Redoing my UI
Desteran — Fri, 07/18/2008 - 12:26
So after having to post my almost stock UI I am going to finally break down and put something together that is all clean and shiny. I plan on using all ace mods because updating mods is what has kept me from doing this in the first place (I've had some nice, clean UI's in the past but updating mods has been such a pain that I think I have the UI error message burned into my screen). I got Bartender rolling atm and am begining to play with that a bit. From you experienced UI enthusiast...any advice on useful and lightweight mods that I can integrate (besides the standard grid, omen etc)?
I'm a big fan of the
Aidin — Fri, 07/18/2008 - 17:43I'm a big fan of the following:
Fubar + all the fubar plug-insBartender
SimpleMiniMap
EePanels2
Prat
ClosetGnome
Agunitframes (although I'm playing with PitBull)
Grid Addons: Layout for Healers, Side Indicators, Status HoT Stack, Status Incoming Health, and of course (as I'm sure u've gathered...lol) Status Raid Debuff.
Cartographer for awesome herbie finding.
ArkInventory how hot is it to look at my bags and have them separated by my healing gear, tanking gear, shadow resist gear, herbies, chanting mats and such...
Classtimer for easy to see cd's right by Grid.
Quartz sits right above grid so i see my hideous latency.
Fun toys are Proximo if u Arena and Tankadin if u ever hijack Mrbook and spec him prot. I have a bunch more, as Garreth turned me into an add on junkie....but these are some of my essentials and favorites.
Here's a SS of my UI...what i love about it is everything important is centered. From Grid at the center, to important spells BoP and LoH, to frames with timers, to Big Wigs (nogwogs imo) ...right around my toon so I can see shit...which was inspired by my few trips to council wipes...Having the "action" right above my grid and my cast bar makes hectic scenarios like Archimonde so much less stressfull.
Well here is what I have so
Desteran — Fri, 07/18/2008 - 17:09Well here is what I have so far. Still working on figuring out pitbull. I may give simple unit frames a try as well.
You'll also want to start
garreth — Fri, 07/18/2008 - 17:15You'll also want to start hiding the text of your fubar icons so it just shows the icons :)
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Allright, you're off to a
garreth — Fri, 07/18/2008 - 17:14Allright, you're off to a great start. Now, make sure everything is set to ZILDO's profile for all the ace mods. Do this by right clicking the fubar icon for each mod, going to profile --> character -> zildo. Then, go to the same spot to set the profile and choose "copy from default".
Basically, you can get specific for each of your toons with Ace2 based addons. It's great and one of the greatest things about wowace :)
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Thx Garreth!. I have got
Desteran — Fri, 07/18/2008 - 16:28Thx Garreth!. I have got something going now. Ill post a finished product soon.
My "cannot live
garreth — Fri, 07/18/2008 - 12:48My "cannot live withouts":
Fubar + all the fubar mods that make my life easier
Bartender 4
SimpleMiniMap
Skinner (makes everything purty)
ElkBuffBars for those that like their buffs to countdown stylishly
Parrot floating combat text
PitBull for unit frames (can go batshit crazy with customization)
EePanels2 for a little bit of bling boxes here and there
Prat for the chat system that should have come with WoW
ClosetGnome for simple outfits you can select right from fubar
Check my UI in the gallery for inspiration
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