the only way that i'm aware of to change the login part of the UI.

Sony recently made some changes to that with the release of OOW, and I occasionally get a black screen upon logging in, so i'm going to have to double check to see whats going on before I release this. Once its complete, I will be releasing it on my website. I'll post more details later. I might also decide to go back and redo the character creation part of the UI, but i'm very pressed for time

Oldschool101

Ahhh.. I see cool.. I have gotin use to see how much mana i have bt that is ok .. Put it out when it is done!

dartcron

I would like to see this made with a old skool feel but i also like to see all the new windows with the same old skool feel tell us when it is up

Aramil Dannodel

Actually, Zanta, Talyns already released something very similar to the old "small-screen" UI...and in multiple colour schema, as well. Mind you, they aren't exactly the same as the old "small-screen" UI, but they are quite close...definitely struck a few nostalgic nerves when I first saw them.

Here they are:
-Blue themed old "small-screen" UI.
-Green themed old "small-screen" UI.
-Gray themed old "small-screen" UI.
-Purple themed old "small-screen" UI.
-Red themed old "small-screen" UI.
-"Wood" themed old "small-screen" UI.

On a second note, keep up the nice work, DOA...I'm definitely looking forward to trying that one out, myself. Especially if you could get the rest of the post-"old school" UI modded to match the theme. If not, hey, another project to add to the 300 others atop the dangerously leaning pile. Heh.

NOTE: Yes, the coding to this post shows I had entirely too much free time on my hands this lovely Thursday morning. Insomnia can be fun, like that...much more entertaining than a novel of my senseless drivel, I find. "OOH! Look at the pretty colours!" /smirk

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Zantaklawz

Thanks for the links Aramil... I recall someone doing the same thing at the old EQInterface site before they moved to this one, that looked just exactly like the picture I posted. I tried searching for it here, but have come up empty handed.

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Oldschool101

Well.. When is the Vel one comeing out? I really want to use this.. I miss it soo..

fallowmar

I too loved the Velious UI. The thing that I miss most about it though is that you could hit the ` key and it would auto shade or remove the shading from the window. The reason that was so key to me was zones where the background was bright, I liked having the shading to see white/yellow text and I liked removing it when I was in a dark environment. Anyone know if there is a way to add that functionality back to the windows?

DOACleric

Sorry for being absent for so long, but i've been very very busy

The UI is 95% complete. However, chances are that I will most likely not be releasing it for seperate download until my Circle of Elements project is completed, as I mainly created the UI to be used for CoE, and there are several issues with it if used on a currect EQ character (mainly the spell book).

To get more info on CoE, and to view some more screenshots of the UI, you can visit my website at www.eqclassic.net. For those wondering what Circle of Elements is, its a project aimed at recreating classic EQ the way it was back in 1999.


fallowmar: There is no way to put back the functionality of the ` key, since its been removed from the client. The UI currently does not have the transparent background and is completly clear. The grey background can be added back with relative ease, but there would be no way to turn it on/off from within the game.

Oldschool101

Well, when ever you can get it to us will be nice.. haha

soyna1105

When and if you get this done, I can't wait. Looks like just what I need. I have downloaded just about all the ui's that they have and none of them work at all to my satisfaction. Please hurry and get this finished it will be a welcome ui finally to all the other ones out there. Bless You.
Please Hurry.
Thank you for working on a ui that will be the best I have seen yet.

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Oldschool101

Come On!!! I Cant Wait!!!!