Want to try something fresh..
 

I've been using ctmod and I want to change a few things.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...35017_edit.jpg

~ Is there a way to get rid of other people's portrait or add them at will when I need them? As shown in red.

~ Lots of mod like to put their minibutton at the blue coloured region in the map. Which mean if I want to access something I have to log out, disable the current mod and enable the mod I want to use. Then log into the game again to use the mod in game.

~Is there a way to resize omen box size?

And umm...do you think my wow is kinda bland? As you can see lots of original wow feature is still in it.

Re: Want to try something fresh..
 

You can resize Omen - I figured it out a few weeks ago. Just pull the bottom right corner.

As for your party portraits, I know how to do it in X-perl, but not in CTMod.

Geez you have a lot of space in your hotkeys mate. Mine are fully filled and I have to keep swapping things out:

F1 - Bloodlust Brooch AP trinket
F2 - Stealth
F3 - Mount
F4 - Kick
F5 - PvP trinket (swap in haste pots for raid)
F6 - Adrenaline Rush for raid, Prep for PvP
F7 - Gouge
F8 - Terokkar Tablet (AP trinket)
F9 - Drums of Battle
F10 - Flying Mount

' - SnD
1 - Attack
2 - SS for raid, Hemo for PvP
3 - Rupture
4 - Kidney shot for PvP, Feint for raid
5 - Exp Armour for PvP, Evi for raid
6 - Evi for PvP, Kidney Shot for raid (only for spell interrupts)
7 - Sprint
8 - Evasion
9 - Vanish
10 - Blind
11 - Bandage
12 - Heal Pot

I also bound X and S to the stuff I most use as I turn with my mouse (I don't click on my hotbar) and strafe with Q and E particularly in PvP.

X - Blade Flurry (raid) or Shadowstep (PvP) - in WotLK I bound Murder Spree to this
S - CLoS

Here's my interface (hotkeys were cut off)

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Yeah it looks a little dated/bland. You need to get X-perl and Titan panel. I too, am all about revamping my UI and I have to say nothing of the bulky original WoW stuff remains on my game. X-perl is far better than ctmod, especially for raiding and such. Titan will minimize the use of the other indicators, and put everything you need on a clean bar at the top (or bottom) of your screen. You can even reskin titan with an x-perl theme for a sleeker, glassy look.

I'd recommend possibly redoing your hotbar UI with hotbuttons classic or something, as it makes a ton more room, but this is optional - I eventually went back to the old bars. Try "Scrolling combat text" to eliminate alot of the times when you need to look at your combat log, and you can also free up some space by axing your bag UI with Titan.

Just my 2.

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I'm a clicker so I don't bind my keys. As you can see I group my icons according to their functions.

wow original action bar - main attack abilities, interupter, seldom usage skill.

second row from bottom bar - stealth abilities , escape abilities, super power abilities, trinkets, consumables that aid in combat, macros.

right row - travel items, hp/mana consumables, quest items.

left row - throw/range abilities, secondary profession.

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Ok, I'm still using Ct mod but I've done some tweaking. Now it looks much much more spacious.

Q : Does xperl works with ctmod?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...84918_edit.jpg

As you can see I'm still unable to find any mods to edit the party portrait. As shown in red.

I purposely shown recount and omen to show where I put them. Normally they are not shown but when they do my screen still looks spacious. I also manage to resize them. But the black box is kinda distracting. I wonder if I can make them slightly transparent.

In the meantime I help myself to download naturcombat castbar, auctioneer, mobinfo, gatherer, questhelper and atlas.

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I can see how you could do it for raids, but do you find it hard to pvp while clicking?

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People straff left and right had always give me problems in pvp. Or those that like to move here and there. However..

Honestly, the most annoying problem I had in pvp (and also in other areas like raids or 5 man) was that my icon would be gone. Yeah that's right, my icon will be missing in a middle of a fight.

I will be like "omg! my ss icon is missing!!" "where is my vanish icon?"

Then just recently, more like few weeks ago (don't laugh). I've found out that I can actually lock my icons in their bars so that they won't move.

Yeah after all these years of playing wow.

Re: Want to try something fresh..
 

Not sure if Ctmod works with it, I dont use both, only X-perl and the raidhelper within it. It looks better now, I see you got the hotbutton mod. Your UI could use a titan bar, which would fit nicely on the top of your screen there, showing gold, durability, bag space, server time etc. all on one neat line. You can even meld Atlas into it via the plugin on the Atlas site, and eliminate the icon around your minimap.

I still think you need X-perl, as you can fit your party members energy bars into a much tighter and neater space, and even take off the portraits if you like (good for raids etc.). You can also dump castbar then, since X-perl has it's own.

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I would definitely consider upgrading to X-Perl - it's so flexible.

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<font color="cyan">http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/1913/uizx3.jpgFirstly, get Xperl, not CTmod.

Look at Memmys UI with the portraits, look at mine. As he said, very flexible. I want my party in the top left, and myself in the bottom.

Also, square mini map ftw. And look for a mod called floating buttons/detached buttons or something, lets you move all mini map buttons where you want.

Shame its 4am, as this is an Old UI pic, I'd show you something newer/bit nicer.

Btw you two, get a widescreen monitor, helps loads.

And yes, I prefer standard Blizz icon bars over bartender :P

Edit - Ignore me being 5th on damage, thats not normal :P It's BT, note no oil/food buff/flask :P We don't care in BT :D</font>

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Lavi, I'm playing WoW on a 46" widescreen LCD on 1920x1080p with 2ms response time. I haven't looked back :D

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I've checked xperl, where is the option to get rid of party's portrait?

Ok, now the complaints.

~ I've to get rid of naturcastbar because it's too distracting.

~ Questhelper doesn't do anything much since I know where the quest objects/npcs are. I might get rid of it also.

~ All those tweaking I did for my rogues, it doesn't suits my warlock, my warrior and my bank alt. I've to log out, disable/enable some mods. Log in and had to spend some time tweaking again.

~ Since I'm a clicker, having to press F8 ~ F12 / shift B to open my bags is PITA.

~ Oh, just like the above, since I'm a clicker, having to press L , C , O etc etc to access my character screen is PITA.

So much for trying something fresh ehh? :P

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<font color="cyan">Sorry, I just meant Kakero, you can tell by his toolbar he's on around a 15" monitor.

Ok, cast bar - just remove it, then use Xperls built in one. You know where my name is on my portriat on my UI? or where it says Terron Gorefiend? thats where Xperl puts its castbar. Its imba. And partys portraits are in the party tab on Xperl.</font>

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Ok, I've tweak around xperl's party option. As you can see, I've uncheck everything but you can still see the party's hp and mana.

I guess I'm stuck with having to deal with party members in my screen.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...408_192226.jpg

Oh, I've also checked x perl's cast bar. I have to say, blizzard's castbar is much better. Since xperl's background is dark, you may not notice the enemy's cast bar. But blizzard's one is clear and easy to spot.

Which mean xperl isn't much of a use to me. Although the 3d portrait does look nice...

Re: Want to try something fresh..
 

You should be able to remove that party bar - I was able to do it. There's a setting somewhere, you may have to fiddle around with it a bit though.

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<font color="cyan">As far as i know mate, you have removed the party bar.

When you enter a party, no-one will show...

It's just when you click xperl options, it shows where they WOULD be if turned on.</font>

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Actually, that's it. Kak has probably figured it out by now lol. :D

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You are giving up too easily. A sleek and modern UI takes some tweaking, with the end result being a total revamp of the clunky and outdated Blizzard default. Every gripe you describe can be fixed.

You can remove the party bars by unchecking the party tab. You can remove some party members by right clicking the tab with X-perl open, and clicking "close". You can add party portraits in 3d or 2d, take them off altogether, add percentages or numbers if you prefer, or even both. You can totally axe any party members appearing (is this what you want to do?) by simply unchecking "X-perl Party" in the "All" tab. The party interface won't appear.

You can also change the color, texture, size and position of the castbar just like you can do with almost anything in X-perl.

As for enabling and tweaking mods for different alts., your addons screen coupled with your mod settings/profiles does this, enabling some mods to not come on at all or to come on with different settings for different chars.

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Yeah well I had to log off already and when I would log back some time later it would be too near to raiding time. So I "rebooted" back to my previous plugins and shut off my computer.

Will try tweaking again when I got time.

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Here we go, I've reloaded xperl and done some tweaking. I retain the party option. I've make the casting bar a bit transparent so it's easy to see.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...608_013909.jpg

I also make omen transparent so it's not distracting during raids.

Hmm.. I might wanna put the party more to the right side.

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Nice mate, looks heaps better.

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Yeah, you could prolly do with minimizing the party bar a little also. In that screenshot your party bars and portraits are now taking up more space than the original WoW party bars did. It may look better but it hasn't actually increased your view space. It's time to reduce the size a bit. The 3d portraits are eye-candy but not exactly good in a raid setting, as they are distracting, and big and can be taxing on lesser graphics cards. I usually go with a very small 1d portrait.

You don't really need percentages on party health + mana bars if you have numbers on, I usually use one or the other. Both of them at the same time is fine for mobs and bosses, but anywhere else is really for healer interests only.

I'd move the interface a bit to the left , maybe even the right, and resize it at least 5 integers down. I'd also resize party buffs a little lower.

All these things are mainly for raid settings, I am quite picky about reserving space and the things mentioned may not bother you if they remain. Me though, I like to have as much of a view as I can, while not skimping on essential info.

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<font color="cyan">Make the party bars smaller.

Remove party buffs, you don't need to see them.

Move the party bars to the left. I suggest putting your portrait just to the right of the chat box, Like I did on my screenie, then move omen to the bottom right corner.

Should free up some space.</font>