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Old 10-29-2008, 04:16 AM   #3
myxiplx
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You mean setting it up like the old tablets used to work? With a fixed layout of controls for your touch screen, and a separate monitor that's effectively free of clutter so you have a clear view?

It's a nice idea, but probably pretty unique to your setup so I doubt anybody else has done it. Most of the time people need to see what they're clicking on Also, with hotkeys, you generally need to see what you've assigned to that key, since their use will change with each character, and can be configured at any time.

Having said that, I think my target window might be a useful mod for you - it includes a lot of the information you would normally want in the group window, freeing that up as something you can make transparent. I also have a group window that might suit your purposes - that latest version I'm working on is really easy to change to alternative layouts, it has large clickable areas, and you would only have to change a dozen lines to make it almost transparent, with just a light grey box showing the area to press for each group member.

If I were you, this is how I would approach this:
- Find a mod with four large, horizontal hotkeys. Set the alpha to 30% so they're almost invisible. Arrange two bars along the top of the screen, and two along the bottom in the corners.
- Search the site for a large spell gem window (or use the default). Again, make that semi-transparent and put that on the right hand side.
- Make a semi transparent group window, with a vertical layout, and place that on the left hand side of the screen.
- Grab a target window with most of the information within it, have that semi transparent somewhere under the middlle of the screen.
- Find or create a simple player window containing all the other information you want on screen (mana, endurance, combat state, etc)

All in all it's a very interesting project. I'm kind of busy finishing all my other updates right now, but I wouldn't mind lending the occasional hand with this.

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