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Health Bar Usability Tweaks

This mod makes several tweaks to player and enemy health bars, increasing usability without sacrificing the original art style. (Requires DSfix.)

[Intenzion]

Sweet mod, will use.

[alan40]

Do you know how much each primary marking of the boss bar represents in the vanilla game?

[DavidSid]

In response to post #8511418.

Every boss has a different amount of HP, but each always has 13 segments. Each segment is about 8% of the boss's health.

(I would have changed it to 10 segments, but because of the way the boss bar is textured, I suspect that would cause visual issues.)

[DavidSid]

In response to post #8511418. #8512585 is also a reply to the same post.

I just uploaded version 2, which removes markings from boss health bars entirely (as well as brightening enemy health bars).

[DreadDune]

Hi, i downloaded this mod, because it looked sweet, but somehow the boss health-bars went entirely yellow, and not anything remotely as it should do, so i deleted it again from the folder, but it still happens.. I'm new to this Dark Souls mods, so a little help..?

[DavidSid]

In response to post #8615125.

Thanks for letting me know about your issue. I definitely want to get to the bottom of this, since that's about the opposite of what the mod should do. I need to get a little more information from you, though, so I can try to reproduce the problem myself.

- What version of dsfix are you using?
- Did you have "enableTextureOverride 1" in your dsfix.ini? Did you have any of the HUD-modifying options enabled in dsfix?
- What other Dark Souls mods are you using, and what others have you used before?

If you've got the Steam version of Dark Souls, you might try verifying your game cache to make sure all the game files are in good working order. I suspect if something went wrong with the original texture (as your post seems to suggest), that will repair it.

(If anyone else encounters the same issue, please chime in. The more details I can get on the problem, the quicker I can resolve it.)

Edited by DavidSid, 31 July 2013 - 04:03 PM.

[DreadDune]

In response to post #8615125. #8616551 is also a reply to the same post.

Damn, i didn't think you would've answered that fast.. ^^

- I should have the newest version of DSFix. the VERSION-file says 2.0.1
- Yes, it's set to 1. I also have 'High-Res UI and Subtitle fonts' which in fact, also doesn't seem to work properly, but that can just be because of some other reasons..

* Grass Crest Shield Redone
* High-Res UI and Subtitle fonts
* improved Dark Knights - Weapon and Armour Sets
* Quelaag texture fix
* SandStone Knight
* Skimpy Princess Gwynevere

These were directly in the NMM. I have some more, but most of them i can't remember the name of, and as you can see, it's mostly texture fixes i use.

I got DS from Steam, and i will try verify it. Should i delete the mods i have installed when i do that?

[DavidSid]

In response to post #8615125. #8616551, #8616784 are all replies on the same post.

I'm pretty sure Steam's verify only considers the files it installed. I don't remember whether dsfix overwrites any of those. None of the other mods you have should do so; I think you can leave them in place with no problem. I'd just do a fresh install of dsfix after the verify to be safe.

Let me know whether your boss health bars are back to normal after the verify. Thanks for working with me on this.

Edited by DavidSid, 31 July 2013 - 04:39 PM.

[DreadDune]

In response to post #8615125. #8616551, #8616784, #8617015 are all replies on the same post.

When i verified it in Steam, it found one problem with one of the files, and it solved it. When i started a new game and got to the first boss, it showed all of the HUD as it should be. Red healthbar, and all.

Then i tried putting your mod on, and when i got to the boss again, it made the same error once more, meaning all yellow hp-bar.

I then tried to verify the cache in steam once more, and delete your file, but this time it still makes the error, and no matter how many times i try to verify, it's still yellow..


- Sorry for not responding for so long, but i had some problems with my computer, and steam..

Link for how it looks: http://imgur.com/kREMj1Q