NEW UI WIP, Misha's Request.

[MiniMage]

Hello boys and girls. Mad is once again helping me out. Here's the inventory protector WIP.
I made a conceptual design and explained what I want using a simple meshing of stuff to show my general idea.

Then Mad's artsy know-how made this. It's a neat WIP.

Version1

The idea was a kind of Metal Cross thingy on a rune stone.
It reminds me of Tibia. Just looking at it is enough to for me to feel nostalgic. ;D

Thoughts, gentlemen? Give the UI a critique if you feel up for it.
Do you by any chance prefer the one with less color?

No Extra Color

 

[Deleted member 212788]

Must . . . Have .. .

In all honesty, I am looking forward to the day this is released, it is amazing. Good Job to you and to Mad ^^

 

[jopi]

ok, nice inventory hide-up thingy. On it's own it looks really amazing but TBH at the moment for me it looks a small bit more 'cartoon-ish' than the rest of the UI, maybe its not that bad but its sheer size just draws so much (of at least my) attention. The classic inventory hide-ups in wc3 UIs just aren't so big and don't draw that much attantion IMO, still great work.

And to answer your question at the moment I like the version with the small color gradient on the bottom quite a bit more, it feels to me as a smooth transition from UI to the outside of the screen, while in comparision the one without seems to be kinda cut-off. As well as it works as a counterpart to the leaves.

If you still want to have the leaves as only colour source, then you might go with a color gradient in to darker gray/black on the bottom?

And out of curiosity how it looks like, would you mind posting a version with green leaves (and maybe green color gradiant on the bottom), if it's not to much on an effort?

 

[Heinvers]

Looking great MM.

 

[Blood Raven]

The version with the colored light coming from below seems to be better.
Also, the only problem with this UI is that the quality of some elements don't match with the overall quality. Just look at all those detailed pixel-perfect ornate thingies, then look at the leaves, which are quite blurry in comparison. Just the same, look at how high quality and good looking the rock in the inventory cover is, then look at the cross on it. It just annoys the eye when its not the same quality. I suggest that these blurry elements be remade with more detail.
Otherwise, still the best UI there is

P.S. It would be awesome if you could do menu UI textures and cursor with the same theme ^.^

 

[Kazeon]

Seems cool except those leafs

 

[MiniMage]

Seems cool except those leafs

Hilarious comment. Thanks for a good laugh. ;D

 

[Kazeon]

Hilarious comment. Thanks for a good laugh. ;D

I was being serious >.>

Seriously, I think those leafs and branch are not fitting. That "clock" part looks very nice tho!

 

[Mad]

The version with the colored light coming from below seems to be better.
Also, the only problem with this UI is that the quality of some elements don't match with the overall quality. Just look at all those detailed pixel-perfect ornate thingies, then look at the leaves, which are quite blurry in comparison. Just the same, look at how high quality and good looking the rock in the inventory cover is, then look at the cross on it. It just annoys the eye when its not the same quality. I suggest that these blurry elements be remade with more detail.
Otherwise, still the best UI there is

P.S. It would be awesome if you could do menu UI textures and cursor with the same theme ^.^

I will try to redraw the stuff that looks blurry, even though it might be the end of me :>

 

[MiniMage]

I was being serious >.>

Really? let me laugh harder for that. XD

The golden rule of complaints. If something that others considers to be good, is considered bad by you, then you need to properly explain why you think that and suggests ideas to replace the thing you are complaining about.

Your comment kinda felt like those complaints I heard a long time ago. When a guy commented on a Orc Hero and he said he liked everything but the Orc. That's why your comment amused me so.

 

[Linkin]

I like the progress so far, I prefer the version with less colour and the inventory looks fantastic. Just wondering, how far are you from finalizing the UI? Are you getting close to the look you want?

 

[Kazeon]

Really? let me laugh harder for that. XD

The golden rule of complaints. If something that others considers to be good, is considered bad by you, then you need to properly explain why you think that and suggests ideas to replace the thing you are complaining about.

Your comment kinda felt like those complaints I heard a long time ago. When a guy commented on a Orc Hero and he said he liked everything but the Orc. That's why your comment amused me so.

Kinda weirdo rule :/

It was not a complaint anyway. Just some opinions. Tho I don't have any idea what could fits better than those leafs.

 

[MiniMage]

I like the progress so far, I prefer the version with less colour and the inventory looks fantastic. Just wondering, how far are you from finalizing the UI? Are you getting close to the look you want?

At this stage, the design is done, the final work is basically up to Mad.
As he said up there, he'll try making the things that Blood Raven mentioned less blurry.

 

[Eagle XI]

About possibly adding more copper, bronze:
Careful to not turn out looking rusted iron instead, since its mostly iron.

 

[Kyrbi0]

Apologies for having you guys wait. Mad has been helping me out with giving the UI a little of a autumn feel.
He began helping me a little yesterday. Also added more leaves, which he helped me by painting some custom leaves to make it all flow together.

Newest Tweak

I appreciate to hear from you guys who have waited with patience. If I can chat with Mad today and if he's willing, I might actually complete the UI today. ;P

This is super. I really like how the design is shaping up. And you couldn't be working a better artist-partner than Mad; I'm really pleased that I'm not the only one monopolizing him. xD

And, of course,

It's as Kyrbi0 would say 'Axesome'

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The golden rule of complaints. If something that others considers to be good, is considered bad by you, then you need to properly explain why you think that and suggests ideas to replace the thing you are complaining about.

Kinda weirdo rule :/

It's not so much a "rule" as it is an "unwritten standard of common courtesy".

It really stems, at it's most foundational, from the idea of "Show Your Support"; don't just say something, support it. If you have an opinion, think about the why or how; e.g.:
"I don't like the leaves... they are too bright"
"I don't like the leaves... they ruin the feelz"
Whatever.

This stems from the study of linguistics, where a guy named Paul Grice formulated a series of statements known as Grice's Maxims. They stem from the Cooperative Principle (i.e. "communication between people is meant to be as cooperative as possible, in order to facilitate the exchange of information").

Next to that would be (what I just learned about today) what are known as the accompanying Politeness Maxims, perhaps more pertinent to this discussion.

MiniMage makes the point that he would like more than just a simple "I like/dislike this"; he wants to know what you like/dislike so he can make it better (if necessary/possible). This is especially true for someone with a divergent (from the majority) opinion; i.e. "if all these other people like it, what reason have you to disagree?" It's OK to disagree, but not thoughtlessly.

/soapbox

 

[Kazeon]

Look, I don't want to start an off-topic debate. But I feel kinda positioned as immoral person here.

That is one invalid rule/standart/term/anything I can say. In this case, me, I don't always have time and effort to think about what I would suggest. Moreover,

Tho I don't have any idea what could fits better than those leafs.

And I was not very sure if it's mostly iron. Now that I have been sure if it's iron then I can say:
Leaf and iron are not matching each other. They make a bad synergy. Maybe that's why I dislike. I suggest you to change those leafs and branch to something else, or just remove them (I prefer this one).

Anyway, why should I follow that rule/standart/term lol? I don't want random smartass fagots make a rule/standart/term upon me that easily. They just want to be well known, they want to popularize their names that's all, that rule/standart/term itself doesn't exist. NS

Thanks for schooling me anyway

 

[MiniMage]

Actually, that one unwritten rule does exist. Constructive criticism is fine, but whine is what I would deem deconstructive criticism,
it lessens motivation and demotivates people to work harder. I'm just not following the dogma of the guys who has written about it but I'm just following good ol' Logic.

Basically, you should follow the rule, because you don't want to be a deconstructive douche. More or less.

Appreciate the opinion though. Even though it doesn't add much. During medieval times, blood, leaves and steel was an everyday occurrence.

Slavic mythology, as the UI began was originally influenced by, shares a lot with Viking mythology. So I went for a cold hard steel base, with autumn leaves and detailed statues and symbols.
Basically, I went for an Magical Autumn Viking UI. That's also why the inventory protector is a runestone under a mangled fantasy cross, hammered ontop of it.

 

[Kyrbi0]

Look, I don't want to start an off-topic debate. But I feel kinda positioned as immoral person here.

That is one invalid rule/standart/term/anything I can say. In this case, me, I don't always have time and effort to think about what I would suggest. Moreover,

And I was not very sure if it's mostly iron. Now that I have been sure if it's iron then I can say:
Leaf and iron are not matching each other. They make a bad synergy. Maybe that's why I dislike. I suggest you to change those leafs and branch to something else, or just remove them (I prefer this one).

Anyway, why should I follow that rule/standart/term lol? I don't want random smartass fagots make a rule/standart/term upon me that easily. They just want to be well known, they want to popularize their names that's all, that rule/standart/term itself doesn't exist. NS

Thanks for schooling me anyway

Fair enough; moved to VM's.

That being said, regardless of whether it's "common courtesy" or "coordination principles" or "social communication etiquette in general", it's something he's asking for, so it's respectful to oblige (if you can; even you're statement of "tho I don't have any idea what could go better" is fitting).

 

[MiniMage]

Oh yeah, forgot to mention this. Mad specified that he wishes to prioritize the contest he's in, because he don't want to miss the deadline, unless someone impatient out there is waiting for him to add some final touches to the UI.
So give him some time to do his magic.

Also, for those who are interested, my UI apparently inspires poems nowadays. Check it out while you wait and by chance, maybe even get inspired yourself. http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...g-concept-creation-291/tribute-autumn-258419/

 

[MiniMage]

A lot of time has passed and I kinda forgot about this a little bit, what fixes was it that Mad was supposed to tweak again?
We don't remember what it was he was supposed to tweak so that I could cut it up into pieces and make it available for download.

If you don't remember either, I might as well start cutting it up now then, unless you can figure out what needed work.

 

[Blood Raven]

A lot of time has passed and I kinda forgot about this a little bit, what fixes was it that Mad was supposed to tweak again?
We don't remember what it was he was supposed to tweak so that I could cut it up into pieces and make it available for download.

If you don't remember either, I might as well start cutting it up now then, unless you can figure out what needed work.

Well, it is quite fine as it is, just needs some menu textures (the ones you see when clicking F10 for example) and possibly a fitting cursor (diggin these curly ornament thingies ^^)

 

[ahayab]

Man I'd really like to see this UI finished, its really amazing.
Also I'm new

 

[MiniMage]

It kinda is finished. I just haven't gotten around to cutting it up properly yet.
Extra details, such as the ones Blood Raven mentioned has to be made later and added into the pack. But yeah, expect an upload asap.

 

[ahayab]

In that case I'll wait patiently.

 

[NickIAm]

Is it finished already?

 

[MiniMage]

Life is really busy at the moment and time consuming. I'll try and make the time to get it uploaded. Patience, people. ;D

Edit: I'll try and upload it this weekend.

 

[NickIAm]

D'oh. I even can't wait for it. It's so awesome!!!

 

[NickIAm]

MiniMage just told me, if enough people will ask about black and white UI he will upload it here!

 

[ahayab]

By Black and White do you mean the "Newest tweak"? or one of the older ones but with the leaves and what not?
I'd like the newest one, however the one with the leaves when its black and white is perfectly fine with me as well

 

[RetardedNinja]

Yo I just joined this forum cuz i saw this fine ass UI taht i wanted. then i saw the last two comments and was like yo let me get in on that

 

[NickIAm]

I was talking about this one

Image

 

[MiniMage]

Eh, might upload the second one as a pastebin link and link that when I upload the official one. Seems like the most reasonable tweak.

 

[ahayab]

cool, I'm down!

 

[NickIAm]

Passed another week, and it's still not awalable for us. Sad.

 

[MiniMage]

Sorry, so much stuff happened this weekend. My hobby projects terrain got completed by Heinvers and all my focus was put into trying to make it ready for beta testing. I'll get around to it eventually.

Once again, Sorry.

 

[NickIAm]

He just PMed me! Take B&W version!

//Edited by MiniMage. April fools to those that downloaded it.

 

[MiniMage]

Also, blah. I really need to upload the UI for real though. But that will happen in the resource section, not in the thread. ;D

 

[ahayab]

umm could you post here saying that its posted once you post it? It'll make it easier if you do

 

[NickIAm]

Still not aploaded it?

 

[MiniMage]

I'm very lazy. ;o

Saturdays are generally spent on sleeping to recover energy that I need for next week.
Sundays are 60% about playing around with my mod

I'll get around to it eventually.

 

[Eat_Bacon_Daily]

Allow me to jump aboard the hype train for this awesome UI!

 

[NickIAm]

You should get achievement: "The most laziest human"

 

[Ardenian]

Looks great!

+1 person who hopes you finish and release it one day.

 

[MiniMage]

You should get achievement: "The most laziest human"

I go up at 06:00 and get home at 18:30 on average. Yesterday I woke up at 04:00 and got home at about 16:30. It's not just about being lazy, it's about having priorities.
Also, I probably have to reinstall my photoshop and that stuff too. But yes, I am lazy as well. But not very much. Just a little.

 

[Kyrbi0]

I go up at 06:00 and get home at 18:30 on average. Yesterday I woke up at 04:00 and got home at about 16:30. It's not just about being lazy, it's about having priorities.
Also, I probably have to reinstall my photoshop and that stuff too. But yes, I am lazy as well. But not very much. Just a little.

QFT.

Working a "9-5" is one thing... But try having kids! Maaaaan.

(this was said in support, rather than accusation)

 

[Linkin]

Patiently waiting for the release.

 

[Linkin]

Still waiting, MiniMage I believe in you!

 

[MiniMage]

Oh yeah, I completely forgot about this with my hectic schedule. Thanks for reminding me. XD

 

[Ardenian]

Still waiting, MiniMage I believe in you!

We all do!

 

[WhiteFang]

We all do!

True,we all believe in ya