Difference between revisions of "User Interface Enhancements"

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There are multiple ways to enhance the user interface of the EverQuest Titanium Client.

Targeting

See Targeting to understand Project 1999's (more limited) targeting options.

Playing in the Optimal "Full-Screen Windowed" Mode

Back in 1999 it was impossible to play in windowed mode without a (banned) program called EQW. Today however running in full screen is problematic. It can cause all sorts of issues, and even if it doesn't it can make switching between other programs difficult.

As a compromise, many players have found that the best way to play EverQuest today is in "Full-Screen Windowed" mode. In other words, run EQ in windowed mode, but customize the resolution so that it fills the entire screen (minus some space for the window border and your taskbar).

To achieve this effect you need to edit your eqclient.ini file, in your EverQuest directory (wherever you chose to install it, possibly in Program Files).

First, you need to change:

 WindowedMode=FALSE

to TRUE (if it's not already):

 WindowedMode=TRUE

Next, you need to set your WindowedWidth and WindowedHeight. These should be similar to the resolution of the monitor that you play EQ on. However the width should be reduced slightly (to account for window borders), and the height should be reduced a bit more (to account for the task bar also).

You will have to play with these values. For instance, if your monitor has a resolution of 1900x1200 you might start with values of:

 WindowedWidth=1820
 WindowedHeight=1012

Try running the game, see how it fits, and then close it. Adjust the values and retry, and keep doing that until you are satisfied.

You may also have to play with the offset values:

 WindowedModeXOffset=-3
 WindowedModeYOffset=0

Updating the Client's "Skin"

By far the easiest and most popular way is to load a different, player-made "UI Skin", such as the popular Duxa skin. To do this one simply has to:

1. Find a skin (which works with Project 1999; many newer EverQuest skins will not work) on the Project 1999 forum, or on a website
2. Download the skin to your "uifiles" folder
3. Start EverQuest, and once in game press CTRL + O to bring up the options menu.
4. Click the "Load UI Skin" button and select the skin you wish to load

Updating Spell Gems

Classic Spell Icons

See Savok's excellent guides:

• A walkthrough with pictures: http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11949
• p99 Vert UI: http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7850

And other UI's that the community has made:

• Almost classic UI: http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3680
• Leewong's custom UIs: http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=268108

Configuring the Titanium Client's Options

The EverQuest Titanium client has a number of options (usually available by pressing ALT + O) that were not available in classic EverQuest (or at least were harder to edit), including:

• the ability to paste text into the game if you map a key for it in the "Keys" tab*
• the ability to configure a wide variety of visual effects on the "Display" tab
• the ability to turn off the display of of certain types of text (or find missing text that you inadvertently turned off)
• the ability to change which color of text is used in your chat windows (for instance, you could change the color of all "Group" text)

Custom UI List

Incomplete list of custom UIs available for P99 blue/red.

Section needs expanding last updated date, download links, author(s), etc

• Duxa https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28335
• P99 Vert https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2348836
• QQUI https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=232071
• Rustled UI https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=359465