Can't see mob health percentage bug or new change/fix on green?

[axisofebola]

Serious issue for enchanters if a bug. but i cant seem to get the life % to show up any more no matter what i do.

[mcoy]

There haven't been any recent UI changes that I'm aware of (we're still at v53 anyway). I've never noticed a % indicator:

https://imgur.com/MjeFjtS.jpg

-Mcoy

[xaix1999]

in your options (alt+o) go to your keys and select all
find your key for target window
make sure to lock the window by right clicking
and remove the key with esc to not hit the key again
while right clicking your target window, you can adjust the size and opaque
while in your options you can change the font and size of the font

[Videri]

Do other mouse-overs not appear either? Restarting that computer fixes that.

[mcoy]

Wait so you all see %'s in the health bars? I was under the impression they didn't exist - hence my screenshot.

-Mcoy

[Jibartik]

Wait so you all see %'s in the health bars? I was under the impression they didn't exist - hence my screenshot.

-Mcoy

yeah if you mouse over and hold your cursor over the health % appears, like hovering over item shows names too, I noticed it myself a few weeks ago (never been much of a % guy) my guess is its not classic and someone snipped it out maybe?

[mcoy]

Oh, a mouse-over. Yeah, what videri said - if the others don't work either, reboot (not shutdown) your computer. Has something to do with an overflowing counter after like 35 days of uptime, iirc.

-Mcoy

[Videri]

I learned that one from mcoy.

[mcoy]

2^31 milliseconds is 24.86 days (https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=2%5E31+milliseconds+in+days).
EverQuest stores the result of GetTickCount() (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/sysinfoapi/nf-sysinfoapi-gettickcount) in a signed 32-bit integer.
24.86 days after booting your PC this overflows and wraps around, going negative.

For some reason, it being negative stops item hover text from working. If you reboot it resets the counter and item hovers should reappear. Alternatively, wait another 24.86 days and it'll fix itself.

Found the source.

-Mcoy