The need to try any solutions at all presents a problem that shouldn't be there in the first place :P

Drumstix, I think you are right about the ini file not being updated until you zone..

I logged in, changed my options, then zoned to a tradeskill instance, and alt-tabbed out to explorer and set my ini file to read-only. After this, I exited the game and restarted it, and my settings were proper. Hopefully this will work for now, until they fix the underlying problem.

I tried to say it before, lol...

Tried the read only option w/o luck
 

I've read through all the posts and have tried applying the read only flag to my .ini file without success.

Steps:
1. Logged into game with .ini set to read/write
2. Changed chat and window settings
3. Noted that the .ini file shows current date modified to match time of changes
4. Zoned into a trade instance
5. Set .ini to read only
6. Exited game w/o camping
7. Logged back in

Changes did not keep and I'm back to where I started.

Suggestions?

I know it might be tedius, but you could try deleting your INI, and replace it all and go through normal steps, and then go through what you did if all else fails.

Not sure re-doing would help
 

I've created a new character and the same thing happens so I am not sure starting from scratch would help.

It seem like the windows stay in the location that they were places when I originally created them. After that, no changes take effect.

Well, I continue my search for a workable solution.

Have you tried locking the widnow after moving it, and tried solutions like that with locking them.

The UI are saved with a 1 min interval
So you can modify your UI setting and wait 1 min then change it to read-only

lollygagger, the steps you described above are exactly the steps that work for me. I use XP Pro - maybe that makes some difference?

God, if only Sony would fix the damn problem - I swear little things like this are what makes people so frustrated.

I use XP pro as well
 

Still trying to find solution. :((((

me too... *sigh*... windows poofing, channels resetting blablabla... no fun

Me to. Have tried everything i could find, but nothing helps. All but my chat windows work fine. The first chat window works fine to, but every other that i make just doesnt work. A TSR-guy in chat said know about it and are working on it, but no ETA. Dont even feel like playing when i have to set it up every time i log in.

lol, only thing that keeps me from playing is a patch ;)

keep losing 2nd chat window
 

:confused: can anyone please tell me how to get my second chat window that i make to stay when i camp, its good up untill i camp then its gone everytime that i come back in game , and i did send in a bug report and petition but well we know how far that went..." no reply " i did try locking it but that dont seem to work.
any help would make me so very happy :p

I'll post what has worked for me.

1. I camped and deleted my character's ini file and the eq2_recent.ini.
2. I then logged back in and set every single chat window how I wanted it (forever).

From then on my chat windows work fine. I don't know if I still have the bug or not, but I now have forced it to save the current state that I like it at. If I were to change it in the future, I might have to repeat steps 1 and 2, I don't know yet.

I created a second chat window for qeynos_trader channel. My primary chat window always has that channel selected when I log in, and I need to manually uncheck it each time. Is this related to the problems some of you are describing or am I doing (or not doing) something incorrectly?

-Danel

This is what worked for me. Plus I made a single master UI setup on one alt, then copied that setup over the INI files for all my alts and now have identical windows on each.

Did not work for my buddy.... seemed to make it worse infact :(

I still get that issue myself. I don't know about that one.

Afer some thourough testing today (first time getting this window issue) this is what I found out.

I checked that no windows had the same filter enabled, zoned and camped to make sure the settings were actually saved (confirmed with checking file date). After logging the windows were a mess again.

Did the same test but removing eq2_recent.ini and my chars .ini file. Same problem. After that i started testing with 1 chat window, worked fine. Same with 2 and even 3 windows. The problems start when I add 4th window after that all settings get messed up, filters reset, windows moved.


Can anyone confirm if a MAXIMUM of 3 windows solve the issue? If so we might be able to send a more detailed bugreport to SoE on how to reproduce there error.

Ok, I saw some new theories to fix this chat bug. This might be it folks.

1. Open up eq2_recent.ini
2. Delete the chat font size line (might be near the bottom).

There you go :) Crossing my fingers for all you guys.

just want to say i have been having this problem since launch no patch has really made it go away. Why deleting the eq2_recent.ini fixed all my wows i will not understand as to my knowlege that is your graphics settings not your ui itself. but after i loged into game set everything up correctly then loged out deleted that file wich brings up at start your little options thing for resolution and stuff my UI is just fine why that file effected my UI being saved properly is just strange. thanx for all the ideas in this post i finaly have my most annoying problem in the whole game solved.... also this fixed my boxes overlapping problem as well WOOT two birds with one stone. thnx all who posted here

Found a solution that worked for me
 

After trying all above suggestions here's what worked for me.

1. Opened eq2_recent.ini
2. Modified that the chat size line from 18 to 16 (What i always set my chat tzt to)
3. Logged in and all was well with the world

I re-inspected the .ini file after i logged and the chat size line was removed. Not sure where it went, but I no longer need to re-create my chat windows.

I've learned not to question. Good luck to all others having the same issue.

Resurrecting this a bit, but this is obviously still a problem. I tried everything, nothing worked, until I did two of the things suggested in this thread.

1. delete the chat font size line in eq2_recent.ini
2. wait at least 60 seconds (autosave rate for UI .ini file) before logging off

Step one is apparently the critical part (at least for me). Once I took this line out of eq2_recent.ini, I was again able to add windows and change filter settings permanently.

I did NOT have to make my serverX_characterX_eq2_uisettings.ini file read only.

I now have 4 chat windows open as well, so it's not an issue with more than 3 windows.