[B]Steel v1 – An 8-Man User Interface for [URL="http://www.swtor.com/"]Star Wars: The Old Republic[/URL][/B]
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[B]Designed by: SageEidolon - 17 January 2014[/B]
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[B]I. DESCRIPTION[/B]

Steel v1 is an 8-Man User Interface for [URL="http://www.swtor.com/"]Star Wars: The Old Republic[/URL] designed for maximum keybind gameplay: i.e. controlling movement with the mouse and activating all abilities with the keyboard.  This style of gameplay is facilitated by providing a large, unobstructed central space for mouse steering and centralized quickbars arranged to mirror a keyboard for rapid hand-eye coordination.  Players who tend to mouse-click on abilities will still enjoy the consolidated arrangement of Steel v1 with room for 60 quickbar slots in the center-bottom portion of the screen, providing minimal mouse travel to the sides or top of the screen.  The Steel v1 UI was designed for 2560x1440 resolution, but a 1920x1080 resolution XML file will be available as a consideration.

[B]II. CONTENTS[/B]

Steel v1 is provided in compressed form.  Extracting the compressed files will provide the following files:

*	Steel v1 8Man 2560x1440.xml
*	Steel v1 8Man 1920x1080.xml
*	readme.txt
*	Steel v1 Sample Images (folder containing 9 JPG files)
*	Complementary Remnants of Hope loading screen image (JPG file)

[B]UPDATE:[/B] [URL="http://www.swtorui.com/community.php"]SWTORUI.com[/URL] does not allow uploading of compressed archives, so the individual components must be uploaded – and downloaded – individually.  The readme.txt will be posted in its entirety to the User Interface description area.  The XML files and complementary Remnants of Hope loading screen image will be available for download separately.  

[B]III. INSTALLATION[/B]

Please refer to the [URL="http://www.swtorui.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10"]excellent guide by Cairenn of SWTORUI.com[/URL] for installation procedures.  

[B]IV. RECOMMENDED IN-GAME PREFERENCES[/B]

*	[U]Controls/General[/U]
		Enable “Use Quickslots On Key Press”

*	[U]Chat/General[/U]
		Disable “Chat Panel Fade”

*	[U]User Interface/General[/U]
		Disable “Enable Cover Bar”

*	[U]User Interface/Operations Frames[/U]
		Enable “Lock Operations Frame”
		Enable “Use Operations Frames as Group Frames”
		Enable “Operation Frame Visible”

*	[U]User Interface/Cooldown Settings[/U]
		Enable “Show Ready Flash”
		Enable “Show Global Cooldown Ready Flash”
		Enable “Show Cooldown Text”
		Set “Cooldown Style” and “Global Cooldown Style” to “Style 4” – Dark cooldown with no overlay.

*	[U]User Interface/Cooldown Text Settings[/U]
		Set “Text Size” to 19
		Set “Show Tenths of a Second” to 1

[B]V. FUTURE VERSIONS[/B]

Steel v1 focuses on 8-Man gameplay in 2560x1440 resolution (a 1920x1080 resolution XML file will be available as a consideration to other players). The designer of this UI reserves the right to publish future versions of the Steel UI to address updates, added features, 16-Man Operations frames, varied resolutions, user requests, etc.

[B]VI. COMPLEMENTARY LOADING SCREEN[/B]

To install, replace the LoadingScreen.jpg file in the following directory:
Program Files/Electronic Arts/BioWare/Star Wars – The Old Republic/swtor/retailclient/LoadingScreens

[B]VII. CONTACT INFO[/B]

Contact the designer of this UI through the [URL="http://www.swtorui.com/community.php"]SWTORUI.com[/URL] Email or Private Message features for inquiries, requests, etc.

[B]VIII. THANKS[/B]

This User Interface upload would not be possible without the hard work of the people behind the game [URL="http://www.swtor.com/"]Star Wars: The Old Republic[/URL], EA, BioWare, LucasArts, [URL="http://www.swtorui.com/community.php"]SWTORUI.com[/URL], and [URL="http://www.remnantsofhope.com/"]my guild, The Remnants of Hope[/URL].  Special thanks to Cairenn for the exceptional website and helpful guides.

[B]DISCLAIMER[/B]
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[URL="http://www.swtor.com/"]Star Wars: The Old Republic[/URL] is the property of EA, BioWare, and LucasArts.  Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for 'fair use' for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

[B]INTENT[/B]
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Steel v1 is designed and intended for non-profit, personal use only.
