Texturing Contest #18 - UI

[Forgotten_Warlord]

Logged in to tell ya guys ur awesome and heres and Idea, Fable style.

 

[Jaret]

Well, I suppose that's your last post Fgt_Warlord... See ya in a near future, I hope.

 

[Jaret]

OK, i need to double post... WTF's nothing happenin'?

 

[Deleted member 157129]

Don't be so impatient. There's still half a month left.

I'll be making a UI as well. I'm just not prioritizing it yet, because there's so much time. Besides, I'm still not sure what to make.

 

[General Panda]

Maybe a Sketch Looking UI for diary of Wimpy Kid styled map?

 

[Sheephunter]

I got an idea if no1 have done it yet.

Rune Interface??
Stone and dimond/gold

 

[Forgotten_Warlord]

I got an idea if no1 have done it yet.

Rune Interface??
Stone and dimond/gold

that sounds like a good idea actually, I may even look into making a runic interface

 

[Dentothor]

one more WIP. just cuz i love you guys so much....

are you ready?

are you sure?

REALLY SURE?!

HERE IT IS!

 

[Forgotten_Warlord]

a little annoying to post it like that, but its looking really good dude keep it up!

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

Nice to see that you made smaller details stand out more. Good job.

 

[Zealon]

Its just epic

 

[Deolrin]

That's awesome! But I think you should work on the inventory area. It doesn't looks too good; remember you'll need those small backpack icons covering the whole place, and honestly the borders would look better if they went all the way to the top and the sides.

 

[Pyritie]

Maybe a Sketch Looking UI for diary of Wimpy Kid styled map?

If it involves a paper texture, ripped paper might look good for the borders

 

[Dentothor]

py am i allowed to compete? 0.o

 

[67chrome]

That's awesome! But I think you should work on the inventory area. It doesn't looks too good; remember you'll need those small backpack icons covering the whole place, and honestly the borders would look better if they went all the way to the top and the sides.

Well, technically the small backpack icons are part of the UI so weather or not they are included is up to the UI's creator. If the design works better without them then taking a few points from fitting in with the other UIs shouldn't be much of a problem.

I agree that the gold bands defining the item locations would look a little better if they extended to the edges though. Looks pretty awesome so far Dentothor

 

[Forgotten_Warlord]

My input for the gold band situation would be either add the slots, or make the lines have some sort of elven design to them

 

[Dentothor]

hows this?

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

Looks okay, but instead of doing the shading of whole inventory place, do it separately for each cube. It would look more realistic.

 

[Forgotten_Warlord]

hows this?
View attachment 92647

Looks a lot better

 

[Just_Spectating]

the problem with it is that when you select a unit that has no inventory, isn't that what it will look like?

usually it should just be like a seal or something

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

Um... Denth, I noticed something. What about the status buffs? They will be displayed over the gem? That would kinda ruin the theme...

 

[anarchianbedlam]

I've been playing around with the UI to see exactly were the alpha channels are and figured I'd share what I've found with you guys.

View attachment 91059

The red is the part of the UI that can support alpha. Anything below it will appear black, anything above it won't appear on the UI and will be cut off.

The icons are solid green to make them stand out more easily and be more easily selectable. I replaced the resource icons as well, though the WC3 UIs aren't designed for square-edged resource icons. I also have icons were the first hero and idle workers would appear over on the left of the UI.

The map is laid over the UI as a semi-transparent layer, and is rather transparent at that. Any texture underneath it really shows through. Could be interesting in you wanted to do some effect underneath it though. Alphaing out the section of it that protrudes into the red will cause the terrain below to show through it, so I'd recommend staying away from alpha underneath the map.

Alternately, the unit portrait is entirely reliant on alpha channels to show anything. Could be a useful piece of information if you plan on making a UI for a tower defense that only uses doodads for units, though I don't imagine anyone will cover it up.

Anyways, I also included a .tga version to make magic wand selections and similar opramands easier for anyone who would like to use this.

so are the icons for abilities and items overlayed on top? or is the UI on top of the icons? (like if you wanted to make a filter or an odd shape overlaying the icons? and do you know if the UI can support semi transparent alpha channels? or is it an "all or nothing" sort of deal?

.... also i might join because pyramidhead is joining :3

 

[Mr. Bob]

K guys I'm in.

 

[Deolrin]

Well, it would look pretty crappy if there would be absolutely no inventory slot-filler, in my opinion.

 

[Pyramidhe@d]

i gave some thought and Anarchian has goaded me into this contest.
the theme is industrial machine or construction machine.

 

[Pyritie]

so are the icons for abilities and items overlayed on top?

correct

and do you know if the UI can support semi transparent alpha channels?

try it out and see!

 

[PROXY]

View attachment 92678
i gave some thought and Anarchian has goaded me into this contest.
the theme is industrial machine or construction machine.

Gnomeregan UI ♥.

 

[Deleted member 157129]

Meh.. some quick stuff that might turn into something later. It's not enough troll right now, though, so I will most likely redo a lot of it.

 

[Mr.Goblin]

Meh.. some quick stuff that might turn into something later. It's not enough troll right now, though, so I will most likely redo a lot of it.

CHaos Troll?

 

[HappyCockroach]

Meh.. some quick stuff that might turn into something later. It's not enough troll right now, though, so I will most likely redo a lot of it.

When I looked at it I thought that it was samurai or red dragon themed, or dragon hunter themed, and I thought that it was pretty creative and cool.
But I have to admit that I was disappointed to hear it was about a Troll UI.

IMO you should stick to it but give it a different theme, as the details go on.

 

[Just_Spectating]

View attachment 92678
i gave some thought and Anarchian has goaded me into this contest.
the theme is industrial machine or construction machine.

omg

why are you so good at everything?
im in love with it

 

[Forgotten_Warlord]

Looks very demonic looking great cant wait to see detail. I think I might join in the comp, if I have time, wont let you know till I do though

 

[67chrome]

so are the icons for abilities and items overlayed on top? or is the UI on top of the icons? (like if you wanted to make a filter or an odd shape overlaying the icons? and do you know if the UI can support semi transparent alpha channels? or is it an "all or nothing" sort of deal?

.... also i might join because pyramidhead is joining :3

All the icons are projected on top of the UI, so essentially none of them can be hidden by modifying the UI. The sun and moon display on the day-night indicator can be hidden with alpha however, but the eight lights that appear around it can not. The map would largely be hidden if a solid white layer was underneath it, but that has more to do with it being a sort of additive or add-alpha materiel.

So only the day-night indicator, unit portrait, and whatever chunks of the screen the UI borders extend to can be hidden by neglecting alpha channels.

Looks like a lot of attention was suddenly directed to this thread, now this is turning into a contest

 

[Deleted member 157129]

CHaos Troll?

That's the idea, anyway.

When I looked at it I thought that it was samurai or red dragon themed, or dragon hunter themed, and I thought that it was pretty creative and cool.
But I have to admit that I was disappointed to hear it was about a Troll UI.

IMO you should stick to it but give it a different theme, as the details go on.

You don't like trolls? Well, the Chaos Trolls aren't your average Blizzard troll apart from their physical appearance. Without letting out too much details, the Chaos Trolls are, in a sense, related to red dragons, which is why I've used some dragon-hinting elements, but I just think there's too much of it right now. Might keep it though. Thanks anyway.

 

[Pyramidhe@d]

yeah...i just need to tweak a few bits now. colour contrast and definitions and etc.

 

[Deolrin]

The low quality and low resolution kind of ruin the screenshot. I wonder if you could upload a .PNG with you full desktop resolution, that would be pretty neat. Can't really judge it at the moment, all I have to say is that the clock looks strange.

 

[Deleted member 157129]

LARGE

Updated. :3

 

[lexalex]

It's cool man...But one single question....It will be that cartoony(the left side I mean)?..Or you will make it much more "realistic"

 

[Deleted member 157129]

It will be as realistic as my usual style.

 

[67chrome]

@ Pyramidhe@d: Looks pretty epic

@ shiiK: Looks pretty cool so far, I really like the skull on the inventory cover. If you are doing chaos trolls I'd suggest making the pentagram on the day/night indicator more of a genaric demonic rune, right now your UI is taking on a distinctly Diablo feel.

 

[Pyramidhe@d]

@debode: well this is the resolution my wc is running on, 1024 by 700 something
my screen is 1400 by 900 but it doesnt want to do that for some reason,

 

[P4C-M4N]

@Pyramidhe@d it's kind a cartoonish, hmm maybe make it more warcraft-ish.

 

[Mr.Goblin]

@Pyramidhe@d it's kind a cartoonish, hmm maybe make it more warcraft-ish.

I find it funny how much this hole sentence is wrong.

Warcraft IS CARTOONISH, XD

and I belive Pyramidhead did a really good job, and the only thing he needs to add, is maybe add a few more angles to what is represented. In fact, to simply make his UI abit more 3D by making the perspective abit more important and to make it less 2D..

 

[Just_Spectating]

All UI's need a glow coming from beneath the screen!

also,
Pyramid, i think you should do something else with the top. it looks too plain right now and sort of the same as the original

 

[P4C-M4N]

@Mr.Goblin i don't how to explain to make it better but he knows the best.

 

[Mr. Bob]

@Pyramidhe@d it's kind a cartoonish, hmm maybe make it more warcraft-ish.

Oh goodness no. WC3 art is retarded as it is. Making it nothing like WC3 is a huge leap forward in my books.

 

[Dentothor]

well, im not allowed to participate here. so, have fun guys and good luck

 

[OrangeAngel]

Nooo! Nooo! But your UI is so good =( ....Oh well, Life is Life.

 

[HappyCockroach]

well, im not allowed to participate here. so, have fun guys and good luck

I thought you knew it and you were just making your UI for fun, what would be nice of you. but apparently you're just up for a vain award icon and some stupid amount of useless reputation.

 

[Dentothor]

i never said i wasnt finishing it xD
im still gunna finish it. *slaps HC senseless* WATCH YO MOUTH BOI