Pippa

hobo11: Thanks for the support and your kind words. To answer your question:

Aragorn: "There is always hope."

But not without the help of the community it seems. It makes me so happy that so many have shown their support at http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?381775

ps. actually it's really easy to make skin updates now as there's nothing much to update until they release the new art pack - if they do :c


You've got my support Daimon. Hopefully one of these days Turbine will get their head out of their patoots and release these art assets. I just don't see why they won't. :|

liftedplane

it looks like that huge thread finally payed off, now all we have to do is wait

http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.p...art-Monitoring

Whitecloud

Hey Daimon I really like your skin so far but something irritating me is the Size of the mini map, I really prefer the smaller size of the original mini map and was wondering if there was a way to fix this with your mini map or go back to the original mini map while keeping the rest of the skin I am currently using universal.

daimon

Whitecloud: Yes there is, but it's not that simple to explain. Sorry I'm a bit overworked atm. Try finding all the <!-- MINIMAP sections from the Skindefinition.xml from Uni root and remove them from the file (make a backup first from the original file). Then load the game and see what happens (remember, relogging isn't enough). I can try to explain this in greater detail later on.

liftedplane: Yeah thank the maker. Lets hope the best and fear the worst Thanks everyone who gave their support!

jeredwolffe

If its just the ring around the map you dislike, and if you have other UI saved and installed, you can also find the minimap TGAs and replace them with a picture with a thinner ring. Or use the Lotro Skin Editor which allows you to visually move elements of the UI and redirect the Skin xml in there to find a different picture

liftedplane

whitecloud. my purple version of this is currently broken and I don't have all the time available to remove the character ui, though I'm hoping to get it to this weekend. I was able to change the minimap for mine as I didn't like the one included... so it's not too hard. just like he said look in the files and pull it out.

Whitecloud

Alright I think I figured it out, Either it is entering the SkinDefinition in the Setup Area or it is actually deleting the minimap from the addons folder and that will revert it back to the original map.

Mynameisme

Is there a way to make my Vitals from the mini/universal Daimon UI4 versions (including SoM) look like the normal Vitals for the original sized one?

Or, if it's easier, I love everything from the normal UI other than the big toolbar and the buttons, how could I replace it with the mini toolbar?

Greytail

Daimon,

Could you by chance make a backdrop that is just a black texture. Sort of like a carbon style backdrop? The reason that I ask is that if you have bad eyesight, as I do, the blue color tends to wash out the icons to where you can't see them clearly and it's rather distracting. I tried to modify it myself but it came out a total failure due to my lack of skill

Grey

liftedplane

@whitecloud, if you want to stock minimap then yes remove everything from the skindef file AND the minimap files, if you want to change it to another, make sure you check the files and name them properly (such as hope+ or dread) then replace the ones in the minimap folder and leave the skindef alone, sorry it took so long to reply, I've been busy with well with the army and life.

@greytail, what is your resolution? I could throw something together for you quickly and email over the file if you'd like. let me know

@mynameisme, I'm not entirely sure, it's all about messing around in the skindefs and with the files.... most of the skindef stuff is in plain english it just looks difficult, mess around see what you get, I learned to build these by tearing down daimon's And thank you daimon for allowing me to.

daimon

liftedplane

no problem daimon, glad I could help

just did an addon for greytail, awaiting approval, it's just a simple carbon fiber background with the moria gate and some dwarven runes on the left.

I've always loved this skin (and my purple version thanks daimon) and can't wait to see what daimon has in store, Now that there are new art assets I am going to try to finish my skin I was working on a while ago. we shall see, again I'm waiting for swtor like daimon, got the email about release just waiting for my beta invite is all. It seems like every summer I lose interest in this game, no idea why

Dissident

Just installed your UI and love it. Made a couple of minor changes, including not using the ring minimap and moving the mini map to the bottom middle of the screen, and repositioning the bars to either side and obviously the main bar below.

My question is, would it be possible to get rid of the background image and just have it transparent?

Thanks in advance,

enemy

Can't wait for an updated version. I exclusively use the mini version because I run at 1080p resolution and like to have the maximum screen space as possible.

IceTiger

just a quick plea to give the xpbar some loving, it would be great if it had dividers or even showed the percentage directly. I have measured my monitor and put marks on it to give me a reasonable guess on progress. but something in the UI itself would be best. i am actually trying to figure out how to make that mod myself, but my progress is slow going.

in any event, thanks for an awesome UI, it really helps the game for me to be much more enjoyable!