UI v1.6

[Izzetin]

Great looking UI, can't seem to manage to get it to work alongside spellbooks though (item based or ability based). Even when adjusting ability positions in the grid or filling the entire spellbook up. When a spellbook is used it seems to just provide the option to cancel the spellbook but provide none of the abilities within. Would anybody happen to know a work around?

I would agree on that maybe someone could look into that. i tried finding a way to fix it but the Spellbook Abilities just wont show. bump pls

 

[Pyrogasm]

Which UI frame holds the error text for things like "build more farms" and "not enough gold"? Such messages are hidden by this UI overhaul, but I do not see any code that obviously hides those. After mucking about I identified this line from the onInit method:

call BlzFrameSetAbsPoint(BlzGetFrameByName("ConsoleUI", 0), FRAMEPOINT_TOPLEFT, 0.0, 0.633)

With this commented I can see the errors (of course the whole UI is nonfunctional but that's not the point), but as far as I can tell all that does is move one of the console UI's anchor points a little bit? The ConsoleUI frame is not referenced anywhere else in the library so I don't see how this one line can control the visibility of whatever holds the error text.

I don't need this personally I'm just trying to help someone retain such error messages when using this UI overhaul.

 

[Daffa]

I would agree on that maybe someone could look into that. i tried finding a way to fix it but the Spellbook Abilities just wont show. bump pls

Probably the way spell book position abilities ignore the ability slots. Try adding 5 dummy abilities followed by the actual abilities.

 

[Shadow44]

@chopinski I try test this, but I found some issue, I can't load saved game with this changes of UI it always crash.

Any idea about this?

 

[Tasyen]

after loading the game, you need to repeat all frame api usage and make sure that all variables pointing at frames from before the loading are not used anymore or replaced by new frames.

 

[Shadow44]

after loading the game, you need to repeat all frame api usage and make sure that all variables pointing at frames from before the loading are not used anymore or replaced by new frames.

I just use test map (v1 vjass), so there is some bug in it or it is strictly related to my computer.

 

[Tasyen]

I just use test map (v1 vjass), so there is some bug in it or it is strictly related to my computer.

Warcraft 3 Save&Load is not supported by this system. has nothing to do with your computer.

 

[Shadow44]

Warcraft 3 Save&Load is not supported by this system. has nothing to do with your computer.

If there is no misunderstanding this system doesn't work in single player maps? My plan was to maybe use this system in campaign but you saying it won't work

 

[Pyrogasm]

No, Tasyen told you exactly how it can be used. It’s just a lot of effort because you have to detect the load and then rebuild the entire UI from scratch, replacing every single UI frame object with a new (identical) instance of that frame.

It can be used in single player maps, but not if the player saves and reloads the game. Presumably a campaign would be fine without saving/loading either. Tell people the UI will break if they do and they’ll just have to play each map without saving.

 

[Shadow44]

No, Tasyen told you exactly how it can be used. It’s just a lot of effort because you have to detect the load and then rebuild the entire UI from scratch, replacing every single UI frame object with a new (identical) instance of that frame.

It can be used in single player maps, but not if the player saves and reloads the game. Presumably a campaign would be fine without saving/loading either. Tell people the UI will break if they do and they’ll just have to play each map without saving.

Uncool, in that case, I hope that there will be some kind soul who will make it possible to use this system as I intended

 

[Tasyen]

Do you use the vjass or Lua version?

 

[Shadow44]

Do you use the vjass or Lua version?

vjass version - Interface v1.w3x

 

[Pyrogasm]

@Tasyen I presume you might know the answer to this?

Which UI frame holds the error text for things like "build more farms" and "not enough gold"? Such messages are hidden by this UI overhaul, but I do not see any code that obviously hides those. After mucking about I identified this line from the onInit method:

call BlzFrameSetAbsPoint(BlzGetFrameByName("ConsoleUI", 0), FRAMEPOINT_TOPLEFT, 0.0, 0.633)

With this commented I can see the errors (of course the whole UI is nonfunctional but that's not the point), but as far as I can tell all that does is move one of the console UI's anchor points a little bit? The ConsoleUI frame is not referenced anywhere else in the library so I don't see how this one line can control the visibility of whatever holds the error text.

I don't need this personally I'm just trying to help someone retain such error messages when using this UI overhaul.

 

[Tasyen]

@Tasyen I presume you might know the answer to this?

The error msg frame is not directly accessable, but it is anchored to ("ConsoleUI", 0), so doing something to ("ConsoleUI", 0) will also affect error msg.

I think it is hidden in this resource because "ConsoleUI" is moved in function main. That has different results then when moving it at 0s expired.
I mean how does moving Topleft (further up) hide bottom textures of "ConsoleUI" anyway, I assume it breaks something in the simpleframe pos logic.

I suggest to not move ConsoleUI and instead, replace the ConsoleUI Textures with blank files in game interface.
The default Background can be "hidden" by setting the used Textures in game interface to UI\Widgets\EscMenu\Human\blank-background.blp
Or in file war3mapSkin.txt
ConsoleTexture01=UI\Widgets\EscMenu\Human\blank-background.blp
ConsoleTexture02=UI\Widgets\EscMenu\Human\blank-background.blp
ConsoleTexture03=UI\Widgets\EscMenu\Human\blank-background.blp
ConsoleTexture04=UI\Widgets\EscMenu\Human\blank-background.blp
ConsoleTexture05=UI\Widgets\EscMenu\Human\blank-background.blp
ConsoleTexture06=UI\Widgets\EscMenu\Human\blank-background.blp

 

[MyDadBeatsMe]

I have a formatting issue when I import this into my map - I deleted every other trigger except that copied from this map and formatting issue is still there. Strangely when I load this map and test it there is no formatting issue.
Any idea what may be the issue?

Edit: Jazz version (all versions have the same strangely)

Edit #2: On a brand new map it works, so something (not a trigger) is impacting the map I am using. Any ideas what I can look at?

Spoiler: Screenshot

 

[P3in]

I have added and changed a lot of things in the vjass v1 version of this UI and sharing screenshots to show, with changes explained in edited post above. Let me know if this is alright and if anyone is interested in adding these things to their maps. I have also cleaned up and removed a few things from default. As for the bug you mentioned @GodPoro I have not encountered it on LAN games but I also removed the right side checkbox in its entirety, so it could have something to do with having both checkboxes checked or something in the code of right side check box.

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Hi, can you post the triggers for this? Looks dope and it also has item description and some more custom resources in use <3

 

[Coldgamer]

Ty for the quick fix!

 

[KelvinX69]

Wow,i never though that we can go this far with UI designing by hiding the original and making custom one,great work!

 

[Izzetin]

Any1 til now made a Save/Load for this ? would be awesome! ;_;

 

[imperialgerar]

Question, how can I replace the healbar with imported textures? so they don't look so monotonous

 

[Izzetin]

Question, how can I replace the healbar with imported textures? so they don't look so monotonous

You need to scroll down to BlzFrameSetTexture (nearly at the end) and change the replaceable path to your texture path