From 8af62353526983b498cfaf0f0d9c26823b94ce3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Isuldor Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2016 23:32:34 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Fade notes --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6ac8269..60d7515 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Definitely enable "Click Through Self" in General Options. Otherwise you'll hav Keyboard hotkey binds are saved in eqclient.ini in the *KeyMaps* section. I tend to unbind keys for uncommonly used features that are accessible through the in-game menu. ### Minimal User Interface Changes -My minimal UI is available in this repo as a patch set. Maintaining my custom UI changes as a patch set makes integrating official updates very simple. I like to set the fade transparency level for most windows to 0%. The exceptions are the hotbars, spellbars and chat windows. I tweak the xml files to get those to behave minimally. The goal of my minimal interface is improved immersion. +A backup of my lazy minimal UI is available in this repo as a patch set. Maintaining custom UI changes as a patch set makes integrating official updates very simple. I try to set the fade transparency level for most windows to 0%. Note that some windows need to be visible for you to see their contents, such as the spellbar and hotbars. The player window will not indicate you are in combat if it is not visible. Assuming you're using bash on Windows 10 with bash installed, you could install the UI with the following commands: @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ cd eqclient-conf/ui ./install ``` -Use the UI options to load a window layout for your resolution as a good starting point. Copy UI_Player_server.ini into the game directory and you can try loading the window layout from it under General settings. My ini files are copied in this repo as a backup/reference. +Use the UI options to load a window layout for your resolution as a good starting point. Copy UI_Player_server.ini into the game directory and you can try loading the window layout from it under General settings. My ini files are copied in this repo as a backup/reference. Make sure to go through the chat window filters and set them as desired. ### Text colors Chat colors are stored as separate RGB values in eqclient.ini *TextColors* section. The default color scheme is a relatively dark palette. I've created an ir_black theme and included it seperately so you can just copy and replace it in eqclient.ini. This is an ideal light text on dark background scheme, so it'll only make sense if you have dark chat windows like I do.