Updating the UI - A walkthrough with pictures.

[Savok]

If you use any version of windows after XP, I would suggest that you don't install Everquest into your Program Files folder (heck, don't ever do that on any version of Windows!).

Follow the guide here (http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=159515), up to and including part 2.5:

2.5 Optional WinEQ

Many users experience problems with proper CPU/Core Utilization or crashing which can be fixed by using WinEQ2. You can download this program from Lavishsoft (http://www.lavishsoft.com/downloads.php?p=wineq2).

Now you should have a working copy of Project1999 with the latest spells_us.txt and dbstr_us.txt files in your Everquest folder, along with the right zone files. Now you need to make the UI work correctly for this Emulator. There are two versions of the UI supplied with Titanium - default (which is the filigree/fancy version) and default_old (which is the old default) and I'm going to supply updates for both versions. I'm also going to go over the Velious UI in the next post down.

Having a correctly working default UI is essential for basing any and all UI's from.

1. Default - Download the FULL UI >>>here<<< (http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/default.zip) and unzip into your Everquest\uifiles\default folder overwriting all files. This will make sure you have a fresh 'default'. Next download the Project1999 UI updates to make it compatible for this server from >>>here<<< (http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/default_uichanges.zip) and again, unzip into your Everquest\uifiles\default folder overwriting all files. When you load up Everquest your UI should look like this:

http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/default.jpg

1a. (Optional) If you would like to have the default UI but with the Velious style spell icons from post 2 below you will need to do the above and then download this file >>>here<<< (http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/default_velious_icon_set.zip). Make a new folder called 'default_gems' in your Everquest\uifiles folder and unzip the contents of the file into it. Then in game type /loadskin default_gems to see the changes. Please remember that these files have a unique sized set of icons and are really a mod unto themselves.

2. Default_old - Download the FULL UI >>>here<<< (http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/default_old.zip) and unzip into your Everquest\uifiles\default_old folder overwriting all files. This will make sure you have a fresh 'default_old'. Next download the Project1999 UI updates to make it compatible for this server from >>>here<<< (http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/default_old_uichanges.zip) and again, unzip into your Everquest\uifiles\default_old folder overwriting all files. When you load up Everquest, type /loadskin default_old and your UI should look like this:

http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/default_old.jpg

Now you should have a working default and/or default_old UI!

If you wish you can replace the supplied icons with any of the following versions (just unzip to the UI folder of choice listed above):

a. Titanium - Download >>>square<<< (http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/default_icons.zip) or >>>rounded<<< (http://www.chloeo.com/vert/project99/default_icons_rounded.zip) icons. These are the same icons supplied in the default UI changes above.

http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/default_icons.jpg

b. Luclin - Download >>>square<<< (http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/luclin_icons.zip) or >>>rounded<<< (http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/luclin_icons_rounded.zip) icons. These are the same icons supplied in the default_old UI changes above.

http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/luclin_icons.jpg

c. WoW - Download >>>square<<< (http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/vert_icons.zip) or >>>rounded<<< (http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/vert_icons_rounded.zip) icons. These are the icons I use in my Project99 Vert UI (http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7850).

http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/vert_icons.jpg

d. T.King - Download >>>square<<< (http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/tking_icons.zip) or >>>rounded<<< (http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/tking_icons_rounded.zip) icons.

http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/tking_icons.jpg

e. Etasi - Download >>>square<<< (http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/etasi_icons.zip) or >>>rounded<<< (http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/etasi_icons_rounded.zip) icons.

http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/etasi_icons.jpg

f. Classic - Download >>>square<<< (http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/classic_icons.zip) or >>>rounded<<< (http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/classic_icons_rounded.zip) icons.

http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/classic_icons.jpg

[Savok]

Thanks go to the original author, unfortunately the name isn't known to me.

I'm posting this in its own post so that its set apart from the default.

1. Check post one and make sure you have the UI setup for your version of the Default UI.

2. Velious - Updated 3/14/11 -Now make a new folder in your Everqust\uifiles folder and call it 'velious' (without the quotes). Download the velious UI from >>>here (http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/velious.zip)<< and unzip into your velious folder listed above. Load up Project1999 and when in game type /loadskin velious to load up the Velious UI:

http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/velious.jpg

Thanks go to Ropethunder (http://www.project1999.org/forums/member.php?u=4522) for the updated gem backgrounds!

As you can see its a lot like the classic velious UI but you can modernize it a bit buy downloading the Velious extras file >>here (http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/velious_extras.zip)<< and unzip it to your 'velious' UI folder, overwriting all files.

PLEASE NOTE: The optional icon downloads in post one are NOT designed for this UI - they are 24x24 square rather than the Velious supplied 36x28.

[guineapig]

Dude, Savok, this is a wonderful post!!!



If you wish you can replace the supplied icons with any of the following versions (just unzip to the UI folder of choice listed above):

a. Titanium - Download from >>>here<<< (http://home.comcast.net/~savok/project99/default_icons.zip). These are the same icons supplied in the default UI changes above.

http://home.comcast.net/~savok/project99/default_icons.jpg

b. Luclin - Download from >>>here<<< (http://home.comcast.net/~savok/project99/luclin_icons.zip). These are the same icons supplied in the default_old UI changes above.

http://home.comcast.net/~savok/project99/luclin_icons.jpg

c. Vert - Download from >>>here<<< (http://home.comcast.net/~savok/project99/vert_icons.zip). These are the icons I use in my Project99 Vert UI (http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=7850).

http://home.comcast.net/~savok/project99/vert_icons.jpg

d. Classic - Download from >>>here<<< (http://home.comcast.net/~savok/project99/classic_icons.zip).

http://home.comcast.net/~savok/project99/classic_icons.jpg

And those are the images I have been wanting to see! I am definitely going to try the Luclin era icons as they are the ones I used for the majority of my live gaming experience!

[Ravhin]

Many thanks for this. Concise and clear.

Rav

[Jugthug42]

Savok, Thanks for this post. What do we need to do if we want higher res spell gems to go along with the velious UI? Would this require a different spell bar?

Your work is awesome, just don't know why the pixelation of the velious spell gems bug me so much.

[Sylphe]

The velious UI is great except for one problem. There is no way to load/save/delete spell sets. Is there any way to remedy this?

[Fryhole]

Nice work, thank you!

[Savok]

The velious UI is great except for one problem. There is no way to load/save/delete spell sets. Is there any way to remedy this?

Copy the EQUI_CastSpellWnd.xml from the extras zip file to your Velious folder.

[Toehammer]

The velious UI is great except for one problem. There is no way to load/save/delete spell sets. Is there any way to remedy this?

Copy the EQUI_CastSpellWnd.xml from the extras zip file to your Velious folder.

Wait what, spell sets? So I could click one button to memorize 8 specific spells? Am I misunderstanding here? I played back from 1998 (beta!) to about 2003 right before LDoN... I never remember this... was I missing out on this all the time? If so, I might not get so pissed about dying any more.

[guineapig]

Wait what, spell sets? So I could click one button to memorize 8 specific spells? Am I misunderstanding here? I played back from 1998 (beta!) to about 2003 right before LDoN... I never remember this... was I missing out on this all the time? If so, I might not get so pissed about dying any more.

Yup, you can save and give each spell set it's own name. Just rigth click on the little book at the bottom of the spell bar and click save, load, or delete spell set.

[Lazortag]

If you use any version of windows after XP, I would suggest that you don't install Everquest into your Program Files folder (heck, don't ever do that on any version of Windows!).


Just curious, but, um.. why?

[Swishahouse]

IIRC The default legacy location was C:\EverQuest. IMO though EQ works better from a drive root directory. It may have something to do with how EQ looks for resources and the way other versions of windows handle long file names ....

[Overcast]

Just curious, but, um.. why?

ALL my games and apps are on my D: partition.

D:\Games
D:\Apps

The only thing that goes on my C: drive is the OS, sometimes the page file (unless I make a dedicated partition for it) and I will let drivers, mouse software, video driver software, etc install to c:\program files

That way, if I need to nuke C: - I only have to backup 'docs and settings' and that's pretty much it.

My docs is on my D: drive too.

It keeps my OS drive clean, C: is a 50GB partition, all the rest is on the D: drive - application wise.

I have a seperate hard disk for media, like movies and sound and an older 200GB IDE for 'support' data - drivers, ISO images, etc, etc.

I guess I'm picky about organization on mine, lol.

Program files becomes too big of a mess too quickly.

[Toehammer]

Yup, you can save and give each spell set it's own name. Just rigth click on the little book at the bottom of the spell bar and click save, load, or delete spell set.

:eek: :D
good god, this thread > all others, thanks to Sylphe, Savok, and Guineapig for bringing this to my intention... I am playing a shaman and it is super annoying when my groupmates' buffs wear off... oh man... my play experience just got way better

on the other hand, now i am gonna spend a crap load of time making the "perfect" spell sets on all of my < lvl 9 chars haha... double-edged sword ftw!

[Fryhole]

Was messing with my UI the other day, and I loaded the Velious + the extra pack and it's really awesome. Having hotbar1 include weapon slots really helps for instrument swapping on my bard.

Only problem I seem to have is that I can't move the default chat box - and if I create another chat window, it sits on top of my current one, and I can't move either. Not sure what the deal is, and I just wiped out all my interface folders and started fresh. (the windows aren't locked)

[legendbyname]

Was messing with my UI the other day, and I loaded the Velious + the extra pack and it's really awesome. Having hotbar1 include weapon slots really helps for instrument swapping on my bard.

Only problem I seem to have is that I can't move the default chat box - and if I create another chat window, it sits on top of my current one, and I can't move either. Not sure what the deal is, and I just wiped out all my interface folders and started fresh. (the windows aren't locked)

I ran into this problem too.

Seems like you can't drag and drop windows in the Velious UI like you can on the Titanium UI. I just re-sized all sides of each window to "pull" them over. Basically if you want to move your second chat window to the right, grab the right side and pull to the right, then grab the left side and pull that as far to the right as you want.

Sounds simple I know, but this had me confused for a couple minutes.

[Savok]

Try grabbing the title bar on top. I know the buff windows have to be jiggled but I'm pretty sure everything else just needs fine mouse control.

[Nedala]

Please how can i get this UI:

http://home.comcast.net/~savok/project99/default_old.jpg

with the icons from this UI:

http://home.comcast.net/~savok/project99/velious.jpg

?

Because when i use these:

http://home.comcast.net/~savok/project99/classic_icons.jpg

i have a kind of psuedo-classic icons :(




I had that earlier but since my laptop is dead i have do figure it out again, i cant get it to work :(

I want it to look like it looked before the UI changes please.

I did this steps:


2. Default_old - Download the FULL UI >>>here<<< (http://home.comcast.net/~savok/project99/default_old.zip) and unzip into your Everquest\uifiles\default_old folder overwriting all files. This will make sure you have a fresh 'default_old'. Next download the Project1999 UI updates to make it compatible for this server from >>>here<<< (http://home.comcast.net/~savok/project99/default_old_uichanges.zip) and again, unzip into your Everquest\uifiles\default_old folder overwriting all files. When you load up Everquest, type /loadskin default_old and your UI should look like this:


and added the "classic" icons to the folder. but they are wrong and also i have a windows cursor not an everquest cursos. i tried copy the cursor from other ui but doesnt work either.

[Savok]

I actually removed that option as people didn't want it. I'm in the process of making new icons that will be square versions of the velious format (it may look a little odd though so I need to play around with it) and will drop into any custom UI easily.

[Savok]

Added T.King Icons

[Sannayven]

Added T.King Icons

Thanks!

[oldhead]

Please how can i get this UI:

http://home.comcast.net/~savok/project99/default_old.jpg

with the icons from this UI:

http://home.comcast.net/~savok/project99/velious.jpg

?

Because when i use these:

http://home.comcast.net/~savok/project99/classic_icons.jpg

i have a kind of psuedo-classic icons :(




I had that earlier but since my laptop is dead i have do figure it out again, i cant get it to work :(

I want it to look like it looked before the UI changes please.

I did this steps:



and added the "classic" icons to the folder. but they are wrong and also i have a windows cursor not an everquest cursos. i tried copy the cursor from other ui but doesnt work either.

this was my old ui... Classic spell symbols, default ui, with the nice rounded spell gems.

[dali_lb]

I have a semi selfmade ui, but basically its based off std ui.

I use the horizontal action bars from titanium.

My Spell Icons looks correct, but when placed on action bar there is like double icons with the new spells file

http://webdisk.tdconline.dk/gate/download.php?id=57334047&ticket=ef68c7cc3c7d9601eeb9a201ad093a3aa8afa0e4&browser=1

I seem to have read of this problem before, but not sure how to fix it

[Savok]

You need to change the icon decal settings to about X1 Y2 or so. I'm going to release a fileset with the right gem icons, as well as the right animations and hotbutton files as an optional download tomorrow.

[Revol]

How do you open the extra hotbutton bars when using the extras?

[Malrubius]

This is great Savok, thanks for all the hard work!

Chalk me up as another one who had (and would like again) the Velious UI with the classic gems. Thanks again.

[OngorDrakan]

My spell gems all have red background, but the right "icon" for the spells. I'm using the default ui with the Classic icons. I wish mine looked like Dali's though, where there isn't like, a square icon over the oval gem. I like it where it just is over it, transparent corners. Anyone help? I downloaded the default ui, overwrote everything in the folder, got the classic icons, etc. But it's not transparent like Dali's is. Any help would be great. PM me here or Morrah in game. Thanks =D!! Free SoW :P

Testing a complete revamp of it...No go, still all red gem colors.

[Savok]

How do you open the extra hotbutton bars when using the extras?

You need to setup hotkey macros in the Options > Keys menu (ALT O).

[Savok]

This is great Savok, thanks for all the hard work!

Chalk me up as another one who had (and would like again) the Velious UI with the classic gems. Thanks again.

Velious UI with classic gems? Isn't that what the Velious UI is?

Do you mean modern UI with classic gems (working on it atm). Edit: fixed and uploaded.

[Jeice]

is there a special way to move around the chat and buff bars with the Velious UI? dont seem to have the normal drag options for me.

[Savok]

I have a semi selfmade ui, but basically its based off std ui.

I use the horizontal action bars from titanium.

My Spell Icons looks correct, but when placed on action bar there is like double icons with the new spells file

I seem to have read of this problem before, but not sure how to fix it

Here is the zip with the files you need - download (http://home.comcast.net/~savok/project99/default_velious_icon_set.zip). NOTE: This is for the titanium default ONLY (not default_old).

[Jeice]

Call me old fashioned, but is there any way to get the original classic UI?

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3435/classic.png

[Savok]

You need to drag one side and then drag the other to make it the size you want unfortunately.

[Savok]

Call me old fashioned, but is there any way to get the original classic UI?

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3435/classic.png


I hate that UI so much, with a passion ever since I started. I wanted to try to fix the system once so its current through to Velious without me having to come back to it. Having said that, there is a Classic UI thread out here someplace.

[Gris]

Thanks a ton for the Velious UI extras, you added everything that was keeping me from switching over and then some.

[Malrubius]

Velious UI with classic gems? Isn't that what the Velious UI is?

Do you mean modern UI with classic gems (working on it atm). Edit: fixed and uploaded.

Bah, yes, you're right. I have the classic gems - life is good.

[Xyan]

Is there any way to have the default_old ui's spell gems not be a square icon over a circle? Before this patch the icons and gems were classic for me, now they look awkward in any but the velious ui.

[krforrester]

I am using the Default UI. Is there a way to just change the player window to add the experience bar, with or without other misc info?

[Savok]

Is there any way to have the default_old ui's spell gems not be a square icon over a circle? Before this patch the icons and gems were classic for me, now they look awkward in any but the velious ui.

I'll fix the default icon set so they are more rounded.

[RussMac316]

Call me old fashioned, but is there any way to get the original classic UI?

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3435/classic.png



http://www.eqinterface.com/downloads/fileinfo.php?id=2990

Eh?

I used to use this on EQLive, not sure how compatible it still is. Pretty cool when it worked though.

[Savok]

Added updates and fixes for the Secrets Boxset to work with Project 1999.

[Kizzik]

Is there some way to have a numeric HP/Mana display on the Velious UI? I'm not using the "modernized" version (except for the EQUI_CastSpellWnd.xml from extras to get the spell sets).

Just an xxxx/xxxx next to the mana or HP bars would be excellent if anyone knows how to modify that in.

[Savok]

Is there some way to have a numeric HP/Mana display on the Velious UI? I'm not using the "modernized" version (except for the EQUI_CastSpellWnd.xml from extras to get the spell sets).

Just an xxxx/xxxx next to the mana or HP bars would be excellent if anyone knows how to modify that in.

Have you tried adding the EQUI_PlayerWindow.xml file from extras?

[Kizzik]

Have you tried adding the EQUI_PlayerWindow.xml file from extras?

I have, but that gives percentages and not exact numbers. Seems like it would be an easy change, but I can't really figure it out on my own.

[Savok]

I'm at the inlaws atm but I'll set a file up for you tomorrow.

[Savok]

OK I'm back, try this file and see how you like it.

[Kizzik]

OK I'm back, try this file and see how you like it.

That is perfect. Thanks so much!

[Kizzik]

One more request if you don't mind - the target health bar has a percentage tooltip if you hover over it. Would it be possible to move that percentage next to or on the health bar itself rather than on a tooltip?

That would pretty much make this my ideal UI. Do you take donations in-game or something like that?

[Savok]

OK, so you want the extras version with the hp and mana numbers?

[Kizzik]

OK, so you want the extras version with the hp and mana numbers?

I'm kind of an idiot, I just grabbed the EQUI_TargetWindow.xml file from the Velious extras file and that is exactly what I need. The offer remains to find me in game and I'll be happy to donate. :)

[Savok]

Here is the updated Velious extras player window with the HP/Mana added.

[Hodge]

Here is the updated Velious extras player window with the HP/Mana added.

does this also include the lfg / group / disband / updates?

[Savok]

The extras group window has all those things you want.

[Gorroth]

Modified (sloppily) the "extra" player window to display a bit less info. Feel free to grab it.


Edit:
Well damn, must have done something wrong because it still appeared as the full "extra" version. Sorry for the redundancy. "My" version smells better anyway. =p

[Savok]

The same thing I posted 3 posts up!

[Thulghor]

Some of your links for the SoF client default UI updates don't work anymore. :-(

*Edit*

I was able to get your "Esavok" links to work by removing the E and just leaving savok. :-P

My Vert UI while messing around with the SoF client is all kinds of wacky. Regular UI is pretty dorked up too. Not sure where to go from here with it. Can't seem to get it to print out a UI errors log either. I tried using the default UI files as you suggested in your Updating the UI post. While that made it functional, it's still pretty buggy.

[Prefader]

I am trying to get the titanium spell icons into a custom EQUI_CastSpellWnd.xml (from the default titanium) placed into the velious ui, and have everything working properly with one exception . . . the wrong spell icons are showing up. Is this an issue with my spells.txt, or something in my castspellwnd?

Any help appreciated.

Edit: by wrong spell icons, I mean that, for example, the icon for "Minor Healing" incorrectly appears as the icon for "Skin Like Wood". I am seeing icons from the titanuim set, just the wrong ones.

Edit, part 2: Found it . . . somehow, my gemicons and spellicons files that I dropped into the velious folder were wrong. Deleted them from the velious folder and they load up correctly from the default folder. Yay!

[Mmohunter]

When I add the custom player window, I get about 5 bars , what the hell are all these bars!! :mad:

Any idea how to fix that? I just want HP/MANA/STA :D

[Savok]

When I add the custom player window, I get about 5 bars , what the hell are all these bars!! :mad:

Any idea how to fix that? I just want HP/MANA/STA :D

The bars are HP/Mana/Sta/XP/Breath. If you want to revert back to the standard player window drop the attached file into the folder (its the one from the velious standard UI).

[Mmohunter]

Any chance you can modify it to show me the hp/mana/sta , and the numerical values much like you have on the updated? Just no xp/breath bars?

[Zalmo]

Hi, I followed all the instructions for the default_old UI yet when I load it in the game, my buffs don't show up in the effects window so I never know what buffs I have etc...

Any chance anyone knows what could be off here?

[SunshineHighway]

Links are broken on the SoF client files. Does anyone have a mirror?

[Savok]

Links are broken on the SoF client files. Does anyone have a mirror?

For some reason this forum doesn't like my ~ and changes it to %E7 instead. I went back through and fixed the links.

[SunshineHighway]

For some reason this forum doesn't like my ~ and changes it to %E7 instead. I went back through and fixed the links.

Ah, thanks much. I love you.:D

[Savok]

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[Ravhin]

Savok (or anyone),

Can I get the individual spell icons split into individual png files? Does anyone have that? Need it for the p99 wiki.

In classic_icons.zip / spells01.tga are those images going in an order that corresponds to spdat.eff spellicon field?

For example, for Lull: http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spellraw.html?id=208&source=Live

is spell icon = 39. Does anyone know how things works? Why are there repeats in spellsXX.tga ?

[Savok]

Yes thats how it works. There are repeats due to the way Titanium lays out the spell data, along with the way that the game /gems picks icons. As we progress through Kunark and Velious the amount of icon choices will increase via dev implementation - I just setup the icons ready.

[Ravhin]

Got it. For anyone else confused, this thread has all the answers:

http://www.eqmac.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8726&start=30

[moklianne]

I noticed a couple of bugs with the default old UI for the Titanium client.

You can't move some of the windows, such as the buff window. Also, spell favorites doesn't work. Not sure if this is intended or not. You can't bring up the ingame map in a few zones, such as Blackburrow or OOT (I get the zone names mixed up, its the zone between FP and Butcherblock). Anyone else have these issues?

[eisenfaust]

Sup guys, I wanted different icons than the ones that were supplied with the default ui, i downloaded them and unzipped them in uifiles default folder, but i still have the same gems. Any help ?

[Soulless]

I downloaded the first u.i for the titanium box set now i cant even get into the game, i get this error in my uierror -

UIErrorLog created at Mon Jan 10 12:22:43 2011
[Mon Jan 10 12:22:43 2011] XML reference error! Ui2DAnimation[6]:A_SpellBook01[587] referenced but NEVER declared!
XML reference error! Ui2DAnimation[6]:A_SpellBook02[588] referenced but NEVER declared!
XML reference error! Ui2DAnimation[6]:A_SpellBook03[589] referenced but NEVER declared!
XML reference error! Ui2DAnimation[6]:A_SpellBook04[590] referenced but NEVER declared!
XML reference error! WindowDrawTemplate[12]:WDT_Filigree[5] referenced but NEVER declared!

[Mon Jan 10 12:22:43 2011] Error validating symbol table.
[Mon Jan 10 12:22:43 2011] Error validating symbol table.

[moklianne]

I'm still having my problems as well, after redoing it multiple times. I even reinstalled Titanium under a different folder and went through the steps. Same issues. Can't move buff windows or access spell favorites. Maybe I'll try the default UI with old icons.

Are there Luclin Icons out there that are accurate to whether its a detrimental vs a buff? Detrimentals would face one direction and buffs the opposite. Sow and Snare for example. Another would be Clarity and Mezz.

[Aqua]

Go to Options and enable "Allow Context Menus" on the General tab.

[Savok]

I'm still having my problems as well, after redoing it multiple times. I even reinstalled Titanium under a different folder and went through the steps. Same issues. Can't move buff windows or access spell favorites. Maybe I'll try the default UI with old icons.

Are there Luclin Icons out there that are accurate to whether its a detrimental vs a buff? Detrimentals would face one direction and buffs the opposite. Sow and Snare for example. Another would be Clarity and Mezz.

Not in classic. Although you can use the Luclin icons they are based around the classic layout, ie each icon covers a lot of different spells.

[TimmoG]

Great job on the recreation and extras for the Velious UI. Thanks for working on it. I am not sure if this would be the place to bring this up, or if this would be better posted as a bug, but there is an icon and spell gem that is not correct for the level 18 bard song Denon's Disruptive Discord. The spell book icon shows a healing/beneficial, or hand with the thumb on the left, icon and the gem is a blue background with the same icon. Being a point blank area of effect damage song it should be the same as Chords of Dissonance.

[Savok]

The spell_us.txt file contains which spell shows which icon and should be something you should feedback in the bug section.

[DarkBlazeX]

Dude, Savok, this is a wonderful post!!!



And those are the images I have been wanting to see! I am definitely going to try the Luclin era icons as they are the ones I used for the majority of my live gaming experience!

I have the classic icons and some seem to be off. The one I notice is snare looks like SoW - Is there any way to update this? Also Im using a classic UI and the icons look a little weird I don't think there is a fix to this, but if someone can tell me that'd be great. Here's what my UI looks like now.
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii216/Darwin3687/EQ/SSforthem.jpg

[Savok]

I'm going to be making a slightly more rounded version of the icons for the default UIs only. What that means is that in the standard Titanium/Old/SoF UI the icons wil fit into those spelgems and not look so square. Some UIs (like mine) use square gems and some (like default) use more rounded.

I don't know (or care) how they look in 'classic' pictured above - grab a paint program and make your own.

As for the wrong icons I will say this once more - Project 1999 uses a total of 23 different icons, period. This is how classic was released, the same icon would be used for almost every speed or slow song/spell in the game.

[DarkBlazeX]

Is there a way for me to use the spell gems from your UI put into the classic? What is the name of the files for the spellgems and how they appear in the spellbook?

[DarkBlazeX]

I'm going to be making a slightly more rounded version of the icons for the default UIs only. What that means is that in the standard Titanium/Old/SoF UI the icons wil fit into those spelgems and not look so square. Some UIs (like mine) use square gems and some (like default) use more rounded.

I don't know (or care) how they look in 'classic' pictured above - grab a paint program and make your own.

As for the wrong icons I will say this once more - Project 1999 uses a total of 23 different icons, period. This is how classic was released, the same icon would be used for almost every speed or slow song/spell in the game.
_______________

Well snare never had a blue background mistaking it for SoW just saying. I got the icons from list above to download. Kinda came off as a jerk in that post but anyways I'm looking into the icon thing and hopefully able to fix it.

[Savok]

If you have a snare with a blue background it is because the spell is AE based.

Red = normally single detrimental
Yellow = normally self only
etc.

If you find an icon that doesn't match up correctly in your idea of what is should be then its best to make a post in the bugs section so that Nilbog can fix it and push out a new spells_us.txt file.

The limitations of the client vs Titanium release and 'classic' is unavoidable. The Devs here decided to stick to the standard icons knowing that the client wouldn't always match up correctly. Personally I would of preferred to use all of the icons available in Titanium but it's their show so I'll tag along with it.

[Savok]

Off hand, which snare spell are you talking about?

[DarkBlazeX]

I'm posting this in its own post so that its set apart from the default.

1. Check post one and make sure you have the UI setup for your version of the Default UI.

2. Velious - TITANIUM BOXSET ONLY - Now make a new folder in your Everqust\uifiles folder and call it 'velious' (without the quotes). Download the velious UI from >>>here (http://home.comcast.net/~savok/project99/velious.zip)<< and unzip into your velious folder listed above. Load up Project1999 and when in game type /loadskin velious to load up the Velious UI:

http://home.comcast.net/~savok/project99/velious.jpg

As you can see its a lot like the classic velious UI but you can modernize it a bit buy downloading the Velious extras file >>here (http://home.comcast.net/~savok/project99/velious_extras.zip)<< and unzip it to your 'velious' UI folder, overwriting all files.

3. Velious - SoF BOXSET ONLY - Now make a new folder in your Everqust\uifiles folder and call it 'velious' (without the quotes). Download the velious UI from >>>here (http://home.comcast.net/~savok/project99/velious_sof.zip)<< and unzip into your velious folder listed above. Load up Project1999 and when in game type /loadskin velious to load up the Velious UI.

You can modernize it a bit buy downloading the Velious extras file >>here (http://home.comcast.net/~savok/project99/velious_sof_extras.zip)<< and unzip it to your 'velious' UI folder, overwriting all files.

PLEASE NOTE ALL VERSIONS: The optional icon downloads in post one are NOT designed for this UI - they are 24x24 square rather than the supplied 36x28.

I would love these icons that you use for your UI for the one I use "Almost Classic UI" I've been trying to paint over the spells_icons file and that doesn't work. Here is what the icons look like for the UI I use (squared and don't sit right on the bar kinda. Was hoping I could get some assistance.

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii216/Darwin3687/EQ/EQ000003.jpg

The snare i'm refering to is level 1 Druid snare that I though had a red background like the picture you have there. The icon looks like this.

I have to upload the picture somehow first..

[DarkBlazeX]

Which is level 1 non-aoe snare. but I've been trying hard to work with this UI and I know you don't care for it, and the devs don't much either. This is a nice UI that in a way (is not classic classic, but offers the same appearance). But I've tried using a program called Gimp 2.6 to edit the spells_icon files / gemicons1 file and none of that seems to be working. I'm thinking because those icons are coded in the UI somehow and I can't just "paint over them and save the file". If I could borrow your icons from that velious UI if you know how I can load them into this UI that would make me SOOO happy!! Anyways Savok thanks for your time and consideration. I just need someone that knows what they're doing to get it done, and you seem like the person that may be able to help.

[muddy27]

Thanks for all the guides/files/spell icons guys it was really easy to follow.

[Savok]

Added more rounded icons for spellgems for those UIs that use more rounded gem holders.

[marcjpb]

This with vert ui and I am a freaking happy kid ! :p

Thanks for posting this. TKing work from eqinterface were clitchy, those one works #1 :D

[Nedala]

Why are all the pretty pictures gone in the first post? And some links are broken too :(

[Savok]

I'm trying to find out why the FTP access is down from Comcast at the moment.

Edit: Look like the Comcast FTP server IP address is down atm.

[Savok]

Fixed now.

[rocczilla]

Is there a way to get the velious era spell gems into the default UI?

I don't know which file it is. I'd like the velious shaped spell gems with the classic icons from your first post. I've got the icons, but the spell gems are too big and wide in the default UI. I like those smaller gems better.

[Savok]

Is there a way to get the velious era spell gems into the default UI?

Did you try option 1a?

[rocczilla]

Did you try option 1a?

Yeah. Those are still the big spell gems. I want the tinier ones from velious like in your second post.

[rocczilla]

Wait nm I'm stupid.

I did step 1 not 1a. Sorry.

[Xebarsis]

I've tried installing the default titanium version, and the old_default version. Unfortunately both versions cause my icons to freak out.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b272/Xebarsis/EQ000030.jpg

How do I fix this?

[Chrushev]

I've tried installing the default titanium version, and the old_default version. Unfortunately both versions cause my icons to freak out.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b272/Xebarsis/EQ000030.jpg

How do I fix this?

Follow the link in my signature to an installer I wrote.. from all the options pick to "change icons" and pick which set you want (it does classic/luclin/titanium).

see if that helps :)

[casdegere]

Ok, this is probably a dumb question as far as the UI goes but I downloaded the Titanium default and updated it per your instructions and it appears to have worked, however, how does one ADD panels? Like spell bank panels or skill bank panels so that you can have multiple panels of spells and skills showing on the screen like in the shown UI picture instead of having only 1, 8 spell panel ?

[Savok]

Ok, this is probably a dumb question as far as the UI goes but I downloaded the Titanium default and updated it per your instructions and it appears to have worked, however, how does one ADD panels? Like spell bank panels or skill bank panels so that you can have multiple panels of spells and skills showing on the screen like in the shown UI picture instead of having only 1, 8 spell panel ?

The pic just shows the spell gems dragged to some of the hot button window bars. Check in your options to find the default keys to open hotbars 2 - 4 so you can see them.

[Savok]

I just uploaded the Velious UI to include the extra hotbutton bars 2-4 by default, if you want to be 'classic' then by all means just turn them off/hide them and just use 1 set. I have had a few PMs/tells asking me to make it a standard feature.

The standard Velious UI does not include the quick buttons in the code, for that you would need to pull the EQUI_HotButtonWnd.xml file from the extras zip and use that instead.

[Pezmerga]

I downloaded the Titanium default UI to try and put it back to normal because I lost my backup, but when i log into PEQ (which i do when server is down or I wanna check out a zone) I don't have the 9th spell slot available for those characters. Is the spell slot bar really the default or is something else messed up? I am guessing it is the EQUI_CastSpellWnd.xml file.

[Savok]

There is no 9th spellgem in classic and so it was removed. The same thing with shared bank, AA buff slots etc.

I would recommend a seperate install for each server because each will diversify from each other the more time goes by.

[tocasia]

Do the classic spells icons (download available in the first post) work with the new Kunark spell file?

[Savok]

Yes. The spells_us.txt file contains two components about spell icons. The first tells which icon to use for the spell itself; as seen in the spellbook and casting bar. The second tells it which icon to use for the buff window. There is also info in there about range, damage and all the other effects associated with what a spell actually does.

The amount of icons available matches up with how many there were at the end of Velious. The icons are picked based on how many were available for the timeframe that p1999 is at - currently the classic 23 icons are available. This would change with the release of the velious UI change (which was around the end of kunark iirc) allowing the other 120 or so icons to be used in the spellbook. So you will see all movement spells use the foot icon, all illusions would use the same icon for clarity and dispell as examples. This is how it was in classic.

[Tyoldra]

I want to use the T.king spell icons but ever since the changes all i get when i load a spell into the spell bar is a black square. It doesnt matter what UI i have loaded it messes up with a black square

[Brain]

So I just came back from a LONG break.

I downloaded the two spell files so that I could log on. (dbstr and spells_us) and put them in my spell folder.

I had the previous classic icons before I took a break, but now all the icons are screwed up, and some are without icons altogether.

I downloaded both your classic "square" and "round" spell files (gem1-3 and spell01-07) and put them in my EQ folder. Both did not change anything. Any ideas how to fix this?

Thanks guys!

[Sadad]

I swear, I did everything I was supposed to do and I still messed up...

The last spells update gave me weird spell gems and buff icons, so I tried to go back to classic gems with your files...it did not work. So I tried a host of things, including Duxa's installer and now I have classic buff icons but my spell gems are messed up...they look really glitched because they're all the intersection of 4 gems...like the middle of my spell gem is the blank space between 4 gems in a game of /gems.

Weird, right? But everything was normal when I tried /loadskin velious even though the default ui folder was the one I was updating with the classic icons.

So bummed this is happening right before Kunark...any ideas on what I can do?

[Stumpes]

I have the classic icons and some seem to be off. The one I notice is snare looks like SoW - Is there any way to update this? Also Im using a classic UI and the icons look a little weird I don't think there is a fix to this, but if someone can tell me that'd be great. Here's what my UI looks like now.
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii216/Darwin3687/EQ/SSforthem.jpg

Would love to know where you got that UI.

[Heartbeats]

Yo, I'm having trouble with the titanium spell icons, they appear all wrong (it seems like 40% of my spells now have the clarity icon, including all the summon pet spells). Any solutions? Btw I'm an enchanter, I logged on my ranger for a minute and those icons seemed bugged as well (the DS buffs don't use the thorn icon, but plenty of other spells that shouldn't do).

[Chrushev]

Yo, I'm having trouble with the titanium spell icons, they appear all wrong (it seems like 40% of my spells now have the clarity icon, including all the summon pet spells). Any solutions? Btw I'm an enchanter, I logged on my ranger for a minute and those icons seemed bugged as well (the DS buffs don't use the thorn icon, but plenty of other spells that shouldn't do).

Look in my signature.. download the all in one installer and use option (9) and select which icons you would like to use. that will set it all up for you properly. The problem is that your Default UI is messed up.

[Heartbeats]

Your installer didn't work for me...the icons in the spellbook all stayed the same (every pet and illusion has the clarity icon, but clarity doesn't have the clarity icon). All the memorized spells have like Velious icons or something, which I don't like because half of them are a foot or something that makes them indistinguishable. Am I doing something wrong, or missing a step?

[Heartbeats]

Yes. The spells_us.txt file contains two components about spell icons. The first tells which icon to use for the spell itself; as seen in the spellbook and casting bar. The second tells it which icon to use for the buff window. There is also info in there about range, damage and all the other effects associated with what a spell actually does.

The amount of icons available matches up with how many there were at the end of Velious. The icons are picked based on how many were available for the timeframe that p1999 is at - currently the classic 23 icons are available. This would change with the release of the velious UI change (which was around the end of kunark iirc) allowing the other 120 or so icons to be used in the spellbook. So you will see all movement spells use the foot icon, all illusions would use the same icon for clarity and dispell as examples. This is how it was in classic.

I just read this again, and it's sinking in. Hopefully I'm still not understanding this correctly, but no matter which set of spell icons I choose, strength, agility, and charisma buff icons will all be an arm flexing, and strength debuff icons will be an arm flexing, because that's classic?

[Savok]

Correct.

[neem]

what am i doing wrong, everytime i run installer it resets everything (windows, friends list, etc)

[Mooka]

The bars are HP/Mana/Sta/XP/Breath. If you want to revert back to the standard player window drop the attached file into the folder (its the one from the velious standard UI).

Okay ... if I want the XP/Breath version... where can I find that EQUI_PlayerWindow file? :)

-Mooka

[Medlinniel]

I am getting an error that says GUI XML files. Check for UIErrors.txt
How do I fix this?

[Savok]

Okay ... if I want the XP/Breath version... where can I find that EQUI_PlayerWindow file? :)

-Mooka

Its in the extras.zip. Just pull out the EQUI_PlayerWindow.xml file and drop it into your Velious folder.

[Savok]

I am getting an error that says GUI XML files. Check for UIErrors.txt
How do I fix this?

You haven't unzipped the default.zip files in section 1 first. Go back and follow the instructions again.

[erwani]

Hello everyone,

First off great job on the project and the community efforts.

I just dropped off EQ2 and Rift to once again immerse myself in the One game that started it all for me, as many here, back in 1999 and I must say I am very impressed with the feel of being back where it all began.

That said, I managed to install the game, change all the required parameters and get into the game, but now I'm trying to modify and tweak the UI.

My goal is to get it back to an as-close-as-possible UI as it was upon launch.

My closest feel as of yet is the Velious Titanium build suggested on page 1, yet a couple of interrogations remain :

1) Has anyone found a way to get the true original UI with the chat box, spell gems, etc as it was upon launch ?

2) With the Velious UI the "EQ" button which brings up the options menu has disappeared, does anyone know how to get it to show up ?

Cheers,

edit :

By original UI upon launch, I mean having the "parchment" background on the spell book and chat window for example.

[Proxzemidus]

Thx alot this helped so much

[karakedix1]

Waiting for new jobs. come easy. thanks

[Shadey]

the Luclin icon set isn't complete. anyone know where to get the full set?

[Savok]

the Luclin icon set isn't complete. anyone know where to get the full set?

It is correct pre luclin. When Luclin was released there were far more icons available to use but up until that point there was only around 23 icons to use and in SoV they added more colored backgrounds to the spellgems to denote PBAE, targeted AE, etc rather than just red and yellow that you see in classic. All you are using is a preset type of icon for a specific timeframe in game. When I approached the devs about the icons they had at that time so I could fix the gems game and other things, I suggested fixing the gems to cover SoV now so that it would be easier to implement all 'classic' spells through SoV later.

The result was a custom gem layout using a custom spells_us.txt file to link the spells to the right icon. Having to work around the Titanium system was a bit of a headache but I feel I came up with the best solution overall. I added a few different icon sets (WoW, classic, luclin, etc) but they all essentially are limited to 23 reoccurring icons but with 7 different background colors. The Buff and spellbook icons were the same all through classic and SoV and only changed in Luclin.

If, IF this server ever went past SoV and had Luclin,PoP or any other expansion added then we could go back to using the standard spell layout used on live today (and which was included in the Titanium boxset). Classic (classic - Kunark) used 1 tga file for spells, SoV added more and Luclin added more on top of that. The number of icons remained the same until GoD was released in 2004 and has remained the same on live ever since.

[Shadey]

Thanks for the info Savok. :)

[Gamgypsy]

Savok, thank you so much for all the great work you've done with the UI's for both Titanium and SOF client users. I have no problem getting the Titanium UI's you've made working on the Titanium Client, but I seem to be having issues getting the SoF Velious UI you've made to work on my SoF client. Here's a screenshot of what happens to Hotbar1 (which is the only visible issue I see atm)

Any suggestions for how to fix it? Dragging to resize doesn't seem to work... I can move these hotbars but not resize them.

Thank you!

[Belenos]

Classic Spell icons ftw

[Torin_Stormchaser]

If i don't use the Velious UI is it safe to delete it from my UIFiles folder? or is it needed for something else. I'm trying to save space wherever I can.

[Mcbard]

The files in each ui folder are only used for that ui, you can delete the ones you don't use and you'll be fine. I would recommend keeping things like the the default one however and just deleting custom ones that are extra.

[Torin_Stormchaser]

Thanks Mcbard

[Yukahwa]

Anyone have the old ghetto UI that has all of the icons in fixed locations and the entire screen is a reduced sized to fit in between all of the icons?

That's the one I always liked.

Old spell icons are almost painfully well made compared to the new cheapo spell icons.

[Lenfer]

where i can find a horizontal velious hotbar? in hotbar 1

[Savok]

where i can find a horizontal velious hotbar? in hotbar 1

You need to install the EQUI_HotButtonWnd.xml file from the extras zip into your Velious folder and overwrite the standard version.

[Lenfer]

i want 2 horizontal hotbar (velious)

hotbutton 1 & 2

ur hotbuton got 2 collunn

[Savok]

I'll add some zips tonight or tomorrow with various options for the hotbars.

[Asher]

Anyone know how to get these spell gems/icons?

http://www.mysstie.com/equi/mysstie_ui.shtml

I dont care about being able to see the buff names but I like how there are many more icon options.

I tried using that with the Titanium client but the icons were all messed up.

Asher

[Savok]

Anyone know how to get these spell gems/icons?

http://www.mysstie.com/equi/mysstie_ui.shtml

I dont care about being able to see the buff names but I like how there are many more icon options.

I tried using that with the Titanium client but the icons were all messed up.

Asher

http://home.comcast.net/~savok/project99/luclin_icons.jpg

These are the Luclin set of icons from the original post but they have been cut down to the standard 'classic' 23 icons that existed until Luclin release. Just follow the OP and you can use your UI with the updated icons and spells_us.txt files.

[Asher]

So we are only allowed the 23 icons then? I was hoping for that full set.

Asher

[Darwoth]

all i want to do is add hotbars to the default ui, trying to open them via the action window doesn't do anything.


this is default......

http://www.scarybadguys.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/equi1.JPG


and this is default_old

http://www.scarybadguys.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/equi2.JPG



i just want the extra hotbars from default_old, i like the clean crisp look of default for everything else. also if there is a way to make the hotbars smaller OR strung along in a horizontal or vertical string similar to the spell gem bar that would be useful as well.

[Sorath]

pretty ss and more postiessss bross

[TrueJohn]

Is there anyway to get the player window (the one with the hp/mana/end/xp/breath) outside of the velious UI? I can't stand the Velious chat windows, can't move them, gotta resize all over and if you get a bunch of tells and use tell windows they don't have a header saying who they are from. If there was a way to get the old chat windows in the velious UI that'd work too.

[Savok]

I never designed the basic Velious UI sorry, I only made it Project 1999 compatible. I can look into making a separate chat window patch that would include a title bar but it would look very odd.

[aorc001]

Hail Savok.

Thanx for the great work on the ui's and all your help and patience on the forum.

I will chip in to the myriad of requests, asking for the player and group window from default but in a default_old compatible version.

Tried just copying them over from default to default_old folder, but it will not load.

/bow

[Savok]

The animation.xml file works differently for the title bar layout for default and default_old. You would need to make changes to the drawtitles at the end of each file.

I'm at the inlaws until Sunday and then I can take a look at a few bits.

[aorc001]

Thanks for the tip!

Compared the default and default_old playerwindows and edited default_old "screen item" section to look like this:

-------------------------------------------------------
<Screen item="PlayerWindow">
<!--<ScreenID/>-->
<RelativePosition>false</RelativePosition>
<Location>
<X>516</X>
<Y>0</Y>
</Location>
<Size>
<CX>124</CX>
<CY>85</CY>
</Size>
<Text>Player</Text>
<Style_VScroll>false</Style_VScroll>
<Style_HScroll>false</Style_HScroll>
<Style_Transparent>false</Style_Transparent>
<DrawTemplate>WDT_RoundedNoTitle</DrawTemplate>
<Style_Titlebar>false</Style_Titlebar>
<Style_Closebox>false</Style_Closebox>
<Style_Minimizebox>false</Style_Minimizebox>
<Style_Border>true</Style_Border>
<Style_Sizable>false</Style_Sizable>
<Pieces>Player_HP</Pieces>
<Pieces>Player_Mana</Pieces>
<Pieces>Player_Fatigue</Pieces>
<Pieces>Pet_HP</Pieces>
<Pieces>Player_HPLabel</Pieces>
<Pieces>Player_HPPercLabel</Pieces>
<Pieces>A_AttackIndicatorAnim</Pieces>
<Pieces>Player_ManaLabel</Pieces>
<Pieces>Player_FatigueLabel</Pieces>
<Pieces>Player_ManaPercLabel</Pieces>
<Pieces>Player_FatiguePercLabel</Pieces>
</Screen>
--------------------------------------------------------

Looks like the normal default_old, but with mana / fatique percentages. I think ill remove the fatique percentages, its like ... not very usefull. The pee-yellow bar is more than enough as it is.

/ Yiliena

[timewalker]

Firstly, sorry if this was addressed already but i didnt wana go through eery reply


I am seeking mods for the UI files pertaining character login and creation!! i was haing transparency(couldnt see at all) my ui ingame but i got it fixed, however this still is a problem at the character menu, anyone with old CLZ files or whatever for the character screen of creation and logging in that would be able to give them to me would be permanently a hero and fair of the savvy in my book! Thankyou for anytime or help you offer to my post!

with love

LTWTM

[Savok]

If your using the Titanium box set then the default UI zip file in the OP contains ALL of the files for the UI (EQLS* files are for the character screen). I have never heard of CLZ files ever so I can't help you with that.

I suggest that you go back through the original post and follow the instructions.

[goalie]

Thanks for this post. Is there any modification that can just give me an experience bar? I'm having trouble seeing the small one in my inventory window

TIA

[Trax]

I have a request if someone can help. I am currently using the classic Velious UI. There are two things I would like to customize.

1. I want to have the HP/MP numbers without all the other junk (no breath/exp/etc. like the one Savok posted).

I photoshopped an example
http://s13.postimage.org/iyt8hrzqr/hpmp.jpg

2. I want to have two 1x10 bars not one 2x5 bar.

If anyone is able to help that would be great. I tried a few things mentioned in this thread and none of them worked.

[Savok]

I'll fix this for you tonight and post it. There are 4 hotbars available how would you like them? (how many 1x10, do you want them vertical or horizontal etc).

[Savok]

Here you go.

Edit: updated with the right combat animation attached in the zip files.

[aorc001]

Anyone have "default_old" horisontal 1x10 hotbars per chance? Just can't seem to get it right when making my own ...

Thanks!

[Stelletti]

I know this is off the top of Savoks great work. I was wondering if its possible to use other UI's that are out there. I have been unable to get anything else to work with P99. I always get XML errors. Anyone have any luck with anything else?

[Savok]

Any custom UI will work but I took a day going back through the default UI removing windows and other xml code to clean them up and then spent a good morning fixing my Vert UI so that it is compatible with P99.

Check the uierrors.txt file and look for the entries that start with Warning: as these are your windows that need fixing first. Anything with an Error: line basically means that something is loading that the client server doesn't understand and just rejects it.

You should use something like examxml to compare the default and custom ui xml files to see if you can fix the warning/error messages.

[Dexus Deftstrike]

Soo i stormed around the forum dozens of times and still cannot find a stable link to a classic UI like in 1999 anyone have a direct link? Mirithals classic mod doesnt work unzipped it into a folder called "Classic" in UI folders when i load it in game it freezes for a second then informs me the ui did not load and it reverted to default : (

[edgrubermn]

**Ok nevermind, I just saw the post you put up about them being disabled... 8)**


Savok

Love the UI, just have one question. I'd like to put the buff duration timers on the buffs, but it's been years since I've done lua modding. Do you know off hand the code required to show the buff durations? I don't mind tinkering with the xml files myself, just need a hand getting started with the code. Thanks!

[Dannermax]

Would it somehow be possible to see the exp displayed with percentages in the old default UI?

[Savok]

Hi, great work on the UI stuff Savok. I hope I am posting in the correct place for this, please redirect me if I am wrong.

I installed the two downloads above to update the default UI, and make it compatible with this (p99) emulator, and noticed, playing a necro, that the spell icon for Clinging Darkness has the "red hand" icon of undead DD's. Any chance of a fix?

Thanks in advance.



-Silisk, ikky necro

Spell gem set f: original 23 spell icons, there is no undead hand option. It may of changed around Luclin when they expanded the icon set but not classic.

[LaMort]

looking for Velious hotbutton horizontal bar X4
1 - horizontal bar window
2 - horizontal bar
3 - horizontal bar
4 - horizontal bar

like :
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/8763/eq000001.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/407/eq000001.jpg/)


http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/8763/eq000001.jpg

[trafsta]

In the main user/inventory window, it shows the Percent of experience now (which is awesome! - using the Velious skin and about half of the Velious Extras). My question is, is it possible to put a decimal place so it would show xx.x experisnce? (95.7%, etc). At the level I am at I get less than 1% XP now so it would be nice to know if its 0.5% or 0.8% etc...

[Hollee]

Thanks for the information Savrok, maybe you can help me. When I played EQ99 the first time around I had a UI that looks like the "Default" with the 2x5 vertical hotkey panel from "Default_old".

http://i.imgur.com/stKeCvs.jpg

That's ALL I want to change on my UI. Is just get the vertical 2x5 hotkey panel back. When I logged in this time it's the default UI, which is great, but I can't swap from the horizontal 1x10 bar to the vertical 2x5 in any way that I can see.

I tried loading up the "Default_old" ui, but it just doesn't look right either. How do I make it look like it did a couple months ago? :(

[boudicca]

Really appreciate all the hard work you've done, Savok, in getting us this UI available!

Has EQ ever shown the mana levels of group members? If so, is it something that can be shown in this current version?

Also, is there a means to show the concrete amount of mana available to myself, as opposed to a percentage, without opening up the character screen (i)? On my cleric, I don't much care about a stat like ATK, but if I'm LOM, knowing if I have enough mana to cast a larger heal is useful.

[Savok]

Really appreciate all the hard work you've done, Savok, in getting us this UI available!

Has EQ ever shown the mana levels of group members? If so, is it something that can be shown in this current version?

Not for group members no. Modern EQ has a gauge bar for mana and endurance but its not a feature on P1999.

Also, is there a means to show the concrete amount of mana available to myself, as opposed to a percentage, without opening up the character screen (i)? On my cleric, I don't much care about a stat like ATK, but if I'm LOM, knowing if I have enough mana to cast a larger heal is useful.

Which UI are you using? The Velious UI has an extras zip file which includes a EQUI_PlayerWnd.xml file with mana numbers in it. Its not difficult to add the details to the default UI and default_old UI if needed as separate downloads.

[boudicca]

I'm using your Project99 vert UI. I'll grab the Velious set as you've suggested; thank you very much! :)

[Sneeakn]

I read through this and didn't see what I'm looking for. But I was hoping to get a velious ui with a target window that is about twice as long with percentage reading on it. The % could be either at the end or overlayed, which ever your player window has would be preferred. And if you could explain how to make the buttons darker I have trouble reading them. If this is unclear let me know and will try to explain better.

[Fjolvar]

Is there anyway to download the skin that shows the old classic interface with the scroll for chat in the middle?? I tried clicking one of the links but it says temporarily disabled..

[Fjolvar]

Here is the interface I would like to use..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWisI2lSc_A&lc=bkoJa9fi2m-6yjNRw25UQ0_LCkwWEZrxQoABdAZkvX4

Is this possible in P1999?

[OngorDrakan]

I've seen it before, somebody had it working and I had it one time but I stopped using it. It's out there somewhere. I'll take a look at a few places.

[snwbrdr642]

i'm looking for quick help, at one time i knew how to do this, but i haven't messed with my UI in years and rather than relearn i thought i'd ask our awesome community

in the last update something happened to my UI, everything is awesome and where i want it to be except my bars got moved on all of my characters. the red outline is where they used to be, now they are doubled up, vertical, and the 2nd one is off the screen. which file do i need to replace?

http://i.imgur.com/L6T1h0j.jpg

[mitic]

bump because this helped me alot, thanks to op!

[NextGenesis88]

i'm looking for quick help, at one time i knew how to do this, but i haven't messed with my UI in years and rather than relearn i thought i'd ask our awesome community

in the last update something happened to my UI, everything is awesome and where i want it to be except my bars got moved on all of my characters. the red outline is where they used to be, now they are doubled up, vertical, and the 2nd one is off the screen. which file do i need to replace?

http://i.imgur.com/L6T1h0j.jpg

Not sure, but everyone that hasn't used Duxa's seem to get the 1x10 hotbars that hasn't used Duxa's all in one installer. I have never had the 1x10 and I think it seems to be because Duxa's installs a few UI's and maybe it needs to be 2x5s in order to work. You could start over from a fresh installation and it should fix it. Doesn't take long actually.

[NextGenesis88]

Here is the interface I would like to use..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWisI2lSc_A&lc=bkoJa9fi2m-6yjNRw25UQ0_LCkwWEZrxQoABdAZkvX4

Is this possible in P1999?

You can find it in the forums somewhere, but it requires you to play in 640x480 resolution which most monitors cannot do. If you wish to use it I would suggest an old CRT monitor that supports it natively. Sorry I don't have any links, but if you search correctly it should be found on p99 site or google. I have a version of a UI that has all those pieces, but it's not the same. The pieces aren't big enough to connect them all like they should and fill the screen, it just kind of uses it as a style. Again no links, but I found it just by searching around. It might have been from a seperate website just for EQ UIs.

[Lirkci_Prexus]

quick help. Im trying to change my spell icons to Luclin, im using default UI and i downloaded and extracted to my default UI. i log in and the spells changed in my spellbook but once i try to load it up to my line of spells i cant see the icon?? its just black but i put my cursor over where the spell should be and it says the spell i memmed example "Healing" but its not the heart.

[Coraz]

All the links in the OP are dead and redirect to http://e.freewebhostingarea.com/outside-access-blocked/insert-it-into-a-webpage-under-the-same-account.gif

[Savok]

Looks like that hosting company is gone. I will see if I can find someplace else to host them.

[Sarius]

Savok, I used your tips to revert my UI to how it was pre-patch, thanks a ton! I downloaded the classic spell gem files, but their size seems a little too small using both the square and rounded gems. Any idea how I can fix this?? Also, do you have a sample pic if the square vs rounded gems?? Thanks so much!

[Savok]

Okay, links should be working again.

[Nyanknits]

Thank you very much Savok for updating your links. My default UI is back working again like it should. (Hotbars were lost to recent v31 patch)

[Zoesha]

anyone have the zip file for the velious spell icons? i don't like the classic ones, and the first page of this doesnt have a link for them.

[Etaria]

I have to say thank you so much too.... so glad my hotbars are back to normal! One question though, before, my spell gems were the classic, but they didnt have that red border. Is there a set of classic spell gems but without that red board? Not sure which ones they would be referred to as, but they are the same ones I have been using since I originally installed p99 from titianium a year ago. Thank you. And if not, thank you anyway... so glad to have horizontal hotbars again!

[Sarius]

I have to say thank you so much too.... so glad my hotbars are back to normal! One question though, before, my spell gems were the classic, but they didnt have that red border. Is there a set of classic spell gems but without that red board? Not sure which ones they would be referred to as, but they are the same ones I have been using since I originally installed p99 from titianium a year ago. Thank you. And if not, thank you anyway... so glad to have horizontal hotbars again!

Bump, I have the same problem with the classic gems

[Calibix]

Anyway we can get the velious extra hp/mp bar minus just the breath meter, with xx/xx for hp/mana and xx.x for the percentage readout (mainly for the xp bar)? Is that possible?

Also, ever since switching UI's, my cursor is the windows cursor instead of the actual EQ cursor. It can be very difficult to see playing my bard with all the particles. Is there a way to fix this?

[BahamutDF]

I PM'd Savok about this but will also post this here in case anyone has the same issue...

It seems ALL my spell gems have a red background. Doesn't matter what UI I load. Spells that should have a yellow or blue background show red, again regardless of spell or loaded ui.

any ideas here?

[Daakkon]

I can't reposition my chat windows.

[Savok]

I'm going to be updating these file in the next few days to account for the v33 patch changes.

[pijan]

Is there any way to get the multiple hotbars for default skin that are NOT horizontal?

[Savok]

Waiting on the trackwindow changes for ranger options then will upload. I'll go about adding some alternate hotbutton windows with different layouts as well.

[pijan]

Waiting on the trackwindow changes for ranger options then will upload. I'll go about adding some alternate hotbutton windows with different layouts as well.

u r 2 fly:cool:

[knix]

HELP

with the con color gone from my target bar, I cannot read the white text floating in the screen.


yes I run duxaui.

[Savok]

HELP

with the con color gone from my target bar, I cannot read the white text floating in the screen.


yes I run duxaui.

Ask duxa then as he made his own changes to my UI.

[knix]

ok, i got my problem fixed,

I had to turn my transparency of the target bar off

[Savok]

I went ahead and uploaded the >>>default <<< (http://www.chloeo.com/vert/project99/default_uichanges.zip) and >>>default_old UI changes<<< (http://www.chloeo.com/vert/project99/default_old_uichanges.zip). If you are using my default or default_old zips from the first post you can just unzip these into the folders.

All horizontal and all vertical optional files will be coming in the next few days.

[Zuut]

I just recovered from a crashed HDD and am trying to recover my old custom UI.

Basically it was the Vert UI, but with Duxa spells gems (that spell out the spell name)... any chance anyone has the spell gems files that I could copy into my "Custom" UI folder?

Thanks very much for any assistance.

[Kazell99]

any thoughts into making the icons compatible with the velious UI?

[Klapton]

This is wonderful stuff. THANK YOU!

I really miss the "Target's Target" window, and the "click through" setting.

[Savok]

any thoughts into making the icons compatible with the velious UI?


Check my sig for Velious gems.

[Yami Blind]

Hey, this stuff is epic

I apologize if it's already been asked / resolved, but it's 20 pages and I figure it would be better to ask than to wade through everything, but my question is as follows:

I've been using default_old and have 3 hotbars up. I switched to Velious skin, which I think is the default I got with my titanium install + p99 patch. It only has 1 hotbar showing. Is it possible to get 2 more?

For reference, I started on p99 approximately a week ago, so keep that in mind when considering what files I have in my uifiles/velious/ folder.

Thanks in advance for your assistance !

[falkeri]

First, thanks so much! This is awesome!

Second, maybe I missed this option, but is there a 2a? i.e. default_old with velious gems? If I extract the default_velious_icon_set into default_old, it turns it into 'default' layout with horizontal bars (which is probably not surprising in retrospect). Is this an easy combination to make?

*edit* Alternatively, is it possible to get the 'default' but with 2x5 hotbars?

[Yami Blind]

Question about the Luclin rounded spell gems

It seems a lot of spells don't have the right icon. For example, Boil Blood is not showing the fire icon, but is instead showing the hand icon with magic(the same icon the line of undead only nukes has)

How can I fix this?

edit: Pretty much every other spell is correct for my Necro. Can't speak for other classes though

[Savok]

Question about the Luclin rounded spell gems

It seems a lot of spells don't have the right icon. For example, Boil Blood is not showing the fire icon, but is instead showing the hand icon with magic(the same icon the line of undead only nukes has)

How can I fix this?

edit: Pretty much every other spell is correct for my Necro. Can't speak for other classes though

If you think a spell line has the wrong icon you need to post it in the bug forum so the devs can change the spells_us.txt file info (as needed). The spell icon is pulled via that file according to the settings in spells_us.txt

[pink grapefruit]

I'm getting this error message (OSX) when trying to open the zip:

"Unable to expand "default.zip" into "Downloads". (Error 2 - No such file or directory.)

Any ideas? :/

[Dabasher]

The Velious Extras link doesn't seem to work anymore

[Savok]

The Velious Extras link doesn't seem to work anymore

Thanks, forgot to fix that post.

[11bangbang]

having trouble with the spell icons, they are all colored black on each file i used.

[Kazell99]

Velious UI file download is corrupt :(

[Savok]

Velious UI file download is corrupt :(

I just tested the download and it seems to be working fine here.

[Celticgirl]

Thanks for the the instruction and spell gems.

[smokedog66]

not working for me either. downloads fine but I am unable to open with Windows or 7-zip. tried 3 times.

[Chemo999]

Thanks bro,
That was easy to follow and works great. :)

[mdavis522]

I downloaded the ui and fixes for default_old. Im getting errors saying the compressed zipped folder is empty. Any thoughts??

[Savok]

I downloaded the ui and fixes for default_old. Im getting errors saying the compressed zipped folder is empty. Any thoughts??

I just downloaded and tested the zip files without issue. What are you using to unzip the files? I would recommend 7-zip over all of the others.

[Iniamyen]

Has there been a change since this thread was started in which spell sets were disabled? I downloaded the velious UI along with the "extras" and it still says they are disabled. I don't have an issue with this per se, but I want to make sure I'm not missing out on something that everyone else has access to.

[Slave35]

I know they were disabled in the general UI at least 2 years ago.

[Savok]

I'm going to make a new thread later today as I can't edit this one. Looks like the old links no longer work.

[Ozn]

Sweet. Thanks for this!

[Thulghor]

I could use some help or guidance with changing two of the four hotbars from vertical to horizontal. Can't seem to get it to work on my own, even after going through VertUI (which has this option) line by line. I seem to only manage to mess it up. I use a T.King skinned default Titanium UI on my SK and Paladin.

[MalystryxVoF]

question, how do you open the EQ menu in the game when you have the velious UI loaded? cuz i can't seem to get the windows select bar to appear in my UI when i laod those files, and i would like to change some chat colors, but can't seem to do it in the velious version.

[roush420]

Is this UI from velious what is stopping my game from loading up correctly? when I get to character select it says I'm missing some files I need to extract to my P99 folder, was wondering if it was these UI files you guys were referring to up above ?

[vilesid]

Alt+O

[vilesid]

Alt+O

[MalystryxVoF]

No Roush, check the main page, there is a small patch to download that you need for the Velious launch, those are the files you are missing. :)

[stunny99]

This no longer works after todays update. Any refresh incoming?

[Savok]

This no longer works after todays update. Any refresh incoming?

It works fine, just don't update the UIFILES folder from the patch. I really just wish the staff would use my default UI folders which are already patched to P99 specs and removing all of the xml errors.

[Green Drake]

Hello everyone,

I'm writing to appeal to your technological savvy in hopes you can help me correct my wayward spell gems.

Here's what my spell bar looks like. I think you will notice that the spell gems don't quite match the spells they represent.

For example, Ensnaring Roots is represented by the thorns gem and not the one showing feet with roots attached.

And Levitate should be the gem showing a winged foot, not the whirlwind gem.

If you look closely, I believe you will see other discrepancies.

Is anyone else having a similar problem?

Does anyone know of a solution?


Thanks,

-Drake

[fash]

Hello everyone,

I'm writing to appeal to your technological savvy in hopes you can help me correct my wayward spell gems.

Here's what my spell bar looks like. I think you will notice that the spell gems don't quite match the spells they represent.

For example, Ensnaring Roots is represented by the thorns gem and not the one showing feet with roots attached.

And Levitate should be the gem showing a winged foot, not the whirlwind gem.

If you look closely, I believe you will see other discrepancies.

Is anyone else having a similar problem?

Does anyone know of a solution?


Thanks,

-Drake

The (easy) solution is to get a spell gem file with icons you like. There are a couple to pick from on these forums.

Those icons you're concerned about are correct based on the icon image you posted. The feet w/ roots is for normal (non-druid) root spells. The winged feet is for sow.

If you get the classic spell icons druid root has a plant icon (http://wiki.project1999.com/Ensnaring_Roots) & levitate (still) has a whirlwind icon (http://wiki.project1999.com/Levitate).

This thread's OP has a few to choose from:
http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/classic_icons.jpg
http://www.savok.byethost32.com/project99/luclin_icons.jpg
etc

[Savok]

Hello everyone,

I'm writing to appeal to your technological savvy in hopes you can help me correct my wayward spell gems.

Here's what my spell bar looks like. I think you will notice that the spell gems don't quite match the spells they represent.

For example, Ensnaring Roots is represented by the thorns gem and not the one showing feet with roots attached.

And Levitate should be the gem showing a winged foot, not the whirlwind gem.

If you look closely, I believe you will see other discrepancies.

Is anyone else having a similar problem?

Does anyone know of a solution?


Thanks,

-Drake

Classic Everquest only has 23 gems to choose from. You have too many icons for the set of gems your using.

[Smurn]

Is there any point to mapping which of the 23 my spells file points to? I've noticed more than a single TGA file is used. Is there a way to customize the txt file? Why limit to 23 when these are only cosmetic changes that dont affect gameplay?

My point is that a cleric might choose what buff maps to the icon differently from a shaman or ranger.

[fzzzt]

I'm a bit late to the party here, but this is great work, thanks Savok.

Is there a way to make a particular bag always open, and not close with you press ESC (Titanium client)?

I'm trying to make it a little less annoying to swap gear. Currently I need to open inventory, open bags, swap item, use item, swap back, close inventory, close bags. I don't mind a few clicks but this is a lot... I was able to get a second hotbar with my inventory slots, so now if I could just get a bag to stay open that would be great, but I dunno if that's possible. I've seen other mods where the whole inventory is shown but I don't want all that clutter.

[paulgiamatti]

Is there a way to make a particular bag always open, and not close with you press ESC (Titanium client)?

I wish, but unfortunately no. Although, that is purely a client-side function, it's just all contained within eqgame.exe/eqmain.dll instead of the game ini/xml files. So technically it's possible, but it would require disassembling and recompliling the exe/dll, and anyone who wants that feature would have to use that modified version of the Titanium client.

[paulgiamatti]

Also: shameless self-promo for my custom Vert bags, which do make item swapping a little less painful with the right-click menu and move function disabled for the majority of the bag window: http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=254441

[Savok]

Also: shameless self-promo for my custom Vert bags, which do make item swapping a little less painful with the right-click menu and move function disabled for the majority of the bag window: http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=254441

No self-promos allowed!

[mdavis522]

Copy the EQUI_CastSpellWnd.xml from the extras zip file to your Velious folder.
Hello, I was just browsing old recommendations, and was wondering if this would work if i tossed the one file into my default_old ui. Obv i have no idea how all this works, so im very sorry if its the most idiotic question you've ever seen in your entire life.

[mrG9three]

Question, would changing the path from program files to somewhere like my user documents speed up load times or lessen my chances of potential crashing / bugs ??

[Ltldogg]

Savok, when I use the Velious UI with the Velious Extras both Buff and Songs window goes away. How do I get those back?

[Ltldogg]

Or, have you made the default Velious UI to allow the additional Hotbars?

[Triiz]

Song window is useless, songs go into the regular Buff Window on P99. You can get the buff window back by clicking on your EQ button>Character>buffs

[Ltldogg]

Song window is useless, songs go into the regular Buff Window on P99. You can get the buff window back by clicking on your EQ button>Character>buffs

Thanks for the info on Songs. As for the buffs window, I have already tried that as well as the standard hotkey for buffs (Alt + B). I can get the buffs window back by reverting back to the default Velious UI without the extras, but not with the extras.

[Triiz]

Move the buff bar to the center of your screen. When you go into Alt+O and click the "Load UI Skin" button make sure the "Keep your layout button" is selected/pressed down.

If you are just using /loadskin it might be loading off the screen, that happens with some UI's. Although, I don't use this UI myself so I can't say for sure that's the problem.

[Ltldogg]

That worked, thank you Triiz!

[ibetweenk]

Question, would changing the path from program files to somewhere like my user documents speed up load times or lessen my chances of potential crashing / bugs ??

putting the folder on a SSD or a hard drive other than the one your OS is on could speed things up. But just shuffling its folder location within the same drive should have no effect.

[Bextacy]

My UI is not working, I have tried to download the files in this post including the default Titanium UI files but when I tried to load it I get an error message: "Your XML files are not compatible with current EverQuest files. certain windows may not perform correctly. Use "/loadskin Default 1" to load the EverQuest default skin.

I can't see a spellbook under my spell bars and I don't have an EQ button. I am stuck so any advice would be so great right now!

[LadyRhaevyn]

My UI is not working, I have tried to download the files in this post including the default Titanium UI files but when I tried to load it I get an error message: "Your XML files are not compatible with current EverQuest files. certain windows may not perform correctly. Use "/loadskin Default 1" to load the EverQuest default skin.

I can't see a spellbook under my spell bars and I don't have an EQ button. I am stuck so any advice would be so great right now!

I just downloaded the TKing icons (used to use all his stuff back in 99/00) but my icons are completely fubared. I get that same XML message. Hope someone can help us both.

[mischief419]

How to get the titanium icons working on Green?

[mischief419]

titanium rounded icons link dead

[choquettebmc92]

There are a couple of mentions of the icons on the spellbar being black boxes but I dont see any one mention a fix. Im experiencing the same thing trying to pull in some of the icons from the OP. Anyone resolve that issue and willing to share?

[choquettebmc92]

Wanted to post an answer to my question just above that I discovered.
In the EQUI_Animations file of your chosen UI, search for "A_SpellGems"
This will lead to a grid section which was alluded to in the OP but not called out.
In newer UIs the CellHeight and CellWidth are set to 28/36 respectively. Most of the spell gems provided in the OP are designed for a 24/24 sizing, so updating those 2 attributes will fix the issue of black box spell gems

[random_noob]

After a couple days of beating my head against the wall trying to get things working correctly for Green - finally figured out that using any of these modified UI files causes errors and crashes. They also overwrite the "Meditate" button the spell book with a "Done" button.

Only the UI files that come with the latest downloadable game files provided by P99 (currently V53) work 100% correctly on Green.

I haven't created a character on Blue or Pink, but I'm assuming I could create a separate set of UI files with unique names to point to if I played there?

[Bearsnowls]

So.. we’re stuck with this UI on green?

[AenorVZ]

Links not working in the original post. Still getting your xml files are not compatible with current everquest files when I try to loadskin Vert.

[Shawk]

Been working on this a while, upscale of the classic velious ui.. built off green's style of UI.

https://www.eqinterface.com/downloads/fileinfo.php?id=6847&jump=15564#cmnt15564

Not 100% complete to say the least, lots of dumb issues ill fix asap. Getting carried away with trying to make the spellgems look good, the old style of how they looked while casting or singing..

https://i.imgur.com/QsLpYfd.png


Also have a live game version: https://www.eqinterface.com/downloads/fileinfo.php?s=&id=6859


https://i.imgur.com/iV6kF1L.png

the newer client allowed a lot more flexibility with things, like down scaling in the engine so I could have larger files to make the spellgems etc look a little better. Not remotely complete, a lot more windows to do, but most the common windows are done.

[Records]

@Savok - Any way we can get an updated links to all of those zip files of all these spell icons if you have them handy?

Maybe I can start a new Google Drive account to host them.

[Vormotus]

@Savok - Any way we can get an updated links to all of those zip files of all these spell icons if you have them handy?

Maybe I can start a new Google Drive account to host them.

I support this! As time passes we will lose more people and their amazing art/work due to sheer entropy and maintaining old assets to use in p99 is a must, I have already seen a lot of amazing stuff created by communities of old games get lost into oblivion due to no one bothering to host and save old files.