shadriel

ok i've been reading quite a bit around the site on how to edit the xml's and so on. i've learned alot, but i'm really just more confused than ever. with all the recent changes to the UI in game in the last 6 months, i am having a very difficult time keeping my custom UI files working, especially as all of them were taken from other UI's created by someone else, here on this site, or just from default, and many are well over a year or more old. i recently lost my hotbutton window, which had several great features on it, one was the spellcasting bar, another was all my stats and resists. i like my new window, but now i have no casting bar available for me to keep an eye on my cheals, nor any resists/stat info. i'd like to add the spell casting gauge to my current group window, along with placing my stats and resists down the left side of it, if its possible, but i have no idea how/where to place these in the xml file so that they will show in the correct locations. there are a couple other files i'm having trouble with, as well. for example, the new aura's window will not even come up, nor will the spell blocking windows, even tho i've added the default versions to my custom folder. i have a custom short duration buff window that i would like to extend so it will show more effects, up to 10 or 12 total, as well as my regular effects window, which i'd like to increase to 25 slots (i've heard thats attainable now), but again, even with the tutorials and various info i've found here, i'm still very confused on just how to do this. i have attempted to simply take the default casting window file/files and place them in my custom UI's folder, however that made my entire UI show up with default settings and appearance. the casting window is the most important thing i need fixed, if someone could please help me figure out how to place it on my group window, or even just its own window, until i can figure out the rest of this stuff, it would be greatly appreciated. my tanks are dying becuz i can't gauge whether or not my cheal will land before they run out of hps. very bad for a cleric trying to keep up with a group. i would also appreciate any advice on how and where to place the info in the xml file, i really have only the vaguest idea what to do and i'm afraid if i try to do this completely on my own it will be months before i get it figured out and working right.

some info on my group window (its very nice, thanks to whoever created it!! tho i don't remember where i found it, i've been using it for over a year)... my current group window shows my target, HoTT, my hps/mana/end in bars and numbers, all hp bars have color changing and flashing bars, as well as in %'s, and pet hps, and it shows all xp bars with %'s. don't think i've forgotten anything. its a very nice group window, i'd just like to tweak it up so its got even more of what i want on it. to start with i need to know how to increase the windows dimensions, i've looked over the xml file, but i don't see anything that stands out as being its total dimensions (its not adjustable in game). then i need help figuring out how to place the additions i'd like to make - how to get the casting gauge to show at the very top and then how to place the stats/resists down the left side without displacing anything else.

as for my effects windows, they are both right side aligned with numbers going downwards, i'd really just like to figure out how to increase their length and add on some more effect slots. this i can prolly manage on my own, but any help would be appreciated, especially on figuring out how to increase the windows dimensions.

as for the aura effects window and the spell blocking windows (both for me and for a pet - i've got alts yanno :P ) i'm just completely mystified why they won't show, i've never had a file just not show at all once toggled on/off(yes i've triggered the UI commands to toggle them on and off, they just won't show up on screen). for now aura's are showing in the short duration (songs) window, but i can't use the spell blocking features because of this. (yes i have PoR)... any ideas on fixing that would be appreciated.

i do apologize if i have missed a tutorial thread that does explain all of this, but i've spent all my spare time the last several days trying to find one and have not been successful. thanks for any help =)