DynamicBars - Smart Bars. Less Clutter.

DynamicBars

Smart bars. Less clutter.

DynamicBars turns Gothic's original HP and mana bars into a configurable, context-aware HUD. Decide when each bar should appear, how long it remains visible, how it fades, and how it reacts to changing resources, without replacing the original UI.

What's new in 0. 5. 5

• []Fixes repeatable crashes when loading Legend of Ahssûn.[/]

  []Replaces the conflicting per-frame engine detour with an isolated Gothic call-site hook.[/]

  []Retains the 0. 5. 4 shutdown, world-transition, and mana-display fixes.[/]

  Languages

  • []English[/]

    []German[/]

    []Czech (community review requested)[/]

    []Polish (community review requested)[/]

    []Russian (community review requested)[/]

    []English fallback for other languages[/]

    Features

    • []Independent HP and mana activity modes: Off, Target, Weapon drawn, or Always.[/]

      []Visibility after damage, healing, mana use, and other resource changes.[/]

      []Automatic mana visibility while magic is readied.[/]

      []Separate low-resource show and hide thresholds to prevent flicker near a boundary.[/]

      []Configurable damage, healing, mana-change, and post-activity visibility timers.[/]

      []Both bars remain available in inventory, trade, and loot views.[/]

      []Smooth whole-bar fading with configurable idle opacity, active opacity, fade-in time, and fade-out time.[/]

      []Configurable HP and mana pulses when resource values change.[/]

      []An optional HP-only heartbeat with configurable critical threshold, strength, and speed.[/]

      []Four organized settings pages under Options > Union Options > DynamicBars: Behavior, Timers and diagnostics, Fading and opacity, and Reactive bar effects.[/]

      []Settings apply when returning to gameplay; no restart is required for menu changes.[/]

      []Uses Gothic's original status bars, preserving textures, positions, scaling, and compatible visual overhauls.[/]

      []Automatically migrates settings from older DynamicBars releases.[/]

      Requirements

      • []Union 1. 0m[/]

        []Gothic I Classic, Gothic II Classic, or Gothic II: Night of the Raven[/]

        Installation

        • []Extract the archive into the Gothic installation directory.[/]

          []Confirm that Data\DynamicBars.vdf exists.[/]

          []Start Gothic and load or begin a game.[/]

          Configuration

          Open Options > Union Options > DynamicBars. Changes are saved by Gothic and applied when you return to gameplay.

          Settings are also stored under in System\Gothic.ini[/fo