Is there really no way to change backgrounds and such?

[Mrwhitepantz]

Title says it all, I was hoping I'd be able to replace the images used for compass icons and the compass itself and such. Thus far I haven't found a way to do that, and if it has been covered here before, I don't know what to search for to find it. If anyone can shed some light on this that would be much appreciated.

[Vicster0]

Originally Posted by Mrwhitepantz Title says it all, I was hoping I'd be able to replace the images used for compass icons and the compass itself and such. Thus far I haven't found a way to do that, and if it has been covered here before, I don't know what to search for to find it. If anyone can shed some light on this that would be much appreciated.

This is all defined in XML and if I'm not mistaken, with a bit of LUA you *should* be able this sort of modification though I am not certain. Getting your hands on an unpacked game0000.dat would probably quite helpful.

For example, in the compass.xml the compass background is defined as follows:

<Texture name="$(parent)BgCenter" textureFile="EsoUI/Art/Compass/compass.dds" alpha=".65">
                    <AnchorFill />
                    <TextureCoords left="0.78125" right="1" top="0" bottom="0.609375" />
                    <Controls>
                        <Texture name="$(parent)MungeOverlay" textureFile="EsoUI/Art/Tooltips/munge_overlay.dds" level="1" addressMode="WRAP" alpha="1.0">
                            <Anchor point="TOPLEFT" offsetY="4" />
                            <Anchor point="BOTTOMRIGHT" offsetY="-4" />
                        </Texture>
                    </Controls>
                </Texture>
 
                <Texture name="$(parent)BgLeft" textureFile="EsoUI/Art/Compass/compass.dds" alpha=".65">
                    <Dimensions x="18" y="39" />
                    <Anchor point="RIGHT" relativeTo="$(parent)BgCenter" relativePoint="LEFT" />
                    <TextureCoords left="0" right="0.28125" top="0" bottom="0.609375" />
                </Texture>
 
                <Texture name="$(parent)BgRight" textureFile="EsoUI/Art/Compass/compass.dds" alpha=".65">
                    <Dimensions x="18" y="39" />
                    <Anchor point="LEFT" relativeTo="$(parent)BgCenter" relativePoint="RIGHT" />
                    <TextureCoords left="0.28125" right="0" top="0" bottom="0.609375" />
                </Texture>

[Mrwhitepantz]

Thanks. That helped a little I think, but I guess I don't understand how to apply that to my own addon.

Using this XML

<GuiXml>
  <Controls>
    <TopLevelControl name="MyFirstAddon" mouseEnabled="true" movable="true">
      <Dimensions x="200" y="42" />
      <Anchor point="CENTER" />
      
      <OnUpdate>
        MyFirstAddonUpdate()
      </OnUpdate>

      <OnMouseDown>
        MyFirstAddonReset()
      </OnMouseDown>
      
      <Controls>
        <Texture name="$(parent)BG" textureFile="MyFirstAddon/Assets/Counter_Background.dds" alpha="1.0">
          <AnchorFill />
        </Texture>
        <Label name="$(parent)Counter" font="ZoFontWindowTitle" color="CFDCBD" wrapMode="ELLIPSIS" verticalAlignment="CENTER" text="Counter: ">
          <AnchorFill />
        </Label>
      </Controls>
    </TopLevelControl>
  </Controls>
</GuiXml>

results in there being no background at all. I tried changing Texture back to Backdrop like it was before, but I guess I can't set a texture with that, or I'm not doing it right, because the background is just white then. Am I just putting things in the wrong order?

This is my LUA if it matters

local counter = 1

function MyFirstAddonUpdate()
  MyFirstAddonCounter:SetText(string.format("Counter: %d", counter))
  counter = counter + 1
end

function MyFirstAddonReset()
  counter = 0
end