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Guide: Large Character Names in Every Window
EDIT: Thanks to some changes Lax made this guide is now quite a bit shorter and simpler to follow 
You will need to be on ISBoxer version 40.1.402.1 or later for this method to work. Click Help, About ISBoxer Toolkit to see if you need to update.
This guide will walk you through the steps for creating a large on-screen display which allows you to easily identify your game windows, similar to what is shown in the screenshot below. Note that capitalised terms in this guide generally refer to specific parts or features of ISBoxer and further information may be found by searching for that term in the ISboxer wiki.
1. Creating the Click Bar
2. In-game Click Bar Placement
3. Hints and Tips
4. Comments, Questions, Suggestions
Please reply below...
You will need to be on ISBoxer version 40.1.402.1 or later for this method to work. Click Help, About ISBoxer Toolkit to see if you need to update.This guide will walk you through the steps for creating a large on-screen display which allows you to easily identify your game windows, similar to what is shown in the screenshot below. Note that capitalised terms in this guide generally refer to specific parts or features of ISBoxer and further information may be found by searching for that term in the ISboxer wiki.
1. Creating the Click Bar
- In ISBoxer, in the upper left pane, right-click on Click Bars and select New Click Bar. Replace "New Click Bar" with an appropriate name; I called mine "Name Bar".
- With the new Name Bar selected in the upper left pane, click on Buttons under Name Bar in the lower left pane.
- In the lower centre pane change the Cell settings from 32 x 32 to 400 x 100. You may change this again later if you want a different size.
- Left click on the button in the black area so that the lower right panel becomes active.
- In the lower right panel, type "{CHARACTER}" (without the quotes) in the text box to the right of Text (upper case is important here).
- Check the check box next to Text Style. Change the Size to 96 px. Change the color to yellow by clicking the little black square and typing FFFF00 in the Hex box.
- Check the Click-thru checkbox so that this Click Bar doesn't block interacting with the game.
- Change the opacity of the button itself by clicking the black rectangle above the Paste button. Change Alpha to 192.
- Add a character set (or sets) to this Click Bar by expanding Character Sets in the upper left panel and dragging a Character Set (or Sets) to the lower left pane.
- Your completed Click Bar should look like this:
2. In-game Click Bar Placement
- In ISBoxer do File, Export All to Inner Space and then launch one of your Character Sets that you set up the Name Bar for.
- After your Character Set has launched, with your main game window focussed, press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+G to open the in-game ISBoxer Control Panel.
- Ensure you are on the Click Bar tab of the ISBoxer Control Panel and press the button labelled Show All. Hide any Click Bars you don't want visible by clicking the Close button (X) in the top right corner of the bar.
- You should see a largeish Click Bar in the top left corner of your game window. The Click Bar should contain the name of the Character in the active window.
Note for WoW users: your names will most probably appear as Name-Server and be too long to fit in the bar. To fix this, right click on each Character under Characters in the upper left pane of ISBoxer. Choose Rename (F2) and shorten the name to just the character name without the server name. However, if you use any WoW Macro Actions or Game Helpers which rely on the Character names then you will need to update those after making this change. - Drag the Name Bar Click Bar to the location you want it by dragging the blue title bar (where it says "Name Bar").
- When the Click Bar is in the correct position, click the small Sync button on the title bar of the Click Bar and then click on Save As in the IsBoxer Control Panel. The Name Bar will now automatically load in this position.
- Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+G again to close the in-game ISBoxer Control Panel.
- Repeat steps b through g above for each game window.
- The final result should look something like this:
3. Hints and Tips
- You can add a custom image (as I have done in the first screenshot) to your Click Bars under Buttons.
- You can change the Cell Border Color or Cell Border Size by clicking on the name of your Click Bar in the the lower left panel.
- You may need to change the dimensions of the Click Bar button or the font size under Buttons.
- If you change the style of your Click Bar button you may find that the Bold checkbox has become unchecked. Just recheck it and Export again.
- Replace {CHARACTER} with {SLOT} to get Slot numbers instead of names. {CHARACTERSET} for the name of your Character Set also works here.
- If you cannot see any text this may be due to the font size being too large for your buttons. Try reducing the font size to a small value and then work upwards from there to find the largest font size that will fit in your button.
4. Comments, Questions, Suggestions
Please reply below...
Last edited by Alge on Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:15 am, edited 3 times in total.
