What's the word on using custom GUIs?

[Lugwy]

As we know, the base UI is...passable. It does the function alright, but a little lacking in certain areas.

SlimGUI looks interesting, and I may use that, but I wanted to make sure what's the server policy on custom UIs first.

Thanks!

[gamestarmike]

stop hacking hacker! :P

[roguethree]

As long as it's not hacking the game to give you the ability to play outside of the rules, custom overrides are A-okay. That's a nice-looking override.

[Lugwy]

Good to know! I asked because I vaguely recalled a post somewhere in these forums where overrides were strongly discouraged. I had my eye on the GUI for a while because it'll finally let me carry over my DDO habit of having lots and lots of clickies readily available.

[roguethree]

There's still a chance it won't work because of server settings, of course. It may require Saulus green-lighting it in the server code.

[Snowmane]

I have to believe that the disallow overrides switch is used by the server, so if that UI installs to your overrides folder then it simply should not work when you are connected to the Sundren server.

If on the other hand it installs over the content in your application directory, it might work - but I could see the potential for weirdness when your base ui resources no longer match those of the original game.

[Doubtful]

Hmm...

The official, FAQ line is:

Can I use overrides on Sundren?
No, anyone caught using overrides may be booted, or if intentionally using them to cheat -- banned. Overrides not only cause server instability, they also can corrupt your character file, affecting others as well as yourself. We will fully enforce this rule. Do not risk getting booted/banned, while playing on Sundren, either rename or clear your override folder.

As far as I know that line comes from prior to the changes to pre-loading/confirming hak information that enabled some truly outrageous cheating. Thankfully those days are over - HOWEVER, they can cause problems with your character and/or stability. If they do cause your character to / connection to explode then keep in mind that resolving such issues, if it's possible, may take some time. If (somehow, and this is NWN2 so never rule it out) they do somehow cause server stability issues then Saulus may have strong words to say.

That said, they may work fine and you'll have a lovely UI to look at. I know some people have used colour overrides to expand on the hair/skin selection for better and for worse (insta-smite for non standard colour schemes)


Finally, after all that, as Snowmane says the server does have the No-Overrides toggle toggled. So it might not work anyway!

[Lugwy]

A whole lot of ifs for a GUI!

Considering NWN2's propensity to run on voodoo black magic, I'll hold off trying it for a better time, so even if the server implodes, there's someone on hand to yell at me, at the very least. :P