Sign of life

**gm9** · #1 02-05-2007, 05:11 AM

Hi all,

very sorry for the long absence without a word, which was mostly due to me being abroad for work and generally not having much free time and spending the bit I had on different things than EQ2.

I paid a short visit to EQ2 yesterday for the first time after over a month of absence. I never had much time to spend on the game but currently and at least for the weeks/months to come it is even less, so I am considering whether it is worth keeping my subscription going. No decision has been taken in that respect yet, however.

Anyway, I built a new computer this weekend as well, and the beauty of EQ2 as I can play it now on extreme quality settings with all graphics settings maxed is simply breathtaking and feels like a whole new game, so I guess I will want to go on sightseeing in EQ2 for a while yet. (Unfortunately, I still had to turn down the settings for raiding.)

From what I saw while in game, the UI still seems to be working, except for the implied target effects auto-resize which I must have broken and for the hotbar settings being a pain to access, which is SOE's work. Since that is not too bad I guess you must have survived without me for a while. I haven't yet read any of the posts that have been made since when I was last on in December of course. I'll probably put a fix out there by the weekend (and likely some helpful soul already posted one anyway) and see what else needs to be done to bring this up to date.

Alright, so much for the overdue update from my end, thanks for your understanding.

-gm9

WizardJP · #2 02-05-2007, 08:42 AM

Welcome back

I'm sure many of us were starting to worry we'd have to look for an alternative to ProfitUI after a GU or 2 down the road. I personally would have had a hard time finding anything that I like as much as profit.

Here's hoping you've got a few more months/years in you yet...keep up the good work, know it's appreciated by us avid fans and I'll look forward to yer next update

dragowulf · #3 02-05-2007, 08:45 AM

Well if you did seriously leave I would find a way to keep profit going...because I use that as well as my mods and a couple others.

Ravenskull · #4 02-05-2007, 09:21 AM

welcome back m8

good to see ya and rl can be a bummer sometimes hey :P

hope this ui carries on made an inq now too so well helpful having this ui still up and running

hope u love the site seeing for months (*cough* years) to come hehe

NiteWolfe · #5 02-05-2007, 11:41 AM

Welcome back GM!
Hate to hit you with this but here are the issues i have had.
the auto resize was broke cutting off the bufs. ( fixed by replaceing with the file from a older version)
Hotbars are a real PITA now. I have had to go back to the defualt ones since i ran with no frames and had no place to click. Proble with that is i now have a 1/8 border around the hotbar this allows me to click to get the options pop up.
But keeps me from stacking the hotbars on top of each other. Would it be posible to do away with the frames and add in say like a clicky like the drag handle for clicking the pop up window options?
Have heard but not tried the raid window is not allowing the changing of players from group to group.
That really is my only issues ATM. Really hate throwing this at ya since you just got back.
It has been a wonderful UI and i thank you very much for it and your hard work

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Many thanks
Wolfe

wingrider01 · #6 02-06-2007, 08:24 PM

welcome back, you might be interested to know that your UI is a large topic in vanguard - they want it to be ported over to the game also

Catareina · #7 02-07-2007, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by NiteWolfe

Welcome back GM!
Have heard but not tried the raid window is not allowing the changing of players from group to group.

I noticed the same thing with the raid window this past weekend. After playing with it for a while though, I figured out that instead of dragging one players name over another players name, I had to drag the players name over the other players class icon in the raid window. That's definitely different than the behavior prior to GU31.

The hotbar issue is really the most annoying problem for me at the moment.

Still a great UI though, and by far my favorite.

Dechau · #8 02-08-2007, 02:35 AM

Welcome back mate..

Sorry to hear that your rl takes over the fun time, but ofc its understandable, we all get that sometimes..
Its true there is'nt much that is'nt working as of right now, so for now its ok, no need for you to rush to much

The hotbars I did'nt even notice, yes I cant clear spaces anymore, but I can still drag and drop in the middle of the screen, so no probs there..
Only thing that could annoy me is the Implyed target and the raid window, but I can manage that still

Would rather live with the small bugs than to be forced to find another UI for sure

NiteWolfe · #9 02-08-2007, 11:49 AM

Think my issue with the hot bars is a personal one my eyes are not so good any my hands not so steady due to some disablies i have...
Would it be possible to add a option on the hot bars to have the drag handle to show but not the spinners? this would give me a larger area to click to get the options. If the spinner still shows sure as the world ill click the spinner at some important point in a fight. But the drag handle adds a very good area for me to right click on. I suffur from MS and optic nueritis and tring to click the pencil thin hotbar frame is a act of extreme patencies for me.
The targte and implied target thing i just reloaded from a peveous version b/4 the auto resize one.

**gm9** · #10 02-09-2007, 06:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiteWolfe

Think my issue with the hot bars is a personal one my eyes are not so good any my hands not so steady due to some disablies i have...
Would it be possible to add a option on the hot bars to have the drag handle to show but not the spinners? this would give me a larger area to click to get the options. If the spinner still shows sure as the world ill click the spinner at some important point in a fight. But the drag handle adds a very good area for me to right click on. I suffur from MS and optic nueritis and tring to click the pencil thin hotbar frame is a act of extreme patencies for me.

That's what I was going to do. You don't need to have disabilities to have issues with the hotbars, the way they changed is just plainly annoying...

NiteWolfe · #11 02-09-2007, 09:17 AM

Sweet thanks GM.
I really dont understand the chance. Where there that many players upset about having the full options list every time they clicked a icon?
Some how i have this vision of a sad little dev with nothing to do. Going OHHHH i got a idea i can change this and say hey i DID some thing!
Just like moveing option to show spinner off the options list just adds more steps every time i need to flip the bars.
Or removing the option to clear 1 hotkey. But adding the option to clear the entire hot bar.
Making it so if you have none drag check every tine you need to clear a key you have to jump thru hoops.
Just boggles the mind as to why.
Sorry just had to rant a little LOL.
Great job on the UI GM! many thanks

Wolfe