nUI -- A full feature standalone UI replacement - Page 92

Jettan · 12-02-08, 12:49 PM

I use nui and like its ease of use i had seen in a post some weeks ago the mention of possibly integrating carbonite into the ui. I use the full version of carbonite and love its functions as well to have both integrated would be awsome if there was a way to put carbonites mini map into the same area as your battle grounds map that would help as far as less screen clutter and keeping nui functions all at the bottom of the screen i am aware that carnonites full version is pay and this may complicate integration just wondering if you have looked into it and if there is any progress in that area

spiel2001 · 12-02-08, 05:11 PM

ThaRalMatix --

Looking at the error list, it appears to me that those errors we all caused by logging in and hitting combat before the screen was fully updated or by changing your screen size during combat... I'm not sure which. In any event, nUI was trying to scale the interface to fit your screen while you were in combat lockdown for some reason and that's where that entire list of nUI errors came from.

There's no getting around that. If I don't try to do what layout I can, you end up with an empty layout. If I do try to lay out, your get taint. That's just the way it goes if that happens while you are in combat lockdown.

The problem with the XP bar is very likely related to that. But I'll look into it all the same.

Originally Posted by ThaRalMatix

Hi again,

i tried a bit according to your hints and i think i found someting

It seems that ImmersionRP has a Problem with that, maybe because of their so called RP-Modus and the button for it?! It seems that i no longer have that "bug".. well at last im not sure because it doesnt happen all the time, but for now, i havent it anymore.

Well okay i have a mousover on your xp bar on the bottom left but when i played a while it doesent appears anymore, even when i have only nUi activated in my addons list.

A permanent percentage and total view is nowhere to find

Oh and i have a little log from my buggrabber, maybe he is helpful for you cause there is something with nUi

Code:

["message"] = "<event>ADDON_ACTION_BLOCKED:AddOn 'nUI' tried to call the protected function 'nUI_RightUnitBar_Button4:Show()'.\n<in C code>: in function `Show'\nInterface\\FrameXML\\ActionButton.lua:184: in function `ActionButton_Update':\nInterface\\FrameXML\\ActionButton.lua:339: in function `ActionButton_OnEvent':\n<string>:\"*:OnEvent\":1: in function <[string \"*:OnEvent\"]:1>\n\n  ---",
            ["type"] = "event",
            ["time"] = "2008/12/02 15:08:56",
            ["session"] = 137,
            ["counter"] = 3,
        }, -- [487]
        {
[snip]

regards

Matix

spiel2001 · 12-02-08, 05:12 PM

Yeah... that's two posts in a row talking about those bars not updating... I've never seen this problem, so I've got to sort out why. I'm working on it, but can't reproduce the problem. Does the problem persist if you disable all other mods?

Originally Posted by Nonspecific

First off fantastic UI, long time mazzle user and just want to thank you for creating your UI for those of us who cant stomach playing with the default Blizz interface. As always i just have one minor bug. After downloading and installing the update my experience and reputation bars do not update. It takes a /nui rl for the bars to update and they still do not update automaticlly. This is the only issue i have had and has only begun to happen after installing the latest update. Thanks for your time and continued effort to make this the best UI out there.

spiel2001 · 12-02-08, 05:13 PM

Jungle -- I'll file that away in my plan list for when I start attacking the chat functionality.

Originally Posted by Jungleanimal

Speil,

I arrowed over my first rare mob yesterday and the alert was wonderful. Then I started thinking about one of the mods I use for guild and party chat that could go away if it was built in. Basically, each kind of chat has it's own "chime" noise. When I first installed it I thought it would be annoying......and it can be sometimes when the guild really goes to town chatting it up, but most of the time it is nice to get a chime when someone types something in guild chat or party chat while I am out questing or whatever. Helps me stay connected because I have tendency to turn WoW into a single player game and ignore my chat frames sometimes. Maybe you could build toggle options into nUI to to make noises for chat and other things that people may like to be alerted too. Suggestions would be nice from other people becaude I never would have thought of making a sound for rare mobs, but when I saw it in actions I was like "Hell Yeah!" Additionally, time stamps would be nice in chat as well (don't know if this is nUI settings or not).

Anyway, just some thoughts now that you are refining nUI rather than squashing any major bugs. Nice work as always. I love it when a great idea catches me off guard like the rare mob thing.

Jungle

spiel2001 · 12-02-08, 05:14 PM

Jettan -- there is another user working on an integration package for Carbonite which should show up at http://www.wowinterface.com/download...=9108#optional when it is ready... keep an eye on for it.

Originally Posted by Jettan

I use nui and like its ease of use i had seen in a post some weeks ago the mention of possibly integrating carbonite into the ui. I use the full version of carbonite and love its functions as well to have both integrated would be awsome if there was a way to put carbonites mini map into the same area as your battle grounds map that would help as far as less screen clutter and keeping nui functions all at the bottom of the screen i am aware that carnonites full version is pay and this may complicate integration just wondering if you have looked into it and if there is any progress in that area

Yoso · 12-02-08, 05:44 PM

Im currently playing in an emulated server.. Tired of losing too much time raiding.

Since WOTLK private servers have not updated so im playing in 2.4.3 atm. I saw this and i said "omg!!" and suddenly a celestial light came upon me. DL'd. Installed and baaaaammm.. I cant get it to work. I read like 15 pages, last updates and no answer. I wanna know whats going on. Ill add some pictures. HOpe u can help me out here.

http://img127.imageshack.us/my.php?image=miaune1.png

Thats in windowed mode.. When i go and maximize it.. baaam

http://img242.imageshack.us/my.php?image=miau2wz9.png

Help me out pleaseeee!!

SirWilliam92 · 12-02-08, 05:52 PM

Originally Posted by spiel2001

ThaRalMatix --

Looking at the error list, it appears to me that those errors we all caused by logging in and hitting combat before the screen was fully updated or by changing your screen size during combat... I'm not sure which. In any event, nUI was trying to scale the interface to fit your screen while you were in combat lockdown for some reason and that's where that entire list of nUI errors came from.

There's no getting around that. If I don't try to do what layout I can, you end up with an empty layout. If I do try to lay out, your get taint. That's just the way it goes if that happens while you are in combat lockdown.

The problem with the XP bar is very likely related to that. But I'll look into it all the same.

I don't have any sort of bug grabber, but the first time i enter combat after logging in, it ALWAYS shows a little message saying something about the interface action failed due to addon or something, i forget (could always just log in and find out.. but meh).

The thing i'd like to point out, is that this happens the first time i enter combat, totally regardless of how long it has been since i've logged in.. I'd think it's a similar bug to this one.

Could it be possible that something in nUI doesn't even show (and therefore doesn't scale) until combat starts, by which time the interface is in lockdown? I've no real idea... but it seemed like a possibility so i thought i'd say something....

neuralassassin · 12-02-08, 05:54 PM

Yoso i amy be wrong but i do know that there is an issue with wow and some addons that cause a taint when switching between windowed mode and full screen might this be it is nui working if you dont switch?
I'm sure spiel will answer you when he pops in but also since your running 2.4.3 i would think the older version of nui should be used thst corresponds with the game version Like the last nui 3.xxxx

Yoso · 12-02-08, 06:01 PM

No i do not switch.. I mean even if i start in the normal way it usually goes that way,, i dont think theres anything else wrong since this is the only addon ive installed so far.

Thx for replying tho.

neuralassassin · 12-02-08, 06:37 PM

Scott by the way tried to diable the nui tool tips through slash command but then the tip defaults to the bottom right which i believe is the games default position but still wil not let cowtip change its position so guess im stuck moving it every time i log in till you get a chance to look into it thanks anyway though

spiel2001 · 12-02-08, 07:21 PM

You cannot use nUI 3.0 or later on any version of WoW before 3.0.2 -- Bliz changed a TON of things in how the user interface works which is why I had to put so much work into nUI 3.0 -- bottom line is that you are stuck with 2.4.3

In addition, the original nUI as well as Beta 2 both had a ton of issues with taint as did Beta 3 to a lesser extent. nUI 4.x is much better though it can and will still taint under some circumstances as we're discussion here.

Wish I could help you, but the differences between WoW 2.x and 3.x make it impossible to take any version of nUI after 2.4.3 backward to WoW 2.x

Originally Posted by Yoso

Im currently playing in an emulated server.. Tired of losing too much time raiding.

Since WOTLK private servers have not updated so im playing in 2.4.3 atm. I saw this and i said "omg!!" and suddenly a celestial light came upon me. DL'd. Installed and baaaaammm.. I cant get it to work. I read like 15 pages, last updates and no answer. I wanna know whats going on. Ill add some pictures. HOpe u can help me out here.

http://img127.imageshack.us/my.php?image=miaune1.png

Thats in windowed mode.. When i go and maximize it.. baaam

http://img242.imageshack.us/my.php?image=miau2wz9.png

Help me out pleaseeee!!

spiel2001 · 12-02-08, 07:24 PM

SirWilliam -- I'm assuming you're on the current version of nUI... yes?

I'll look into it and see what I can find out. To be honest, I leveled a new toon from level 1 to level 40 since last Monday and never saw a taint message along the way. But that could just be pure luck.

/sigh

There's always something ~smile~

Originally Posted by SirWilliam92

I don't have any sort of bug grabber, but the first time i enter combat after logging in, it ALWAYS shows a little message saying something about the interface action failed due to addon or something, i forget (could always just log in and find out.. but meh).

The thing i'd like to point out, is that this happens the first time i enter combat, totally regardless of how long it has been since i've logged in.. I'd think it's a similar bug to this one.

Could it be possible that something in nUI doesn't even show (and therefore doesn't scale) until combat starts, by which time the interface is in lockdown? I've no real idea... but it seemed like a possibility so i thought i'd say something....

spiel2001 · 12-02-08, 07:25 PM

NeuralAssassin -- what happens if you use '/nui tooltips fixed' and then you use '/nui movers' to place the tooltips where you want them to appear?

Originally Posted by neuralassassin

Scott by the way tried to diable the nui tool tips through slash command but then the tip defaults to the bottom right which i believe is the games default position but still wil not let cowtip change its position so guess im stuck moving it every time i log in till you get a chance to look into it thanks anyway though

Tehryn · 12-02-08, 07:49 PM

Just did "Fire At Will!" Requires one to take control of a fel cannon and shoot down a warp gate. Two controls are added to the pet bar for this. It refused to work for me so I looked up the quest on Allakhazam and found comments regarding turning off bar mods. Turned off nUI and it all worked fine.

Just thought I'd let ya know

spiel2001 · 12-02-08, 08:08 PM

Eureka -- I found the cause of the taint in the shapeshift bar. I haven't coded the solution yet, but in any case it'll be in the next update.

EDIT: Wow... this has turned out to be a huge bug and has been there a long time. It may well explain a long host of the druid problems we've been having and may even explain why nUI leaks frame rate in raids. The thing about this bug was that it even impacted toons that didn't have shapeshift forms and was trying to recreate the shapeshift bar everytime time a player, party or raid member, target, pet or ToT unit updated a (de)buff -- which was all the time and must have been insane overhead in raids. It will be interesting to see what the impact of the fix is on raid performance. We'll see.

Originally Posted by SirWilliam92

I don't have any sort of bug grabber, but the first time i enter combat after logging in, it ALWAYS shows a little message saying something about the interface action failed due to addon or something, i forget (could always just log in and find out.. but meh).

The thing i'd like to point out, is that this happens the first time i enter combat, totally regardless of how long it has been since i've logged in.. I'd think it's a similar bug to this one.

Could it be possible that something in nUI doesn't even show (and therefore doesn't scale) until combat starts, by which time the interface is in lockdown? I've no real idea... but it seemed like a possibility so i thought i'd say something....

spiel2001 · 12-02-08, 08:10 PM

Thanks Tehryn -- that helps a lot to know exactly something that doesn't work and that's repeatable... as soon as I can get a toon to that quest, I'll hammer out what the problem is.

Originally Posted by Tehryn

Just did "Fire At Will!" Requires one to take control of a fel cannon and shoot down a warp gate. Two controls are added to the pet bar for this. It refused to work for me so I looked up the quest on Allakhazam and found comments regarding turning off bar mods. Turned off nUI and it all worked fine.

Just thought I'd let ya know

neuralassassin · 12-02-08, 11:19 PM

still no go on the tooltips with nui tooltips fixed. Its wierd because like i said nui shows the block in the right spot when i use /movers but untill i do that it comes up in a diffrent spot so im not actually moving the box just typeing in movers then mouse over any unit and voila its in the right spot I mean it is a minor inconvenience dont wrack your brain over it im sure theres plenty of other things that can use the attention more

mscott998 · 12-03-08, 01:02 AM

Originally Posted by neuralassassin

still no go on the tooltips with nui tooltips fixed. Its wierd because like i said nui shows the block in the right spot when i use /movers but untill i do that it comes up in a diffrent spot so im not actually moving the box just typeing in movers then mouse over any unit and voila its in the right spot I mean it is a minor inconvenience dont wrack your brain over it im sure theres plenty of other things that can use the attention more

I don't think that has been add the latest release yet. Give him some time. but for a quick fix. Rename the nui_tooltips.lua file found in nUI/integration/

Rename it to this -> nui_tooltips.lua.bak

now log on

this will stop nui from messing with the tooltips and allow cowtip to control them. set them with cowtip options and they should be fine until this can be added to the code by Scott.

i have been using cowtips like this for some time now with no problems

Good luck

feel free to contact me if you have any questions i check here daily as well

Tehryn · 12-03-08, 01:37 AM

You can correct me if I'm wrong but it looks to me that the xp bar still extends too far too the right, and the rep bar too far too the left partially blocking the buttons next to it.

tintingurl · 12-03-08, 02:46 AM

very nice UI (first time trying it out) my fps is so much nicer with this

only thing i am wondering is there a way to move the tooltip to the right when mousing over nps,unit players? right now default is left. im not too sure how abouts to do so.

all i have to get use to is the bigness of it

great work.