Everquest UI

External Since: Nov 19, 2004 Posts: 753

Hi All

For purely personal reasons, I didn't like *some* of the features of
the new UI Sony have given us (If you like it, that's great though,
heh). I like the old-style 2 X 5 Hotbutton bars, rather than the
horizontal ones, and I like the old spell icons, but actually like the
new, smaller sized-spell icons. Sadly, using the old UI meant the
bank only showed half my available slots.

So, to get this going on your PC, do the following:-

1) Make a folder in the Everquest UIFILES folder, giving it a name
that suits you. For purposes of illustration, I will refer to it here
as "NewClassic" and into it you will need to copy 16 files.

2) Into this new folder, copy the following files over from the
DEFAULT_OLD folder (that's where they were in my EQ directory,
anyway)...

gemicons 1, 2 and 3
Spell_Icons
spellbook01, 02, 03 and 04
spells01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 and 07

3) If you also want the old 2 X 5 Hotbuttons copy the following file
over from the DEFAULT_OLD folder...

EQUI_HotButtonWnd

Then, while running Everquest, load the UI with the name you have
given it - in this example it would be NEWCLASSIC. Voila! Nothing
else to do, as any of the other files needed to run the UI will be
added anyway by the Everquest program. I now get the benefits of the
nifty new features of the new UI, but with the layout I have grown
used to over the years. I don't have the newest expansion, so I can't
see if the 3rd set of bank slots shows up, though.

I post this here merely because some of my friends/guildies have found
this useful. I hope one or two of you might find it useful as well Smile

Palindrome

External Since: Mar 05, 2006 Posts: 57

Just wanted to say thanks for the info. Added my old timer to the folder
and I'm good to go.

Thanks again

"Palindrome" <damon-nomad.DeleteThis@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi All
>
> For purely personal reasons, I didn't like *some* of the features of
> the new UI Sony have given us (If you like it, that's great though,
> heh). I like the old-style 2 X 5 Hotbutton bars, rather than the
> horizontal ones, and I like the old spell icons, but actually like the
> new, smaller sized-spell icons. Sadly, using the old UI meant the
> bank only showed half my available slots.
>
> So, to get this going on your PC, do the following:-
>
> 1) Make a folder in the Everquest UIFILES folder, giving it a name
> that suits you. For purposes of illustration, I will refer to it here
> as "NewClassic" and into it you will need to copy 16 files.
>
> 2) Into this new folder, copy the following files over from the
> DEFAULT_OLD folder (that's where they were in my EQ directory,
> anyway)...
>
> gemicons 1, 2 and 3
> Spell_Icons
> spellbook01, 02, 03 and 04
> spells01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 and 07
>
> 3) If you also want the old 2 X 5 Hotbuttons copy the following file
> over from the DEFAULT_OLD folder...
>
> EQUI_HotButtonWnd
>
> Then, while running Everquest, load the UI with the name you have
> given it - in this example it would be NEWCLASSIC. Voila! Nothing
> else to do, as any of the other files needed to run the UI will be
> added anyway by the Everquest program. I now get the benefits of the
> nifty new features of the new UI, but with the layout I have grown
> used to over the years. I don't have the newest expansion, so I can't
> see if the 3rd set of bank slots shows up, though.
>
> I post this here merely because some of my friends/guildies have found
> this useful. I hope one or two of you might find it useful as well Smile

>
>
>
> Palindrome