[Development Thread] BtS Unofficial Expansion: World of Legends

[Ball Lightning]

UI Preview Topic at CU

 

[dutchking]

Thanks for that, Ball.

 

[dutchking]

I've changed the font a bit, I'm going to do more work on the HUD, and then we're done with interface!

 

[cybrxkhan]

thats hot, but it looks a bit builky.

 

[dutchking]

I'm still editing now...
Don't worry I'll post the next one in the private forum for approval.

 

[Gaius Octavius]

That is one good-looking ancient UI. I've wanted something like that (interfaces that change over time) for a long while.

Am I glad I thought of it!

 

[dutchking]

Umm...Gaius I never said anything about era by era, you'd have to help me with python for that...

 

[Gaius Octavius]

If you actually make a different UI for each era (and they're good!) I just might be inspired to do it.

 

[dutchking]

Well, I will man! (get on MSN so we can talk please )

 

[NikNaks]

You could use asio's coal UI for the modern era.

 

[dutchking]

Its too WWII-ish to represent an entire modern era, but I could see something like it coming into play.

 

[snipperrabbit!!]

Ambitious idea : I wonder what you'll choose as a succession of coloring for the different eras ?

 

[dutchking]

I dunno, I've given it thought, and if we did do it Gaius would python it so that the file
Civ4ThemeCommon.thm
Will change era by era. This way we don't have to worry about 20 MB for each hud.

 

[black baron]

say what? I'm technicality illiterate.(i don't know what your saying)

 

[dutchking]

Well to change the colors of the HUD (the HUD is everything but the map itself, the user interface) you modify the RGB (colors) of one line in a file called Civ4Common.thm.
So Gaius is skilled with a scripting language called Python, which with we hope to make it so that we can change the Civ4Common.thm by era. (change of color of the interface by era)
Simple enough?

 

[Ball Lightning]

Sounds like a good idea DK.

 

[black baron]

ya, i guess so

 

[Ball Lightning]

What do you guys think about putting WoL on the ModDB site which attracted 5million unique viewers in only 1 month? It would like to CU, have all the latest news and stuff and would get the word out there.

 

[dutchking]

Sounds good. Do whatever you feel is best.

 

[Ball Lightning]

All it will be is advertisement, and we might have to upload it there once we are done (which isn't such a bad thing).