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Original UI

MathuzzzMathuzzz Member Posts: 203
edited September 2013 in General Modding
Hi,
as an old school BG player and infinite lover of this game, I had a nostalgic urge to see the old UI in the game. It may be low-res, but I still find it very nice to look at. Texture resolution was never that important to me, neither do I think it defines the quality of graphics. Texture desing, not full HD resolution defines it´s quality.

So I just tried to put old BG textures to EE main menu and here is the result. I think it looks nice, if I have enough patience, I would try to remake more game windows. It is combination of textures from vanilla BG and Tutu GUI for BG1.

Also, I´m an amateur, so don´t expect miracles :)

There are two versions. One with Tutu wooden trim and one with just pure texture.
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  • agrisagris Member Posts: 581
    I like the first (plain) version the most. Looks good tho! I wouldn't mind seeing the rest of the game in this UI.
  • PeccaPecca Member Posts: 2,175
    edited September 2013
    Yeah, with enough patience, awesome things can be done with the GUI. I have wanted (and still want) to make a complete old vanilla GUI mod for some time now, but the scope of it is a little too intimidating. I did make only a handful of testing screens so far with random background wallpapers. Here are some:
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  • agrisagris Member Posts: 581
    edited September 2013
    @Pecca those look amazing! I'd say the first image of @Mathuzzz's menu mixed with your inventory / sidebars, and you've got a sweet classic UI. The only thing I don't care for much is the use of the ship concept art as the menu background.

    edit: to be clear, I think the ship as background to the inventory screen is nice.
  • PeccaPecca Member Posts: 2,175
    That background is just for testing:)

    Anyway, back to the OP. If you plan only to change the art and not mess with positions of buttons, etc., it will save you a lot of trouble and is way faster to be completed than my attempt. I'd love to see more.
  • LiamEslerLiamEsler Member Posts: 1,859
    Centering screens isn't something I'd recommend, because it won't necessarily work with scaling etc.
  • lunarlunar Member Posts: 3,460
    I like it, I want to try your mod if you ever complete it :-)
  • MathuzzzMathuzzz Member Posts: 203
    OK, right now I´m working on Inventory and Character creation screen. However with Inventory I have to edit BAM files and I don´t know which tool to use. Today I spent hours to figure out BAM Workshop. Is there any way to fix the palette there?
  • agrisagris Member Posts: 581
    @Mathuzzz @CamDawg and @Archaic might be willing to offer some advice... I think I remember hearing the DLTCEP would slice and dice the GUI? But maybe that's just for the layout, not the art.
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  • CrawleyCrawley Member Posts: 74
    I think it would be a good idea to add some sharpening to the background. I downloaded one of your images and test-sharpened it in GIMP - looked pretty good.
  • MathuzzzMathuzzz Member Posts: 203
    I don´t know whether sharpening low-res images is a good option. I did some little sharpening in Photoshop with other, smaller game windows, but the entire background didn´t look that good. However if I find way to make it look sharper and more consistent, I would be happy! :)
  • Excalibur_2102Excalibur_2102 Member Posts: 351
    @Pecca @Mathuzzz My advice is if you both find the work a little intimidating, why not work together? :). The screens look good in my opinion. I've been waiting for an original UI since release :D. Archaic is the only guy whos put in alot of time for modding the UI for BGEE and it looks great. If you guys could do something similar but in a "classic" style it would be awesome.

    Waiting for the new patch to come out might be an idea though as that seems to have a lot of Ui changes (though i dont know if it will affect modding the UI).
  • MathuzzzMathuzzz Member Posts: 203
    @Excalibur_2102 Archaic´s work is incredible, professional looking, different level quality, compared to me :) But it resembles BG2 UI, that´s why I started to work on my own, which is supposed to look like the BG1.

    Thing is I´m only working with the graphics (MOS and BAM files), while @Pecca also changes the layout. I would gladly elaborate and provide graphics, if we could recreate original BG1 layout with the EE additions.
  • PeccaPecca Member Posts: 2,175
    We'll see what can be done after the new patch is released. There are some changes and it's better to wait for it.
  • Excalibur_2102Excalibur_2102 Member Posts: 351
    Bumping this thread :)
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