Thanks for the suggestions. As I had mentioned before, I had deleted every single file in the cache (cache, login cache, login cache us) folders as well as every last ini file. After seeing the epilepsy warning when it started to load, I knew I had a fresh install. So to speak. It was after that, when I had the factory default interface that I tried to open up a 3rd hotbar and it froze. After this I figured that the file I need to delete was server-side.
In any case, a GM spoke with me tonight and told me this new issue is known and is a bug with the frostfell satchel you get from the holiday content and deleted it from my inventory. He wanted to roll back my character but said I could try again now that he deleted the offending item. (It's been 4 days since this started and I would lose all quests and who knows what else on a rollback) So I tried again and still same thing. I wrote another msg to the GM to roll me back but haven't heard back yet.
Just for reference, I had tried unequiping everything on me and my inventory into my bank, and also re-equiping in different slots to no avail. I noticed a few days b4 the crash that I had a potion icon on my hotbar that was greyed out even though I had run out of potions. (there was no potion in my inventory or bank) That in itself tells me there is something screwy with these hotbar links, and I did try to put a new potion in my inventory to see if it would re-link so to speak and fix the problem but it didn't work. I also found that when I try to link a certain potion or my mask of the deciever onto a new hotbar it freezes, though my carpet, imbued ring, etc.. still work fine. Right before I came back to reply, i dbl clicked my Shimmering Citadel mirror on my hotbar and it crashed.
I really depended on these links and liked the functionality of them. For instance, If I had 5 potions on me, I only needed to make 1 link and when a potion ran out, it just loaded the next even if I moved them around in my inventory. Now I am going to be very leery to use them again.
I have a file in my eqII directory called default_quickbuttons.dat that looks like it is indeed the default the game comes with, but don't know how to enable it as there is nothing to replace. If this is a known issue with hotbars in general whether it's macros or item links, or snowball satchels for crying out loud, they should have a button under options to reset all hotbars like they do to reset all windows to default position. Sorry for the rant, SOE just gets me fired up.
Well thank you all for the help and I will update this thread after they roll me back to let others know what they are in for if this happens to them.
Many Thanks,
Akovia
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