Colorful UI Pro

Features

• Fully Responsive Design (UHD & Ultrawide Supported)
• Loading Screen with Synced BG Images & Tips
• Main Menu with Static BG Image and Custom Music
• Modified layout on all Default Layouts
• Easily Editable Layout Files with Prefab Elements
• Simple Configuration
• Customize EVERY ELEMENT INDIVIDUALLY
• Death Screen
• NO MOD DEPENDENCIES

Installation Guide

Step 1 — Install required tools

• Git
• Git LFS
• DayZ (Steam)
• DayZ Tools (Steam, free)
• DayZ Server (Steam, free)

Step 2 — Use this template

• Go to https://github.com/DayZ-n-Chill/Colorful-UI-Pro
• Click the green Use this template → Create a new repository
• Name your new repo, click Create repository from template

Step 3 — Clone YOUR new repo

Clone to a project drive, NOT your P:\ drive:

git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/<your-repo>.git

Step 4 — Mount the P drive

Open DayZ Tools once to mount P:\, or run:

subst P: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DayZ Tools\Bin\Work"

Step 5 — Create the project junction

Replace <repo-path> with the path you cloned to in Step 3:

New-Item -ItemType Junction -Path "P:\Colorful-UI" -Target "<repo-path>\Colorful-UI"

Step 6 — Edit your UI

Open Colorful-UI\Scripts\3_Game\Config\Settings.c and edit:

• class Branding — your logo path
• class CustomURL — your website / priority queue / custom link
• class SocialURL — Discord / Facebook / Twitter / Reddit / Youtube (set to "#" to hide a button)
• SERVER_IP / SERVER_PORT
• Feature flags: StartMainMenu, NoHints, UseImagesets, LoadVideo, EnableMenuVideo, EnableOptionsVideo, VideoDeathScreens

Other edit points:

• Colorful-UI\Scripts\Data\hints.json — loading-screen hints
• Colorful-UI\GUI\sounds\MainMenu\ — drop your .ogg files here, update CfgSoundShaders in Colorful-UI\Scripts\config.cpp
• Colorful-UI\GUI\textures\Shared\ — your logo .edds

To edit in Workbench: open Colorful-UI\Workbench\dayz.gproj.

Step 7 — Build the PBOs

$ab  = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DayZ Tools\Bin\AddonBuilder\AddonBuilder.exe'
$inc = "$env:USERPROFILE\.claude\skills\dayz-build-pbo\include.lst"
$out = 'P:\Mods\@Colorful-UI\Addons'

Remove-Item -Recurse -Force 'P:\temp\Colorful-UI' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

& $ab 'P:\Colorful-UI\GUI'     $out '-prefix=Colorful-UI\GUI'     '-temp=P:\temp\Colorful-UI\GUI'     "-include=$inc" -clear
& $ab 'P:\Colorful-UI\Scripts' $out '-prefix=Colorful-UI\Scripts' '-temp=P:\temp\Colorful-UI\Scripts' "-include=$inc"

Output:

P:\Mods\@Colorful-UI\Addons\GUI.pbo
P:\Mods\@Colorful-UI\Addons\Scripts.pbo

Step 8 — Test on a local server

Server:

& 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DayZ Server\DayZDiag_x64.exe' -server -mod=@Colorful-UI -config=serverDZ.cfg

Client:

& 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DayZ\DayZDiag_x64.exe' -mod=@Colorful-UI -connect=127.0.0.1 -port=2302

Step 9 — Deploy to a live server

1. Copy P:\Mods\@Colorful-UI\ to your server root.
2. Copy @Colorful-UI\Keys\*.bikey to the server's keys\ folder.
3. Add -mod=@Colorful-UI to your server startup line.
4. Players must have the same @Colorful-UI client-side.

License

CC BY-NC 4.0 — Attribution-NonCommercial.