SMXmenu – The MENU Replacement Mod

SMXmenu changes the game menus. Everything you see when you start the game or when navigating the different options and settings is part of the menu experience.

The purpose of SMXmenu is to extend the art style and feeling from the HUD into the menus and to supplement SMXhud to create the SMX experience.

• Verified to work with: 1.1b14
• Compatibility: Will probably work with most mods that doesn’t modify the same windows in the XUI files.

WELCOME

Welcome to the new and improved SMX series for 7 Days to Die.

The goal with this mod is to give the entire 7 Days to Die user interface an extreme makeover an refashion it into how Sirillion believe the user interface for the game should be experienced. SMX consist of several modlets which can be broken down into three separate mods: SMXhud, SMXmenu and SMXui. These are all stand alone and can be used separately or, as is the intention, together with the other two and all three mods combined is what makes the SMX experience complete!

In addition they have the core, the main modlet if you will, SMXcore. This is a library modlet and even though it makes very little changes on its own it holds all the assets that the other mods need to function. Because of this it is a mandatory modlet that will need to be downloaded and installed no matter which of the other ones you choose to use.

SMX tries to create an experience as close up towards the vanilla user interface as possible. With little to no changes that can disrupt the balance of the game. The only exception being the extra slot on the crafting queue which is there to make the design fit and hardly disrupts game balance!

Then they have the optional modlets. They are aware that some people want the extra bling bling, and as such they offer these as optional downloads that can be installed alongside the main modlets from each series to expand upon the features from vanilla. They offer official optional downloads such as: Target Health Bar, Bigger Bags and a Third Forge Slot.

Other optional modlets and compatibility patches might become available from other mod authors.

They hope you will enjoy playing 7 Days to Die with the new experience that SMX brings to the table.

Have fun! 🙂

TERMS OF USE

You are allowed to use this modlet as is for your own personal use and/or on a server you run and/or administrate.

You are under no circumstance allowed to distribute any SMX and/or ZMX branded modlets without written consent from the main developer.

If you wish to distribute SMX and/or ZMX branded modlets as part of your own project and consent have been given you are required to do so in such a way so that all the files of the SMX and/or ZMX modlet or modlets in question remain unaltered and you cannot under any circumstance claim credit for creating the modlet or modlets or any of the files provided with it/them.

If consent is given you are required to make any changes as a new modlet that injects into the modlet in question and keeping load order in mind it is to be named so that it loads AFTER the original modlet. The original modlet shall be distributed as is with no change to its files what so ever.

If consent is given it is only given on a case to case basis and those that receive consent cannot pass that consent on to another party or project. Nor will the consent pass on to other creators that opt to include consented work into their project.

You are not allowed to use any of the assets bundled with SMX and/or ZMX branded modlets in other projects. This restriction applies to all files that the SMX and/or ZMX modlets consist of. EXCEPTION: The content of the Harmony folder is to be considered open source and can be used freely as long as the original credit comments within the files are not removed or altered other than adding to.

You are required to seek special consent from the main developer should you wish to make changes to any asset files provided with the SMX and/or ZMX branded modlets.

You are required to inform the main developer when your project that contains any SMX and/or ZMX modlet or modlets have been made available to the public.

MEET THE TEAM

As of A20 Sirillion decided to move SMX into the lands of Harmony and with that digging even deeper into what they can do with modding the game. This requires knowledge that he does not possess enough of to be able to continue working on this on his own. As a result the team has grown and they have added some supernerds that know this stuff.

Main Credits:

• Sirillion (main developer/designer/xml/coding)
• Sphereii (developer/coding)
• TormentedEmu (developer/coding)
• Laydor (developer/coding)

Contributors: Mumpfy(art)

NEED SUPPORT?

They strive to make SMX in the best possible way and try to make user actions with it as smooth as possible. But they are still here to answer questions if you run into problems with it or it’s installation procedure. Please, do not hesitate to contact them for any issue, big or small, they just ask you to run this simple checklist before coming to ask them for help and just maybe you will be able to help yourself first.

• Did you install all the downloaded folders? Do note that SMXhud and SMXui both have an additional folder that needs installing. (ZMXhudCP and ZMXuiCP)
• Did you install SMXcore? This modlet contains all the assets (custom graphics) they use and without this your UI will be mostly transparent.
• Did you check the folder hierarchy and made sure you didn’t install the modlets too deep?
• Did you disable ALL other mods or modlets and then try again to see if the problem still exists? (Be careful with this, backup your save!)
• Did you check the support sites to see if anyone else have had the same problem recently?

If you ran this checklist and still need their support please contact them on one of their support channels. But please, only post on one of the support channels. Pick one and stick with it as they do monitor all of them and having to answer the same thing on several sites just leads to confusion.

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INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL PROCEDURES

• First and foremost, the most important thing you need to do with SMX in V1.0: TURN OFF EAC!
• Backup your save game before installing ANY mods to the game. They don’t expect SMX to cause any issues, it is just good practice!
• Download the mod.
• Decompress the downloaded files with WinRAR or a compatible compression software like 7zip.
• Copy or move the Mods folder you just decompressed into your 7 Days to Die installation folder. Overwrite if prompted.
• Verify your install by checking that the ModInfo.xml file is located in this Hierarchy: “\Mods\modletname\ModInfo.xml”
• Remove by deleting the modlet folder in question from within the Mods folder.

SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT

All SMX branded mods and modlets will forever be free of charge and available for everyone to download and enjoy. They do however from time to time get questions from their users on how they can donate to support the development. The purpose of this link is nothing more than a way for them to cater to those that want to make a donation. You should under no circumstance feel obligated to do so, but if you do decide to do it they want you to know that is comes greatly appreciated.

Donation or not they would like to extend a thank you to all that download and use the different SMX mods, they hope you enjoy them as much as they do making them.

If you feel like making a donation to support the development of the SMX branded modifications, click the image below or scan the QR code.

CHANGELOG

v1.1.14.2

• Localization changes.

v1.0.333.1

CHANGES

• Gears Support is now added to SMXmenu.
  • The animated background by Mumpfy has now been added as a Gears setting.
  • zSMXmenuCP_ABG has now been removed as an optional download.
• Added ‘disabledcolor’ to the buttons to distinguish them better.

FIXES

• Fixed an issue in the main menu that caused the news screen to take seconds to load.

v1.0.333.0

CHANGES

• The Main Menu has been modded to fit the SMXmenu theme.
  • New Main Menu background art has been added.
    • The A21 Main Menu animated background has been removed.
    • A new modlet has been added with a new Main Menu animated background created by Mumpfy for optional download.
  • The color theme has been adjusted slightly.
  • The new News Screen button has been added to the menu.
  • The old changelog system has been completely re-written and integrated into the News Screen.
  • A warning to tell you achievements will not work when in debug/creative mode has been added to the in-game menu.
  • The player name has been hidden from the Main Menu.
• The new News Screen has been modded to fit the SMXmenu theme.
  • Latest Version has been added to the News Screen. It will show updates when a new version of the SMX main modlets are released and you can click it to go directly to the download area.
  • Optional Modlets has been added to the News Screen. It will show updates when a new version of the optional modlets are released and you can click it to go directly to the download area.
  • Warnings for missing SMXcore or Quartz which without SMX will not work. They show up in the News Screen as a warning and on the Main Menu as an icon. Mouseover to see the message.
• The Popup Message Box has been modded to fit the SMXmenu theme.
• The New Game window has been modded to fit the SMXmenu theme.
• The Continue Game window has been modded to fit the SMXmenu theme.
• The Options Menu has been modded to fit the SMXmenu theme.
  • The new Controller Settings button has been added to the options menu.
• The Progress Window has been modded to fit the SMXmenu theme.
  • Added a ‘Progress Indicator’ to the window in the form of spinning cogs.
• The Server Windows has been modded to fit the SMXmenu theme. (Join A Game)
  • The Connect to IP panel has been given a facelift.
  • The EAC Warning panel has been given a facelift.
• The Server Password window has been modded to fit the SMXmenu theme.
• The Login Windows has been modded to fit the SMXmenu theme. (Steam, PS5 & XBox)
• The Generate New World window has been modded to fit the SMXmenu theme.
• The Editing Tools Menu has been modded to fit the SMXmenu theme.
• The Loading Screen has been modded to fit the SMXmenu theme.
  • The Loading Screen now contains custom backgrounds provided by Mumpfy.

FIXES

• The mouseover tooltips has received a small touch-up to it’s sprites and colors.
• The credits window has received a small touch-up to make the text easier to read.

DOWNLOAD SMXmenu (956 KB)
Dependencies: SMXcore

Credits: Sirillion, SphereII, TormentedEmu, Laydor