Dark UI Mod 1.07

Raapys · #1 January 17th, 2007, 10:15 PM

DARK UI MOD V1.07

Update History:

1.07
- Various fixes and smaller changes.
- Some button changes.
- Changes to commandbar UI elements.

1.06
- Some smaller changes to commandbar UI elements.
- More buttons.
- A few fixes.

1.05
- New galaxy map
- Some more button changes
- Fixed lots of smaller glitches.

Description: This modification changes the look of the original SE V UI to a darker style.

Installation:

1. ( Optional ) Backup the "UI" folder inside ...\SpaceEmpiresV\Pictures
2. Move the DarkUIMod.rar archive to your main SE V folder and extract it, answer yes to overwrite files if prompted.
3. Play the game with any mods.

Repeat step 2 and 3 with any mod update archives.

Game patches will override some UI elements, so you should reinstall the mod after installing an update.

Uninstall: Just restore the UI folder. You'll have to do a complete reinstall if you didn't back it up.

The download is 24'ish MB.

Screenshots( Poor quality because of jpg compression ):

Suicide Junkie · #2 January 22nd, 2007, 07:40 PM

Have you considered making the UI more transparent as well?

Raapys · #3 January 23rd, 2007, 03:23 PM

It's certainly possible. I'm not sure where I'd use it, though. Got any examples of where you think it'd be fitting?

Fyron · #4 January 23rd, 2007, 06:39 PM

Any plans to reduce the "bubbliness" of the buttons? Such would go along with the darker theme, I think.

Raapys · #5 January 24th, 2007, 12:24 AM

Yeah, I'm trying to come up with something 'flatter'. Working on the small blue ones for now, not sure if I should do something about the larger buttons yet( i.e. "Close" and the likes ).

Captain Kwok · #6 January 24th, 2007, 12:40 AM

What % of the UI files are included? I was curious to see how big an UI mod would be...

Raapys · #7 January 24th, 2007, 10:12 AM

130 of 180'ish MB total. They compress pretty well, so probably around 30mb for the entire thing.

boromeo · #8 January 26th, 2007, 06:08 PM

Awesome theme Raapys , love it....

Raapys · #9 January 26th, 2007, 08:31 PM

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MisterBenn · #10 January 28th, 2007, 09:19 AM

Hi there,

This looks great, but I am having a problem. I'm running an existing game with v1.20 and Balance Mod 1.02.

I installed the Dark UI 1.03 and the 1.04 update. The main screen looks fine, but when I browse my Ships List, I get a CTD with a 'stream error'. Reverting my Pictures\UI folder removes the problem once again. Has anyone else seen this?

I hope I can get to the bottom of it - this UI is a great improvement!