[MiniMod] Galaxy Upgrade - GUI V121 (03/27/08)

[enenra]

[MiniMod] Galaxy Upgrade - GUI

English Thread | German Thread


Preliminaries:
Hello everyone. First of all - sorry, my English isn't the best.
I'm currently working on a bigger project which is, however, divided into small MiniMods and ModKits. Of course there will be a mod which contains all these parts but that one won't be finished in the next time.
These part-mods are constructed with maximal compatibility in mind, e.g. you will either be able to use this with any bigger mod or there will be a compatible version.
This whole project is called Galaxy Upgrade (GU), by the way.

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Welcome, dear customer! I am Bala Gi, head of the Bala Gi Research Inc.
I'm very pleased to announce this new modification, built by the argon Kalus Dsema, whose products we publish.
Bala Gi Research Inc wishes you a good tazura and a good time in the depths of the known universe.

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Feautures:

• A revised GUI:
  • New HUD-icons
    
  • The whole GUI was made brighter or in some cases darker
    
  • New speed indicator
    
  • Weapon and missile symbols were revised and made distinguishable
    
  • Special objects now have their own, specific colored symbols
    
  • New rendered station icons
    
  • New quickmenue icons
  
  
• This mod is compatible with all other mods! (but other HUD/GUI-mods are being overwritten, obviously)
  

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Screenshots:


(I have a widescreen so the HUD icons are sometimes not on their usual places (in the frames of the cockpits of Imp.-'s Cockpit Mod). If you use a normal resolution, you won't have these problems.)
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Download:

• GU_GUI_V121_[EN] - English
  
• GU_GUI_V121_[DE] - German
  
• GU_GUI_V121_XTM_[EN] - English (XTM version)
  
• GU_GUI_V121_XTM_[DE] - German (XTM version)

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Changelog:
04/24/08 - Release version 121. New menue background colors, Alpha HEPT-symbol now fixed.
03/27/08 - Release version 120. New quickmenue symbols, new HUD icons. Mousepointer fixed, gravidar fixed, Alpha HEPT symbol fixed, bar fixed.
03/23/08 - Release version 110. Fixed the gravidar, includes new station icons and minor bugfixes.
03/15/08 - Release version 101. CTDs and pixelated icons fixed.
03/11/08 - Release version 100. Release version.
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Additional informations for modder and scripter:
It is allowed - even encouraged - to use this mod as a part of your mod/script. But if you do that, mention it in the ReadMe! or somewhere else, please.

Changed files:

• The files gui_master.dds ; gui_background.dds ; gui_background_bar.dds ; gui_quickmenuselect.dds ; gui_bars.dds ; gui_markers.dds ; gui_radar.dds
  
• The files IconData.txt

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Links:
MiniMods:

• [MiniMod] Galaxy Upgrade - Effects
  
• [MiniMod] Galaxy Upgrade - GUI

Kits:

• [MapKit] Galaxy Upgrade - Mapping Suite (not avaiable in english)

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Feedback appreciated.

[enenra]

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Update:
11/03/08 - Release version 100. Release version.
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[Tenlar Scarflame]

Very nice looking. Are there known conflicts with XTM? (I know the Minimal HUD has a problem with the AHEPT/LI class icons getting switched...)

Many thanks

[enenra]

[Tenlar Scarflame]

Awesome, can't wait!

[Tenlar Scarflame]

Hmmm... I've installed the current version (not using XTM anymore since last post... ) and it causes my game to crash when I attempt to access the navmaps or the tab menu. As well, all the icons that are replaced are highly pixelated and obviously incorrect...

...?

[enenra]

[Tenlar Scarflame]

Currently I'm using Imp's cockpits, but that's it for mods. I'm largely running on minimum graphics settings., minimum resolution- shaders are turned up to medium.

I've used the Minimal HUD in the past without issues... I could attempt to post some screencaps, if that would help.

[enenra]

[Commander Zane]

I seem to be having a similar problem at a higher level...the game crashes upon attempting to play the game (Simulator, New Game, etc).

Screen's at 1024 x 600, medium textures, low shading.

[enenra]

[Commander Zane]

The only other mod I have on is the engine effects, which I have as an activated mod since the readme said not to make it a fake patch, other then that, nothing else.
No...no I don't.

[enenra]

[enenra]

I am now able to reproduce the first bug - pixelated icons and CTD when accessing the menue. The cause seems to be the low graphics settings (I'm running the game on the highest so I don't have this problem).

I'm trying to solve this problem now.

EDIT: The texture settings seem to be the problem. Try with texture settings on "high" again. (I'm aware that not everyone's PC is capable of running on that. I'm working on solving this problem so you'll be able to use it with medium/minimum settings, too)

[Commander Zane]

Yeah, that did it, this is by far the sexiest HUD I've ever seen.