A Sacred 2 Mod: Buff slot colour change

[kcwong]

I grow tired of waiting Ascaron to fix this so I did it myself...

Buff Icon Colour Change
A Mod for Sacred 2: Fallen Angel


What is this?
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It is a simple modification to Sacred2 to change the colour of the slot of an activated buff. Three colours (green, red, blue) were made as examples.


Why do you create this mod?
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An inactive buff slot is a smooth golden ring, while an activated one is a golden ring with 4 tiny squares. It's really subtle and difficult to see... if not for Antitrust pointing it out to me in the official forum, I would never notice it.

Some buffs are pretty as well as easy to spot (e.g. Inquisitor's Soul Reaver), but some are quite an eyesore (e.g. High Elf's Crystal Skin). Some are quite subtle (e.g. High Elf's Grand Invigoration).

Some players choose to disable buff graphics (because some are ugly), and with patch 2.34 bosses can shutdown your buffs too. The problem is then we have no easy way to tell if our buffs are still on or not.

Request was made to make changes to this, but the response from Ascaron is negative.

It is definitely not technically impossible... and while Ascaron would make new patches and new contents, they deny the players such a simple request.

I got tired waiting for this to be solved, So I did it myself. I changed the colour of the active buff slot.

It's not perfect, you still need to look at the lower right corner, but I guess a change in colour is easier to spot than four tiny square engravings.

Download (RapidShare Collector's Account)





The original is gold in colour, making the buff status difficult to spot.

Edit: I also posted it in DarkMatters.

[fleet]

HI. I thought discussing game modifications was forbidden here. If not, I'd like to upload my invisible wings mod for the Seraphim, and my 'permanent hair color change' mod for the Seraphim.

regards,
fleet

[kcwong]

It is? I though that is for the official forum only.

*checks forum rules*

Nope, not in the 6 rules.

[fleet]

When I first signed onto this board I mentioned modifications (skins). In the "Introduce yourself" thread, in the topic "The fleet's in" Night Omega Wolfe said, "I'm not sure what you mean by skinning actually... But if it means going against your game user agreement by modifying game files and it hasn't been approved directly from Ascaron... then no we don't allow discussion of it here. "

Sounds to me like it is forbidden, but I'll wait to hear from Night Omega Wolfe.

Respectfully,
fleet

[kcwong]

gogoblender tapped my shoulder and told me about DarkMatters. I'll make a post there... so please remove this thread if it indeed violates the policies here.

[fleet]

darkmatters, hmmm? I just went there, looked it over and signed up.

Night Omega Wolfe, please clarify rule on modifications.

regards,
fleet

[Night Ω Wolfe]

Sorry I've had the flu for a week and am feeling like absolute CRAP so I haven't bothered to come on the computer very much the last few days...

Yes Fleet you are correct that I said in your intro thread that I would follow the rules of the user agreement on my forum. I kinda felt obligated to given that I am ALSO on the staff over at the Sacred International Forum. Which means not discussing or encouraging the creation or use of mods.

However, given that kcwong has posted a very interesting mod and yours sound just as interesting, along with the fact that I've heard of some OTHER good ones kicking around I think I'm going to have to change my mind on that. I wouldn't want to punish myself or my other members by making us miss out on the chance to hear about what people have been creating.

Therefore, I take back my previous ruling... Go ahead an post your mods Fleet and everyone feel free to discuss ideas or wishes for new mods.

[kcwong]

Thanks Wolfe! First post updated.

[AREA666]

Cool, fleet I am interested in the changing of the hair color mod you did.


I am going to submit an idea for a limit on things we can talk about here though. So far the two things that are going to be talked on are either aesthetic in nature, or something to simply help us out. Now neither one of them would give an edge to our players over another, but I would say that we should not talk about modifying items here since that would be cheating, give an edge over other players, and I am sure most people would agree with me that it totally ruined the online experience in the open rooms online for S1.

[Night Ω Wolfe]

Yes I agree anything that would allow you to make your character better shouldn't be allowed... that means messing with any of its stats or items. But anything that messes with how the interface looks, how your character looks, the map, etc would be fine.

[fleet]

@night omega wolfe,
Thanks for changing the rule. I'm sorry you have the flu, and hope you get better soon.
I do not make mods that change character strength or abilities. Might I suggest creating a special section for Sacred 2 mods? That way members can find them more easily. When such a section is created, I'll post the invisible wings and hair color mods for the Seraphim.

respectfully,
fleet

[Night Ω Wolfe]

I'm not sure I want to bring THAT much attention to the fact that I am allowing mods... but I will sticky the threads that have links to mod downloads in this board

[fleet]

@night Omega Wolfe: Ok, I'll creat a new topic for each modification I post.
@all: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Best regards,
fleet