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Btex version 2.9.3
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What is it? :
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Btex (for 'Bottom TEXture') is a very lightweight addon for World Of Warcraft providing Background texture at the bottom of the screen.
It contains a package of pre-made skins, a simple menu for settings skins, texture height,width,transparency,colors, positions, viewport,etc ..
What can it do? :
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- Put a texture of your choice on the bottom of the screen via menu options (use /bx menu or /btex menu),
- Set height/width/transparency/position/colors/layer of your texture,
- Use any other TGA/BLP texture file or any other 'pack' of skin,
- Display a grid to setup your interface correctly,
- Modify the 3D rendering area with viewport function,
- Work in any resolution,
- Low memory usage & standalone addon (no libs or dependency are needed).
Ready to use skins :
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The following skins are packaged and are ready to use via the option menu:
- Dark Shadow serie, Simple Black, Fade Black, Red Fury, Warcraft Classic, Ice Dragon, Ice Dragon remake (credits to Xaphiroth), Ice Dragon remake with pet bar(credits to
Xaphiroth), Wall, White Dragon.
! WARNING IF YOU ARE UPDATING BTEX: backup your Interface\Btex\Skin folder if you use custom skin !
Skins package know to work (Thanks to all artists sharing artwork !):
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You can download and use this skins too (copy them to /Interface/Addons/btex/skins/ and just use "Custom skins") :
- Official supported skins (80+ skins) : http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info7906-BTex.html#optional
- Horde Skin 4 btex 2.7.3 (http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/hskinz.aspx)
- Red Btex Nexus skin (http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info13261-RedBtexNexusskin.html)
- Telnets UI Art (http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info12078-v1.html).
- Eskin (http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/eskin.aspx)
- Sewell XArt Pack (http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info7100-SewellXArtPack.html)
- Xart Skin - Warcraft 3 elven (http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info7123-XartSkin-Warcraft3elven.html)
- Fairy Tale Style using XArt (http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info6712-FairyTaleStyleusingXArt.html)
- ElectrofluxTextronator (http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info6847-ElectrofluxTextronator.html)
Last Update :
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V2.9.3 6 February 2010
- Modified function with X and Y placement for main frame. You can now set negative value.
V2.9.2 10 Decemeber 2009
- Updated TOC for Wow 30300,
- Fixed bug with saving variable in viewport mode.
For full version history, please see here: http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info7906.html or read the VersionHistory.txt
Translation :
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Language aviable for all frame config are :
- default : english/US,
- french,
- German localisation, thx to Kuhglöckchen a.k.a. Blocki
- Russian localisation, kiss to troyen
- zhTW and zhCN, credits to wowui.cn,
- I'm using google translator, i need HELP for other languages, thanks =)
Contribute :
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Just use http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info7906.html using the provided forms(comments tab) or send me a PM on wowinterface.
I'm looking for artists and someone to translate the remaining languages.
How do I use it?
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First unzip it into your interface\addons directory. For more info on installing, please read install.txt.
Now just run WoW and once logged in, type '/bx menu' to get the options screen and choose a skin.
Support :
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Please post all errors and suggestions on http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info7906.html using comments tab, or send me a PM on wowinterface.
FAQ :
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How do I run menu config ? type "/bx Menu" or "/Btex menu" in the chat windows.
Why the download is so big ? it's because it contain many images.
How do i load custom skins? Copy TGA or BLP files to /interface/btex/skins/ directory, and use the "custom texture" options on the top dropdown menu. Write name file without
the end "-1.tga". Exemple: for 'blabla' skin, you have 4 tga named blabla-1.tga, blabla-2.tga. Write 'blabla' in the custom name.
Do the skin support transparency ? yes. Via images files and via WOW API.
Can i use BLP file? Yes. use custom load skin, and do like with any other tga file.
Is there any PSD template i can use to make my own skin ? :Sure, just go to : http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info11906-BtexPSDforskinmaking.html I recommand using The
GIMP or if you have money Photoshop CS4.
BUT, remember to share !
How can i share my artwork ? : create an account on wowinterface then upload it here as a plugin : http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info7906-BTex.html#optional
Change Log - BTex
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* Version History : *
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V2.9.3 6 February 2010
- Modified function with X and Y placement for main frame. You can now set negative value.
V2.9.2 10 Decemeber 2009
- Updated TOC for Wow 30300,
- Fixed bug with saving variable in viewport mode.
V2.9.1 27 August 2009
- Fixed Chat Window layer(strata) when changing the strata of arts.
- Added skin Demonic (cause its no more aviable to download on curse :s)
V2.9.0 21 August 2009 - **this is a major release before V3.0**
- Added support for position (move main texture anywhere on screen),
- Added support for layer (choose what 'Strata' you want to use),
- Added support for Vertex colors (override colors of textures),
- Added support for Viewport function (resize the game windows size).
V2.8.0- 5 August 2009
- Reworked option menu with custom fonts to display well,
- Added support for BLP files.
V2.7.3- 7 March 2009
- Added German localisation, thx to Kuhglöckchen a.k.a. Blocki
- Added Russian localisation, kiss to troyen
v2.7.2- 7 February 2009
- Corrected "Close" button bug
- removed dutch locals, cause there is no dutch client .. oups sorry for the mistake ;=)
v2.7.1- 2 February 2009
- Added zhTW and zhCN localisation, thanks to wowui.cn
- Added Dutch localisation, thanks to Menjes
v2.7.0- 31 January 2009
- Added a grid function, so you can set interface easier
v2.6.0- 15 January 2009
- Added Width parameter, so you can adapt any skin to your resolution, if default value dont look well (depend on skin and scale used)
v2.5.1 - 14 January 2009
- Fixed the bug with blizzard UI calendar
v2.5.0 - 8 december 2008
- added support for localisation
- added french localisation
- added more slash command : /btex menu, /btex reset, /btex remove, /btex custom
v2.4.3 - 8 december 2008
- fixed error => "Message: ..\AddOns\Btex\Btex.lua line 583: attempt to index global 'a' (a boolean value)"
v2.4.2 - 6 december 2008
- fixed text placement in frame, with normal game font
- fixed a bug with dropdown menu
v2.4.1 - 4 december 2008
- fixed issue on "custom texture pack frame"
v2.4 - 4 december 2008
- corrected minor bug in slash command
- added a new skin : White Dragon
v2.3.1 - 20 November 2008
- removed "panel button" coming from dev version
v2.3 - 19 November 2008
- added support for multiple character
- corrected "/bt" already used by bartender to "/bx", you can use "/btex" too
- corrected a bug form dropdownUI Menu
- added a new skin : Wall
v2.2 - 7 November 2008
- added support for transparency for normals and customs skins,
- added "Reset to default"button,
- added 2 new skins : Simple Black, Fade Black.
v2.1 - 5 November 2008
- added support for texture stretch. you can now set Height form 1 to 1200,
- added "no texture" in the dropdown menu,
- added "Load custom skin", where you can put your own pack of skin directly from game, without modifying the LUA code.
v2.0 - 3 November 2008 :
- reworked all the code,
- removed ACE 2.0 support, only WoWAPI hard coded (no libs are needed now),
- added menu option for skin choosing and other settings,
- added new skins,
- full LUA frame coded.
V1.0 - 26 November 2007:
- Initial release.
For full version history, please see here: http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info7906.html
Originally posted by ThePlant Actually, I did some reading and Figured out I have to do it on Photoshop. So I made a simple box style texture, but I cannot seem to make it opaque in anyway shape or form, it always shows up and perfectly transparent.
have you tryied to put alpha to 100 in photoshop and btex ?
Originally posted by tiggy can you explain better ?
Actually, I did some reading and Figured out I have to do it on Photoshop. So I made a simple box style texture, but I cannot seem to make it opaque in anyway shape or form, it always shows up and perfectly transparent.
Originally posted by ThePlant Is there any way I can add more layers? I need 3 Bars all of Different Heights but I cannot seem to change which bar Im working on.
hello i have a question. does this addon come with its own viewport? or do i need viewport to have a viewport? because there is a picture on the download page that can be very misleading if there isnt one
Hello, i really want to know where is, if it is,and what is the name of the skin shown in the first example picture. Please tell me , I really want it. Thanks.
Pst, for all those art links, [url] is your friend!
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So an update on those skins. I never was able to get them to save with proper transparency, and gave up after hours of frustration. I guess I'm just not meant to make them.
Originally posted by stormcryer Not to sound like a complete noob. But How do I use this mod to remove the Blizzard action bars to clean up my screen the mod in the screenshots look beautiful but upon selecting the skin i wanted I am still hampered by the action bars on bottom as well as to the right of the screen.
Is there a way to get the bars with only what spells etc I use display or is that a seperate mod in conjunction with btex?
Hi,
Btex dont remove action bar on bottom screen, you have to use a separate addon like domino or batender. just look for an action bar addon.
Not to sound like a complete noob. But How do I use this mod to remove the Blizzard action bars to clean up my screen the mod in the screenshots look beautiful but upon selecting the skin i wanted I am still hampered by the action bars on bottom as well as to the right of the screen.
Is there a way to get the bars with only what spells etc I use display or is that a seperate mod in conjunction with btex?
Amazing Artwork Serthida..
Everything looks fine as far as you creating and editing them.. scroll down in the forums and read my step by step process if it helps.
Make sure you have each bar correctly sized.. 1024 x 256 or (2048 x 512 for larger scale such as my bars). Use the Crop image each section either 256 x 256 or 512 x 512 (pending on overall image size).
goto channels. click on the alpha selection.
Marque or highlight section you want to be viewed and paint it white.
Save that cropped image in the correct number sequence.
rinse and repeat working from Left to Right in the correct cropped sizes.
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