Movable, resizable and independent ingame interface elements

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The old Age of Empires II ingame interface is pretty much static, was designed with 4:3 screens in mind and takes up large chunks of the screen. It definitely lacks the usability and flexibility of modern RTS interfaces. Fortunately we are able to change that. We should allow players to

• move interface elements (like Minimap, Action/Build Menu, Units statistics) anywhere they want
• remove interface elements (or only activate them on button press)
• resize elements
• maybe add own elements with modding tools

This would also require a HUD-Edit-Mode were players can change their interface.