Mod New GUI

Flecha_das_Sombras · #1 February 22nd, 2007, 10:43 AM

Hi all.
My first post here.

I got bored with the old red GUI so I made a new one, nothing special. It changes the color to blue&grey, the background at map screen to black and the background at in-game menu to a dark forest. Don't forget to backup the old files.

Here some screens:

Wauthan · #2 February 22nd, 2007, 12:07 PM

This new look is really sweet. The darker colours works well ingame and the appearance is more slick and stylish.

Thanks for sharing!

Sombre · #3 February 22nd, 2007, 01:06 PM

Yep, I like it. I'd already modded the gui but your effort looks better.

I'll stick this on the modlist.

Psientist · #4 February 22nd, 2007, 02:39 PM

Note - for us Mac OSX folks, the installation instructions should be modified to include:

Open the Dominions 3 application folder.
Select the Dominions3 game application.
Under "Get Info", choose "Show Package Contents".
Copy the resources to the folder Contents>Resources.

Looks nice. If only you could find an appropriate background animation to fit with it (trees.r3f, I think).

WraithLord · #5 February 22nd, 2007, 04:50 PM

I love it!

Gandalf Parker · #6 February 22nd, 2007, 05:58 PM

I know that the devs are in cold-country and might have preferences on their screen savers showing desert scenes. But I get tired of that.

Id love a temperate forest scrolling scene in back o fthe menu. Id even turn the menu off (go to tools, random map creator, then hit space bar) and leave it running if it wasnt what I consider so bland.

Edi · #7 April 13th, 2010, 09:07 AM

Whaa? Not dark enough? If anything, the original version could use a bit of lightening, since it tends to be rather dark, actually. I've used the blue GUI mod ever since it came out.

Sombre · #8 April 13th, 2010, 10:55 AM

Ah but Edi, consider how light some laptop screens are compared with the darkness of older monitors. This is why some mods have very light or dark looking units too - they look fine on the screen used to make them.

Edi · #9 April 13th, 2010, 02:02 PM

Hmm, yes, that is a factor. I've had the blue GUI on two different LCD monitors and it's been rather dark on both of them. I don't have a laptop, so it may well be selection bias in my case.

Globu · #10 April 13th, 2010, 03:00 PM

Interesting. I'm using a desktop LCD at default settings, and the default version shows up as moderate. It's not excessively bright in itself, but I found that the game graphics and icons don't show up so well against it, to my eye, in, say, the unit stats screen.

I've attached an in-game screenshot, though it may not be very helpful, given the monitor differences. For the record, the bottom-most section appears almost black, but not quite, on my monitor.