I welcome feedback in my
released thread or my
portal page!
Here's my attempt at reigning in the size of the ginormous stock xp window. The window is about the same width as Mother's Player status window and one of the screen shots should show the xp window above the player window.
The window is based on the look of the other Mother's UI mods for Vanguard. Call it the twizzler or the crayola crayon or whatever. The 10 twists fill up vertically, each one representing 10% of a level. I find it possible to tell what your xp is without looking at the percent. But I'm lazy and there's a percent display on the right side.
Experience changes based on which equipment set you have active. XP bar also changes color to reflect which xp you're seeing. Yellow = Adventure, Purple = Crafting, Blue = Harvesting, Green = Diplo. If you mouse over the xp% display, it changes to an equipment selector with 4 buttons to quickly change to the one of the 4 above choices.
Version 1.1.1gfx8
Fixed a typo which prevented rest xp from being shown in the 10% and 20% bars.
Version 1.1.0gfx8
Game update 2 compliant. Rest xp shows as a dark blue behind adv, craft, or diplo xp bars.
Version 1.0.1
Update of the graphical files to synchronize across all my current mod windows. No functional / visual difference.
To install:
If you have never installed a Vanguard mod before:
1. Locate and open your Vanguard directory. (This is by default C:\Program Files\Sony\Vanguard)
2. In that directory, find and open the folder named "VGUIAssets"
3. In that directory, find and open the folder named "Shells"
4. Unzip the entire zip file into the shells directory. (You should have a folder called "Mothers" inside your shells directory when you are done.)
5. Go back to your Vanguard directory from step 1
6. In that directory, find and open the folder named "bin"
7. In that directory, find and open the file called "vgclient.ini" (just double click it and it should open with notepad.)
8. Find the part of the file that looks like:
Code:
[UI]
ShellName=Default
ValidateXML=False
9. Change the ShellName line as follows:
Code:
[UI]
ShellName=Mothers
ValidateXML=False
10. Launch Vanguard and enjoy!
If you have installed other Mother's UIs for Vanguard:
1. Locate and open your Vanguard directory. (This is by default C:\Program Files\Sony\Vanguard)
2. In that directory, find and open the folder named "VGUIAssets"
3. In that directory, find and open the folder named "Shells"
4. In that directory, find and open the folder named "Mothers"
5. In that directory, find and open the folder named "Skins"
6. Copy from the zip file the two files with names beginning with "mothers_widgets" and place them in the skins folder you just opened.
7. Go back up one level to the "Mothers" folder.
8. In that directory, find and open the folder named "Windows"
9. Look in that folder for a file called "VGUIPlayerStatus_ExperienceBar.xml"
9a. If that file exists, overwrite it with the same-named file from the zip file. This is the only modified file. Congratulations, you are done. Launch Vanguard and enjoy!
9b. If that file does not exist, copy all the files that start with "VGUI_PlayerStatus" from the zip file into the folder you are now in.
10. Go back up to the "Mothers" folder.
11. Open the "Index.xml" file with notepad. (You'll probably have to right-click and choose "Open With" to do so.)
12. Find the line that reads:
Code:
<GameplayWindows directory="Windows">
13. Immediately after that line, add the following 4 lines:
Code:
<Window filename="VGUIPlayerStatus_PlayerStatus.xml"/>
<Window filename="VGUIPlayerStatus_DefensiveTarget.xml"/>
<Window filename="VGUIPlayerStatus_ExperienceBar.xml"/>
<Window filename="VGUIPlayerStatus_BreathMeter.xml"/>
14. Find the line that reads: (probably above the place you are editting)
Code:
<Window filename="VGUIPlayerStatus.xml"/>
15. Delete that entire line.
16. Load and play Vanguard.
