The VULKK SWTOR UIs are designed to offer you all the info you need in a simple, neat, clear, and well-organized format with convenient placements for all the elements!
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My original UI has been downloaded tens of thousands of times. I am glad so many players like and want to use it. I have made multiple revisions to it, but the core design has always remained true to the main goal – simple, clean interface with all the relavant information placed in the best possible location on your screen.
When playing group content, you should have all the data easily accessible to you. When you are a DPS, you would prefer to focus on the enemies. When your task is to heal your team, having easy and quick access to the raid frames is crucial. And when casually leveling up a new character or farming dailies, you can enjoy the vistas with a minimalist UI and a close-up camera.
Overall, I like having a clean screen with plenty of space for the true gameplay to shine and not be buried under tons of tabs, boxes, and other UI elements.
How to import Custom UI and Keybinds
To add a custom UI from another player into your game, you have to download a .XML file and place it in the “GUIProfiles” folder located here:
C:\Users\Your-PC-Account-Name\AppData\Local\SWTOR\swtor\settings
If the AppData folder is hidden, open “Folder Options” in Windows and navigate to the “View” tab. Choose “Show hidden files, folders, and drives”.
You can download my UIs and Keybind setups from the links below. I have included my keybind setups for each layout, but you can only add the UI file(s) and adapt your keybinds as you see fit.
I play on an UltraWide screen. The SWTOR UI is flexible, but you may still need to tweak and adapt some elements to suit your specific preferences and needs.
Raid SWTOR UI
When you play a DPS, you may want smaller Ops Group Frames, placed in the corner of the screen to allow for more visible space. Optinally, you can disable the XP bar, which is positioned at the top center of the screen. You would not need it during group gameplay, even if you are still leveling up.
If you are a healer, I suggest tweaking the Raid Ops Group Frames a little bit. Move them closer to the middle of the screen without obstructing your vision of the battlefield. Make them bigger, easier to click on individual players’ bars. Display numbers on top of them if you like.
Minimalist SWTOR UI
The Minimalist UI is designed to make the (slowly) improving graphics of the game take front and center, so they can truly shine. Over the years, the developers continue to update and upgrade old assets to make some of the visually outdated old content look more in line with what the modern hardware is capable of achieving. Within the constraints of the game’s dated engine, of course.
This UI features a very minimalistic approach. It is not suitable for some classes that require more keybinds, though for casual leveling and farming dailies, you do not need things like Heroic Moment and all of your hard-earned Legacy unlocks, pets and mounts to be at your fingertips.
The design strives to immerse you into the game. I highly recommend that you move the camera closer to your character and look from behind their shoulder, don’t use the classic MMO-style (nearly) top-down view point.
Regarding Keybinds
I strongly prefer and recommend using keybinds. They allow you to activate abilities faster, which improves your gameplay while giving you precious seconds to look more at the action on your screen rather than the quickbars with abilities.
The VULKK UIs take full advantage of keybinding. The quickbars are smaller and smushed at the bottom of the screen, taking less valuable real estate on your screen.
If you prefer to use the mouse to click and activate abilities, you may struggle to fully utilize my custom UIs. At the very least, you should consider scaling up the ability quickbars.
To learn how to best set up your Keybinds and why I have this specific Keybinds setup, check that video below.
