kreUI
My World of Warcraft user interface – UI! By request of some people, here I am publishing and wiriting about my user interface, the addons that I use and the configuration I’ve made for almost all my chars. First and foremost understand that a user interface is a very personal thing, that is why there is almost no one that likes Blizzard’s default interface. It’s not because it is that bad, it just doesn’t fit people personal taste. Ok, it is a bit bad, but mostly because information is too dispersed around the screen.
In my opinion every UI needs to follow five rules:
1. Aesthetically pleasing
2. Usability concerned
3. Informatively rich
4. Low memory footprint
5. User personalized
I tried to achieve all this with my UI. With this said, let’s get into the real deal…
The UI
Screenshots
Below you can see a preview of the UI in a Raid environment and in solo.
If you want to see the names of the elements in the UI, check my Interface Anatomy.
There is a few instructions you need to know before using the UI. It’s very important that you read and follow them.
Installation
1. Backup your Fonts, WTF, and Interface folders. Delete the originals.
2. Copy contents of KreUI into your WoW directory.
3. Rename YOURACCOUNTNAME, YourServerName, and YourCharacterName to the appropriate names.
4. Make additional copies of YourCharacterName for every character you want to use the UI for.
5. Re-install any additional mods from your backup Interface folder.
6. Log in, check your enabled mods list, fix any layout problems that you see ingame.
7. There are some addons that you will need to load the respective profile (Elun in most cases), so start by doing this:
- /bt > Load Elun Profile
- /sldt > Load Elun Profile
- /sexycooldown > Load Elun Profile
- /gladius hide (Hide it or config it later by running /gladius config)
- /classtimer > Load Elun Profile
- /trinketmenu config > config the trinket addon.
- /grid config > Load Elun Profile.
This migh will make things very similar to what you see in my screenshot.
Addons
The List of addons I use.
Unit Frames and Actionbars
- oUF – The Core of the Unit Frames. Very lightweight. Configuration by .lua editing.
- oUF_Hypocrisy – The oUF template used.Slightly modified by me.
- oUF PowerSpark – Adds a power spark to oUF power bars.
- oUF Smooth – Smoothly animates status bars on oUF frames.
- Bartender 4 – My favorite action bar addon.
- ButtonFacade – Skins the buttons of the UI (Action Bars…).
- ButtonFacade_Caith – Buttonfacade Template used. Based on CaithUI.
- Grid – Grid is a modular, lightweight party/raid unit frames.
- Grid QuickHealth – Makes Grid QuickHealth aware.
- Grid Indicator Corner Text – Adds text indicators in the four corners of the Grid Frame.
- Grid Mana Bars – Adds manabars to the sides of Grid frames.
- Grid Status AFK – Adds AFK status to Grid frames.
- Grid Status Hots – Adds Hots support to Grid Frames.
- Grid Staus Raid Debuff – Adds a status to Grid for debuffs applied by Raid Bosses.
- Clique – Simple GUI that lets you assign click-casting for unit frames.
- Trinketmenu – Swapping trinkets made easier.
- OmniCC – Cooldown Text on the toolbars.
- OmniCC Pulse – Adds a pulse effect when a cooldown finishes.
Combat, Casting and Buffs
- ClassTimer – Addon to create spell timer bars of awesomeness.
- rBuff – Part of RothUI.
- AzCastBar – A highly customizable and lightweight casting bar addon.
- AzCastBar Plugins – Some plugins for AzCastBar. Flight timers are awesome.
- Cork – Cork is a reminder addon, aimed primarily at buffs.
- Deadly Boss Mods – Boss Timers easymode.
- Debuff Filter – Filters out debuffs and buffs for easy tracking.
- MikScrollingBattleText – Replacement for Blizzard’s Floating Combat Text.
- SexyCooldown – Logarithmic cooldown bar to easily track cooldowns.
Auction, Mail, and Inventory
- Postal – Postal offers enhanced mailbox.
- Auctionator – Auctionator improves the auction in a powerful way.
- UnitPrice – Current bid and buyout price of a single unit below the name
- Bagnon – Improves the character bags. Simple, lightweight and very functional addon.
- tekJunkSeller – Sells all your grey items when you visit a vendor.
- Butsu – Butsu is a small replacement for the default loot frame.
- teksLoot – Group loot frame.
- Tipachu – Adds an icon of an item to the left of its name in its tooltip.
- Broker Equipment – Easier access to Equipment Manager by Blizzard.
- Master Loot – Replaces the default Master Loot menu.
- Ratingbuster – Item Stats and ratings made easy.
Maps and Data
- Mapster – Mapster is a very simple world map enhacement addon.
- pMinimap – pMinimap is a very lightweight and streamlined Minimap addon.
- TomTom – Personal navigation assistant.
- AtlasLoot Enhanced – Loot tables with easy browsing.
- Elkano’s ItemDB – Browse your client’s internal item database.
- Skada Damage Meter – Skada is a modular damage meter with various viewing modes.
- sThreatMeter 2 – sThreatMeter2 is a small but fine threat meter.
- QuestHelper – Questing made easymode.
Raids
- oRA3 – Raid utility.
- Raid Roll – Allows you to easily perform a “Raid Roll” on loot that has dropped.
Chat
- Chatter – Chat enhancement mod.
- !StopTheSpam – Stops addon spamming.
- !BugGrabber – Grabs all Lua errors.
- BadBoy – Blocks spammers and reports them.
- BadBoy Levels – Filters those pesky low level spammers.
- NeonChat – Colors the chat input and chat border.
Class Specific
- oUF_RuneBar – Runebar support for oUF.
- Paladin Buffer – Simplifies Paladins Blessings. Syncs with PalyPower.
Info
- DockingStation – A display platform for LibDataBroker (LDB) based plug-ins.
- SLData Text – Simple Light Data Text.
- SLDT Experience – SLDT Experience Module.
- TipTac – TipTac is a tooltip enchancement addon.
- TipTac Talents – Talent spec of players added to the tooltip.
Player versus Player
- Afflicted 3 – Afflicted is an enemy spell timer mod for PvP.
- Gladius – Enemy Unit Frames to arenas for easier targeting and focusing.
Other
- SharedMedia – Inserts media into LibSharedMedia’s storage.
- SharedMedia Library – Shared handling of media data between addons.
- Fishing Ace – Simple right click casting.
- Panda – A simple mod designed to speed up crafting.
- StealYourCarbon – StealYourCarbon is a simple reagent restocker addon.
- Ace3 – AddOn development framework.
- Addon Loader – Load on demand for addons.
- Align – Creates a grid on your screen to aid you in aligning and centering your UI.
- Ampere – Enable and disable Addons ingame.
- Bindpad – Makes KeyBindings for spells, items, and macros.
- KG Panels – Backpanels for bars.
- Volumizer – Control panel for the various game sound volumes.
Notes
- By the time you download this pack, some of the addons might have been updated, so check the usual places for addons updates (I use WoWInterface and Curse).
- Some configuration might (100% sure it will) be necessary to ensure it keeps close in appearance to my UI. Try to configure it yourself before asking any questions, some addons might just require you to load the right profile (Elun in most cases, Default on others). This compilation was made to fit a 1600×1200 resolution, so if your resolution is different in most cases you will have at least to change the width of KG Panels.
- Some addons like oUF_Hypocrisy were modified by me, so keep in mind that updating this or other addons might break the original look. The addons you should not update yourself are: oUF_Hypocrisy and rBuff.
- Check the list of addons I’ve listed here. See what addons you might not need and deactivate / delete them. Follow each addon link if you want to know how each one works individually.
- I would personally suggest to deactivate Questhelper if you are already hight level, specially if you do some Raiding, as Questhelper is a bit of a resource hog.
Changelog
- Nothing yet!
Download: WoWInterface
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