A Look at the New Interface

# Jun 21 2002 at 5:46 PM Rating: Default

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Looks too much like the DAoC interface. Almost like they copied it from them.

RE: Bleh

# Jun 22 2002 at 12:47 AM Rating: Decent

Anonymous

Anonymous

It looks like they coppied the everquest interface.

RE: Bleh

# Jun 21 2002 at 7:41 PM Rating: Decent

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49 posts

When people redo interfaces they try to do ergonomics...make it a more natural and easy to use. It is possible that in their research they found alot of things in DAoC's interface they liked. It's not that uncommon to see virtual copies of a competitors idea...I mean windows and Apple stole GUIs from XEROX =P.

#REDACTED, Posted: Jun 21 2002 at 8:33 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Yeah, but at least Windows used a couple different aesthetics and colors from Mac/Xerox. This looks like they just ripped it right out of DAoC and fixed it up to work with EQ...

As the song goes...

# Jun 21 2002 at 5:15 PM Rating: Default

Anonymous

Anonymous

Meet the new EQ, same as the old EQ.... Yes, there is some new wiz graphics, but I'll finish out EQ, and NeverWinter will take over.

the new look

# Jun 21 2002 at 5:11 PM Rating: Good

Sylphan

Guru

262 posts

I just hope there's a small version of the icons/text/etc. I'm tired of running in 1280x1024 instead of 640x480 for the sole purpose of making the icons take up less screen space.

I also hope there's a way to hide the title bars on all those windows. I never needed title bars in my EQ interface before (it is NOT a windows desktop), and they really make the windows a lot less transparent than they should be.

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-- Sylphan Ducambrius, Master Artisan and Enchanter on Cazic-Thule

RE: the new look

# Jun 21 2002 at 7:43 PM Rating: Decent

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49 posts

They put the bars on the top to make em easier to close I think....for people who can't remember the alt-(letter) combos. Kinda makes you wonder if they left a little button to click to reopen the windows too....

Mana bar

# Jun 21 2002 at 4:48 PM Rating: Excellent

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Scholar

35 posts

I remember this idea being shot down due to the fact that mana is basically mental energy. You can look at your party members and see how physically beaten they are, but not how mentally worn they are.

Mana bar?

# Jun 21 2002 at 4:38 PM Rating: Decent

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9 posts

Wouldn't this be a great time to add a mana bar to the party window? They could superimpose it right on the health bar similiar to how alt exp works. I remember reading that a mana bar was omitted for "role playing" reasons, but I sure wish they would change their minds about it! Nothing ruins role playing more than "50 mana" "LOM" and "FM".

interface

# Jun 21 2002 at 4:32 PM Rating: Decent

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7 posts

I like it, especially the easy access to invite/disband.

LOL, "Gallenite and His Forehead" that kills me.
BTW, Gallenite is a wizard, why does it look like he's in plate armor?

I'm gunna be so confused on what spells I have when this goes live. hehe

Dal

RE: interface

# Jun 21 2002 at 7:45 PM Rating: Default

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49 posts

If you look in the big window with the /who list all those guys are GMs.

RE: interface

# Jun 21 2002 at 5:19 PM Rating: Default

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Sage

215 posts

They have GM plate armor (that is yellow) that is also All/All.. :) I've seen an enchanter GM wearing them.. I asked them, and they said it's special GM armor. :) Same with that cool purple looking armor as well. I dont know if that's what these guys are wearing, but they have the green names, and that means GM/Guide. :)

RE: interface

# Jun 21 2002 at 4:34 PM Rating: Default

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9 posts

Could be possible he's wearing golden efreeti armor as that has a plate look and is all/all.

Not bad

# Jun 21 2002 at 4:31 PM Rating: Default

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17 posts

U&m, pretty picture, cool coders, but how about telling us what that thing across the top was? I didn't stare at it too long, maybe I should have, dunno, was that part of the interface, or maybe a coder thing? Any ideas?

#REDACTED, Posted: Jun 21 2002 at 4:34 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Buttons to open inventory, buddies and such I would assume. Looks similar to the DAoC menu bar.

new interface

# Jun 21 2002 at 4:29 PM Rating: Decent

__DEL__1623630234469

9 posts

I love it, the new texture and feel to the interface is alot more fantasy and "up to date" than the old interface. I love the graphics on the new buff icons and the spell gems look much more magic orientated. Much softer in a sense.
The only thing that I'm worried about is the transition of knowing what buffs we have up. I'm sure that'll come quickly though.

Edit: Just noticed the new window selector tool and how the guy set the default for that chat window. This promises good things

/giddy

Edited, Fri Jun 21 17:24:06 2002

RE: new interface

# Jun 21 2002 at 6:36 PM Rating: Decent

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25 posts

I always have to right click on the buffs anyway. Most of them have the same icons and such. I am hoping they will put something in like the "alt" command to see which spells you have memmed. Maybe "ctrl" to see which buff icons are up.

#REDACTED, Posted: Jun 21 2002 at 4:28 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Interface looks awesome. Huge improvement over the original... Now if they could code an mp3/cd player into it...

RE: Nice

# Jun 21 2002 at 5:00 PM Rating: Default

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11 posts

Make a hotkey with:
/mcicontrol cdaudio open
/mcicontrol cdaudio play

and poof, you have a cd player, there's more complete docs in the extended help file in your eq directory

bah

# Jun 21 2002 at 4:24 PM Rating: Default

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149 posts

bah, new spell gems and graphics are nice, but the rest just reminds me of the interface in the UO Alpha Test