Kailayla

Ok, I've been working making my own gauges. I've made my image file, containing the gauge background and gauge fill. This file is 128 x 32 pixels in size, since both dimensions need to be a power of 2. I have double checked, and triple checked my locations and positions, and that the correct file (customgauge.tga) is in the correct folder.

Now in my equi_groupwindow.xml file, I've added

<TextureInfo Item="customgauge.tga">
<size>
<CX>128</CX>
<CY>32</CY>
</size>
</TextureInfo>
<Ui2DAnimation item="GW_GaugeBG">
<Cycle>true</Cycle>
<Frames>
<Texture>customgauge.tga</Texture>
<Location>
<X>0</X>
<Y>0</Y>
</Location>
<Size>
<CX>107</CX>
<CY>8</CY>
</Size>
<Hotspot>
<X>0</X>
<Y>0</Y>
</Hotspot>
<Duration>1000</Duration>
</Frames>
</Ui2DAnimation>
<Ui2DAnimation item="GW_GaugeF">
<Cycle>true</Cycle>
<Frames>
<Texture>customgauge.tga</Texture>
<Location>
<X>0</X>
<Y>9</Y>
</Location>
<Size>
<CX>107</CX>
<CY>8</CY>
</Size>
<Hotspot>
<X>0</X>
<Y>0</Y>
</Hotspot>
<Duration>1000</Duration>
</Frames>
</Ui2DAnimation>

and

<GaugeDrawTemplate>
<Background>GW_GaugeBG</Background>
<Fill>GW_GaugeF</Fill>
<!--<Lines>A_GaugeLines</Lines>-->
<!--<LinesFill>A_GaugeLinesFill</LinesFill>-->
<!--<EndCapLeft>A_GaugeEndCapLeft</EndCapLeft>-->
<!--<EndCapRight>A_GaugeEndCapRight</EndCapRight>-->
</GaugeDrawTemplate>

for the desired gauges.

But my ui doesn't load. I get this error in my uierrors.txt

[Wed Jul 28 14:33:12 2004] [Line:5 Source:UIFiles\Test\EQUI_GroupWindow.xml] Schema error - Expecting a item
[Wed Jul 28 14:33:12 2004] Error reading XML.
[Wed Jul 28 14:33:12 2004] Error loading skin: loading default skin instead.

Line 5 is the line with <TextureInfo Item="customgauge.tga">

My guess is I'm doing something wrong with the alpha channels in the image file. I use Photoshop 7.0.

If anyone can help me, I'd greatly apreciate it

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Kailayla of the Nexus
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forry

The alpha channel on an image won't cause errors in your UIErrors.txt file, but check out the top of your code...specifically the part where you define the image file. You have <size>...</size> but you need to have <Size>...</Size>.

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Vitaee

Two things I can add to Forry's assessment.

First, when UIErrors.txt reports an error at a particular line, the problem is often in the line or lines immediately above the reported line.

Secondly... I've found out the hard way... capitalization matters....

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