are there any other folders in your ui directory besides default and fonts?

yes, the folder of my ui "spekui"

edit: just tried again and it seems to be working. I don't get it, but :nana:

What am I doing wrong?
 

I notice, for example, that there are many maps on the official EQ2map website that I can index and look at, such as the Tomb of Night I, II, and III. HOWEVER, in game I am unable to see the maps for those zones.

Are my shortcuts pointing to the wrong folders? What EXACTLY do I need to configure to get this to work? I have the latest Fetish UI which is supposed to include EQ2map, and I do indeed get POI's on the screen for many of the common zones in Qeynos or whatever, but I am seeing nothing for all the new zones, etc.

I can't find anything to clarify this anywhere, but then I'm probably missing something right in front of my nose. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Updater does nothing...
 

I have downloaded the static files (eq2map.zip) and unzipped them to my custom UI folder. All works great within the game. Great work.

Today I decided to go for the auto updater. Downloaded EQ2MAP_Updater_0.97_Setup.exe and installed to the "C:\Program Files\Games\EQ2MAP Updater" directory. I now have the following files:

AxInterop.SHDocVw.dll
EQ2MAP_Updater.exe
Interop.SHDocVw.dll
uninst.exe

When I run the program is verifies the EQ2 exe location and then nothing. I have checked in Task Manager and there is a EQ2MAP_Updater.exe running but I dont see the UI for the application.


I have .NET Framework 1.1 Version 1.1.4322 SP1 installed.

Any ideas or have i just missed something?

i think i can get it to work for you, go to the shortcut you use to open the updater and add:
/noautoscan
to the end of the target line, so that it look like:
"C:\Program Files\EQ2MAP Updater\EQ2MAP_Updater.exe" /noautoscan
Your path may be different if you installed it somewhere else besides the default location. i *think* that may fix it for you, however you will have to click the update button when it opens, it wont start updating when its opened. let me know wether it fixes it or not for you.

Thanks for the quick reply but that made no difference.

There is nothing in the event log either.

Any other ideas?

this doesent work in windows xp 64 bit edition

You have to install the .NET Framework 64 bit beta for it to work. There are links to it earlier in this thread.

no, i really dont know what else you can try besides just restarting your computer and make sure that there isnt any cpu intensive processes running in the background. also can you go check and see ifit made an eq2map folder in your custom folder and if there are any files in there?

I run EQ2 on two computers. On my desktop PC and my laptop. EQ2updater is fine on my laptop, but on my desktop the runtime screen only displays about 1/4 of the screen. I have not found a way to expand the screen. Does anybody know what would be causing the partial screen display of EQ2updater??

does it look something like the picture below?

Thats it exactly. :) :)

Is there anyway to fix it. I am thinking there is some setting or parameter on my system that is set incorrectly?

see the first two posts up at the top of this page, the one by arcol describes your problem (thats where i got the picture from) and the next one by ger says how to fix it.

it`s not real solution to problem. i set dpi to 120 as i really need this setting, all other programs handle this change correctly.
i see no problem if developers make program window able to resize by hands. it`s only beta and why it calls beta.

Yep, setting my DPI to 96 fixed it. But the font on my desktop is sooooo small at 96 DPI. Hopefully we will be able to set to 120 down the road. :) :)

ill add an option for it to be resizeable in the next release of the updater. which will be next week sometime since that is when i have spring break (and will have some time to work on it)

So I'm not understanding the installation. I installed the updater in E:\Games\EQ2Mapper, and ran it, and it downloaded all the POI info to a folder E:\Games\eq2map. But when it runs EQ2 (from main gam dir E:\Games\EQ2), nothing shows up in game. I looked, and the eq2.ini file hasn't been updated by the install. So I assume this means EQ2 doesn't actualy know about the mapper. Shouldn't this E:\Games\eq2map folder actually be E:\Games\EQ2\UI\eq2map? If not, please give the exact recipe for how I tell EQ2 how to find the eq2map files. The standard instructions assume the new sking is a subdirectory of the UI folder.

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Sounds like you may be missing the Registry Entry that EQ2MAP Updater Installer looks for for your EverQuest 2 folder, this commonly happens when EQ2 is installed on another computer, and copied over to the new computer. When copying the Registry Entry is then hence missing.

You can check this by going to your Start Menu, and choosing RUN, and typing in "regedit.exe" this will bring up your Registry Editor. You are looking for the following: My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\EverQuest2.exe

This registry Key should have 2 values 1 indicated as (Default) which should show the exact path to the EverQuest2.exe file, and the 2nd Value Path should point to the path without the Executable.

If this is registry entry is missing the Installer and Updater do not know where to look for your EverQuest 2 Installation.

If you would like to create this registry entry I have created the code you will need to cut and paste into an empty Text File, created wtih notepad.

The code is:
Once you have pasted this code into the New Text Document, save it as "eq2path.reg". Once it is saved and you have closed the text document window, doubleclick the file to install the Registry Information contained in the file.

After the Key is recorded in the Registry I would suggest uninstalling the EQ2MAP Updater, and re-installing it. The installer should see the Correct Path and create the proper configuration file, when you run the Updater, as it now knows where to look for the EQ2.ini file.

Thanks, but actually no. Found the problem, its a bug in the updater installation.

Turns out, if you have an eq2.ini which is only there to turn on anti-aliasing in the graphics, and contains no custom ui spec, the installer gets confused. I deleted my existing eq2.ini, tried the install again, and all is fine now.

And... THIS THING ROCKS!!!!! Awesome achievement.

actually when the entry is missing it has the user browse to thier everquest2.exe file.

EDIT: looks like you got it fixed, glad to hear you were able to figure it out! i will have to add a check for the setting not being in the eq2.ini file on the next version.

Sorry All, went into too much detail :(... and I'm glad it's fixed and forgot about it asking you to browse to you EQ2 folder.. Sorry about that Taco-Man.

Ok maybe im really dumb or my english skill has decreased so bad that i missed something in the installation but the thing does not work for me.
I downloaded the autoupdater.
I ran it into my custom UI folder and got the following files and folder in it

AxInterop.SHDocVw.dll
eq2map_config.cfg
EQ2MAP_Updater
Interop.SHDocVw.dll
eq2map
Plus the uninstall file.

The path to mu custom UI is
E:\EQ2\LP_REGION_EN_US\UI\customUI

And my ini read

cl_ui_skinname customUI
cl_ui_subdir UI/

Just to be on the safe side i also copied the whole thing over to my
E:\EQ2\UI\customUI and also changed the ini there (That shouldnt change a thing but wanted to try it out).

Yet i dont have the maps :(

Rivervale map problems
 

Once I go to the east side of town the map doesn't load. Still shows the west side (zone in area). IS there a map file for the east side?

if you are talking about rivervale yes there is a map its on the website. If you are not talking about rivervale.../shrug

Love this program!

Simple (I hope) problem with the auto updater. When it loads onto screen I get half of the display, like a pop-up window, and there is no way to resize it. I can't read any of the newest update notes, nor the Updated zones/files list and the New zones/file list.

It seems to be half as tall and half as wide as it should be.

In game though, everything is awesome!

this happens on some computers and in the next release it will be resizeable.

Just stopped working.
 

Got home from work, ran the updater, launched game... and all the pretty maps were gone :(

Any suggestions about where to start looking for the problem? I tried reinstalling the mod, but no luck.

same problem here (friend also) also tried reinstalling mod from scratch, basically looks like all pois have gone awol.

Dead on mine now as well.

try again pls

Mine have all gone to
 

No maps here either tried re-installing had no effect.

:(

Same thing just happened to me. I launched the updater and then ran the game and now my maps are all messed up with no POIs.

Edit: NM, it seems that Mook's skin is whats causing the issue, i reinstalled without it and i no longer get the graphical errors.

delete your eq2_mainhud_map.xml file. Redo updater.

Didnt fix it. Well actually it fixed the no pois, but the map window is all messed up graphic wise.

thanks
 

fixed for me thanks dude :nana: :nana: :nana:

That did the trick, woho! :)

kk got it fixed. All the <include>'s for the icon pages went poof. so i readded them.

I take it you mean the

eq2ui_mainhud_map.xml cause I don't see one of the other name?

That one works, wooot!!!

:D

yea that one