Load/Save hotkeys
 

Halloo,

I have been happily useing the load/save hotkey ''trick'' as listed in the sticky for tips and trick but having just started a new toon this morning have noticed that although the load one works fine i can no longer save hotkeys anymore!

The load works on all my toons but none can save, this is even on toons who have been happily loading and saving from level 1 artisan upto 70 armorer!

Anyone have any idea why this should be? I haven't changed the macro in anyway what so ever and yet it doesn't work....please help I can't craft without this :D

This is the macro's I use:

/loadhotkeys C:\Program Files\Sony\Everquest II\Hotkeys\Combat 1\+NAME.dat

/loadhotkeys C:\Program Files\Sony\Everquest II\Hotkeys\Tradeskill\+NAME.dat

/savehotkeys C:\Program Files\Sony\Everquest II\Hotkeys\Combat 1\+NAME.dat

/savehotkeys C:\Program Files\Sony\Everquest II\Hotkeys\Tradeskill\+NAME.dat


TTFN

This is a quote from the official boards (I hope that's okay here) about this. I had the same problem until I followed these steps - not had it since.

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Originally posted by FloridaFringe (here):

Reporting back with my final testing feedback. The following has worked for me over the past several days with no further complications. In other words, the keybinds are now saving between play sessions again. Here's what has worked for me and my friends on several different systems.

1. Log on and set your custom keybinds as desired.

2. Save your keybinds by typing /save_keymaps eq2_keymap_custom.ini

3. From within the Options menu select Other from the Keyboard Layout drop-down list.

4. Log off EQ2

5. Inside the Layout directory make a copy of the EQ2-OtherMode.cfg file and rename it to EQ2-CustomMode.cfg

6. Edit this new CFG file so that it reads as:

name=Custom

options=

uisettings=

colors=

keymaps=eq2_keymap_custom.ini

7. Edit the eq2_recent.ini file so that the following line is changed

from: cl_configuration_file EQ2-OtherMode.cfg

to: cl_configuration_file EQ2-CustomMode.cfg

8. Log on and from within the Options menu select Custom from the Keyboard Layout drop-down list.

9. Confirm that the keybinds are working as desired.

10. Log off and reboot your computer.

11. Log back on and confirm that the keybinds are still working as desired.



Essentially you are telling EQ2 to load up the CustomMode.cfg file upon log-in and that file is telling EQ2 to load up the eq2_keymap_custom.ini file and that particular file is telling EQ2 how you want your keybinds set. So as you can see there's a lot more to loading and saving your custom keybinds than what was included in the recent patch notes. Apparently, you can't just simply use the new load / save command and expect all to be well. Instead you need to instruct the game on how to recognize your custom keybinds upon log-in so that you won't need to continually re-load them between sessions.
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Hi,

Thanks for the reply but not sure we have/had the same trouble. From your post you are saying your mapping went wrong? Mines fine the keys stay in the correct places just cannot any longer save with the macros in my OP. Seems I am not the only person as there are post about this issue on the official forums, hope it will get sorted soon :(

Bye.

The above mentioned post is in reference to /loadhotkeys and /savehotkeys
Nothing at all related to keybinding to the best of my knowledge.
Of course I have been wrong before ;)

the /savehotkeys hasn't worked for me either.
And with 12 characters, 9 of which are of each tradeskill class; its affecting my efficiency as you can imagine.

I sent a bug report and hope they fix it soon.
I would suggest you also send in a bug report if you also use the /savehotkeys command.

Macro now working :D
 

Just thought I'd post to let you know that I have now got saving to work again with a little help from other people :D

/savehotkeys Hotkeys\Combat\+NAME.dat

/savehotkeys Hotkeys\Tradeskill\+NAME.dat

All you need to do is use the above macro :) (Removing the path to location on your drive). The load one still work the same with the macro in my op. No idea why this changed? But thank goodness it's working again my life as an crafting addict is saved YAY! :nana:

YOU ROCK!:nana:

Thank you for sharing this info here!
I couldn't live without being able to use this.

I don't understand. Doesn't the macro above work regardless of path? Or do I need type in the whole thing like "C:\Program Files\Blabla\EverQuest II\" and so on?

Edit: I think I understand now hehe. :D

I never knew this was possible until I found this thread lol. :) I was wondering, would there be a way to make a drop down (somewhere) to load saved sets like EQ1 spell bars? That would definately make this very helpful.

Yes, certainly could but it would require all users to modify the xml and replace placeholder text with their characters name.

I'll look into it time permitting.

I noticed that when you load a set the game doesn't clear the hotkey bars - it just pastes the saved keys on top of what is already there. Not a huge deal but it can be confusing if you leave blank spaces in your hotkey bars for whatever reason (like I do hehe).

But it works beautifully. Thanks a lot for the tip. :)

I fill all slots with the "follow" ability. (You can use whatever you want really, as long as all characters have it)

That way the load/save hotkeys will overwrite eachother correctly.
I made a "how to" in the tips and tricks section of the ThorUI AU thread.

Saving Blank Hotkeys
 

If you look at the hotkey file, its easy to see how it is organized. The first two numbers in each row are the hotbar number minus one (zero-based) and the slot number, also zero-based. I noticed that for the blank slots, there are simply no entries. This brought me several helpful insights.

Replace all the slots you want blank with "[x] [y] spell 0 0 0". I tried just a null value, but the parser won't take it. You need the recognized 'spell' to make it a valid spot. The zeros just point to a non-existant spell, so the spot is blank.

You can also leave any hotbars you like alone, so they aren't changed at all when you load the others. Just delete the entries for those bars, or for individual spots if you like. The places that have no entry will not be changed. I set up my first three bars with all the common things I need, and the next three are customized for harvesting, soloing, tradeskilling, and raiding.

A fortuitous out-of-sync loadhotbars command lead me to another discovery. You see the macro commands in the hotbar file? They don't have to be in your Macros list. If you load a hotbar that was saved before you changed a macro, the macro on the hotbar will be the old one. If there is NO macro with the same name, the icon will be messed up, but it should still work (not tested).

Remember, though, if you use any of these techniques, saving your hotbars will overwrite the file entirely, and you'll have to enter all the changes by hand again. (A good reason to have only one or two changeable bars). Any changed you make, adding, moving, or deleting icons will make you have to save and re-edit. One tip is to save to a separate file (add 'new' or 'tmp' to the name) and cut and paste only the changes to your active load files.

Also, I cut down on the directories used.. to much work to make and find them. With long file names, just name your files MycharRaidKeys, MycharSoloKeys, or something similar. Hope this helps someone!

Almost forgot! Shards, Carpets, potions, hexdolls, all that stuff from your inventory does not show up in the Hotbar file. I don't know where it is saved, but it ain't there! If you save a hotbar with one of these items in it, that spot is treated as blank. If one of your other saved hotbars replaces that item, it won't come back when you load the first file. You can put it back manually every time, or find a permanent place for it and make sure it never gets replaced. (That's what I did with the Manastone and my carpet.) In the case of your charm slots (if you drag a charm slot to the hotbar) for some reason the save/load changes both of them to your primary weapon. Sounds like a bug, but.. what can you do.

As always, Sony can change those files at any time, so keep an eye out after LiveUpdates.

This is a right pain in the behind and has only happened since the most recent 2 or maybe 3 updates :( For me it only blanks the items from my inventory replacing them each time with my weapon :(

Items taht I have linked from my bags like my horsie stay fine a bit annoying, but thankfully only 6 buttons that I have to replace after every crafting session.

Let's all do a /feedback in game and explain how much we would like this resolved.
I can't say for certain but I believe it would take just a bit extra coding for them to make this work with items.
Every update has something i've done a feedback on previously at some point in time so they are deffinately listening and acting on them...