New Interface on Test Server

The new interface is now live on the test server. I've included some (huge) screenshots to show what it's like while doing various actions. A few notes about it:
  • To Enable the interface, you must manually add the line NewUI=TRUE to your eqclient.ini under the [defaults] section. This Case Sensitive. This must also be done AFTER patching, and closing the patcher.
  • Bazaar window (ALT+T) is active, but not finished apparantly.
  • To set up a window as a dedicated channel, you need to both assign input and output to the window. For example to do /ooc to a dedicated window: Right click on the main window, select new window. Then Right click on the new window and from the filters menu click on ooc. This will put the output of ooc to this window. To have anything you type without a modifier go to ooc in this window, you can assign it under the defaults menu.
  • If you can't move your windows, you might have locked them. use ALT+L to lock/unlock the window settings.
  • Some people were noticing performance issues when running at color depths less than 32bit.
  • The limit on the number of bags you can have open at a time seems to be gone. The Screen Shots.
  • Character Select
  • Duelling
  • Inspecting Items
  • More Inspecting
  • Looting a corpse
  • Minimized Window
  • Options window
  • Trading with a Player More info to come... --Illia
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    alakazam ur gettin out of touch
    # Jul 17 2002 at 4:29 AM Rating: Default
    seems likeyour news section is getting really stale... ur newest items is jul 11, it is they 17th as I write this. castersrealm.com has scooped you several times in a row, includint eh new patch, where the new interface is supposed to go live.wahts teh deal here? u on vacation? keep the faith man, i wanna see up to date news.
    RE: little slow
    # Jun 27 2002 at 4:18 AM Rating: Decent
    I love the new UI looks great and everything but after like 10 min of play things get way laggy and i can barley move also very laggy in inventory.
    RE: little slow
    # Jul 24 2002 at 1:34 PM Rating: Default
    RE: little slow
    # Jun 27 2002 at 12:13 PM Rating: Default
    Think there's a memory leak related to the UI.
    Spent a while playing around with it on test last night. Died several times - takes about 3 times as long for me to zone - and after something like 1 hour windows crashed me to desktop and gave me a low virtual memory warning....
    Skins
    # Jun 26 2002 at 6:01 PM Rating: Decent
    What app would one use to design a skin? Any thoughts?

    Edit: I think I answered my own question...

    From the EQ Developer's Corner

    * For those interested in developing custom skins for the interface:

    You'll notice that there is now a directory called UIFiles beneath your EverQuest install directory.

    The default skin (aka "The New UI") is stored in the directory called, predictably "default," and we've included a document called "AboutSIDL.doc" in the UIFiles directory.

    If you make yourself a new skin, please create a separate directory for it in the UIFiles directory. Once the skin is in there, you can switch to it by typing "/loadskin <directory_name>"

    Working with the skins at this point is not an activity for the faint of heart, but if you're inclined to hack around in those files, AboutSIDL will hopefully help out a bit.


    Edited, Wed Jun 26 19:26:49 2002
    #Anonymous, Posted: Jun 26 2002 at 2:59 PM, Rating: Unrated, (Expand Post) im kinda new to computers and i was wondering how i can get my screen to look like yours illia. this old grey panel is getting, well old and the screen you have rocks. but im afraid im computer illiterate and dont know how to go about changing it around. any help? thanks.
    Illia! I love your name
    # Jun 26 2002 at 2:56 PM Rating: Default
    your name is so pretty =) i like the Tulip part too, i have a DE chanter as well. Buetiful name =)
    Test Server....
    # Jun 26 2002 at 1:48 PM Rating: Default
    What is the name of the test server, i would like to checl this out in person, great pics btw, Illia =D
    RE: Test Server....
    # Jun 26 2002 at 4:09 PM Rating: Good
    run test everquest instead of everquest from your desktop...if it isnt there..look at all the .exe files in your everquest directory..which is where ever u put it
    WOW!
    # Jun 26 2002 at 1:38 PM Rating: Good
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    That looks great! Wheee! No more open bag limit is great! That will make my pottery and brewing a ton easier.

    And minimizing windows is a fantastic idea, more of a view of the world around me is great.

    ...now if I can just get Illia to give me her gear...164 STR on a chanter, thats wild.
    Cool
    # Jun 26 2002 at 1:09 PM Rating: Decent
    I went on the test server to check it out myself, and it looks durned cool. I especially like the totally pointless but nonetheless very cool explore feature in character select. I'll probably never use it, but hey its cool :-)

    I did notice some serious slowdown when I had either the inventory or spellbook open... but that might have been 'cause I wasn't at 32-bit color depth, if I'm reading some other things right.

    Hope it goes live soon, this new interface kicks the old ones ***
    release
    # Jun 26 2002 at 1:05 PM Rating: Default
    My question is when are they going to release this live on all the other servers?

    Zscar Stapleton 54 monk (Lunatic Cafe)
    The Nameless
    RE: release
    # Jun 26 2002 at 1:27 PM Rating: Decent
    They are saying mid summer but it may be sooner. Who knows. I think it looks almost done. Only change I would like to see is to get rid of the split health bar when you have a pet out or change it. I love the fact that your pet has a real health bar now but the yellow is too overpowering against the red of your own health and you can open up a new window with your pet's health anyways wich I preffer to use since it's much easier to see a drop in.
    RE: release
    # Jun 29 2002 at 7:59 AM Rating: Decent
    Midsummer would be the.....end of June...
    RE: release
    # Jul 02 2002 at 3:10 PM Rating: Decent
    Not sure where you live, but in the US summer starts on June 21st, so the end of June could hardly be considered mid-summer. Maybe between the end of July/middle of August would make more sense.

    BTW, summer ends on September 21st.

    RE: release
    # Jul 23 2002 at 1:09 AM Rating: Decent
    Good call. *g*
    RE: release
    # Jun 27 2002 at 6:27 PM Rating: Decent
    from what I've seen the interface is pretty much customizable.. so maybe there is a way to split them with a customized interface.
    When?
    # Jun 26 2002 at 12:00 PM Rating: Decent
    Checked out the Test Server briefly before heading off to work this morning. It did seem to lag, but that could just have been my PC or bad time. It looks great and I really hope it is what we all want, the current UI being somewhat combersome. I am eager to see it go live. Do we have to wait for the expansion, or is it coming out sooner?
    RE: When?
    # Jun 27 2002 at 2:27 AM Rating: Default
    Well, seeing as the New UI was supposed to be released with the Luclin expansion, they'd better release it as soon as they're done, and not with the next expansion... Personally, I think it was a huge upset when Luclin came out without the new UI. What good is a Bazaar if there's no coding to let people actually sell stuff in it?

    Just my 2cp...
    little slow
    # Jun 26 2002 at 11:31 AM Rating: Default
    The new UI looks great, but it seems to make things run a little slower, even with 900MHz Duron, 512MB RAM, and a Radeon 7200 32MB. Hmm...
    little slow
    # Jun 26 2002 at 11:31 AM Rating: Default
    The new UI looks great, but it seems to make things run a little slower, even with 900MHz Duron, 512MB RAM, and a Radeon 7200 32MB. Hmm...
    skins
    # Jun 26 2002 at 10:52 AM Rating: Default
    Hmmm, couple things about skins.

    You can put any of the "Gauge"'s (Exp bar, hp bar, etc.) in any window, inventory slots too.

    Buttons can't be moved from window to window, but can be resized and moved inside a window.

    This is looking awesome.
    New GUI
    # Jun 26 2002 at 8:14 AM Rating: Default
    Actually....the thing it reminds me the most of is the DAoC GUI....maybe thats where they got the idea
    Legends Look?
    # Jun 26 2002 at 6:39 AM Rating: Decent
    This interface screams the style of teh Legends website :o)
    Thanks
    # Jun 26 2002 at 4:22 AM Rating: Decent
    Thanks for the screenshots. This looks great! I haven't been on test for awhile but I may have to jump in there and take a look at this.

    Wonder if there is an ETA on the Bazaar...
    Bags!!
    # Jun 26 2002 at 4:11 AM Rating: Decent
    The limit on the number of bags you can have open seems to be gone... omg, a tradeskillers DREAM! Go live already!
    Resolutions
    # Jun 26 2002 at 3:32 AM Rating: Decent
    What resolutions will this lovely new interface use. I have an LCD monitor that can only handle upto 1024x768, does this mean I cannot use this new interface. I cannot find any information on the requirements for this new interface.
    RE: Resolutions
    # Jun 26 2002 at 10:10 AM Rating: Decent
    The new UI works in all the resolutions the old UI worked in:

    640x480
    800x600
    1024x768
    1280x1024
    1600x1200

    Edited, Wed Jun 26 11:02:03 2002
    RE: Resolutions
    # Jun 26 2002 at 4:40 PM Rating: Decent
    new UI has more resolutions avail then b4 but big bonus here you can also select colour depth and refresh rate all from the options tab in game

    Corvax Arcanium
    Officer Blood Of Ro
    Solusek Ro
    RE: Resolutions
    # Jun 26 2002 at 5:23 AM Rating: Decent
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    I hope 1024X768 is good enough.
    That is what I normally use. lol
    I don't see why they would limit the use of it like that however.
    RE: Resolutions
    # Jun 26 2002 at 7:13 AM Rating: Decent
    I also normally play in 1024x768. However, the new interface seemed very cluttered to me in this resolution and I ended up jumping to 1600x1200 before I was happy. This was fine in an empty EC, but I expect to have trouble in that resolution on Luclin.
    RE: Resolutions
    # Jun 27 2002 at 2:30 AM Rating: Default
    Lucky you, I'm on an Athlon 1.2Ghz, 384mb ram... And anything higher than 800 x 600 really lags for me on Luclin. Come to think about it, even this really lags in some parts on Luclin... *sigh*

    I need a new video card...
    Do I need luclin?
    # Jun 26 2002 at 1:29 AM Rating: Default
    I have not yet played on the test server, but am planning to do so soon. My Question is: Do I need Shadows of Luclin to see the new interface?
    Tracking
    # Jun 26 2002 at 1:12 AM Rating: Default
    The new tracking window is awesome and the bazaar windows are promising, but yet not fully functional. This is looking good, people, really good...
    How?!?
    # Jun 25 2002 at 10:16 PM Rating: Default
    Hey Illia, how is it that you have your level 60 on the test server? Is that just where you have her, or something else?
    Books
    # Jun 25 2002 at 9:51 PM Rating: Decent
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    I have one quick question still lingering in my mind...
    What happens when you want to read a book in game?
    (like 'basic blacksmithing' or something)
    Do you still have to switch to HUD mode? or does it come up in a window or something?
    I know in the current interface you can't read a book in FullScreen mode, I've tried.

    Also, do you still switch to HUD mode when scribing/meming spells? (this is kinda the same question, but could have a different answer)

    Edited, Tue Jun 25 22:45:29 2002
    RE: Books
    # Jun 26 2002 at 11:48 AM Rating: Decent
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    Also the spellbook is changed from 5 spells on 50 pages (250 spell slots) to 8 spells on 32 pages for a total of 256 spell slots. This will probably mean alot of rearranging once it goes live but that's a small price to pay for having 60% more spells per page available to you.
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    RE: Books
    # Jun 25 2002 at 11:39 PM Rating: Decent
    You can read books in full screen. Additionally, You have access to your spell book in full screen mode too. There is a new spell book and new spell icons for the new interface. No more HUD mode.
    RE: Books
    # Jun 27 2002 at 6:56 PM Rating: Decent
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    One of my favorites:

    No flipping the page animation on the new spell book.

    This makes going from page to page SO much quicker. You're right, we will need to rearrange our spells... but at least this will definately speed up the process. :)
    RE: Books
    # Jun 25 2002 at 11:10 PM Rating: Decent
    You can read notes in full screen mode

    not sure about spells.

    Exp Bar?
    # Jun 25 2002 at 6:53 PM Rating: Decent
    I heard rumors that the Experience bar would be separable from the inventory screen. In this scenario you would then be able to see your exp bar on the same screen that you can see your hit points etc..

    Is it still necessary to go to the inventory screen to see your experience?
    RE: Exp Bar?
    # Jun 25 2002 at 7:32 PM Rating: Default
    It's not separable in the default skin.
    However, it is possible to make new skins and stick anything anywhere you darn well please...including the exp bar in it's own window if you wanted.
    Interface/color question
    # Jun 25 2002 at 6:31 PM Rating: Decent
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    I have a question that has bugged me for some time.

    Depending on which windowing I'm using, some of the colors are unreadable. I know about changing the colors in the INI file, but my problem is that sometimes I use full windowing and sometimes not, and more often than not, one set works in one and not in the other, if you get my drift.

    /sigh

    I would just like to figure out one set of video settings and ini settings that will work on both situations. Any help would be appreciated.

    Elessarion
    The Rathe
    RE: Interface/color question
    # Jun 29 2002 at 8:05 AM Rating: Decent
    you can change the ammount of fade all windows have in display, or you can right click each window and change its 'alpha' normal and fade levels.
    Normal is the level of fade on the window when you're working in that particular window. Fade is what the window fades to when you're working on another window or not focused on any window.

    The focus is driven by the mouse. You can move it around to watch different windows gain then lose focus as the mouse hovers over them.
    RE: Interface/color question
    # Jun 25 2002 at 7:37 PM Rating: Good
    There's no long any reason to switch from full to non-full screen. All the clunkiness is pretty much gone (ie you don't go into non-full screen when looting, trading, etc any longer) with this new UI.

    Illia, if you re-read his post, he wasn't talking about the colors being unreadable due to the fade, he's talking about being able to see the colors he chooses for his text in full screen *and* windowed mode (things like white and yellow show up great full screen but they're murder on the eyes in windowed on that parchment colored background)

    =)

    I am curious about something else though...
    All the icons (both for the spells in the spellbook and for those on the gems) are now available in various .tga files. Does this mean we can change them to whatever the heck we want for our spell icons? The .tga files are in the UI's individual folder, so my assumption is that *everything* there is editable, not just the text of the .xml files. Are they actually permitting the players that much freedom?

    Edited, Tue Jun 25 20:31:02 2002
    RE: Interface/color question
    # Jun 25 2002 at 7:21 PM Rating: Excellent
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    I just set mine to stop fading in and out when windows gain/loose focus.

    I find if the background is solid that the text is always readable, and since I use alot of defaults for text colours, it should work for you.

    Under Options, check the Display Tab, and then set the slider to "Fade to 100% Transparancy".

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    Fumus, draco magus incoluit mare.
    Myrx - 70 Holy Priest, Myr - 70 Resto Shaman, Gryd - 70 Prot Warrior
    !!!!
    # Jun 25 2002 at 6:24 PM Rating: Decent
    Well i went on Test server and tried it - it rocks ***. I wonder if we are goina have to pay more for it though....
    RE: !!!!
    # Jun 25 2002 at 6:29 PM Rating: Excellent
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    Nope. Being distributed to all EQ players, for no additional cost.

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    Fumus, draco magus incoluit mare.
    Myrx - 70 Holy Priest, Myr - 70 Resto Shaman, Gryd - 70 Prot Warrior
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