Before And After Screenshots Of AVWW With The Recent Visual Improvements

[x4000]

Hmm... I do have some more graphics from the same source that a lot of those HUD elements are from.  I might try to work something like that in.  This would retain the darker background, and there's still no way I'd go back to the prior GUI, but you do make some good points about what is wrong with the current GUI in general.

[BobTheJanitor]

My only quibble is the decorations over the mana bar. It makes it harder to tell at a glance how much mana you have when you're near full or near empty. Decorative swirlies are fine, but decorative swirlies over informative graphics, not so much.

[x4000]

My only quibble is the decorations over the mana bar. It makes it harder to tell at a glance how much mana you have when you're near full or near empty. Decorative swirlies are fine, but decorative swirlies over informative graphics, not so much.

That's because that one is mainly for decoration -- the real mana bar is the one over your character.

[x4000]

All righty then...

[Martyn van Buren]

Nice!  I think that fits the rest of the game much better; the world is pretty opulent and the hunk of wood look of the menus did seem odd.

[x4000]

Glad you like!

[Armanant]

Aaah, that's what you meant by GUI. The notes were saying "HUD stays the same but GUI is completely redone" and it was confusing the hell out of me.

[x4000]

Yeah, sorry -- the non-HUD menus, is really what I meant.