cant get the custom ui's to work

[Deathbane27]

Originally Posted by Kylaia

...If this is what will happen when I apply custom mods, then its not worth it.

No, that's just what happens when you use /loadui.

If you're having trouble:

1- Go to your EQ2 folder. Highlight your eq2.ini file. Do a screen capture (Alt-PrintScreen key on your keyboard). Open Paint, Click the Edit menu and click Paste, save as a JPG.
2- (Still in EQ2 folder) View > Arrange icons by > Type. Scroll up to the top of the window so you can see all the subfolders, and take another screenshot. (Alt-Printscreen, open Paint, Edit > Paste, save as jpg.)
3- Go to the UI folder within your EQ2 folder. Alt-printscreen again. Paste in Paint and save as jpg again.
4- Attach all 3 images to a reply in this thread.

That should give us sufficient information to diagnose the problem.

[Prefader]

Something I've encountered with several people now:

1) open windows explorer.
2) go to "tools", then "folder options"
3) on the view tab, UNCHECK "hide extensions for known file types"
4) click ok.
5) now go to your eq2 folder, and make sure that "eq2.ini" wasn't actually "eq2.ini.txt".

Out of the 4 or 5 people who had trouble installing UIs that I've spoken to, this has been the problem.

[Karynn]

Prefader, you are a genius! I thank you, and my husband thanks you.

eq2.ini.txt - doh!

[Drumstix42]

Like I said in another post, you really need to learn file and folder structure FIRST. Then people will not have these problems

[Hiimbob1234567]

i dhave the same problem. my folder's name was INTERFACE and i put this in a notepad (i did prefader's advice and it did say "eq2.ini" not "eq2.ini.txt")

cl_ui_skinname INTERFACE
cl_ui_subdir UI/

i loaded it up and it still doesn't work...any advice?

[Barillius]

Originally Posted by Prefader

Something I've encountered with several people now:

1) open windows explorer.
2) go to "tools", then "folder options"
3) on the view tab, UNCHECK "hide extensions for known file types"
4) click ok.
5) now go to your eq2 folder, and make sure that "eq2.ini" wasn't actually "eq2.ini.txt".

Out of the 4 or 5 people who had trouble installing UIs that I've spoken to, this has been the problem.

EVERY Problem I have ever had with custom UIs and Maps was solved with this one, very simple, very informative step. Each time I have tried to use these downloads I would get frustrated because nothing worked.... until I changed my eq2.ini.txt file to eq2.ini.

Another way to easily see if your file is named correctly is to list the files in your eq2 folder as "details" (listing by file type). Your new file should be a 'configuration' file and not a 'text' file.

Cheers!
~~Bear~~

[Obie]

Originally Posted by Deathbane27

No, that's just what happens when you use /loadui.

If you're having trouble:

1- Go to your EQ2 folder. Highlight your eq2.ini file. Do a screen capture (Alt-PrintScreen key on your keyboard). Open Paint, Click the Edit menu and click Paste, save as a JPG.
2- (Still in EQ2 folder) View > Arrange icons by > Type. Scroll up to the top of the window so you can see all the subfolders, and take another screenshot. (Alt-Printscreen, open Paint, Edit > Paste, save as jpg.)
3- Go to the UI folder within your EQ2 folder. Alt-printscreen again. Paste in Paint and save as jpg again.
4- Attach all 3 images to a reply in this thread.

That should give us sufficient information to diagnose the problem.

Well, here's my 3 pics + a pic of the inside of my custom UI folder ("brian").. hope you can figure my problem out as well Thanks

[Drumstix42]

Been a while since I"ve seen the normal Windows XP template hehe. (used to be super skinned by myself, but now I'm just using classical )

[Obie]

Originally Posted by Drumstix42

Been a while since I"ve seen the normal Windows XP template hehe. (used to be super skinned by myself, but now I'm just using classical )

Yeah I was using classical, but then I changed it back to the normal XP around New Year's.. dunno why

[taco-man]

Originally Posted by Obie

Well, here's my 3 pics + a pic of the inside of my custom UI folder ("brian").. hope you can figure my problem out as well Thanks

your problem is that your eq2.ini file isn't and eq.ini file, from that screenshot it is an eq2.ini.txt file. you need to change your system to show file extensions for everything and then get rid of .txt so its not eq2.ini.txt just eq2.ini. when you do it right its icon will have one of those orageish gear things on it like some of the other files.