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Show and tell: UI edition.

Mark Unread · 6 replies
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You all know how this works. Lets sit in a circle and take turns presenting our unique playing surfaces. If you don't mind, I'll go first.

http://files.enjin.com.s3.amazonaws.com/57164/module_gallery/original/68439.jpg

I just recently put this together and I stole most of it from a UI thread on mmo-champion.

Some key parts:
iceHUD - Still getting used to this one. I have tried HUDs in the past and quickly switched out of it. I'm not sure if upper left screen space is worth clogging up the middle of my screen.
Quartz - Big ol' cast bars. Not as important as it used to be before spell queuing came along. Kind of necessary just for being able to move stuff around if you got a highly customized frame.
ag_unitFrames - Jury still out on this one. I had immediate issues with it and had to switch to an alpha build just to move stuff. It still has some weird quarks every once in awhile. Not really sure its worth it at this point just to be able to move target and ToT.
miks combat text - More customizeable then the blizzard one. Better spam and spell filters.
tidy Plates - *not shown* Better name plates, cleaner and more pretty. Did you know I used to play without nameplates until just recently? No? Its true. Can't live without them now. You should get this!

*** The most important part ***
buttonTimers - This is the biggest help when it comes to actually playing the game. No other timer is as easy to read quickly while doing other stuff. The timers can be setup as cooldowns or debuff timers or a combination of the two. Other timers simply list things causing you to read which debuff or cooldown is coming up in your priority. buttonTimers allows the timers to have static positioning making for very fast recognition and reaction time. This mod has also made spec switching easier. Since each timer refers to a certain key bind, any spec with any priority system can be easily learned by just watching your timers and pressing the right one as it runs out. As you can tell, I LOVE this mod. I'm actually thinking of getting shirts and hats printed on my own dime just to promote it.

forteXorcist - Mainly a warlock mod, but contains some standard other features. This is the mod responsible for the party/raid messages you see from me. I have turned off a lot of the other bells and whistles it has. You can see I use the timer feature as well (what about buttonTimers?!). Well not all my spells can fit on my button timer bar so I use the forte one and filter out everything except the ones that I need.

Ok, your turn.
Posted Feb 8, 11 · OP
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I love the mod for cooldowns/durations. Definitely going to try that out. Currently using TellMeWhen but it takes up a *lot* of screen space if you have a lot of abilities.

I don't have a good shot of my UI currently (though I'm tempted to post the old one of Fender saying "Was just f***ing my dog and it bit me") but I'll try to get one later.

As for ag_unitframes... I thought Pitbull took that and improved it? That's what I use for ToT and Focus (and other unit frames... I hate HUDs), and I don't have any problems. Still very customizable.
Posted Feb 8, 11
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Pitbull, I heard that name floating around. I should have used that. Going to switch tonight and I'll update the screen shot.
Posted Feb 8, 11 · OP
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Ink
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I may have to try out ButtonTimers; been experimenting with various things in Cata, and I'm currently using TellMeWhen also. Previously used PowerAuras but its a pain to configure.

I've been using Shadowed Unit Frames recently, it seems pretty good, and more compact then the default.

I'm also running IceHUD. Its less important for me now, then it was as a rogue in BC, but at a minimum I need my own heath bar somewhere I can easily see it.

DKs should check out DocsDebugRunes -- its by far the best organized and compact rune tracker also includes disease and blood shield tracking if you want. Makes it a lot easier to see what the heck is going on and keep things from getting capped out.
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Posted Feb 8, 11
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I switched to pitbull and it works a lot better. The health display is much cooler. Although the default style is a little weird but you can change that.

Anyone else got a cool UI to share?
Posted Feb 10, 11 · OP
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http://files.enjin.com.s3.amazonaws.com/57164/module_gallery/original/73882.jpg
Works for meh,
Xperl. Bartender4. quartz. And class timer ( Ink recomend to me at start of wrath)
Posted Feb 11, 11
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http://www.mactomadidus.com/gallery/m/1200511/detail/7626#pid=73732

Ok there is is my UI but im thinking about looking into this button timers mod.
Posted Feb 11, 11
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