eXtremeUI v2 - Page 45

Wolffire · #**1101** 03-15-2006, 07:45 AM

Hi Landiin,

two more problems (see screenshots).

The first cuts the name from the current location info.
And always 3-4 chars from the longest word.

The second one you can see the broker window.
In the german version the information from the namefield was extremly to long and I can't see my inserts.

zaran · #**1102** 03-15-2006, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolffire

Hi Landiin,

two more problems (see screenshots).

The first cuts the name from the current location info.
And always 3-4 chars from the longest word.

The second one you can see the broker window.
In the german version the information from the namefield was extremly to long and I can't see my inserts.

meinetwegen hätten sie das spiel ruhig in englisch lassen können
beim ersten teil hats ja auch funktioniert....

Skarlett · #**1103** 03-15-2006, 11:55 AM

Need help setting up the quick charac log, please. Enters character names and server doesn't work for me. I tried Help in the extreme control panel but only get a blank page. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks,
~Skarlett

drokker · #**1104** 03-15-2006, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by drokker

Latest version seems to be missing the "add" button for collections. You can still drag-drop items into collections though...
Great UI by the way!

Button was back next log on... Whatever caused it, it's fine now.

hafgan · #**1105** 03-15-2006, 01:19 PM

thats the thing it doesnt list my completed quests it just lists the types of quests i have completed and when i click to expand the type of completed quest there isnt any quests listed under it

**Landiin** · #**1106** 03-16-2006, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by hafgan

thats the thing it doesnt list my completed quests it just lists the types of quests i have completed and when i click to expand the type of completed quest there isnt any quests listed under it

Are you sure that the show only repeatable quest check box isn't checked? All my completed quest are there and I now use the exact same version as you all do.

**Landiin** · #**1107** 03-16-2006, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Skarlett

Need help setting up the quick charac log, please. Enters character names and server doesn't work for me. I tried Help in the extreme control panel but only get a blank page. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks,
~Skarlett

Being the quick log and notes deal with directly with the XML file you have to save File->Save before the changes take effect.

I'll get the help working soon. I just have 101 irons in the fire ATM:/ lol

Bodhi · #**1108** 03-16-2006, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Landiin

so in LP_REGION_EN_US you also have the UI and log directories, along with eq2.ini, eq2_recent.ini? Basically the LP_REGION_EN_US is your base/root EQ2 directory? what is the command line in your eq2 shortcut?

OK, yes it has the eq2.ini, eq2_recent.ini and the others in it, and the first command line for eq2.ini is cl_ui_skinname extreme (is this what you meant? if not I couldn't figure out how to read the command line of the shortcut

). But, this is with version 2.20 loaded up.... I guess it would change if if I had uninstalled it?

Skarlett · #**1109** 03-17-2006, 09:09 AM

Thanks much Landiin. Save worked perfectly (embarassing as it is to say

). Now, one other small problem and I'm not sure it's the UI or what, but at random times, the rainbow colored hp/mana bars turn a dark green and I have to reboot to get them to return to the right color. Is this maybe something with my graphics or something that I can do to fix it?

Thanks,
~Skarlett

PilotMan · #**1110** 03-17-2006, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Skarlett

Now, one other small problem and I'm not sure it's the UI or what, but at random times, the rainbow colored hp/mana bars turn a dark green and I have to reboot to get them to return to the right color. Is this maybe something with my graphics or something that I can do to fix it?

Thanks,
~Skarlett

Does this happen after you have switched charaters? If so this is a known SOE issue (search this thread) Everytime you experience it /bug it....thats the only way it will get fixed.

sammeria · #**1111** 03-17-2006, 11:59 AM

Landiin,

Did sony remove the "Society" tabs from the menu or is it just AWOL??

Smut · #**1112** 03-17-2006, 01:42 PM

I get error everytime I try to use the control panel!

I get an internet page script error on the page that loads up then I get some xml button error as well. Id really like to try this out! I will try to get exact error messages if I have time!

edit: I reinstalled again to try to get exact error messages and this time there was no script error on the webpage that loads up inside the control panel. The other error did appear again though and is as follows

"A fatal error was encountered while accessing sb_buttoms.xml
Cause: Possiblefile Corruption. ErrorCode: 202:203"
after I hit okay, the CP exits.

Is there something on my side that needs to corrected? I am new to EQ2 UIs so I am not exactly sure whats going on here. Any help would be appreciated as I would really like to check out your cool UI and all of your hard work!

Skarlett · #**1113** 03-17-2006, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PilotMan

Does this happen after you have switched charaters? If so this is a known SOE issue (search this thread) Everytime you experience it /bug it....thats the only way it will get fixed.

Yes, happens everytime I change characters and is a real pain. Thanks for the info. I'll definitely /bug it. Would be nice, if it's already known if they'd take time to fix it.

~Skarlett

Demek · #**1114** 03-18-2006, 07:27 AM

Im having a bit of trouble locating the Inventory window. (On your Screenshot its the window to the right of the quest window [top middle])

Im sure its as simple as a single key stroke but after an hour of trying to find it, I gave up..thanks in advance

DrShmoo · #**1115** 03-18-2006, 06:29 PM

Okay so I haven't taken the time to read through all of the posts, but when I /loadui all of the windows come up shuffled around. Is there anyway to make it so that everything shows up like the screenshots? I play in 1280x1024.

Also most of the time when i /loadui the whole game crashes.

maylar_stalker · #**1116** 03-18-2006, 08:19 PM

/loadui is bugged......... still.......

I don't think it ever worked. What you need is the EQ2.ini file with the correct settings in it.

open it in notepad and you should see

cl_ui_skinname extreme
cl_ui_subdir UI/
letterbox_frame_visible false
cl_letter_box_amount 0.135000
window_allow_offscreen false
only_show_fg_in_letterbox_area false

When you start EQ2 after this, It should all work fine. Also, please note, I am not useing the latest version of eXtreme UI. I was reading through to try to find the changes. As the one I currently use works with KoS

Hope this helps

maylar_stalker · #**1117** 03-18-2006, 08:37 PM

Landiin,

From what I have read thus far, The new eXtreme UI will be self updateing? Will this be the only way to do it from now on? Is there an easy updgrade for me? It takes me a bit to get everything dialed in, and you always have a new release when I finally have it the way I want it =P Could I just make backup copies of my ui settings for my toons then overwrite the new ones with those to keep it how it is? Or, has to much changed for that to be of use?

Love the UI, love the support. Major thanks for the info you gave me on the guild logo awhile ago. worked great.

Demeke,

The default key for the inv is I. hit it and see what happens.

DrShmoo,

That was suppose to be eq2.ini, not EQ2.ini.
sorry for the confusion.

Demek · #**1118** 03-18-2006, 10:08 PM

yeah. I found it after that post. The window I have now didnt look exactly like the one on the screenshot so I thought I was missing something, later thought that it might be a diff. version.

thanks.

**Landiin** · #**1119** 03-19-2006, 10:24 AM

maylar_stalker,

Yes from now on the only way to get the UI will be via the updater. If you already have the base files, then the update will not take long at all. The AU will not ever touch your uisettings file unless you go into advanced option and tell it to ( but it's always a good idea to back up ).

**Landiin** · #**1120** 03-19-2006, 10:41 AM

I'm in the middle of recoding the updater, well not the middle almost done with the new one. The one we use now is the result of 2 or 3 projects of mine tossed together.

Here is a bit of history on it.

Started out with the audio player; so I could play some tunes in the back ground with a small finger print player. ( media player or win amp would lag me in large areas or raids ).

Then I made the Map updater because umm I could and not a big fan of .net. Then I though hey put the two together, so I merged the two projects and tossed in the quick log and notes and released it as the CP.

I've always been asked to do an AU for eXtreme so I started to add that to the two merged project.

When it was all done it was basically 3 or 4 solo projects added to one project. Which resulted in it not being stream lined and full of extra code to combine the 3 projects.

So know that I know what the end result should do I've decided to rewrite it from the ground up knowing what the end result should do and with ways to expand it with out jumbling up the code.

Kanorf · #**1121** 03-19-2006, 11:33 AM

Ok, I am kind of new to the whole UI thing, so I hope I am not asking stupid questions here.

First off, with this UI all I have to do is run the program to install it right? I don't have to copy anything into any file in the EQ directory right?

Secondly, what is the mapupdater screen for in the control panel? All mine is showing is the page I can download the updater from which I already have. That isn't making since to me.

Finally, when I got into EQ, which I started using the control panel for extreme, my UI did not look like it was supposed to in the pic other people have posted. So, I typed /load UI and selected extreme, which if it was my current UI it would not have let me select it. Anyways, I hit load that UI and a few seconds later I got an error like you do when explorer has a problem and shuts down and then I went LD. What is the deal with that.

Anyways, I guess I am trying to get you to give a brief overview for how to get this up and running for peeps like me who have not messed with UIs very much. From what I hear this is a good UI and I would really like to use it.

Thanks,

Kanorf

Kanorf · #**1122** 03-19-2006, 11:47 AM

Oh, and Maylar I tried copying and pasting what you said needed to be in the eq2.ini file and that didn't help the issue. Every time I say load the extremeUI it get an error message and the option to send an error report to microsoft and then I am booted from EQ2.

maylar_stalker · #**1123** 03-19-2006, 03:36 PM

Landiin,

Thanks for the reply. Will back them up and get the new installer. Will leave all of the old files there and see what happens. The new one your working on sounds great. I love the idea of a map updater that does not need .NET as I am in the middle of getting EQ2 to run on my linux box. Saves me alot of headache. I like the lightwieght mpg player too. If you need help testing that one, let me. Would be more than happy to abuse it to the fullest to see if I can find problems with it

Oh, I have been meaning to post about a small glitch I noticed with the UI. But, it is so small, I kept forgeting. Anyways, sometimes, when I would load the game the lower left chat box would vanish when I was logged in. It was no big deal. Just hit the enter key and it would pop right up. Like I said, just a small glitch. Think that is the only thing I can find in the UI.

Kanorf,
Are you useing /loadui? DONT! It is bugged. Lets do this in order.

DO NOT HAVE EQ2 RUNNNING!!!

Go to your EQ2 root directly. in the states, this would be
(drive letter):\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest II
in there, open eq2.ini in notepad. (I run the game at a 1600x1200 reso. If that plays an impact on the information the eXtreme UI puts into there, Landiin would be able to chime in and say so.)

Copy and paste the below content exactly as it is in notepad (if you have anything in there clear it out. only what is below should be in it for eXtreme UI)

cl_ui_skinname extreme
cl_ui_subdir UI/
letterbox_frame_visible false
cl_letter_box_amount 0.135000
window_allow_offscreen false
only_show_fg_in_letterbox_area false

Now, Click File then Save and close notepad

Still in your EQ2 root folder, move eq2_recent.ini to a different folder to force it to recheck eq2.ini. Start eXtreme UI to make sure it is patched to the latest and get any new maps. Now, tell it to start EQ2. login and when you get into the game, you should see eXtreme. DO NOT use /loadui. extreme should be up and running. If it is not, did you move the eq2_recent.ini file to a different folder to back it up? If it is up, You will have to set your resolution settings again and all of that good jazz.

If eXtreme UI is not up, and you followed this to the letter. Are you in the US or somewhere else? If your elsewhere, can you copy down the directory tree for EQ2 and post it? This would help myself (not to mention Landiin by far). In the US, the path to the UI folder is (drive letter):\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest II\UI

If this is not the path to your UI folder, what is it? and what is the path to your eq2.ini file?

**Landiin** · #**1124** 03-19-2006, 03:58 PM

Maylor;
Sometimes that chat window poof on me also and I have no idea why. I suspect it's still an issue with SOE and their chat window code but no sure.

Kanorf;
At this time if you are U.S. based or you installed EQ2 using us_en you can just run the installer and that's all you have to do. If you are not U.S. based or installed with some other language you will have a LP_REGION_??_?? (?? = two letters not ?? in the file name) directory in the base EQ2 directory. Set that directory as you base EQ2 directory.

maylar_stalker · #**1125** 03-19-2006, 04:27 PM

Landiin,

Figured as much. Like I said, very minor bug. Easily fixed in game with a signle keystroke.

I know your knee deep in a new version already. But, I have a request. You may have already put it in, I am not sure. Has been a long time sine I used it.

Way back in the day, I used to use Goldi's UI. The only thing I miss from that UI is one feature. When you would go into your house and open the billboard (so you could look at the market). Look at the items you had in your house vault or on you. Select an item and you had the option to browse for that item on the market (it would do a search for it in a new window to show you all the prices the item was currently being offered at.). Have you thought about adding this? Or are we talking alot of code? I only ask because it made it extremely easy for me to set my prices and be competative on the market.

Just something I thought I would throw out there. See what your feelings are on the idea. Like I said, you may have already added it. It has been a long time since I looked at the bilboard