EQInterface Forums - HP color changing bars

10-13-2008, 07:55 PM	#76
Thong3320 A Snow Cougar Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 45	difficulty wrapping my mind around this Having some trouble wrapping my head around these. I was able to copy and modify Enok's 5-color gauge code to fix my own target window. However, I don't know what the parts are and how they work. <Gauge item="PW_Gauge1A"> ----what is this and how does it behave? <Size> <CX>8000</CX> <CY>10</CY> </Size> <Screen item="PW_Gauge1A_X"> ---- I assume this is the container. <Gauge item="PW_Gauge1B"> ----what is this and how does it behave? <Size> <CX>80</CX> <CY>10</CY> </Size> TIA. thong3320

10-13-2008, 11:38 PM	#77
Halelen Lord Doljonijiarnimorinar Join Date: Jan 2003 Server: Povar Posts: 1,047	<Gauge item="PW_Gauge1A"> this is the cover part that covers the rest of the gauge <Size> <CX>8000</CX> <CY>10</CY> </Size> <Screen item="PW_Gauge1A_X"> this is the container that cuts the above gauge to the correct size <Gauge item="PW_Gauge1B"> ---this is the actual part of the gauge that moves <Size> <CX>80</CX> <CY>10</CY> </Size>

10-14-2008, 10:33 PM

#78

Thong3320

A Snow Cougar

Join Date: Aug 2002

Posts: 45

Thanks...still having trouble getting my overlay to work. I've attached my files, if you could take a look at them.

Trying to get red from 0-20 (ok), yellow from 20-50 and green from 50-100.
gauge is 250x15 and uses custom gauge fill and background (in zip)
thanks in advance

thong3320

Attached Files

thong3320target.zip (16.8 KB, 2 views)

10-14-2008, 10:42 PM

#79

Halelen

Lord Doljonijiarnimorinar

Join Date: Jan 2003

Server: Povar

Posts: 1,047

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thong3320

ok are you sure your math is correct ...looks like ya just used the math from the ones on board and that is for a bar that is 100 pixels...you need to redo your percentages for your 250 bar.

10-14-2008, 10:51 PM	#80
Halelen Lord Doljonijiarnimorinar Join Date: Jan 2003 Server: Povar Posts: 1,047	Ok sorry its late I see what ya mean all is good except green overlay isnt working correctly....its late if ya dont have it fixed tonight ill take a better look at it tomorrow nm i did it tonight. ok man i was right your math is off for 4a your size needs to be 5000 and -5000 offset <Gauge item = "Target_HP_Gauge4A"> <RelativePosition>true</RelativePosition> <Location> <X>0</X> <Y>0</Y> </Location> <Size> <CX>2000</CX><---------change this to 5000 <CY>8</CY> </Size> <GaugeOffsetX>-8000</GaugeOffsetX><------change this to -5000 <GaugeOffsetY>0</GaugeOffsetY> <Text></Text> <TextOffsetY>8000</TextOffsetY> <Style_VScroll>false</Style_VScroll> <Style_HScroll>false</Style_HScroll> <Style_Transparent>false</Style_Transparent> <FillTint> <R>0</R> <G>240</G> <B>0</B> </FillTint> <LinesFillTint> <R>0</R> <G>0</G> <B>0</B> </LinesFillTint> <DrawLinesFill>false</DrawLinesFill> <EQType>6</EQType> <GaugeDrawTemplate> <Fill>A_GaugeFill4_TW</Fill> </GaugeDrawTemplate> </Gauge> Hal Last edited by Halelen : 10-14-2008 at 11:20 PM.

10-15-2008, 12:21 AM	#81
Thong3320 A Snow Cougar Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 45	thought I made these changes before and it didn't work <Ui2DAnimation item="TW_GaugeFill4"> <Cycle>true</Cycle> <Frames> <Texture>ovalbar.tga</Texture> <Location> <X>-12500</X> --------changed from -5000 <Y>15</Y> </Location> <Size> <CX>25000</CX> ----------changed from 10000 <CY>15</CY> </Size> <Hotspot> <X>0</X> <Y>0</Y> </Hotspot> <Duration>1000</Duration> </Frames> </Ui2DAnimation> At 51% (which should be all green) I was getting green from 0 to 40%, yellow from 41-50% and one pixel of green and the end of the gauge. weird. edit: got it figured it out....I was using 10000 (100x) for the texture...changed it to 25000 to match my 250pixel gauge....duh!!! Also changed the fill1. Last edited by Thong3320 : 10-15-2008 at 12:38 AM. Reason: figured it out

10-15-2008, 10:39 AM	#82
Halelen Lord Doljonijiarnimorinar Join Date: Jan 2003 Server: Povar Posts: 1,047	yeah I didnt try it after I changed the gauge offset but told ya it was a math deal..once ya get the graphics good its just simple math adjustments to get it perfect...looks good now. Hal

10-22-2008, 04:28 AM	#83
Shadoh A Ghoul Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 10	Could I get a copy of a working group window? Im trying to get my group window working again based off of the player window posted above and its a no go. Im on the test server but I doubt that is whats holding me back. I had full color change HP bars before a couple patches ago. Thank Edit: Oh, the player window posted above will not work either. Last edited by Shadoh : 10-22-2008 at 04:37 AM.

10-22-2008, 09:35 AM	#84
myxiplx A Weathered Clockwork Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 313	Mine's being uploaded right now, so if you wanted to grab the code out of it you should be able to download it as soon as it's approved on the site. It looks like this: http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/...groupwindow.jpg Each player's gauges are in a self contained screen so it would be really easy to change the layout, or copy the gauges to your own UI.

10-22-2008, 02:04 PM	#85
Shadoh A Ghoul Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 10	That would be great thanks. I have 5 colors in mine but it shouldnt be to hard as long as I can see some working code. Where will I look for that and how long before its on the site? Thanks

10-22-2008, 02:13 PM	#86
myxiplx A Weathered Clockwork Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 313	It's been accepted now, you can find it here: http://www.eqinterface.com/download...nfo.php?id=5745

10-26-2008, 05:21 PM	#87
Shadoh A Ghoul Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 10	Maybe its something on the test server. Your window loads ok but the color change isnt working correctly. It starts out orange and turns red for like the last 20%.

10-27-2008, 03:57 AM	#88
myxiplx A Weathered Clockwork Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 313	Hmm, works ok on live. I might be able to have a look at test in a couple of days to see if I can work out what's wrong. Does anybody know if there are any more changes being planned to the gauges that might be causing this?

12-14-2008, 12:18 AM	#89
justborn A Gray Wolf Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6	Lost and confused Was wondering if it was at all posible to get a new write up on the pocess of this color changing. I was in the process of working this out to make sure that i understood what was happening...and i was almost sure that i did. But seeing how as things have changed up i can't seem to work this out without knowing what has to do with what. I feel that i understand the Ui2DAnimation part of things. Just lost on the gauges. The above file is not helping much. Last edited by justborn : 12-14-2008 at 01:01 AM.

12-14-2008, 04:22 AM	#90
myxiplx A Weathered Clockwork Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 313	It's hard to explain without pictures, but as I haven't the time to create a full write up right now, this will have to do. The first step is to split your gauge into as many pieces as you want colour changes. In my group window I have three colours, so I have one red gauge that covers 0-30%, an orange one for 31-70%, and a green one for 71-100%. What I do is this: - Create your gauge, get it in the right place and at the right size. - Now create two more identical copies of it, and set their colours. Now you need to 'resize' the gauges so they only last for their appropriate sections. To do this you need to place the gauges in a screen item, and hide the bits you don't want. So for the 0-30% gauges: - Create a screen item with the same location as your gauge, but only 30% of the width. Put your first gauge in here. For the 31-70% gauge: - Create a screen item that starts where the previous one ended. Size it to 40% of the width of your gauge. - Now, put your second gauge in here, but bear in mind that this is going to push the gauge to the right. To make it line up properly, you need to move the gauge left. ie: If your screen piece has <X>45</X>, the gauge needs <X>-45</X> And repeat the for the 71-100% gauge. You should now have what looks like a single gauge made up of three colours. Get this working and I'll explain the next part.