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My personal experience to not have interfaces break is do NOT ever, ever, ever, edit the Animations file unless you are 1000% willing to keep it updated and as well, easy to update.

I have made only 1 UI that uses an animations file out of the 15(?) UI's I made, and I even cringed with doing that. However, the only thing I altered in the animations file was about the buff icons. It is too bad that info isn't in the buff window itself than to mess with an animations file.

In any rate, bottom line, if you are going to make an interface, try not to touch the Animations file unless you absolutley need to. (meaning you are forced to alter a current code do to parsing than to make a new one - example: buff icon background imagery coding).

02-18-2007, 04:55 PM	#57
Drakah Skinning Guru Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,081	My personal experience to not have interfaces break is do NOT ever, ever, ever, edit the Animations file unless you are 1000% willing to keep it updated and as well, easy to update. I have made only 1 UI that uses an animations file out of the 15(?) UI's I made, and I even cringed with doing that. However, the only thing I altered in the animations file was about the buff icons. It is too bad that info isn't in the buff window itself than to mess with an animations file. In any rate, bottom line, if you are going to make an interface, try not to touch the Animations file unless you absolutley need to. (meaning you are forced to alter a current code do to parsing than to make a new one - example: buff icon background imagery coding). __________________ Regards, Drakah shakahr.com *Remember...it is only a GAME*