Your customized UI

[SolanQ]

it will be nice to be able to save the UI interface as a template and apply to other character in other region.

or just another char. on the same server; orrr... IS that shared?
(haven't tested it yet)

Afaik only the "System Configuration" settings are shared and each character uses their own individual copy of all the other settings.

However since those settings are all stored on your computer and not the server, it should be possible to simply copy the files from one character folder to another in order to import things like keybinds, HUD, etc. I haven't had any reason to test this yet, but I don't see why it wouldn't work, since backing up and restoring those files seems to work just fine.

You can find the files under Documents -> My Games -> Final Fantasy XIV - ARR. Each character has their own folder with an indecipherable character code, but you can just look at the creation time/date of the folder to figure out who is who.


edit: Btw has anyone else had problems with the Focus Target window not staying put between relogs? Mine keeps moving to the left after I relog and I can't find a way to stop this. It's beginning to piss me off...

edit again: After some experimentation I've discovered that the Focus Target window only moves horizontally and it keeps aiming for certain "snap-to" spots that are roughly 3 squares apart from each other. If the window is perfectly aligned with one of these snap-to spots it seems to stay put indefinitely, but if I move it even a millimeter to the left, then it will reposition itself to the next snap-spot to the left of where I save it.

When I showed the problem to my fiancee (who is a software programmer) he told me it could be a rounding error and instead of saving the exact X coordinate of the Focus Target window it's only saving a rounded down coordinate, thus causing the window to move each time the X coordinate you left it at doesn't match the rounded-down coord.

[DawnNoMoreRises]

hmm... copying you say?
Might be worth a shot =)

[Daemion]

This is what im rolling with as my UI as a Monk. I spent a lot of time on it. Pic was obv taken during a... failed Titan run... :/ Damn that fat bastard!

[Naunet]

Finally got around to screenshotting my UI.



I might have to make adjustments when it gets to 24 man stuff... I really wish I could resize and just generally modify the party unit frames. They are my biggest frustration when trying to customize my UI. Ideally I would have the unit frames at the bottom center of my screen, just above my own health bar and such, but the way they are designed makes that pretty much impossible.

Also, am I the only one annoyed at how the durations of my buffs look very cramped and kind of on top of one another?? D: I don't know why they do that, and I wish I could fix it!

[whmchrish]

This thread inspired me to do some modifications to my own basic setup. Originally I was fairly closely aligned to the default, but looking at you guys' idea, I came up with a setup that suits me much better.



I don't really like the main menu and its small circles. For some reason, I always have to think a few seconds about what each one does, so adding most of the functions to custom placed hotbars made it much easier for me. To each their own, you know?

I also switch jobs a lot, and so I found it just plain convenient to have them all placed in a non-intrusive (and symmetrical) way.

I'm still tweaking it as I see how a bigger party list, enemy list etc affects gameplay, but this is pretty close to what i envisioned when I started out!

Great thread ^_^b

[Slirith]

Finally got around to screenshotting my UI.



I might have to make adjustments when it gets to 24 man stuff... I really wish I could resize and just generally modify the party unit frames. They are my biggest frustration when trying to customize my UI. Ideally I would have the unit frames at the bottom center of my screen, just above my own health bar and such, but the way they are designed makes that pretty much impossible.

Also, am I the only one annoyed at how the durations of my buffs look very cramped and kind of on top of one another?? D: I don't know why they do that, and I wish I could fix it!

ctrl+home let's you resize whatever UI part is selected..Unless you meant something else and I misunderstood lol

[Slirith]

Sadly, had to switch to another PC since my first one was too weak to run the game.
Which basically means that I went from a 1920x1280 screen to a 1680x1050 screen.

Just imagine how pretty this would look on a 1920x1280. Atleast for me. :P

Where is the option to change name colors etc?

[Kataxenna]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2843/9...14603ec6_h.jpg

Theres mine. xD I'm still tweaking it. ;D

[Enjoi]

http://i.imgur.com/k8Tt9Jv.jpg

I feel like changing it up after seeing some of these other UI's.

[Naunet]

ctrl+home let's you resize whatever UI part is selected..Unless you meant something else and I misunderstood lol

Oh, I know, and I already did that. But the party UI is still too large for my tastes. A lot of this has to do with how it displays the mana bars of the party members, something that really should be able to be toggled off, because I simply don't need to know that kind of thing. Also, I'd like the ability to break down the party UI into multiple columns, so in an 8 man, I could have two columns of 4 players each. This would better utilize screen real estate.