GUI Skin: Notum Dovvetech 4.2

[Misat0]

Remake of the Notum Dovvetech-Mod for new GUI.

- UPDATE 4.18.1a
Notice: Prior to upgrade from an older version of this skin you should delete the old "Anarchy Online\cd_image\gui\default" folder to avoid misfunction.
There are 5 different versions of the skin: The original one, a version with edged window borders, amixture of notum and dark style, a darker style and a minimalized dark style.

Installation

1. Get the skin here:
   • Original Download ZIP / Download TAR.GZ
   • Notum Edged Download ZIP / Download TAR.GZ
   • Notum Dark Download ZIP / Download TAR.GZ
   • Dark Download ZIP / Download TAR.GZ
   • Dark Minimalized Download ZIP / Download TAR.GZ
2. Close AO
3. Extract the archive downloaded to your "Anarchy Online" folder
4. Start the AO Launcher
5. In the login screen click on "Settings" (bottom right)
6. In the dialog that has opened change to the "GUI" tab
7. Therein at the Skin-section click on "Change" (top right)
8. In the followg dialog, choose the
   • "Anarchy Online\cd_image\textures\Archives\Notum4",
   • "Anarchy Online\cd_image\textures\Archives\NotumEdge4",
   • "Anarchy Online\cd_image\textures\Archives\NotumDark4",
   • "Anarchy Online\cd_image\textures\Archives\Dark4" or
   • "Anarchy Online\cd_image\textures\Archives\DarkMini4"
   folder, depending on which version you have downloaded
9. Choose the file "GUIGFX.UVGI" and click "Open"
10. Close the Settings window by clicking "OK"
11. Log in
12. Press the <Enter> key to open the chat input and enter
    • /setoption GUIName "Notum4"
    • /setoption GUIName "NotumEdge4"
    • /setoption GUIName "NotumDark4"
    • /setoption GUIName "Dark4"
    • /setoption GUIName "DarkMini4"
    depending on which version you have downloaded
13. Press the <Enter> key
14. Press the <Ctrl+Shift+F7> keys simultanously
15. In the window that opened click "Reload Menu"
16. If this don't work for you, just relog

FAQ

• Q: How do I recover the original AO skin?
  A: Perform these steps:
  1. Log in
  2. Press the <Enter> key to open the chat input and enter
  3. Enter /setoption GUIName "Default"
  4. Press the <Enter> key
  5. Press the <Ctrl+Shift+F7> keys simultanously
  6. In the window that opened click "Reload Menu"
  7. If this don't work for you, just relog
• Q: How can I change the position of menu buttons?
  A: Perform these steps:
  1. Open your "Anarchy Online\cd_image\gui\default\Views" folder.
  2. Delete or rename the file "ControlCenter.xml".
  3. Rename one of these files
     • "ControlCenter_BL.xml" for bottom left,
     • "ControlCenter_BR.xml" for bottom right,
     • "ControlCenter_TL.xml" for top left or
     • "ControlCenter_TR.xml" for top right
     to "ControlCenter.xml".
• Q: My menu buttons are lost! How can I get them back?
  A: Try this:
  1. Start AO
  2. Press "Ctrl, Shift and F7" at once
  3. Choose the second tab named "DistValues"
  4. Check if the following variables are set to true, if not click on them so they change their stat to true:
     • cc_control_center
     • cc_notum_inventory
     • cc_menu1
     • cc_notum_menu
     • cc_notum_perkmenu
     • cc_notum_perkwindow
     • cc_notum_skillwindow
     • cc_section1
• Q: My credit/ncu and agg/def bars are gone! How can I get them back?
  A: Do this:
  1. Start AO
  2. Press "Ctrl, Shift and F7" at once
  3. Choose the second tab named "DistValues"
  4. Check if the following variables are set to true, if not click on them so they change their stat to true:
     • cc_control_center
     • cc_left_bar
     • cc_right_bar
     • cc_section1
• Q: I'm using DarkMini and my Raid interface is bigger than it needs to be
  A: Try this:
  1. Exit Anarchy Online
  2. Go to the "Anarchy Online\Prefs\<AccountName>\<CharID>" folder and open the "Prefs.xml" file in a text editor
  3. Find the part that looks like this (the actual values may be different for you)
     

         <Archive name="RaidConfig" code="0">
             <Rect name="WindowFrame" value="Rect(704.000000,333.000000,969.000000,689.000000)" />
             <Bool name="WindowPinButtonState" value="false" />
         </Archive>

  4. Delete this section (from "<Archive" to "</Archive>")
  5. Save and close the file
  6. Start the game

Preview

• Notum Dovvetech 4 (1440x900 - 257kB)
• Notum Dovvetech Edge 4 (1440x900 - 262kB)
• Notum Dovvetech Dark 4 (1440x900 - 302kB)
• Darktech 4 (0x0 - 0kB)
• Darktech Mini 4 (1440x900 - 332kB)

History
4.18.1a

• Applied changes up to 18.1

4.18.0a

• Applied changes up to 18.0

4.17.10.0b

• Fixed pink loading screen

4.17.10.0a

• Applied changes up to 17.10.0
• Shrunk Raid Interface for DarkMini

4.17.8.0a

• Applied changes up to 17.8.0

4.17.5.0a

• Applied 17.5.0 changes

4.17.4.0a

• Added 17.4.0 options to the configuration dialog

4.17.3.1a

• Applied 17.3.1 fix for saving the 'Show target's target' option's variable
• Applied a fix for positioning the menu buttons, hopefully it now works in every case

4.17.3.0a

• Added 17.3.0 camera and option menu changes

4.17.2.1a

• Added 17.2.1 camera and option menu changes

4.17.2.0a

• Added 17.2 camera changes
• Redesign of the menu button positioning to solve the missing menu entries

4.17.1.0c

• Fixed bug with to small font being used in th info window

4.17.1.0b

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

4.17.1.0a

• 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 Expansions 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
• Changed fixed Hot Key options to assignable
• 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.

4.17.0.0a

• Added research and vehicle menu items
• Added the new Windows and updated shop window file for the LE shops

4.16.4.0a

• Added new 16.4 config options
• Dark-Mini: Reduced the size of several windows by rearranging the contained elements
• Added an option to change the position of the menu buttons on the bottom bar

4.16.3.2b

• Fixed a bug which caused pink startup screens

4.16.3.2a

• Added optionen for Mousewheelzoom from the patch
• reduced size of skill window for Dark Minimalized

Ver4.16.3b

• Fixed several small "bugs"

Ver4.16.3a

• 16.3 Skill- und Planetmapwindow added
• Tooltips converted into 16.3 format
• Menu structure fixed and sligthly changed
• Version numbering changed to AO version style

Ver4.5b Mini

• Reduced size of the Health/Nano/XPSk/AXP bars, window titles and the shortcutbar
• Changed the buttondesign

Ver4.5b

• Changed the menu structure
• Added 2 versions with different look (Edged Windows and a darker style)

Ver4.5a

• readded the npc chat color change

Ver4.5

• added numbers to bottom bar to for helping with shortcut bar positions by request (default off)
• added some 16.2 stuff (not really much though I fixed the XML-format in an earlier version, FC did this to their files now)
• fixed some small graphical glitches
• changed bottom bar buttons behavior
• removed some not needed files from the gfx archive, reduces size a bit
• minor other changes I don't remember at all, have been a long time since

Ver4.4b

• NCU/AggDef and buttons in a horizantal row on the bottom
• changed compass to fit into bottom-bar
• changed Agg/Def slider
• changed tabs
• changed top window borders
• changed target health bar to improve visibility of inrange indicator
• changed timebars again to improve visibility
• new health/nano/xp/axp bars in stats window
• small gfx and option menu fixes

Ver4.3

• internal

Ver4.2

• ControlCenter fix for both versions
• option menu fixed
• changed timebars
• menubar and NCU/AggDef on bottom screen border

Ver4.1

• option menu fixes
• added new 16.1 options
• gfx fixes

Ver4.0

• first release

[Redtricks]

O.o

OMG.

*DL*

[jobjes]

oooooomg!!!

this is soo nice, i allways loved the old Dovve skin, i really hated it i couldn't use it with the new gui when SL came out, this Roxx so hard!!

great work, im gonna dl it right away when i come home.
wonderfull, really.

[MadTiger]

only one question / suggestion .... Could you make a bar in he bottom like it was on Dovve's skin ? with compass / NCU / credz / button for planet map / inventory / whatever you see fit integrated to it ?

[Misat0]

Originally Posted by MadTiger only one question / suggestion .... Could you make a bar in he bottom like it was on Dovve's skin ? with compass / NCU / credz / button for planet map / inventory / whatever you see fit integrated to it ?

Hum? NCU, Credz, and Agg/Def are already in a row at the bottom, compass is moveable, so you could easily place it there, and there is also an inventory button on the menu bar (bottom left), planetmap can also be accessed through the menu.

[Karmacode]

Looks Killer, guess ill try this one out.

[Technogen]

<3 this skin but I must be missing a setting or something :/ you have the right menu buttons as this little bar on the bottom how did you do that? I'd love to get rid of the button setup I have now for this setup.

[Gueve]

Hmm... sorry for sounding like a total newb... But my skin doesnt have that look after downloading it and extracting it into my anarchy folder... apart from the little overlapping button menu things, the loading screen and the Agg/def bar amd credits bar movement... Any help?

[Grafter]

Originally Posted by Gueve Hmm... sorry for sounding like a total newb... But my skin doesnt have that look after downloading it and extracting it into my anarchy folder... apart from the little overlapping button menu things, the loading screen and the Agg/def bar amd credits bar movement... Any help?

ditto

[MadTiger]

Yeah..you areright..they arethere but ....

1) Dunno why, but NCU / credz bars are located not in the corner, but
rather 2-3 inches to the left
2) Menu bar buttons are VERY small
3) I just think that the idea of solid bar with integrated buttons is better =)) it
was coool


but anyway, you did AMAZING job

[MadTiger]

one more idea ..... dim blue indication bars are VERY hard to see (imo, red would be more usable) ...

[DrJonsey]

Thank you for the very nice GUI. I <3 it!!

[Sagaciouz]

Just remove your old CD_Image folder from Anarchy Online folder and replace it with this or ?????

[Misat0]

Originally Posted by Gueve Hmm... sorry for sounding like a total newb... But my skin doesnt have that look after downloading it and extracting it into my anarchy folder... apart from the little overlapping button menu things, the loading screen and the Agg/def bar amd credits bar movement... Any help?

Ok, should have mentioned this for beginners

After extracting start your AO launcher, click on "Settings" > "Advanced Settings" > "Choose skin-file". In the next window go to your "Anarchy Online\cd_image\textures\Archives\Notum4.0" folder, choose the file "GUIGFX.UVGI" and click "Open" close the remaining windows with "OK" and log in.

Originally Posted by MadTiger 1) Dunno why, but NCU / credz bars are located not in the corner, but rather 2-3 inches to the left 2) Menu bar buttons are VERY small 3) I just think that the idea of solid bar with integrated buttons is better =)) it was coool

1) Thats right its for the rollup panel getting max room. But (see 3)) will be changed when I'll so such a version.
2) They're supposed to be so, wanted the skin as minimalistic as possible
3) Mhh, will see if I'll do something like that, but nice idea.

Originally Posted by MadTiger one more idea ..... dim blue indication bars are VERY hard to see (imo, red would be more usable) ...

It's "Notum"-style, thats why it's blue ^^
But you're right, will choose a lighter blue for next release.

Originally Posted by GamingCentral Just remove your old CD_Image folder from Anarchy Online folder and replace it with this or ?????

No! Just overwrite existing files while extracting.

[Numbfreeze]

nice. notum dovvetech was always my favorite skin.

[Jajangmyun]

Originally Posted by HurfBurf nice. notum dovvetech was always my favorite skin.

ditto! none of the newer GUI skins got quite the same feeling. I'm definitely going to have to try this soon!

Thank you so much! =)

[if9was3]

oO i think i just came..

*goes to get some papir*

[Frieloc]

I officially love you.

When I first found out you could change GUI's from the default Pre-SL, the only one I ever used was Notum Dovvetech. Now I gotta log-in just to try this bad boy out

[Sagaciouz]

Can anyone post how they have theres setup with this new gui??? Thx

To post a picture host it at www.tinypic.com

[Jajangmyun]

http://tinypic.com/fk09s3.jpg

Those tiny (and wow are they tiny) buttons are in the lower-left and covered up by my chat window, I usually use the shortcuts (U for skills, shift-P for perks, I for inventory) anyhow, so I don't really need them. I wasn't sure where to put the compass now, since it normally went in the spot with the Agg/Def bar and the NCU/Creds.

I love that I can put my chat window flush against the lower-left corner (except for those buttons I don't think I'll use). Before with the standard GUI, I didn't want to cover my my NCU/Creds bar, so I'm glad they are not in that corner.