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Sunn's Viewport Art allows you to change the size of the rendered world area (viewport) and adds textured artwork in the non-rendered areas.

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Usage
Use "/sunnart" (or "/sa") for the options gui.
Use "/sunnart help" for console commands

Panels
There are 4 panels in SunnArt, top, bottom, left and right. By default each will use the same theme although they can be set up with different themes, overlaps and dimensions using the advanced options.

Art Packs
Art packs are optional and should be installed as if they were separate addons (although they are useless without the SunnArt addon).

Extract the zipped folder into your interface/addons folder for it to function.

Previews of the artwork in the packs are available in the screenshots on this page.

Art Packs are available on this site

There are other art packs available that have been submitted by users. Search for "Sunn" on Curse or check for Optional Files on WoWInterface.

Custom Artwork
Artwork from any standard panels addon may be used with SunnArt. Just set them up using the in-game interface or by editting CustomTheme.lua.

File formats
  • Files must be .TGA or .BLP format
  • Be sure to set the alpha channel if your artwork contains any transparency
  • Panels can be constructed from 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 separate sections, numbered from left to right (eg. <art file>1.tga, <art file>2.tga ... <art file>5.tga)
  • Each section MUST have dimensions that are a power of 2 (ie, 128, 256, 512, 1024 etc) - this is a limitation of all artwork to be used in WoW.
  • Only files within the Interface\Addons\ structure are available to the addon

Using CustomTheme.lua
  • Save your artwork sections in Interface\Addons\SunnArt
  • Open CustomTheme.lua in any text editor
  • Follow the instructions in the file
  • Any number of themes can be set up in CustomTheme.lua

Using the in-game interface
All you need to know is the path to the artwork files, the amount of overlap and the number of sections the artwork is split into. Enter these into the Advanced options screen, Enter a name for your theme and click save. The theme will now be available to all your characters.


Submitting Artwork
I'm looking for a talented artist or two to help create a new Art Pack. Please submit your editted files or a complete screen-size file so that I may split it into compatible files and create a "How-To" tutorial for others.

If you have artwork that you would like to submit for Art Pack 10 and onward, please mail it to sunnart@uksf.com and if I like it then I will include it in the next release.

Recommended Addons
These are some addons that will help organise your UI so that elements may be moved off the world screen and into the artwork areas of this addon. All of these addons use the same libraries as Sunn Viewport Art, which means alot of the code and resources are re-used rather than bloating your UI with lots of different code that does that same thing.

Action Bars - Dominos or Bartender4
Minimap - BasicMinimap and Minimap Button Frame or SexyMap
Chat Frame - Prat
Unit and Raid Frames - Pitbull and Grid

FAQ
Art Packs are not available?
Make sure the art packs are installed in your addons folder, NOT in the SunnArt folder
Translations
If any part of this addon is not available in your language then please contribute to translation at the CurseForge localization page
Problems or Errors
Please submit any error reports, problems or feature requests at the CurseForge Development Site.
  Change Log - Sunn - Viewport Art
Fixed taint issue when hiding UI in combat with viewport enabled.
Fixed a bug where settings would reset if the old ToggleUI key was bound.
Fixed recurring frame level increase. Frame level limited to 2.
Fixed slash commands and keybinding update for default profiles.
  Optional Files - Sunn - Viewport Art
File Name
Version
Size
Author
Date
Type
2.0.0
8MB
06-13-2010 08:52 PM
Addon
2.3 realese
2MB
05-08-2010 01:54 PM
Addon
1.4
5MB
12-10-2009 03:02 AM
Addon
1.4
8MB
12-10-2009 03:02 AM
Addon
1.4
8MB
12-10-2009 03:01 AM
Addon
1.4
3MB
12-10-2009 02:58 AM
Addon
1.5
3MB
12-10-2009 02:58 AM
Addon
1.4
1MB
12-10-2009 02:57 AM
Addon
1.4
2MB
12-10-2009 02:56 AM
Addon
1.4
902kB
12-10-2009 02:56 AM
Addon
1.4
336kB
12-10-2009 02:55 AM
Addon
1.0
556kB
10-01-2009 12:23 PM
Addon
1.00
228kB
09-24-2009 05:45 PM
Addon
1.2
886kB
08-05-2009 02:39 PM
Addon
1.0
2MB
09-18-2008 04:18 PM
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  Archived Versions - Sunn - Viewport Art
File Name
Version
Size
Author
Date
3.41
1MB
Sunn
05-09-2010 07:30 PM
3.31
1015kB
Sunn
03-02-2010 06:25 PM
3.30
1016kB
Sunn
12-10-2009 02:54 AM
3.21
1015kB
Sunn
08-31-2009 06:43 AM
3.11
1014kB
Sunn
08-06-2009 11:55 AM
3.1
1008kB
Sunn
08-05-2009 04:13 AM
2.26
1MB
Sunn
06-24-2009 07:13 AM
2.25
1MB
Sunn
04-14-2009 05:28 AM
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Old 07-08-2010, 05:58 PM  
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Re: help plz :S

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Originally posted by kaltoran
Hi there, logged on today afer a couple of days akf from wow to find that sunnart did not work at all enabled LUA errors in interface options which showed 17 errors of this same listing as per below... deleted my wtf and cache with no luck... i could access the sunnart menu from the interface addons section but alot of the options werent even showing up...
You downloaded an alpha version from the development site which was unfinished and not even posted to this site. 3.43 doesn't have this problem.
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Old 06-27-2010, 01:06 AM  
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I guess you're using Photoshop to prepare the artwork. PS doesn't automatically save the transparency in the TGA format, you have to manually set up the alpha channel.

Personally, I would save the images as PNG to preserve the transparency and then use ImageMagick to convert it to TGA. Many of the free image editors do this automatically (eg, Paint.NET and Gimp etc) but Photoshop doesn't.
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i worked it out with paint.NET.Not as fancy as photoshop but does the job and does it right.thx for help and thx for great addon.cheers.
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Old 06-26-2010, 11:13 AM  
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Hi,i have a little problem here.My textures that are supposed to be transparent just shows solid black color.But only when "resize viewport" is checked.i know that its some stupid mistake on my part,but i just cant figure it our and it drives me insane.
It would be great if someone could point out what am i doing wrong.Thx in advance.
I guess you're using Photoshop to prepare the artwork. PS doesn't automatically save the transparency in the TGA format, you have to manually set up the alpha channel.

Personally, I would save the images as PNG to preserve the transparency and then use ImageMagick to convert it to TGA. Many of the free image editors do this automatically (eg, Paint.NET and Gimp etc) but Photoshop doesn't.
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Hi,i have a little problem here.My textures that are supposed to be transparent just shows solid black color.But only when "resize viewport" is checked.i know that its some stupid mistake on my part,but i just cant figure it our and it drives me insane.
It would be great if someone could point out what am i doing wrong.Thx in advance.
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Old 05-09-2010, 07:38 PM  
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OKay,. after a little break I have finally desided to put my hands on this one. And here is what I get:"

Artwork scale works perfectly. Basically one pattern makes two panels.
The problem is with overlap and transparency. The settings in CustomTheme.lua only decides transparancy overlap for lower panel... or rather to only one edge of the pattern. So, when I use only one graphic, I flip it upside down and so does this edge flips too. Other one remains solid tho. I want the upper panel to have some features to overlap on viewport, I dont get the transparancy.

Phew. Hope I expressed it understandable enough. Any tips to solve it?
Thank you in advance.
Hopefully the new version (3.41) will help you achieve what you want. I've completely rewritten the code and it now supports different themes for each side. I've added a few options to help you define each new theme without having to edit external files etc.

Have a play with it and see what you can come up with.
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Old 05-05-2010, 01:10 PM  
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Thanks!!!!

I'm guessing the size is what the issue was. I ended up going back and using a fixed size for each panel instead of trying to crop the images down to the correct size using guides. They work perfectly now.

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If the artwork doesn't show in WoW then it's probably because of the dimensions of the file. Make sure that the dimensions are 256, 512 or 1024.

If you're still stuck then zip your files up and send them to sunn@uksf.com and i'll point you in the right direction.
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Old 05-02-2010, 11:00 PM  
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I've made my artwork and I've followed the directions, it's on the list of different art to pick from on the interface screen, but when I click on it, it just isn't there.
If the artwork doesn't show in WoW then it's probably because of the dimensions of the file. Make sure that the dimensions are 256, 512 or 1024.

If you're still stuck then zip your files up and send them to sunn@uksf.com and i'll point you in the right direction.
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Old 04-27-2010, 11:35 PM  
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It's not one of mine. Sorry. Looks nice though
Thanks, but it's driving me crazy. That was my UI, way back in the day, and now I wish I kept the art. There were a few others that looked just like it but they were just different colors.

EDIT! I FOUND IT! It's from the old MirageUI Compilation. He must have made them.

http://wowui.incgamers.com/?m=3577&p=mod

They are in a folder called MirageUI_SunnViewport_ArtPack if anyone is interested.
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I'm seriously stumped.

I've made my artwork and I've followed the directions, it's on the list of different art to pick from on the interface screen, but when I click on it, it just isn't there.

Now when I save my tga, there are 3 different options in photoshop, 8 bit, 16 bit, 32 bit, and do I compress them? I just don't know.

I've tried copying one of the other sunnart pack's folders but added my own artwork and changed all of the text to the folder name and the artwork files, but with the same result... they show up in the list but when I click on them, nothing shows up.

I know this probably makes *no* sense, but I'm so confused.
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Old 04-23-2010, 11:05 AM  
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Yes, you could use the scale and flip features to do that I suppose. Scale basically allows you to scale the artwork beyond the natural width of the panel. So if you had artwork such as ...



Then you could scale the bottom panel to 200% (hiding the bottom half) and the same with the top with flip selected so that the orientation is the same, and you could get panels that look like ...



I've never really thought about it before but there's no reason why that wouldn't work.
OKay,. after a little break I have finally desided to put my hands on this one. And here is what I get:"

Artwork scale works perfectly. Basically one pattern makes two panels.
The problem is with overlap and transparency. The settings in CustomTheme.lua only decides transparancy overlap for lower panel... or rather to only one edge of the pattern. So, when I use only one graphic, I flip it upside down and so does this edge flips too. Other one remains solid tho. I want the upper panel to have some features to overlap on viewport, I dont get the transparancy.

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Some visuals

Resize viewport on:


Resize viewport off:


Phew. Hope I expressed it understandable enough. Any tips to solve it?
Thank you in advance.
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I love the addon a lot, but I was wondering if there is a way that you can make it so you can have two different themes up at once, for example, have Console for the bottom and have Starburst for the left.

Also, is it possible to ask if some more artwork like Console are added to the themes, I really enjoy it, but it is starting to get a little old for my taste. Just thought I would ask.
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Old 03-10-2010, 01:12 AM  
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Yes, you could use the scale and flip features to do that I suppose. Scale basically allows you to scale the artwork beyond the natural width of the panel. So if you had artwork such as ...



Then you could scale the bottom panel to 200% (hiding the bottom half) and the same with the top with flip selected so that the orientation is the same, and you could get panels that look like ...



I've never really thought about it before but there's no reason why that wouldn't work.
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Old 03-05-2010, 06:35 PM  
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Hello, Sunn.
Thank you for the addon. Really cannot imagine to play without.

I have one question tho. I have been looking into this feature of artwork scale, and been wondering if it could be used for placing different graphics for, for example, top and bottom of the screen. Like, completly different. But I dont see any tips from you about it.

If you ever had this in mind, could you please come with a short tutorial or at least some numbers of what part of the graphics is being resized?
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Old 03-02-2010, 06:49 PM  
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Anyone know where I can find the art that's used from this old screenshot? This is my UI a long time ago, and I can't find this art anywhere!

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo...eat=directlink
It's not one of mine. Sorry. Looks nice though
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