The Only WoW Forever UI You Need: EllesmereUI with DimmnUI Profile Setup — Transcript

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1. 0:00World of Warcraft is all about the
2. 0:01journey. And this dim UI setup gives you
3. 0:04a clean, clutter-free view of Azeroth
4. 0:07while keeping every essential combat
5. 0:09tool right where you need it. Today,
6. 0:12we're doing a complete spotlight of the
7. 0:14layout, breaking down each core feature,
8. 0:17and walking through a quick profile
9. 0:19install so you can get it up and running
10. 0:22in minutes. Starting right in the
11. 0:23center, the party and raid frames are
12. 0:26now anchored centrally below your main
13. 0:28unit frames. This setup lets healers and
14. 0:31hybrid classes keep their vision focused
15. 0:34on the middle of the screen, making it
16. 0:36much easier to track party health while
17. 0:38dodging incoming mechanics.
18. 0:41The player and target frames have also
19. 0:43been updated to highlight critical
20. 0:45combat information at a glance, like
21. 0:47level difference and mob difficulty.
22. 0:50Right above the player frame, you'll
23. 0:52find incoming damage and healing
24. 0:54readouts,
25. 0:55which can easily be fine-tuned or
26. 0:58repositioned to fit your preference.
27. 1:00Moving on to combat management, the
28. 1:03cooldown tracker is preconfigured and
29. 1:05ready to populate automatically as you
30. 1:07learn new abilities while leveling.
31. 1:09Right beneath that, your resource
32. 1:11display adapts to what you're playing.
33. 1:14For rogues and druids, combat points
34. 1:16appear automatically.
35. 1:18While classes that don't use them will
36. 1:20see that space collapse to prevent
37. 1:22wasted screen real estate.
38. 1:25The power bar for mana, rage, and energy
39. 1:28stays visible across the board. And both
40. 1:30bars are set to a clean default width
41. 1:33that can easily configure to grow or
42. 1:35shrink alongside your cooldowns.
43. 1:38Along with tracking resources, combat
44. 1:40pacing is critical. The swing timer is
45. 1:42integrated directly into the cooldown
46. 1:45manager, but starts disabled by default.
47. 1:48If your class benefits from weapon
48. 1:50timing, you can toggle it on under the
49. 1:53resource and cast bar tab. Then select
50. 1:56exactly which weapon to track using the
51. 1:59tracked weapons drop down menu.
52. 2:01In Wild Forever, you end up with a wide
53. 2:04toolkit, and more abilities usually
54. 2:06means more action bar clutter. To keep
55. 2:09the UI minimalist without [music]
56. 2:11sacrificing key binds,
57. 2:13I've set up five additional action bars
58. 2:15that you can toggle on or off instantly
59. 2:18by tapping page down. This gives you a
60. 2:20full freedom to set situation key binds
61. 2:23on the fly.
62. 2:25And if you prefer seeing everything, you
63. 2:27can switch their visibility settings to
64. 2:29always on.
65. 2:32For situational awareness, clean
66. 2:34nameplates make all the difference.
67. 2:36In this profile, nameplates clearly
68. 2:38track enemy buffs, your own debuffs, and
69. 2:41crowd control durations in an
70. 2:43easy-to-read heads-up format.
71. 2:46They also clearly distinguish casters,
72. 2:49melee mobs,
73. 2:50and rare and elite mobs, ensuring you
74. 2:53never stumble into a dangerous encounter
75. 2:55unprepared.
76. 2:58Finally, your out-of-combat utilities
77. 3:00live neatly along the bottom in the data
78. 3:02bar.
79. 3:03This is where you can monitor your XP
80. 3:05progression, professions, system
81. 3:08performance, current gold, armor
82. 3:10durability, and your hearthstone
83. 3:12cooldown without needing extra
84. 3:14standalone add-ons cluttering your
85. 3:16screen.
86. 3:17First, make sure you have the base ElvUI
87. 3:20add-on installed in your WoW add-ons
88. 3:23folder by a CurseForge or waggo.io.
89. 3:27Once it's installed, launch the game.
90. 3:30On initial login, you'll see the ElvUI
91. 3:33welcome screen.
92. 3:35This gives you the option to disable
93. 3:36individual modules if you prefer
94. 3:39alternatives [music] like Plater
95. 3:40Nameplates or Details Damage Meter.
96. 3:43I recommend keeping the ElvUI default
97. 3:46modules enabled first, so you can test
98. 3:48how they feel together.
99. 3:51Choose your module preference, click
100. 3:53reload UI.
101. 3:56Now select the ElvUI style and click
102. 3:59reload now.
103. 4:02Now let's get your UI scale calibrated
104. 4:04before importing.
105. 4:06Open your ElvUI settings by pressing
106. 4:08[music] escape and selecting ElvUI or by
107. 4:11typing
108. 4:15Go to global settings, general.
109. 4:18Find the UI scale slider under display.
110. 4:22Set it to 0.53
111. 4:24and select reload now.
112. 4:28Once reloaded, open ElvUI and go to
113. 4:31profiles and presets.
114. 4:33Then click import profile.
115. 4:35Head to the link in the description at
116. 4:37elvui.com/dui.
117. 4:41Choose your screen's resolution and
118. 4:43click copy import string.
119. 4:46Paste that string directly into the
120. 4:47import box in game and hit continue.
121. 4:52Before finalizing, choose whether you
122. 4:54want to include my window skin settings.
123. 4:57If you're a returning EUI user with
124. 5:00custom window skins, keep this
125. 5:02unchecked. Otherwise, enable it.
126. 5:05Confirm the pop-up.
127. 5:07Give your profile a name and click
128. 5:09import selected add-ons.
129. 5:11To complete the UI, you can install the
130. 5:14Blizzard HUD profile so everything lines
131. 5:16up perfectly.
132. 5:18Press escape,
133. 5:20enter edit mode, click the layout
134. 5:22drop-down menu, and select import.
135. 5:25Go to elvui.com/dui.
136. 5:28[music]
137. 5:29Website link in the description.
138. 5:32Click copy edit mode string.
139. 5:35Paste that into the layout box
140. 5:37and name your layout
141. 5:39and click import. Your base HUD will now
142. 5:42snap into place. Not every minor tweak
143. 5:44transfers automatically through the
144. 5:46profile strings.
145. 5:48So, let's set up a few essential quality
146. 5:50of life features.
147. 5:51In your ElvUI settings,
148. 5:54open the quality of life section.
149. 5:56Under the QoL tab, enable hide error
150. 5:59message to clear redundant combat
151. 6:01warnings.
152. 6:03Turn on announce group death and combat
153. 6:06alert text.
154. 6:08And ensure self combat text is enabled.
155. 6:12Under the shifter tab,
156. 6:14turn on shifter along with move windows
157. 6:17without holding shift.
158. 6:19Also, check move loot windows [music]
159. 6:23and adjust the windows in unlock mode.
160. 6:26Remember to hit save and exit whenever
161. 6:28you exit unlock mode.
162. 6:30In the forever essential section,
163. 6:33enable auto uprank spells
164. 6:36and toggle on travel for flight timer
165. 6:38tracking.
166. 6:40For the threat meter, it defaults to
167. 6:42disable after import.
168. 6:44So, enable it and let's match the style
169. 6:47to the damage meter.
170. 6:49Under threat visibility,
171. 6:51uncheck only with threat.
172. 6:54Enter unlock mode.
173. 6:56Grab the threat meter anchor
174. 6:58and snap it to the top of the damage
175. 7:00meter.
176. 7:01Click W match and H match and click the
177. 7:04damage meter to sync their dimensions.
178. 7:07Then click save and exit.
179. 7:11Back in the threat settings tab,
180. 7:13set the bar texture to gradient right,
181. 7:16icon style to none,
182. 7:19header opacity to zero,
183. 7:21and uncheck accent header text.
184. 7:25Set the header bottom border size to
185. 7:27two.
186. 7:28Then enter hex code C41E
187. 7:323A to match the border color shown on
188. 7:36screen. Finally, drop the background
189. 7:38opacity under windows and border to
190. 7:40zero.
191. 7:42Now, let's link your cooldowns. The MUI
192. 7:45uses ElvUI's cooldown manager.
193. 7:48But, it pulls data directly from your
194. 7:50Blizzard's cooldown manager base
195. 7:52settings.
196. 7:54First, set up your buffs, cooldowns, and
197. 7:57utility spells in the Blizzard's
198. 7:59cooldown manager menu.
199. 8:02Once configured, open ElvUI cooldown
200. 8:05manager
201. 8:06and click repopulate from Blizzard CDM.
202. 8:11To track certain buff durations with
203. 8:13tracking bars, head to the buff tab in
204. 8:15the Blizzard's cooldown manager settings
205. 8:18and add the buffs you want to monitor.
206. 8:21Then, in ElvUI, go to cooldown manager,
207. 8:24tracking bars. Under currently editing,
208. 8:27click add new group and select group one
209. 8:30to view all bars.
210. 8:32Under the preset styles, select solid
211. 8:35preset
212. 8:36and click apply to group.
213. 8:39And set the growth direction to up. To
214. 8:41anchor the bars, enter unlock mode.
215. 8:44Select the group one panel from the
216. 8:46center of the screen.
217. 8:49Click anchor and choose your player
218. 8:51frames to anchor to top. Click the W
219. 8:54[music] match and the player frame to
220. 8:56lock them to identical widths.
221. 8:58Then, click save [music] and exit. For
222. 9:00consumables, racials, and on-use
223. 9:03trinkets, open the CDM bar drop-down.
224. 9:06Select consumables
225. 9:09and click the plus icon to load the
226. 9:11preset trackers.
227. 9:13Lastly, let's talk about your action
228. 9:16bars.
229. 9:17Besides bar one, bar four through eight
230. 9:19are hidden by default to keep the screen
231. 9:22uncluttered.
232. 9:23You can toggle them in and out of view
233. 9:25at any time by pressing page down key on
234. 9:28your keyboard. To bind spells to these
235. 9:30bars, type {forward slash} KB in chat.
236. 9:33Hover over the icon and press your
237. 9:35desired keybind.
238. 9:37Press page down again when you're done
239. 9:39to hide them. If you prefer keeping
240. 9:41specific bars visible permanently, go to
241. 9:44ElvUI action bar menu, select the bar,
242. 9:48and change the visibility to always.
243. 9:51If this guide cleared up your UI,
244. 9:53take a second to like the video. It
245. 9:55really helps other wild players find it.
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248. 10:00and leave a comment.
249. 10:05Happy hunting.
250. 10:09>> [music]