A question about the interface

[Spudnik]

I was just wondering if it is possible to change the ingame interface. Not only the how the interface looks like but also how it works.

Let me clarify this with those two pictures. Change this:



To that:

 

[Wolverabid]

It may not be possible to remove the mini map preview screen and replace it with another command palette interface. Doing something like THAT would probably take a fair bit of haxXing of Warcraft III itself.

MindWorX would be the guy to ask: maybe send him a PM and ask him to spell out the whys and wherefores for us here in this thread.

 

[HappyTauren]

Mindy ain't a god Well you would need to hack wc3 for this so, the answer is no, sorry.

 

[Dr Super Good]

You can not move any interface options around as they are hard coded.

You can however reskin an interface to look different.

 

[Pyritie]

Change how the interface looks? Yes, definitely. Changing how it works? Like Wolve said, it'd be very hard and would probably require an installation pack if you do this in a map, as this would involve delving into the very mechanics of how WC3 runs.

 

[Infinitynexus]

It would require too much hacking the wc3 engine to be realisticly possible to change the minimap into a button pad

But yea, you can easily change the graphics

 

[Rakdos Defiler]

should so give the idea to blizzard of having it anyway the editor likes, mini map, or no. I think it'd be awesome but I doubt it's possible.

 

[Spudnik]

Hm that is what I thought.

So the only way to do this would be to take a programmer hostage, lock him in my basement and order him to develope a patch that would change Warcaft III itself. On the other hand, then I could make him program a entirely new game as well if it is that much work.

Oh well, It would have been neat if it were easy, because when I got the idea, I just imagined a copy/paste thing. Copy the palette interface code and paste it over the minimap code.