New UI = Hassle?

[xorkatoss]

Hello everybody I would like to ask a few things about the new UI and my worries...
I'm currently making an ORPG Map with a Hero Equipment system like this:

Spoiler: Equipment System

and with the New UI looking like this I'm a bit worried:

Spoiler: New UI

ofc it's pretty obvious it will require a lot of changes to be made, mostly adjusting the X & Y
positions since it's not gonna be 3x3 anymore, and the ability icons are bigger than the
attack, move etc. icons, that's a blow to the aesthetics...

I have already stopped progress on any systems that require UI usage until they release the
reforged version and mostly focus on combat, terrain etc.

Don't get me wrong I love it that they are remastering such an awesome game, just a bit
worried of all the maps that are not going to be playable without huge changes...


What are your thoughts on this? Anybody has anything to suggest I'm open to any help

 

[Pyrogasm]

There are now natives to custom build your own UI elements. These will presumably work in Reforged so it’s only a matter of rebuilding the UI you want. You could probably even do it now to be sure it works out of the gate.

 

[Rahko]

You can switch between the old and the new UI in Reforged. My guess is you can force the old UI for all players for a custom map, if you want. Then you can probably just use the current natives for customizing your own UI.

 

[xorkatoss]

@Pyrogasm what? where? are those for GUI users aswell??

@Sabe Is it confirmed that you can switch between UIs? I'm not really keeping up with wc3 reforged news >_<

 

[Rahko]

Yes. It was said in a couple of interviews. I made a compilation on the official forums, if you want to catch up with the news (though they are mostly all from last BlizzCon, since we haven't got any more news since then): [Compilation] ALL we know so far!

 

[Pyrogasm]

JASS or Lua only for now. See this thread: [code=jass] - "Added Custom User Interface functions to allow map makers to add, remove, and adjust UI frames". Here is a simple UI library Quilnez put together: UI Utils (one-stop solution for UI business)

 

[xorkatoss]

awesome thanks guys!