Help in creating an new ui please

[Korvus]

Reposted in (hopefully) the right place

So as the title suggests, after browsing the forums here for some time, I have decided to try and create my own UI so I know exactly what i have and how to use it The trouble is the only UI "stuff" I have done before is downlaoding mods :P

So, as i mentioned I have browsed the site for a while and decided the initial package will be containing Bartender4, Ag_unitframes ( Iread there a little easier than Pitbull?) omen, recount, Phanxchat,chinchilla, tomtom and ratings buster. Hopefully if these go well I will add more at a later date. One question: Are healbot and AG compatible?

So for my questions, will these addons slow my fps down alot in general? Also is there a mod that groups all my addons in one convenient place? How do i save them all in there relevant positions for my other chars etc? And finally is there an easy way to do this? ie where the hell do i start lol and can you recomend anymore addons to make this whole process a little easier?

edit: just noticed lunar spheres, has anyone considered using this instead of BT4?
Thanks in advance

[Psoewish]

Right now I'm really really tired and I'm heading to bed, so I cba to write up some stuff right now, but if no replies have been made by tomorrow, I'll be sure to make some suggestions :P

Just so you don't feel ignored or something

[Korvus]

hehe thanks very much its pretty basic questions i could do with answers to really, like what other mods do you guys recomend? specifically is there a mod that can tell me how much memory or lag each addon is causing? and is there an adoon that groups all mine into a nice easy to use single menu? stuff like that

and thanks for the quick response, hope you sleep well lol

[Gemini_II]

We can't really say what your UI should look like. What works for me, or Shirik, or Seerah, may not work for you...

Your best bet is to grab a few mods and start playing with them. Fidn out for yourself what you want. I started using addons when I thought "hey, I hate this bar setup, I want it to look like this". Many people are happy with the default options, and if you are very concerned about performance, then you don't want to run many addons.

If you grab FuBar or an LibDataBroker (LDB) display like DockingStation or Fortress, then you can grab PerformanceFu (I think I saw Performance_Broker too) that will help display memory usage.

I always recommend a threat meter (Omen3). My personal favorite unitframes are Xperl (Ag_UF and Pitbull are also great), my fav barmod is Macaroon (BT4 would be another), and I can't live without an all-in-one bag, Combuctor. RatingBuster is an awesome choice too.

[Korvus]

yeah I am sort of concerned with my fps really, but like you said I just though " I REALLY hate the look of the standard bars now" and as i had a few other addons i decided to try and make them look nice instead of cluttering up my screen as they do now my definates so far are: AG_unitframes (as i read the're quite simple to use) Lunar spheres (or BT4 if LS doesnt look right) Phanxchat, omen,recount, chinchilla and simple buffbars. With the extras as Tomtom, cutup Rating Buster, Clastimer and healbot. my main concerns is having to re-do my UI with each character is there an easy way around this? and also i wanted to somehow monitor the usage so i can see if any of them are particuarily hard on my PC, i might give fortress a try, so thankyou for that will any extras be required for fortress at all?

Thanks for the fast response

[Seerah]

The addons you mentioned shouldn't have much of an impact on your performace at all, except Recount can be a hog if you have it set to do a lot of work and store a lot of data.

Saved variables (settings) for your addons are stored in the World of Warcraft\WTF folder. Most addons will have things the same across all characters for you by default. Others will give you profile options to have the option of having settings the same/diff. across characters, and others do best when the settings are only stored per character instead of per account. But it's not really something for you to worry about before you come across troubles.

Healbot will work fine with ag_UF, you'll just have to be careful not to have too much clutter on your screen with ag's raid frames and Healbot's frames, for example.

Only worry about performance from addons if you run the bare minimum computer specs for the game and/or have issues already with game performance.

[Korvus]

ok hopefully there is a link in here to show you my ui so far, just have a couple of questions for you experts Is there anyway to get the grey background off my health bars etc in perl? Also is there any way to show my full grid layout without actually being in a raid? I noticed that everytime i try to enable something on Titan i get an error and it wont let me do anythin with titan at all, has anyone else had this problem or know a way round it? thanks in advance
http://i42.tinypic.com/2yyr4ad.jpg

Also any constructive criticism is always welcome

[Korvus]

Ok so Ive decide to change my Uf's to ouf and using the optional files kindly provided by p3lim (who ive also sent a pm to say thanks) Iwas wondering however if someone could give (or point me towards) a walkthrough on how to adjust minor issues I have, ie moving the frames down my screen slightly.

Thanks as always
Korvus

[Yhor]

Originally Posted by Korvus Ok so Ive decide to change my Uf's to ouf and using the optional files kindly provided by p3lim (who ive also sent a pm to say thanks) Iwas wondering however if someone could give (or point me towards) a walkthrough on how to adjust minor issues I have, ie moving the frames down my screen slightly. Thanks as always Korvus

In the player "spawn", party "spawn"... etc. "spawn". Where you see a frame or header spawned in the lua is where you look to change it's location (generally speaking, I haven't personally used the one you speak of, but "spawn" is the common oUF 'call' for positioning.

You'll see something like
oUF:Spawn('player'):SetPoint('BOTTOMLEFT', UIParent, 'BOTTOMLEFT', 25, 210)

The 'BOTTOMLEFT' and the 2 numbers (in this case, 25 and 210) are where you would modify for position change. If you just want small changes, only adjust numbers, if you want centered in the bottom, it would require a change from BOTTOMLEFT, 25, 210 to 'BOTTOM', 0, 210)....( this would center the frame, and keep the same "height position" (or vertical position) on the screen). Play around a bit with it, it's quite easy once you do. The appearance is the more difficult part, moving is cake.

[Korvus]

OK, thanks yhor, Ive managed to get the bars where i want them now However i am also using the oUF experience addon to and was wondering if it is possible to anchor it to my frame? or is it just a case of working out where my frame ends and starting my experieance bar in te same place