What is CustomUI ?

CustomUI is not a new user interface.

It is a UI 'toolbox' that allows you to mix & match components from different user interfaces to create your own unique UI.

CustomUI is a database program (MS Access) that creates new Index.xml and SkinInfo.xml files based on the components you select. Since you select only what you plan to use, your CustomUI can be optimized for better performance.

This version of the program includes the latest versions of Drox, Core, Darker, myUI, ManicUI and InfoMap. All components from the Default UI are also available in the CustomUI 'toolbox'.

If you like your current UI, but wish it had additional features, or if you want an easy way to try out different UIs, then CustomUI is just what you are looking for !

Features:

• All UI components from Core, Darker, Drox, Manic, and myUI interfaces, as well as the Vanguard Default UI.
• CorePlus (the UI I use) is an example of a UI created by CustomUI, which contains components from several UIs.
• A Save/Load utility that lets you save your favorite configurations
• 10 user-defined website links that open in the new in-game browser
• Smaller versions of several hotbars, including a new 3x12 hotbar which can be sized to show between 1-36 buttons
• 3 map selections - InfoMap Advanced, the default map, and the 'old style' maps used when Vanguard launched
• 20-button Shortcut Panel for fast execution of common commands
• Quick Emotes window, with dozens of buttons for character emotes
• A built-in filter to hide components from UIs you don't want to use (makes it easier to find what you want)
• Fully detailed User Guide & Installation Instructions
• and much more...

Installation

The initial installation requires a few more steps than the standard UI installation, but future updates should be very simple.

For full details and installation instructions, please read the online User Guide.

Since all of the files for the different UIs are included in CustomUI, the download size is now exceeding 30MB. So, I have decided to break up the download into several modules.

The big Download button on this site now only downloads the CustomUI database first-time installation program. All of the individual UI modules should be downloaded and installed separately.

In the future, when updates are made to a specific UI, you only need to download and install that module.

First, intall the database program.

New Intallation: Click the big Download button on this site to download the database program.


Upgrade: Download and install the CustomUI Database (12/20/08) *NEW*


Next, install each of the UI modules.

1. Download and install the CustomUI Module. (9/24/08)
2. Download and install the CoreUI Module. (12/16/08) *NEW*
3. Download and install the DarkerUI Module. (12/18/08) *NEW*
4. Download and install the DroxUI Module. (10/26/08)
5. Download and install the ManicUI Module. (10/23/08)
6. Download and install the myUI Module. (9/21/08)

The CustomUI Module (above) includes InfoMap 1.10

To upgrade CustomUI to newer versions of InfoMap when they become available:

1. Download the new version of InfoMap.
2. Delete the contents of the CustomUI\InfoMap folder.
3. Copy the contents of the InfoMapAdvanced\Map folder into the CustomUI\InfoMap folder.
4. Start Vanguard