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PorousBoat's BetterUI

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IMPORTANT: THIS MOD IS STILL VERY MUCH A W.I.P. COMPATIBILITY IS NOT GUARANTEED

The UI is in my opinion by far the worst part of this game we all know and love, so I decided to try and do something about it! This UI overhaul aims to improve the legibility and general aesthetics of the default UI by removing the bottom bar and replacing it with something that doesn't look like a developer debug menu.

My testing so far seems to indicate decent compatibility with both RimHUD and Dub's Mint Menus, although some minor tweaking of the settings for both mods might be advisable. Just make sure to load BetterUI after both of them.

Plans for the future include:
  • Color-coded accents based on current dominant ideology color Done!
  • General compatibility As done as it gets!
  • Settings for customizability Done!

An additional note about the future: I remain undecided on the scope of this, since I think there's a great argument to be made that both RimHUD and Mint menus improve the parts of the UI that this mod doesn't, and thus the three could exist to fill different niches resulting in an overall good experience when used together. Therefore I'm not immediately going to start working on overhauling the tabs and windows themselves (i.e. the parts that Mint Menus works on).

Please leave any suggestions, bug reports, compatibility findings, etc. in the appropriate discussion thread, or in the comments if it's just a quick question.
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16 Comments
Viri 20 Feb, 2022 @ 3:19pm 
Please Sir... do you have a moment to talk about Original War?
PorousBoat  [author] 6 Feb, 2022 @ 6:53am 
It could probably be modified to allow for rotations like that, but I'm sorry to say that I'm not sure if I have the time and motivation to work on that at this time. Maybe in the future! (unless someone wants to do it themselves :P)
Klokinator 6 Feb, 2022 @ 4:59am 
Rimworld's UI is so ugly, hideous, etc. I'm glad to see ANY attempts to fix it. I hope you can turn this into something truly glorious. A bottom-mounted option is cool, but what about options listed on the left side of the screen? What if all those cool buttons were put there, instead? I think that would look even better, personally.
PorousBoat  [author] 26 Aug, 2021 @ 7:51am 
@valrossenOliver
It already does! Mostly, at least. I've made sure to accommodate the most popular mods that add extra buttons.
valrossenOliver 23 Aug, 2021 @ 9:07am 
Very interesting. Looking forward to this supporting new buttons added by mods.
Timou 18 Aug, 2021 @ 4:24am 
MHM:steamthumbsup:
Alexandr 15 Aug, 2021 @ 8:02am 
Oh. Got a quick revision that can be made, I'll directly message you on Discord but, basically, if you DON'T have one of the mods for the explicitly-set main button icons for a mod, it'll throw an error on bootup. I got the code to replace the PatchOperationAdd entries with DMed to ya.
Alexandr 14 Aug, 2021 @ 6:19pm 
I'll ping you on the Discord but I figured I'd coordinate. I got a big buncha mods that, by default, add mod buttons to the bottom of the screen, cluttering it up with just squares with text in them. I figure they can be turned into appropriate icons, with your coordination!
BICKLEY 13 Aug, 2021 @ 11:49am 
This is a nice avenue.

I will most certainly be tampering with your UI textures for fun - great job
Олег Мерк 13 Aug, 2021 @ 9:36am 
cool