How to make a plugin that change the UI?

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How to make a plugin that change the UI?

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Anyone can answer? I trying to make one...

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Re: How to make a plugin that change the UI?

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UI changing plugins is not an officially support thing. One approach could be by replacing textures to recolour the UI. The other approach would be using Lua and messing with GUI objects that way, though both approaches require privileged context and the latter is prone to breaking.

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Re: How to make a plugin that change the UI?

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JustAnyone wrote:
13 May 2024, 12:32
UI changing plugins is not an officially support thing. One approach could be by replacing textures to recolour the UI. The other approach would be using Lua and messing with GUI objects that way, though both approaches require privileged context and the latter is prone to breaking.
Actually, I just want to do same thing like in this topic, I like it, so I wonder how to make them.
viewtopic.php?t=17555

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Re: How to make a plugin that change the UI?

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JustAnyone wrote:
13 May 2024, 12:32
UI changing plugins is not an officially support thing. One approach could be by replacing textures to recolour the UI. The other approach would be using Lua and messing with GUI objects that way, though both approaches require privileged context and the latter is prone to breaking.
And I take the inspiration from here too, maybe you wanna check this out, it's beautiful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

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Re: How to make a plugin that change the UI?

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LightBlue wrote:
14 May 2024, 15:43
JustAnyone wrote:
13 May 2024, 12:32
UI changing plugins is not an officially support thing. One approach could be by replacing textures to recolour the UI. The other approach would be using Lua and messing with GUI objects that way, though both approaches require privileged context and the latter is prone to breaking.
And I take the inspiration from here too, maybe you wanna check this out, it's beautiful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Rickroll?

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Re: How to make a plugin that change the UI?

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Mendel wrote:
15 May 2024, 08:55
LightBlue wrote:
14 May 2024, 15:43
JustAnyone wrote:
13 May 2024, 12:32
UI changing plugins is not an officially support thing. One approach could be by replacing textures to recolour the UI. The other approach would be using Lua and messing with GUI objects that way, though both approaches require privileged context and the latter is prone to breaking.
And I take the inspiration from here too, maybe you wanna check this out, it's beautiful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Rickroll?
I don't need message that are useless. I am serious :(

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