I can't see very well without my glasses, and I prefer to not wear them with my son around because he pulls them off, so I need everything a little larger than normal.
I have astigmatism, so I need everything a bit larger, unless I want to be squinting from 3 inches in front of the screen, and I've got to say... you could definitely do with a clearer font. Better backgrounds on the chat frames would also help with readability, as would more spacing between lines in Assessment, and getting rid of all those jagged font outlines.
I need grid somewhere I can easily see it, while seeing buffs etc on the boss, as I am the raid leader.
I kinda need important things centralized in the middle, and I need other various info up at all times.
I'm having trouble deciding what to do with the blank space on the right.. do I rearrange everything and make it less wide as a whole, or put eavesdrop or some other mod there, etc
I actually put Grid on the right side of my screen, between the target frame and the screen edge. It's easier to move the mouse around in a vertical arrangement than a wide horizontal one, and having Grid in the center of the screen obstructs too much of the game (I don't play with my camera at max zoom). You might also try using inverted colors in Grid; that way those eye-catching bright colors mean that the more noticeable a frame is, the more it needs attention, whereas having the bright foreground makes frames *less* visible as the unit takes more damage. And as a raid leader, you'd probably be better off using XRS (XRaidStatus) to monitor raid mana rather than cluttering up your Grid frames with mana bars.
Anything I can with the minimap tracker? I hate it but can't find an alternative.
If you use FuBar, take a look at FuBar_TrackerFu. It moves tracking selection onto FuBar, which you can then auto-hide.
Also, what addon can show me how much each addon uses, because while my game runs fine, 71 mb memory is A LOT.
OptionHouse, as was already suggested... but TBH if your game runs fine, why does it matter? Looking at your screenshots I'd guess there isn't much you can do about this anyway, since Assessment is likely using the vast majority of this memory. After a night of raiding my memory usage is as high as 140 MB, and about 100 MB of that is from Assessment. If this kind of memory usage is a problem (although if your game runs fine, it's not) you can reduce the number of previous fights Assessment will remember, reset the fight data often, pause data collection when you don't need it (while soloing, etc), and clear out old saved fights on a regular basis.
I use this UI for all of my characters (it's just easier that way - otherwise, I'd spend more time on my UI than actually playing the game).
Debuffs and short term buffs - trinkets, HoTs, etc - are above my player frame, while Autobar is right below it.
Maybe someone in here knows, i have my UI set up the way i want it now, but theres one thing still bugging me and i dun know how to fix it.
The Zonechange text popping its huge bright wite in the middle of the screen (i don't like big and bright), any way to make it smaller/darker/less alpha or even better, move it to Mik's?
I use this UI for all of my characters (it's just easier that way - otherwise, I'd spend more time on my UI than actually playing the game).
Debuffs and short term buffs - trinkets, HoTs, etc - are above my player frame, while Autobar is right below it.
get compressed when you take the screenshot or when you upload it?
When I take the screenshot. It's really annoyin, I'm guessings it's maybe oTweaks but I'm using an old version which I think don't modifies the screenshots. Anyways, I'll look into it :)
My UI is stable enough that I feel like posting it (click for full size):
Target frame appears opposite the player frame. Cast bars appear under the unit frames. Assessment hides during combat. MSBT scrolls above and below the player frame. BigWigs timers just above the actionbar. FuBar is at the top and appears on mouseover. I'll try to remember to get some action shots...
Addons not visible: many. You don't want to know how many. :P
I wanna know how many :P No seriously, I actually like that setup, though the font is too large for me. But I read in some thread you actually need it that big. I am most curious about PhanxChat libfree as well.
I have astigmatism, so I need everything a bit larger, unless I want to be squinting from 3 inches in front of the screen, and I've got to say... you could definitely do with a clearer font. Better backgrounds on the chat frames would also help with readability, as would more spacing between lines in Assessment, and getting rid of all those jagged font outlines.
I actually put Grid on the right side of my screen, between the target frame and the screen edge. It's easier to move the mouse around in a vertical arrangement than a wide horizontal one, and having Grid in the center of the screen obstructs too much of the game (I don't play with my camera at max zoom). You might also try using inverted colors in Grid; that way those eye-catching bright colors mean that the more noticeable a frame is, the more it needs attention, whereas having the bright foreground makes frames *less* visible as the unit takes more damage. And as a raid leader, you'd probably be better off using XRS (XRaidStatus) to monitor raid mana rather than cluttering up your Grid frames with mana bars.
If you use FuBar, take a look at FuBar_TrackerFu. It moves tracking selection onto FuBar, which you can then auto-hide.
OptionHouse, as was already suggested... but TBH if your game runs fine, why does it matter? Looking at your screenshots I'd guess there isn't much you can do about this anyway, since Assessment is likely using the vast majority of this memory. After a night of raiding my memory usage is as high as 140 MB, and about 100 MB of that is from Assessment. If this kind of memory usage is a problem (although if your game runs fine, it's not) you can reduce the number of previous fights Assessment will remember, reset the fight data often, pause data collection when you don't need it (while soloing, etc), and clear out old saved fights on a regular basis.
Ahhh !! thx alot !
Debuffs and short term buffs - trinkets, HoTs, etc - are above my player frame, while Autobar is right below it.
Clean: http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/1576/ui1cleanhb5.jpg
Raid/combat: http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/5433/ui1raidcombatun4.jpg
Low level alt: http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/3457/ui1altxt0.jpg
Comments welcome =)
ps If you like the way Caith has the pitbull aura
replace some more
\World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns\PitBull_Aura
*.tga
update replacing Aura.lua will give errors
Me likey actually, pretty straight forward. :)
Ok for now, WTB new layout. Maybe I'll delete everything and start from scratch!
http://i26.tinypic.com/2u6l40l.jpg
The Zonechange text popping its huge bright wite in the middle of the screen (i don't like big and bright), any way to make it smaller/darker/less alpha or even better, move it to Mik's?
Thats a nice UI! Nice and clean.
is there any possibility to get it =D ?
I still think your grid frames are the best I've seen... :)
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/9549/wowscrnshot020708140209qj9.jpg
addons from all over
simple and it works for me
Solo:
http://i26.tinypic.com/2vwixxg.jpg
Raid:
http://i26.tinypic.com/2vknsxy.jpg
Raid combat:
http://i32.tinypic.com/35n07sp.jpg
I'm thinking about going with grid instead of pitbull raidframes, we'll see where it goes.
Also, first time in TK, yay! :D
P.S I am playing in 1600x1200 but for some reason my screenshots get compressed :/
I dunno, sort of a mix of Caith and oUF
get compressed when you take the screenshot or when you upload it?
When I take the screenshot. It's really annoyin, I'm guessings it's maybe oTweaks but I'm using an old version which I think don't modifies the screenshots. Anyways, I'll look into it :)
Target frame appears opposite the player frame. Cast bars appear under the unit frames. Assessment hides during combat. MSBT scrolls above and below the player frame. BigWigs timers just above the actionbar. FuBar is at the top and appears on mouseover. I'll try to remember to get some action shots...
Addons visible: !ReTeal, Assessment, ClearFont2 (Avant Garde Gothic font), coolDown, cyCircled (matte Vol skin), Earth_Shield_Tracker, eePanels2, Fane, Grid, InfiniBar, ItemRack, Numen, PhanxChat (as-of-yet-unreleased lib-free version), PitBull, SatrinaBuffFrame, simpleMinimap, Skinner (border from rUI), TipTac.
Addons not visible: many. You don't want to know how many. :P
I wanna know how many :P No seriously, I actually like that setup, though the font is too large for me. But I read in some thread you actually need it that big. I am most curious about PhanxChat libfree as well.
with 134 MB I'm sure it's a lot
Got the Goal to 15mb memusage ;P
But still, WiP.
Phanx, show us a shot in combat - looks interesting =)