GUI Skin: Notum Dovvetech 4.2

[Misat0]

I have a bit of a problem. When I used your Notum Dovvetech skin and logged on, I had some parts missing. I couldn't find my ncu bar or my money bar, and when I opened trade with vendors, it said "Failed to load GUI defintion" (or something like that). I tried to download the old skin back and replace everything, but now I'm stil having the problem with the Failed gui definition. Please help

Make sure you followed the install instruction exactly. Especialy make sure you extracted the archives to the correct place, as it seem yau are missing the GUI-definition files at the place they need to be. (Make sure you have the updated Anarchy Online\cd_image\gui\default folder after extracting)

P.S.: The 17.1 update of the skin is completed internally and will be released on patch day. Will of course try to get in some of the requested changes until then.

[Misat0]

Preliminary 17.1 update notes:

• Stripped the not needed images for Mini-map-Dots from the skin
• Stripped images from Notum and NotumEdged that are no longer used by AO or no longer need to be skinned
• Stripped the altered Planet map markers
• Redone the target marker graphics for Notum, NotumEdged and Dark skin
• Redone the Log-in screen to reflect actual version and the Expansion supported
• Added missing scroll-bar graphics to Notum and NotumEdged
• Added background image for Item-slots to Notum and NotumEdged for better visibility of empty slots
• Fixed several graphical glitches
• Enabled changing on the previously not changeable Hot Key options due to the fixed Hot Key window in 17.1
• Applied 17.1 changes of the GUI
• You can now change the position of the menu to 4 different positions in the ingame options
  The downside of this is, that the Attack and Normal Actions Submenu (in the Other Menu) is only accessible if the Menu Position is set to Left Bottom.

I know I have been lazy updating Notum and Notum Edged on the last updates (I personally like the Dark ones more), but this should now be done.

[Draparen]

I followed the instructions to the letter and my skin is now hosed. It has parts of the old original FC skin and is totally unusable. Whats going on?

Also when I click in the settings and go to the Archives folder it does not see the Notum4 folder even though it is there.

Is this supposed to be extracted into the Archives_ep1 folder now instead?

Any help appreciated.

[Edit]
OK I fixed this by putting the Notum4 folder into all three archive folders. I would suggest maybe having a look at the install instructions on the first page and making sure it is still correct for Large Client with the new Lost Eden stuff.

[Honorbound]

Switched to this GUI about a week ago, and so far I like it; thanks for making and keeping it up to date for the community!

A little thing I couldn't quite figure out (I tweaked some parts more to my liking, but couldn't find where this stretching is controlled): I'm playing in 1280x1024 fullscreen, but the loading screen appears to be stretched to 1600x1200 or thereabouts instead and applied to the 1280x1024 surface, thus it's off center and the right and bottom edges are off the screen.
Not a big deal, really, just looks a bit odd.

(In case it was addressed somewhere in the previous 21 pages of this topic, sorry about asking again; please direct me to the relevant post.)

[Misat0]

[...]
OK I fixed this by putting the Notum4 folder into all three archive folders. I would suggest maybe having a look at the install instructions on the first page and making sure it is still correct for Large Client with the new Lost Eden stuff.

They are still correct. I have just done a reinstall of the skin with the 17.1 version and it worked perfectly. Did you really select the correct folder in the launcher settings?

[...]A little thing I couldn't quite figure out (I tweaked some parts more to my liking, but couldn't find where this stretching is controlled): I'm playing in 1280x1024 fullscreen, but the loading screen appears to be stretched to 1600x1200 or thereabouts instead and applied to the 1280x1024 surface, thus it's off center and the right and bottom edges are off the screen.
Not a big deal, really, just looks a bit odd.[...]

The stretching comes from AO it self an is not controlled within the skin. Noticed that too and have already redone the logon screen for 17.1 where no images are in the corners so it should look fine on all resolutions *hopefully* )
Thanks for mentioning it anyways!

[Honorbound]

The stretching comes from AO it self an is not controlled within the skin. Noticed that too and have already redone the logon screen for 17.1 where no images are in the corners so it should look fine on all resolutions *hopefully* )

After a bit of testing, I realized that there's nothing wrong with the stretching, but the image is displayed with a +20 pixel vertical offset (at least at 1280x1024, I can't test at 1600x1200).
So if you want to keep the current loading screen layout, just shift everything upwards by 20 pixels, and it will appear centered at this resolution.

[Autohead]

She said she already redid the logon screen.

[louisecyphre]

<3 this skin and <3 misato

[BrudusMaximus]

Maybe I'm just really dense but I don't see a button to bring up the vehicle menu. Under the "char menu" i see research, but not vehicle.

[Zhakkari]

Thanks for the Gui and all your effort.

[Misat0]

Maybe I'm just really dense but I don't see a button to bring up the vehicle menu. Under the "char menu" i see research, but not vehicle.

The Vehicle button can be found in the Other Menu.

[darthgedo]

Maybe I'm just really dense but I don't see a button to bring up the vehicle menu. Under the "char menu" i see research, but not vehicle.

use Shift-V combo for that

[Mekh]

Preliminary 17.1 update notes:

• Stripped the not needed images for Mini-map-Dots from the skin
• Stripped images from Notum and NotumEdged that are no longer used by AO or no longer need to be skinned
• Stripped the altered Planet map markers
• Redone the target marker graphics for Notum, NotumEdged and Dark skin
• Redone the Log-in screen to reflect actual version and the Expansion supported
• Added missing scroll-bar graphics to Notum and NotumEdged
• Added background image for Item-slots to Notum and NotumEdged for better visibility of empty slots
• Fixed several graphical glitches
• Enabled changing on the previously not changeable Hot Key options due to the fixed Hot Key window in 17.1
• Applied 17.1 changes of the GUI
• You can now change the position of the menu to 4 different positions in the ingame options
  The downside of this is, that the Attack and Normal Actions Submenu (in the Other Menu) is only accessible if the Menu Position is set to Left Bottom.

I know I have been lazy updating Notum and Notum Edged on the last updates (I personally like the Dark ones more), but this should now be done.

Is the download available on the first page version 17.1, or...?

[KeepaFoHiya]

<3 this skin and <3 misato

Exactly!

[Misat0]

Is the download available on the first page version 17.1, or...?

No. These are preliminary notes, this version of the skin will be available when the game servers go down for the 17.1 game update.

[Mekh]

No. These are preliminary notes, this version of the skin will be available when the game servers go down for the 17.1 game update.

kk... Can't wait...

Thx for the awsome work you've made in that skin...

[FoolishManX]

I've been getting the problems that alot of people seem to have gotten. when I installed (Yes, I followed the instructions exactly) I could only see my chat window and nothing else, the main bar in the bottom of the screen is missing. When I try to open a shop or do a shift+left click on somthing I get an error message. I uninstalled, reinstalled, moved the folder into diffrent places, I did everying short of a full AO reinstall.

A shame, this looks like a very nice GUI.

[Misat0]

UPDATE 17.1 available

Please download to get the new 17.1 features

[Misat0]

For Dark Mini only:

4.17.1.0b

• Removed window borders from the Dark Mini Skin to allow even smaller GUI setups

[Misat0]

I've been getting the problems that alot of people seem to have gotten. when I installed (Yes, I followed the instructions exactly) I could only see my chat window and nothing else, the main bar in the bottom of the screen is missing. When I try to open a shop or do a shift+left click on somthing I get an error message. I uninstalled, reinstalled, moved the folder into diffrent places, I did everying short of a full AO reinstall.

A shame, this looks like a very nice GUI.

Also looks like the tool you used for extracting the archive did place the folders wrong. The folder structure in the archive needs to stay intact when extracted. You should seek for an option like "Keep folder structure" in the extract dialog of the program you use.
If you still have problems, please let me know which program you use, so I may have a look into it.