Collection of some GUI themes I done and did

LilNinju

LilNinju
Hey everyone,

Since learning about customization of the colors for the HUD I have spent a surprising amount of time having a blast making them. So I thought I would just share some of them with you all here. Let me know what you all think! I plan to include screenshots at some point but for now I just have these videos. Enjoy.

Bounty Hunter
Main scheme: Light blue, silver, and gold.

[video=youtube_share;xOTxzawulqQ]http://youtu.be/xOTxzawulqQ[/video]

Theme code:
<MatrixRed> 0.44, 0.42, 0.61 </MatrixRed>
<MatrixGreen> -1.04, 0.5, 0.8 </MatrixGreen>
<MatrixBlue> 2, 0.54, -0.23 </MatrixBlue>

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Invader Zim (light version has improved menus)
Main scheme: Purple, sludge green. Made me think of the cartoon.

[video=youtube_share;gDwDOiwQRyk]http://youtu.be/gDwDOiwQRyk[/video]

Theme code:
<MatrixRed> 0.96, -0.29, 0.55 </MatrixRed>
<MatrixGreen> -0.91, 0.57, 1.42 </MatrixGreen>
<MatrixBlue> -0.47, 2, -0.4 </MatrixBlue>

Light version:
<MatrixRed> 0.49, 0.12, 1 </MatrixRed>
<MatrixGreen> -1, 0.03, -0.19 </MatrixGreen>
<MatrixBlue> 1, 1, 0.01 </MatrixBlue>

Green Meanie (aka Santas Sleigh)
Main scheme: Moss green, kiwi/green apple, and brick red.

[video=youtube_share;JpXz1A0qt7Q]http://youtu.be/JpXz1A0qt7Q[/video]

Theme code:
<MatrixRed> 0.19, -0.05, -1 </MatrixRed>
<MatrixGreen> -1, 1, 0.45 </MatrixGreen>
<MatrixBlue> 0.51, 0.53, 0.05 </MatrixBlue>

Night Glow
Main scheme: Matrix green, teal, purple and violet.

[video=youtube_share;80Q8r9WxhWQ]http://youtu.be/80Q8r9WxhWQ[/video]

Theme code:
<MatrixRed> 0.8, 1.49, 0.39 </MatrixRed>
<MatrixGreen> -0.8, -0.93, 0.83 </MatrixGreen>
<MatrixBlue> 0.42, -0.72, 0.85 </MatrixBlue>

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Running Cold
Main scheme: Cool colors, easy on the eyes. Navy blue, purple, aquamarine green. The goal here was to make the darkest theme yet still have readability.

[video=youtube_share;7Ic9hm5LkW8]http://youtu.be/7Ic9hm5LkW8[/video]

Theme Code:
<MatrixRed> -1, 0.1, 0.6 </MatrixRed>
<MatrixGreen> 1, 1, -1 </MatrixGreen>
<MatrixBlue> -0.29, -1, 1 </MatrixBlue>

Bubblegum Taffy
Main sceme: Hot pink, teal, and all those other colors that just scream candy

[video=youtube_share;26QUqX8lfmo]http://youtu.be/26QUqX8lfmo[/video]

Theme code:
<MatrixRed> 1, 0, 0 </MatrixRed>
<MatrixGreen> 0.27, 0, 0.33 </MatrixGreen>
<MatrixBlue> 0, 1, 0 </MatrixBlue>

Light version:
<MatrixRed> 1, 0.14, 0.2 </MatrixRed>
<MatrixGreen> 0.01, 0.03, 1 </MatrixGreen>
<MatrixBlue> 0.02, 1, 0 </MatrixBlue>

Red Devil
Main scheme: Red, yellow, yellow green. Going for the aggressive Klingon-type look here.

[video=youtube_share;qoJ4JFK-oJM]http://youtu.be/qoJ4JFK-oJM[/video]

Theme code:
<MatrixRed> 1, 0, 0 </MatrixRed>
<MatrixGreen> 1, 0, 0 </MatrixGreen>
<MatrixBlue> 0, 1, 0 </MatrixBlue>

I want to give major props to arkku. Without his nifty tool for hud preview here: http://arkku.com/elite/hud_editor/. It would have otherwise taken me ages to tweak things!
 

flip4blud

flip4blud
Looking at these just made me think how cool it would be if hud colors could change depending on the action we were taking,such as turning a cold blue with red pulses when we engaged silent running,or an emergency red when we were engaged by an enemy...just a thought.
 

LilNinju

LilNinju
flip4blud said:
Looking at these just made me think how cool it would be if hud colors could change depending on the action we were taking,such as turning a cold blue with red pulses when we engaged silent running,or an emergency red when we were engaged by an enemy...just a thought.
Click to expand...

That is an interesting idea. I do know that the HUD does do this (to a small extent) when you take damage. Along with a little bit of glitchy business. Though I agree there is plenty of creative room here.
 

zaccheus44

Z
These are great, this just shows how amazing it would have been had there been an open source offline version for modders. If the devs don't then I hope the community finds more fun ways to customize our ships
 
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