[xHUD] - a new, fully customizable HUD

[Autumn]

I was unsatisfied with the currently available HUDs for Warhammer, so I decided to write an own. The main focus is to provide more freedom in design and function, which is why you will see an increasing number of configuration options. On the other side, I try to make the default settings as intuitive as possible, so that the addon grants everything one would expect of a HUD without having to fumble in the settings.
There are still a few flaws in the behaviour, most of them will be fixed soon(tm), and there are quite some options still to be covered. However, I am interested in feedback - what features are the most important to you, what are things you might want to change?

You can see a screenshot here:
http://mediabeta.curse.com/Curse.Projects.ProjectImages/16125/10987/xHUD.JPG
Different Layout (with career bar):
http://static.curseforge.net/uploads/19/11/43/xHUD2.JPG

The addon can be downloaded at:
http://war.curse.com/downloads/war-addons/details/xhud.aspx

version 1.5
added extended text support
you can now create as many text panels you like, to display everything you want, where you want it

version 1.4
more buff support! anchoring, growth direction and the possibility to only display self-inflicted buffs/debuffs
hopefully got rid of the Initialization bug

version 1.3
added a configuration GUI (/xhud)

version 1.2
fixed a bug with alpha settings not working
fixed a bug with max hp not updating correctly
added career bar: displays grudge, dark magic, bloodlust, pet hp etc.
added options: bgalpha, bgcolor, enabled, direction
text is now movable via the layout editor

version 1.1
fixed bug with buff icons not resetting properly
added options: buffsize, alpha, ooc-alpha

coming up next:
lots of text customization

[burfo]

Nice work!

[zensaber]

Not bad at all! We need more addons like this!

[Qog]

Looks pretty nice. But the one thing that has kept me from using any of the huds released so far is I don't like the plain vertical health bars. I really wish there were more display options such as diagnal or curved bars.

[Rydog]

Looks pretty nice. But the one thing that has kept me from using any of the huds released so far is I don't like the plain vertical health bars. I really wish there were more display options such as diagnal or curved bars.

Im fairly sure that you can only use the textures in the game at the moment.

Feel free to correct me if i am wrong.

[metaphaze]

No, that is right. Only textures in the game so our hud options are limited.

[Rotal]

There wouldn't be a way to switch it's fill direction from horizontal to vertical, would there?

Hate huds, but you actually have options to modify width and height, which none of the current UFs do..

[Autumn]

There wouldn't be a way to switch it's fill direction from horizontal to vertical, would there?

It's on the list with a fairly high priority :)

[ShroOmy]

Looks like a good start.

[pikamoo]

Looks fine. I think there can be a better color design.

The bright colors and long bars are great. The group colors and bars are more passive and blend in too much in the action bar and background. I would create a stronger color than dark color for the group. Try using a lighter color. It will make it easier to focus and less confusion.




:D

[Autumn]

oh well, the group frames are Squared ;) maybe I should make a screenshots without it, to avoid confusion

[hyjaxxx]

i dig the mod, very nice. Although im curious if anyone has seen the *ArcHud* mod available from wow. It is by far the most amazing hud on the market. the hp/mana bars are in a semi circle on either side of you that fade out when not taking damage/using spells. It is also able to be adjusted a plethora of ways for each persons liking. In short if you would be willing to make something similar i would gladly pay you for your time hehe. until then, this one is good 8P

[Autumn]

you will get curved bars as soon as custom textures no longer bug. everyone is requesting this, sadly it's just not possible yet.

[Rydog]

Unable to get it working. Have libslash, /xhud shows unknown command it it wont appear. Installed with curse client. Any suggestions?

Also states "xHUD Initialized"

Edit: Done further testing. It seems it does not work when i have squared going. But in your screenshot i could see you go squared so im not sure what's up

[Alfonse]

Lose the black background on the bars and I'm in.

[Havokus]

Unable to get it working. Have libslash, /xhud shows unknown command it it wont appear. Installed with curse client. Any suggestions?

Also states "xHUD Initialized"

Edit: Done further testing. It seems it does not work when i have squared going. But in your screenshot i could see you go squared so im not sure what's up

im having the same problem. /xhud and /xhud default does nothing. when i type /addon it is checked and all other addons are working. im so confused

[Autumn]

I can't exactly reproduce the problem, but it is possibly fixed with the updated internal setting handling of 1.2 (currently waiting for approval) - tell me if you're still having problems after updating.
another thing you could try is to delete the xHUD-Folder in <Warhammer Online>/user/Interface/AllCharacters/ while not being logged in.

[Jayblah]

I can't exactly reproduce the problem, but it is possibly fixed with the updated internal setting handling of 1.2 (currently waiting for approval) - tell me if you're still having problems after updating.
another thing you could try is to delete the xHUD-Folder in <Warhammer Online>/user/Interface/AllCharacters/ while not being logged in.

1.2.1 has not fixed the issue. The /commands continue to return an error but they do seem to work. I have erased my settings as you specified; no success.

The errors I've come across are as follows:
[string "Interface/Addons\xHUD\xHUD.lua"]:264: attempt to compare nil with number

and

[string "Interface/Addons\xHUD\xHUD.lua"]:272: attempt to compare nil with number

and

[string "Interface/Addons\xHUD\xHUD.lua"]:328: attempt to compare nil with number <== this one occurred when I attempted to set my buffsize

And no, that forwardslash "/" is not a typo, that's what the error reports.

[Niintu]

might give this a shot

[Autumn]

updated to 1.3
had to put back the feature requests for this version, but I've come up with something different some might have wanted: config GUI.

[Jayblah]

updated to 1.3
had to put back the feature requests for this version, but I've come up with something different some might have wanted: config GUI.

Don't see 1.3 on Curseforge.

[Autumn]

check again, was waiting for approval

[BrinkODeath]

im having the same problem. /xhud and /xhud default does nothing. when i type /addon it is checked and all other addons are working. im so confused

I had this same problem.
I installed xHUD and it worked awesome (1.1)
I removed DuffTimer and DaHud and xHUD no longer showed on my screen.
I tried installing every verison including 1.3 and no change
I deleted my settings numerous time and no change.

I would get the Initializing message and it would be in the listed in /addon but not showing up on the screen, and the slash commands would come up as unknown.

I reinstalled DaHud, same thing.
I re-installed DuffTimer and they were magically back. I just ended up disabeling DaHud and hiding DuffTimers untill i can get some more time to figure out the problem.

[Autumn]

This is weird. I don't use DuffTimer, and xHUD 1.3.1 works fine for me without any addon installed except LibSlash.

Could you please type /debug, enable the UI Log (by clicking on Logs), do a /reload and tell me what error messages you get regarding xHUD?

[BrinkODeath]

This is weird. I don't use DuffTimer, and xHUD 1.3.1 works fine for me without any addon installed except LibSlash.

Could you please type /debug, enable the UI Log (by clicking on Logs), do a /reload and tell me what error messages you get regarding xHUD?

If I do not have DuffTimer AND DaHud installed, I get a constant stream of failier messages because the individual xHUD windows "does not exist"

I have them both disabled in the /addon menu, but if I remove their folders from
\Interface\Addons no xHUD at all.
I have attached a screen shot of the Debug Errors.
I get these SAME errors if neither or only one of the addons is installed, not when both are isntalled.
http://brinklin8r.googlepages.com/BrinkM_000.jpg

[Autumn]

released 1.4
please tell me if you're still having problems with loading the mod, most suitable with an error log from /debug
if not, then I might finally have found the issue :>

[BrinkODeath]

released 1.4
please tell me if you're still having problems with loading the mod, most suitable with an error log from /debug
if not, then I might finally have found the issue :>

Nope same thing with both removed.
http://brinklin8r.googlepages.com/uilog.log

[Dalis]

A good HUD is something I miss the most from WoW. This one looks like you are off to a good start.

So custom textures are something that are just broken and will be in at some point? I hope that is the truth cuz i too am more partial to a curved or otherwise altered HUD.

look at all the possiblities (some of these are kinda nutty)

http://forums.nurfed.com/showthread.php?t=11134

[Aiiane]

So custom textures are something that are just broken and will be in at some point?

Yes. They were actually working for a while in beta, but then something broke them; I believe Mythic has a fix in the pipeline, it just hasn't made it into a live build yet.

[Autumn]

BrinkODeath, please try out v1.4.1. Looks like one of your addons was causing the problems. Or at least, I hope so, because then I would have found a fix for it.

[BrinkODeath]

BrinkODeath, please try out v1.4.1. Looks like one of your addons was causing the problems. Or at least, I hope so, because then I would have found a fix for it.

Works thanks for you effort!

[Autumn]

released 1.5
major changes to how text is created. you can now create additional text panels and fill them with information in the way you want them, through a tag-based system.
yes, you will finally get hp%

[Jayblah]

Great update, but I have a few qualms:

Font options are too limited. There are more fonts supported by the game than the 4 you allow. I have my UI scaled way down, so even the Large font you support is somewhat small. Better yet, you could allow the addon to remember the text-frame rescaling I do to make the fonts larger. In my opinion, this is the way to go.

No list of variables for the text frames. Can you create a list of these variables on your curseforge/curse page? I tried ($player_hp%) on a newly created self HP% frame, but all that resulted in was the frame displaying the text "($player_hp%)"

Thanks!

P.S. This is the best HUD out there, make no mistake about that.

[Autumn]

Uh, my bad. Uploaded the wrong file yesterday, check out 1.5.2, which features more fonts and a variables window (telling you that it's $percent_hp%)
for the font size.. honestly, I hate custom scaling. Tell me if the supported font sizes in 1.5.2 are still too small for you and I will have to implement it.

On a side note: Thank you for all the support :)

Edit: 1.5.3 - I really ed up my files ^^

[Decaux]

The default enemy and friendly targets keep popping up. I fixed it by resizing those frames into oblivion, but I suggest you look into it. I use squared for all my group frames if that is some help.

[Sadhu]

Whoopi! MetaHud was getting old... maybe I can replace it!

Now, if only we had textures...

[Jayblah]

Posted a pretty urgent ticket on your portal regarding Career bars not functioning.

[Autumn]

fixed in 1.6.1
keep the tickets coming :)

[Kelioum]

how do you make the layout horizontal? i cant find the command anywhere.

[Autumn]

/xhud -> Filling -> change fill direction to right or left
note that you might want to also change the width and height of the bars (menu Size)

[Kelioum]

how do i change the buff anchors as well? :p

[Autumn]

Positioning -> Player/Friend/Enemy Buffs
move either by control panel or click [x] Register with Layout Editor

[midnightray]

my ap bar is bugged. Never goes down, the text shows me using AP but the bar doesn't!

[Gimano]

One little thinig you might want to change urgently.
How do I explain this as a non English native speaking person.

The bar should show a much more clear shadow.
For example if I'm at 50% health, I have a half green bar. But the other half of the bar is way to invisible. Hard to estimate how hard you're hurt this way. Just a border or a shadow would do the trick.
Appart from that I'm very happy I found this addon, I hope you'll keep working on it till it reaches perfection ;-)
I always have been a big fan of IceHud in WoW.

[computerpunk]

As soon as I get some time to work around with it, I'll work it out. Might even not have time to work on it for the next 2 weeks sadly.

[Hotcakes]

Recently switched over from cleanunitframes to this and I absolutely love it. Thanks for the mod.

[Aiiane]

Recently switched over from cleanunitframes to this and I absolutely love it. Thanks for the mod.

Frankly I'm surprised people still use CUF. o.o I never expected to be maintaining it this long.

[Hotcakes]

curse ui site is pretty awful in how it organizes and shows UI's so finding new addons is difficult for me at least.

[MiztrezzLyn]

I run the curse client and just click "get list" every day and sort by "last modified" or whatever. That way I keep up with all the changes and new things that get put up. I hate trying to find things via the curse site.

[Archbound]

Is there anyway to stop the bars from dissapearing, i would really prefer for the health and AP ones to stay lol

[computerpunk]

Open xHUD.lua.
Look for

local DefaultSettings = {

skim through the block and look in ["xHUDPlayerHP"] and ["xHUDPlayerAP"] for the no_target_fade = true, and change the true to false.

[Ernesto]

You can also type /xhud while in-game and uncheck the little box that says: "Do not fade with target"

[Marsares]

Installed it and loved it. Sadly, my comp ain't the fast one and I noticed a drop in performance, so I had to uninstall it again.

Ever since, the standard "YourStatus" bit is hidden from my screen. I checked in my UI settings, hid it, unhid it, and nothing works. I just can't see my own face, HP and AP bars anymore, although weirdly enough when I get buffed or debuffed the icons do show up in the YourStatus bit.

Any ideas?

[Dimentox]

The text and the riend / enemy hp keep moving arund on me

[computerpunk]

Well, that's unusual. Do they appear in the same place? If so, try making the XML from \User\Interface\xHUD\ non-read-only.

[Psychor]

I love the look of xHUD. However I must be slightly retarded because I cannot get it to look quite right. By default the bars are positioned to far to the left of my screen (1920x1200). So I tried using the xHUD menu to move them. However, when I use the arrows in the menu the bars merely blink/disappear. They do not move. So then I tried moving the bars via the Layout Editor (I enabled the option to allow me to do this). This does works. However, certain bars will continue to pop up even though I set them to be disabled and hidden. :? I'm hoping there is some issue with the latest release because I'm going crazy. Haha.

[Archbound]

So the new guy for Xhud, When can we expect this to support choppa (Just a word of advice on this part, You should make it change colors when it is at furious and Beserk like the WE one changes for max Frenzy)

[computerpunk]

So, I've spoken with talvinen and I'm now an Author of xHUD so I can post versions. I'm gonna start needing Feedback on it, so keep it up. Currently, I've fixed the Careers for the two classes.

[computerpunk]

New version posted. Waiting for approval.

[Archbound]

By the Way to anyone who is interested, I am the Beta Tester for XHud, If you have any concerns and you cannot reach Punk, Try contacting me. If it is an issue that is user side fixable i will do my best to help you, and if it ends up being a Code issue i will pass it on directly to Punk.

If you contact punk then feel free. (He is on European Time I am on American Eastern time so pretty Much Americans talk to me Europeans talk to him =D)

[Caeli]

Frankly I'm surprised people still use CUF. o.o I never expected to be maintaining it this long.
Still use it and love it ;)

[computerpunk]

Can someone explain some Career Mechanics for me? I want to finish the colouring but I need all mechanics explained. Anyone offering to do this? I currently am informed about:
Ironbreakers/Black Guards
Bright Wizards/Sorcerers
Choppa/Slayer
Disciples of Khaine/Warrior Priests
Marauder/Shadow Warrior (They don't have countable career points)
Chosen/KotBS (Same as above)

[Archbound]

Can someone explain some Career Mechanics for me? I want to finish the colouring but I need all mechanics explained. Anyone offering to do this? I currently am informed about:
Ironbreakers/Black Guards
Bright Wizards/Sorcerers
Choppa/Slayer
Disciples of Khaine/Warrior Priests
Marauder/Shadow Warrior (They don't have countable career points)
Chosen/KotBS (Same as above)


Uhh, Dude, Talk to me. I know everything, and i am your tester. Contact me lol.

[computerpunk]

Released a new version @ Curse Link (http://war.curse.com/downloads/war-addons/details/xhud.aspx).

[Teal]

hi there!
I used xHUD w/ orbs before but a recent update broke it. :( Now I updated to xHUD 2.16 but can't get the orbs to work properly. Do I still need the orb fix (http://www.warhammeralliance.com/forums/showthread.php?t=236329) to use these Sanctuary orbs w/ xHUD? Is there any predefined profile for it included, yet? Because in my version the profile tab is empty.

[Archbound]

hi there!
I used xHUD w/ orbs before but a recent update broke it. :( Now I updated to xHUD 2.16 but can't get the orbs to work properly. Do I still need the orb fix (http://www.warhammeralliance.com/forums/showthread.php?t=236329) to use these Sanctuary orbs w/ xHUD? Is there any predefined profile for it included, yet? Because in my version the profile tab is empty.

With the new version of Xhud there were some changes.

To fix the issue is rather simple
type /xhud
goto the textures option
Select the Textures you wanted for each bar you display.
This should make them reappear.

[Psychor]

First, awesome addon. Now onto my issue. :D

I did a fresh install of the latest release of xHUD after the 1.2 patch. The bars seem to behave but I simply cannot get the buff icons to behave. Sometimes xHUD will display my buffs and sometimes it won't. It simply will not display any hostile or friendly target buffs.

Thanks.

[computerpunk]

They must have changed Buffs and Debuffs sorting for 1.2. I currently don't know how to handle the buffs, so I'll to talvinen.

[Teal]

With the new version of Xhud there were some changes.

To fix the issue is rather simple
type /xhud
goto the textures option
Select the Textures you wanted for each bar you display.
This should make them reappear.
Thanks. Working now on rebuilding my UI. :)

[Psychor]

They must have changed Buffs and Debuffs sorting for 1.2. I currently don't know how to handle the buffs, so I'll to talvinen.

I don't think so. I reverted back to v2.1.5b and so far my buffs and hostile/friendly buffs have stuck around. Something must have been switched in the build after v2.1.5b. If you need me to test something just let me know. Thanks.

[computerpunk]

Yes, I would. I'll go through buff functions and look for differences.

Edit: All the lines concerning buffs are identical...What could be wrong?O_O

[Psychor]

Yes, I would. I'll go through buff functions and look for differences.

Edit: All the lines concerning buffs are identical...What could be wrong?O_O

That is odd. :confused: I'll wipe out v2.1.5b tonight and install the latest build and test it again. Thanks for checking. I'll let you know what I find.

[computerpunk]

As for the new xHUD version, it will be called: SNT Frames. Yes, it's not a joke. Me and DonKaban will rebuild xHUD from scratch.

[Psychor]

As for the new xHUD version, it will be called: SNT Frames. Yes, it's not a joke. Me and DonKaban will rebuild xHUD from scratch.

Looking forward to that! BTW I think the problem was with the buff icon sizing. Somehow it was set to a value that make the icons essentially invisible. Sorry for the confusion.

[Musca]

While SNT Frames is not available, I have a question about xHud:

How the heck do I create a custom shape for a "counter"?

I made a texture/shape (b&w, 256,256, where white should be the brightest colored zone);
Saved it as texturenameBG.dds and texturenameFG.dds;
edited the xhud.lua and the textures.xml to include it.

When I try to use it, it will simply show me... nothing, as if there was no texture there at all...

What am I missing?

[Milli]

While SNT Frames is not available, I have a question about xHud:

How the heck do I create a custom shape for a "counter"?

I made a texture/shape (b&w, 256,256, where white should be the brightest colored zone);
Saved it as texturenameBG.dds and texturenameFG.dds;
edited the xhud.lua and the textures.xml to include it.

When I try to use it, it will simply show me... nothing, as if there was no texture there at all...

What am I missing?

I am having the same problem,

I basically copied and edited one of the .dds images to a custom one, edited what LUA and XML files I thought would be needed(Then again I'm learning from scratch here).

Loaded into game, set cast bar as my custom texture and nothing would show up.

[Yamota]

Installed the mod but the bars are not centered on my char but rather are above and to the left. Tried using the window layout but the xhud window doesnt appear there.

How to fix?

[computerpunk]

Did you download the one in the comments? The current release went a bit wrong. The SVN didn't want to update.

[Musca]

Did you download the one in the comments? The current release went a bit wrong. The SVN didn't want to update.

Can you repost the link mate?
I see a few around and not sure what to pick... Granted that the one I got from Curse doesn't show me the new made textures.

[computerpunk]

I uploaded a new version. See if it works for you!

[TasteTheRainbow]

i have problems with the buffs, i cant choose the buff to growth to the right instead of "up"
When i put "right" these one appear in the upper-left corner of the screen...

[computerpunk]

I'm really sorry about this issue, but as far as I got informed on how xHUD is, I haven't been told jack about Buffs. I'm really inexperienced with LibGUI and I just got my way through to do some changes to some windows. I'll look into it and see if I can do anything to help.

[Halroni]

Hey! This addon is great, but Iam having a quite frustrating problem!

Everytime I switch servers to another character the xHUD resets completly to it's default setting! All addons I have goes to their right mod when I import the profile from another character through the WAR interface. xHUD however, doesn't. And the worse part is that when I then go back to my original character on my original server, the xHUD has reset there aswell. Since I do quite some modification to my addon this is a real pain in the ******. The profiles I have saved in the /xhud window is also completely gone!

Is there any way of solving this frustrating situation?

[computerpunk]

Yeah, there is a way. And that's done by making profiles global. I'll do a new release tonight.

[Halroni]

Yeah, there is a way. And that's done by making profiles global. I'll do a new release tonight.

Ah, that is awsome mate! Really looking forward to the new release!

[computerpunk]

Done. Waiting for reports.

[Halroni]

Works beutifully!
Thanks for responding quickly and letting me enjoy your great addon!

Cheers!

[computerpunk]

No problem. I'm at the client's demand.

[Halroni]

Hmm.. Still not working perfectly though.

Sometimes when I switch between characters (they can even be on the same server) the xHUD still resets and the profile window empties. The most frustrating part of this is that it resets on all f****** other characters aswell. Frustration indeed!

[computerpunk]

Nothing I would see wrong in the code. I'll try doing it myself.

Edit: Can't seem to reproduce. Try this:
Delete the folder from settings\servernamezprofilename\xHUD.
Delete the xHUD files from Global too.
Start WAR and do your changes. See if they save now.

[Halroni]

That seemed to have helped abit! Thanks!

[computerpunk]

You're welcome.

[Halroni]

Might submit a small bug report while Iam at it.
Every text that I've created, custom made text that is, are always restored to their original positions everytime I make a modification to the xHUD.

[computerpunk]

Which is in fact weird. It has a function to save position for every created Text/Frame/etc... o_O

[Halroni]

As a matter of fact, I've noticed they reset everytime I login. Not a big problem but abit irritating to have to relocate them all before going into playing.

[Halroni]

The issue of the texts has resolved itself. I don't know how but now it's working properly. All my profiles are also working correctly!

I've got another question though. I got some pals that would like to have their xHUD modded in the way I've done it. Is there any way of sending them my modifications? I tried the first thing I could think of which was sending them the xHUD folder from the interface and user section but that didn't work.

Thanks for any advice.
Cheers~

[computerpunk]

Step 1: Have then install xHUD.
Step 2: Send them your Global\xHUD and Server\Char\xHUD folder.
Step 3: Have them open the GUI through /xhud.
Step 4: Load the profile.
Step 5: ???
Step 6: PROFIT!

[Halroni]

Exactly what we did mate. Unfortunally it didn't work. Somthing did happend though. Their xHUD got abit messed up but that was about it.

[computerpunk]

Do you have the same resolution type? I mean, this AddOn works with scaling (I think).

[Nothv13]

I'm having a bit of trouble with Xhud. I'm currently madifying Teal's version of the Sanctuary UI for a larger resolution (1680x1050 going to 1920x1200). It uses a heavily customized xhud for the health orbs. Everytime I reposition the orbs to the spot they need to be in, they will reset to the default sanctuary psosition whenever the ui is reloaded or I log off. Tried everything I know and nothing has worked so far.

[computerpunk]

Try saving the settings through the GUI into a profile?

[Nothv13]

I've tried that and on reloading the ui or relogging it just resets.

[computerpunk]

This is extremely weird. Try deleting your saved variables then doing another UI. See if that works.

[Nothv13]

Which saved variables. There's teh all characters one, then the ones for each character.

[computerpunk]

Try doing it for the one for each character. That's the best way to start, since profiles have data used from the settings.

[Jinnz]

Awesome hud, love it. Gets rid of at least 3 boxes into very easy to read and space saving arcs (for my settigns anyway :D)

I have the same problem, dl'ed it via curse client and got it exactly how I want, but it just never saves the positions and even when I save the profile so I can load it up incase it does it again..... doesn't work.

Would really like to keep this hud, any help guys?

[Nothv13]

Awesome hud, love it. Gets rid of at least 3 boxes into very easy to read and space saving arcs (for my settigns anyway :D)

I have the same problem, dl'ed it via curse client and got it exactly how I want, but it just never saves the positions and even when I save the profile so I can load it up incase it does it again..... doesn't work.

Would really like to keep this hud, any help guys?
I continued to have the same problem even after a complete reformat of my computer and installation onto a different drive to avoid Vista's protection of the programs folder. It would still never save the positions.

[computerpunk]

I got to the conclusion that this AddOn got into such a deprecated stage that it needs a rewrite.