Lol! Can't catch a break.

I got those set up yesterday. I somehow got more errors thrown at me when I did. I think my issue might be related to a difference in the decompilers. Trillix produces different code than Quicker.
Quicker:

class Shared.BSScrollingList extends MovieClip{    var EntriesA, bDisableSelection, bDisableInput, bMouseDrivenNav, iSelectedIndex, iScrollPosition, iMaxScrollPosition, iListItemsShown, iPlatform, border, fListHeight, scrollbar, ListScrollbar, iMaxItemsShown, _parent, itemIndex, onMousePress, __get__selectedIndex, __get__scrollPosition, __set__scrollPosition, bListAnimating, __get__listAnimating, dispatchEvent, __get__entryList, __get__disableSelection, __get__disableInput, iTextOption, __get__textOption, ScrollUp, ScrollDown, iScrollbarDrawTimerID, __set__selectedIndex, __get__selectedEntry, __set__listAnimating, __set__entryList, __set__disableSelection, __set__disableInput, __set__textOption, __get__maxScrollPosition, __get__maxEntries;    function BSScrollingList()    {        super();

Trillix:

dynamic class Shared.BSScrollingList extends MovieClip{    static var TEXT_OPTION_NONE: Number = 0;    static var TEXT_OPTION_SHRINK_TO_FIT: Number = 1;    static var TEXT_OPTION_MULTILINE: Number = 2;    var EntriesA;    var ListScrollbar;    var ScrollDown;    var ScrollUp;    var _parent;    var bDisableInput;    var bDisableSelection;    var bListAnimating;    var bMouseDrivenNav;    var border;    var dispatchEvent;    var fListHeight;    var iListItemsShown;    var iMaxItemsShown;    var iMaxScrollPosition;    var iPlatform;    var iScrollPosition;    var iScrollbarDrawTimerID;    var iSelectedIndex;    var iTextOption;    var itemIndex;    var onMousePress;    var scrollbar;    function BSScrollingList()    {        super();

Does dynamic mean it can be extended? If so, that could be part of my problem right there.

You should be safe just referencing the fonts like in the default menus. That way you're simply linking to what's already there.

As DarN wrote, as long as you don't re-distribute the font, you should be fine. However ... why? This has to be one of the worst fonts for a fantasy-themed game ever.

Alternatively, you can use similar typefaces in public-domain, like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIN_1451 or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drogowskaz.

I always liked Expressway font. Used it in WoW UI's for ages - never let me down. Here is the freeware version: http://www.1001fonts.com/font_details.html?font_id=3076

Warning: Just because something is free doesn't mean it can be freely redistributed. In the case of Expressway Free, I don't see any exception to the FAQ text of "Although these fonts are available for free, the author retains the copyright, meaning that restrictions usually apply to alteration, reproduction, publication and distribution of the font."

There's dumb people out there, you know? Redundancy is necessary for them.

Dynamic simply means you can add attributes to an instance of the class that the class did not originally have. It shouldn't change whether or not it can be extended.

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AS2LCR/Flash_10.0/help.html?content=00000173.html is the official Adobe site with more on the subject.

Well i did all you asked but the EDIT part as I don't know what you mean by that and it didn't work of course. All fonts are still replaced...

Drool.... someone please make these mockups reality...

Good work!

Ah, ty. That's what I meant.

I like the mockup inventory list presented earlier, especially since it lists most relevant information. But I think we'll also need some more sorting.
Right now, I have a hard time finding the items I want, simply because there's no indicator which slot an apparell or weapon goes into. There's nothing stating if a weapon is 1h or 2h, and rings, cloaks, footwear and hoods are all intermixed. Would really help if you could display only footwear, only headwear, only rings, only necklaces etc. Would make it much easier to compare items for sure.

Other than that, it would also be useful to have the text describing any enchantments in the list, if possible. (Such as 'Fortify Magicka' etc)

Really looking forward to an improved, mouse+keyboard-compatible UI.

@ paperclip
Looking good!

@ DarN
Great to have you back dude!

I think that is actually a fantastic idea. To expound on this a bit, to resolve the issue with Dual Wield not working properly with favorites menu, maybe having something like this:

Q - brings up the left hand favorites menu (shows all favorited weapons, shields, and spells since there's no way to assign left vs right favorite)
E - brings up the right hand favorites menu (same as above)
C - brings up a Shout/Power favorites menu
V - brings up a Scrolls/Potions favorites menu

Going from Dual Wield to a Bow and back to Dual Wield is a bit difficult, but I read on the forums that this was manageable by just hot-keying to the Bow and then pressing the Bow hot-key again. This brings you back to the same Dual Wield you were using before using the Bow.

On a side note, might be a bit anol of me, but maybe renaming the Arrows from "[insert race here] Arrows" to "Arrows ([insert race here])" so that all arrows are grouped together instead of scrolling through a list? I generally don't buy arrows and keep only the ones I find. So, having 5 different sets of arrows really breaks up continuity of the Weapons menu.

Would love this idea. It'd be nice to be able to switch between my thievery set and my combat set with a touch of a button. Also, I don't know if such a thing is possible, but I'd love to see the ability to remap the hotkeys. When I played World of Warcraft, my abilities were bound to 1234qerfzxcv rather than the 1234567890-= default which made it very easy to hit any ability I needed without moving my fingers from wasd. Some people even went so far as to use esdf to move and bound 12345qwrtagzxcvb to abilities. It's extremely frustrating to die because you had to reach for that potion/dragon should/whatever over at hotkey 7 and then couldn't move out of the way fast enough to dodge a power attack.

Also, I'd like to add in my thanks to everyone working to do this, and I'm especially glad to see DarN back. I loved your inventory improvements in Oblivion and I look forward to seeing what you can come up with here. I just wish I could do something to help... Maybe once I'm through with the major projects I'm doing on my new house I can join in and try to contribute.

I always do this, and in this game it was extra necessary to do so, in my opinion, since I couldn't for the life of me handle sprinting with alt and shouting with z.
The crappy UI makes it a chore, though, since key instructions are inconsistent and don't change in some menus whilst others do (when it says press 'r' I have to press 'g' in some menus and 'r' in others). It's trial and error in every menu.
And to make matters worse, rebinding left and right to 's' and 'f' doesn't change lockpicking binds, so I still have to use 'a' and 'd' to lockpick. It's simply a disgrace of a UI.

For those of us who have bought an xbox controller for the pc, I would love to be able to use all my input devices at the same time.

Currently plugging in a controller disables the keyboard/mouse.

There are many benefits to this, but the big one is using keyboard hotkeys / mouse's fine precision movements / controller rumble all at the same time.

How would http://font.ubuntu.com/ look?

I also have a completely different proposal for left/right hand number shortcuts:

Right now, you assign a number to a skill/weapon and when you press it, it gets assigned to the left and right hand based on some formula.

My proposal is to allow for left-right hand assignments with a single keystroke.

Holding would set the right hand and would set the left hand. (Or you can use shift, it does not matter)
Not using either would act as it does currently

Example:

In your favorite menu, hold <2> when you are hovering over Firebolt. Instead of [2], a [r2] (right 2) appears near Firebolt
Then hold <2> when you are hovering over healing. Instead [2] being reassigned from Firebolt to healing, a [l2] (left 2) appears near healing

Now when you hit 2, your right and left hands get firebolt/healing as appropriate. The same method is used for weapon/shield and 2-weapon combinations.

Well the main issue with the fonts (and I don't even mention the dragon runes and other special fonts but just the readable ones) is that the UI somehow is unable to scale them correctly. I don't change anything to them i just replace them with their counterpart from my PC but even then they do not appear as they appear with the vanilla UI.

Also I noticed that the swf do not contain the founts themselves but then you convert the files to fla they get created I guess to support the text you see on your fla. So that may be why they are not properly scaled. We need to find a way to remove the fonts from the decompilation so that the swf files we make only refers to the orignal fonts from Beth or, work on replacing those fonts an references to them so that they display as well as the vanilla UI display them.

Alright, so I'm working on a topographic map, and I'm not sure where to get the 3D map to base it off from. For the contour lines can extract the heightmap with TESannwyn, but for details such as roads, paths and the placement of houses, I need the ingame map, exported as bitmap.
Is it saved as separate file somewhere in the inventory archive or is it based off the world map? I imagine I could compile an image from screenshots, but to getting a perfectly plane viewpoint without yaw and pitch is quite hard. Not to speak of the automatic zooming.


Oh and I made a http://i.imgur.com/YSDZa.png and uploaded the http://www.mediafire.com/?r1b162a5e64rrq4 which I used in my mockups.

If this hasn't been brought up yet - I registered as a dev on scaleform and just got my email response:

Thank you for your interest in Scaleform GFx. Currently we don’t have an academic/individual/indie license for Scaleform GFx, although we are seriously considering creating one soon. For now, the easiest way to gain access to Scaleform GFx is to download the Unreal Development Kit. It’s based on Epic’s industry standard Unreal Engine and the full version of Scaleform GFx is included. No further action with us is required and the best part is, it’s free. Please see the links below for more information:

Download: http://www.udk.com/download

License: http://www.udk.com/licensing

Documentation: http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/Scaleform.html

Community Support Forums: http://forums.epicgames.com/forumdisplay.php?f=366

Tutorials: http://www.youtube.com/user/scaleformpress#p/u

So, while this isn't necessarily ideal for Skyrim, [or maybe it is, I don't know] If someone is up for trying it out, there ya go.

Have you see this mod?
http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/11/15/skyrim-map-mod-provides-in-game-street-views/

Here is an idea:

1. Get yourself launched into orbit by a giant.
2. Take screenshot for while looking at terrain below.
3. ???
4. Profit

I kid. I kid.

+1

clever!

I wish someone could change the Health bars, seriously it looks like I have loads left (I glance down, see alot of red, keep fighting) but because the bar goes --><-- instead of <-- or --> When it looks like I have loads I only have about half.

1. All the intrinsic Flash class overrides are from Scaleform; we didn't have occasion to add anything ourselves. I'm not sure how available those intrinsic AS class definitions are. Looking through the docs I have on hand, the only addition I see that Scaleform made to the System class is a way to determine how many controllers you have plugged in, which is mainly for Wii titles. You can probably craft PC mods without needing that additional method, i.e. with the vanilla System class.

2. If 'gfxfontlib.swf' is what I think it is, then our equivalent of that is going to be 'Data/Interface/fonts_en.swf', which you should see referenced in FontConfig.txt. That SWF does contain all the characters from all the fonts that we use in the game embedded into the file itself. The Skyrim Flash VM will search this file for the embedded glyphs that it needs, and if it doesn't find them, will try to grab the system defaults off of your machine.

2a. There was a question somewhere about the legality of using the game fonts. I don't really know the answer to this. My rule of thumb is usually: if you can scavenge it for our archives, and then make a mod out of it that you don't charge money for, then you're probably safe.

3. Not sure about this. Some of our files use external SWFs. For example, the Item Card in all of the inventory menus comes from the external library ItemCard.swf, the dual-lists come from InventoryLists.swf, etc. Since they're external, the MovieClips in those SWFs aren't saved in InventoryMenu.fla itself; they're just referenced and the VM knows to load the external SWFs with InventoryMenu.swf. It could be that by decompiling the SWF, the FLA grabs all the MovieClip info and saves it into the FLA. If you double-click on a MovieClip in your Library that should be imported from an external SWF and you don't get a "this is an imported MovieClip" warning, then you've copied over the MovieClip info into your FLA. It shouldn't break anything, but it will balloon up your file size. At least, that's my best guess.