New UI look

[Strade]

<DIV>Just to tell you SOE that the new UI look is awsome. I like the color and all. Much better than the old one imo.</DIV><p>Message Edited by Stradeus on <span class=date_text>11-04-2005</span> <span class=time_text>06:37 PM</span>

[Kessia189]

Seven simple words: "You have got to be kidding me!!" How is metallic blue even related to the colour scheme of EverQuest 2? I thought the brown textured backgorund worked very well with the UI but this change is just a big steaming pile of a joke. Stop screwing the UI and make new armour textures... <div></div>

[Dimgroth]

its highly annoying, on another note, yes, more armor looks are much needed.. <div></div>

[Strade]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Kessia189 wrote:<BR>Seven simple words: "You have got to be kidding me!!"<BR><BR>How is metallic blue even related to the colour scheme of EverQuest 2? I thought the brown textured backgorund worked very well with the UI but this change is just a big steaming pile of a joke. Stop screwing the UI and make new armour textures...<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <DIV>No im not kidding. I really like it. You guys won't stop whining about brown and how dull it is and etc etc. Now you want it back? For the armor I agree 100%. But I don't think the guy working on UI is able to do armor texture so your point is ... strange at best.</DIV>

[Yirk]

I like the new look also.  When I saw it I was pleasantly surprised. Yirk <div></div>

[Rystall]

<DIV>Thanks for the comments on our classy new UI, I'll pass them along to the artist.</DIV>

[Feaw]

<DIV>I like this one much better than the wood panel look on the other one.  very classy. </DIV>

[Einadin]

EEK!  Please fix the DEFAULT UI settings.  After each LU, I always delete my character's UI file to get the NEW default UI, but lately, the chat window is in the very bottom left corner of the entire screen instead of along the letterbox like it should be.  Also, the clock doesn't show up by default.  I dont think this was intended.  Please REDO the default UI scheme, so that new characters or characters redoing their UI don't have to move stuff around before they begin playing.  Hope that made some sense.

[Warpax]

I like the new UI borders/backgrounds/frames. Looks nice! <div></div>

[EtoilePirate]

I definitely dig the lbue and the swirlies.  I've got a really nice mix going now of half custom UI files and half dafault, and with the tweaked coloring and borders it's become pretty much exactly what I wanted. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> <div></div>

[Scrav]

The new UI is very nice and compact.  I prefer it a lot more than compared to the current wood style one on the live servers.  I hope to see it on the live servers. <div></div>

[Sufu]

I like the new UI, looks quite nice. <div></div>

[Twoleftfe]

<DIV>UGH! my UI used to have a nice wood grain look to it. Now it looks like a smurf threw-up on it. Please give me an option to use the wood grain backgrounds.</DIV>

[Finora]

<P>The new UI coloring is far and away superior to the 'wood' look it had before. Would have been one thing had the wood actually looked like wood, but it didn't. It looked like someone scraped through a layer of paint to reveal the other underneath, not wood.</P> <P>While I am rather fond of the new color, I know some people aren't.  Why can't a background tinter be added like the one in EQ1? That was rather nice. I had some windows backed in stark black, some in a mellow greeny color. But everyone could pick their own colors.</P>

[Twoleftfe]

<BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> <P>While I am rather fond of the new color, I know some people aren't.  Why can't a background tinter be added like the one in EQ1? That was rather nice. I had some windows backed in stark black, some in a mellow greeny color. But everyone could pick their own colors.</P> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <DIV>Now that soulds like a good idea. How bout it SOE? STILL lookls like a smurf threw-up on my interface IMHO though :smileywink:<BR></DIV>

[Runelaron]

<P>Can we get a screen?</P> <P> </P>

[EtoilePirate]

<div></div><div></div><span><blockquote><hr>Runelaron wrote:<div></div> <p>Can we get a screen? </p><hr></blockquote> Link, rather than embedded image, because <a href="http://www.etoilepb.com/eq2/EQ2_000118.jpg" target=_blank>this is a 1280x1024 screenshot</a>. The Persona and Inventory windows in that shot are the Default UI; other elements are a <a href="http://www.eq2interface.com/forums/showthread.php?s=1bddc5b11cbb871412c5407b794448ed&t=2840" target="_blank">custom ui</a> that I like most of quite a bit.  But the screenie should show how the new coloring and details work with both default and custom elements.  </span><div></div><p>Message Edited by EtoilePB on <span class="date_text">11-05-2005</span> <span class="time_text">03:31 PM</span></p><p>Message Edited by EtoilePB on <span class=date_text>11-05-2005</span> <span class=time_text>03:35 PM</span>

[Nuhus]

Wow, I like that much better than the current.. awsome! <div></div>

[sundrop]

I also agree, much enjoy the new UI. when i first logged in, i though i had a 3rd party UI installed, then i remembered it was a fresh test install. Hope this makes it to live. btw is there going to be an option of a /toggle for the ui when it goes live? <div></div>

[Rystall]

<DIV>The revised UI will be live in Update 16</DIV>

[thorvang]

<blockquote><hr>Kessia189 wrote:Seven simple words: "You have got to be kidding me!!" How is metallic blue even related to the colour scheme of EverQuest 2? I thought the brown textured backgorund worked very well with the UI but this change is just a big steaming pile of a joke. Stop screwing the UI and make new armour textures... <div></div><hr></blockquote>the blue and yellow simplified styles are looking very DOF to me. i like them better than the old ones. nice job with enhancing the default UI.

[Runelaron]

<DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> EtoilePB wrote:<BR> <SPAN><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Runelaron wrote:<BR> <P>Can we get a screen? <BR></P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Link, rather than embedded image, because <A href="http://www.etoilepb.com/eq2/EQ2_000118.jpg" target=_blank>this is a 1280x1024 screenshot</A>.<BR><BR>The Persona and Inventory windows in that shot are the Default UI; other elements are a <A href="http://www.eq2interface.com/forums/showthread.php?s=1bddc5b11cbb871412c5407b794448ed&t=2840" target=_blank>custom ui</A> that I like most of quite a bit.  But the screenie should show how the new coloring and details work with both default and custom elements.  <BR></SPAN> <P>Message Edited by EtoilePB on <SPAN class=date_text>11-05-2005</SPAN> <SPAN class=time_text>03:31 PM</SPAN></P> <P>Message Edited by EtoilePB on <SPAN class=date_text>11-05-2005</SPAN> <SPAN class=time_text>03:35 PM</SPAN><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Thank you very much! It's actualy perferable than my custom UI. Great job, it does work well with the Streamline customes you have, I think it allowes for more Versatility. without looking out of place.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[Runelaron]

At this point, I think it would be a great Idea to have the current and New UI in the EQ2 folder to toggle. Then hopefully down the line they will have another UI for the next expantion and we can get a collection going.

[Bloodey]

<P>Please add an option to choose between UI's, my girlfriend and I along with a few friends who play who have seen the new UI all prefer the wood grain look with the cut away borders used as frames.  The new UI in my opinion is a bit garish and the lines are harsh, frankly it gives me a headache just looking at it. it brings to mind some of the UI's seen in some of the xbox games.   so please give us an option to choose the existing UI or the new UI in update 16</P> <P> </P> <P> </P> <P>thank you </P> <P>Bloodeyes</P>

[Kwoung]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Bloodeyes wrote:<BR> <P> so please give us an option to choose the existing UI or the new UI in update 16</P> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>You have a ton of options.. try <A href="http://www.eq2interface.com" target=_blank>www.eq2interface.com</A> . Personally, I like the new look, much easier to read, stuff stands out better and a much cleaner / streamlined look in general.</DIV>

[Bolr]

<span><blockquote><hr>Kwoung wrote:<div> You have a ton of options.. try <a href="http://www.eq2interface.com" target="_blank">www.eq2interface.com</a> .</div><hr></blockquote>Just be prepared to tweak those options every few weeks. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></span><div></div>

[Grumpy_Warrior_01]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Bloodeyes wrote:<BR> <P>Please add an option to choose between UI's, my girlfriend and I along with a few friends who play who have seen the new UI all prefer the wood grain look with the cut away borders used as frames.  The new UI in my opinion is a bit garish and the lines are harsh, frankly it gives me a headache just looking at it. it brings to mind some of the UI's seen in some of the xbox games.   so please give us an option to choose the existing UI or the new UI in update 16</P> <P>thank you</P> <P>Bloodeyes</P> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <DIV>It's understandable to think the developers would give us the option to switch between the different versions of the default UI as they are developed, since the interface is something we all get used to.  Just like the new SOGA character models,  there's guaranteed to be an outcry on both sides of the fence, unless the original is so absolutely broken and awful that it is unusable, which it's not.   There is a /loadui dialog box that's supposed to let you pick between customized packages from inside the game, but I don't think it works yet.  At least it never did for me.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The interface is all XML which is customizable to the nth degree if you have the patience, the tools and the knowledge to do so.  Many people have done small tweaks and complete makeovers as you can see from the designs in the eqinterface link above.  I think if they were to include all the old default interfaces as selectable options, even though it sounds good and would be easy to implement, it would still possibly cause more trouble than it's worth.  Multiple interface packages would be just one more thing for them to have to maintain and support, and I don't think the game developers want to get into the UI business.  I think they want to support one complete default interface, and let all other interface designs, even their own old ones, be handled by the third party community.  But that's just my hunch, I've been wrong before.  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[Cragger]

*groans* not again... Do you devs just enjoy making us redo our layout every three weeks or what?

[timbdot]

Once LU16 hits, just open up your ../UI/Default folder, change "eq2ui" to "eq2ui LU16" and rename the "eq2ui old" file to "eq2ui".Problem solved.

[timbdot]

Actually, that MAY not work.... In retrospect this may be what you want to do.Make a COPY of the ../UI/Default folder NOW, before LU16, paste it into the ../UI folder and name it "Custom", now go back into your root Everquest II directory, there will be a file called eq2.ini, open it...Put this in there:cl_ui_skinname Customcl_ui_subdir UI/Now, you're all set.If you do it this way, you're guaranteed to always have an old copy of the UI..-timb

[Phaldyne]

<P>The only problem with that is when Sony makes changes to the UI, they'll only be making changes to the new UI, not the old.  If there's a problem with the old UI or there's an enhancement being made to the new UI, the old won't get any updates.  This may also be the reason why they won't be offering a toggle command for the old and new, they don't want to be responsible for making updates to two different UI schemes.</P> <P>-Phaldyne</P>

[Naggyba]

I like the new look.

[Kwoung]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Bolrus wrote:<BR><SPAN><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Kwoung wrote:<BR> <DIV><BR>You have a ton of options.. try <A href="http://www.eq2interface.com/" target=_blank>www.eq2interface.com</A> .</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>Just be prepared to tweak those options every few weeks. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><BR></SPAN> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>Actually, I almost never have to tweak them and I play exclusively on Test. of course, I don't replace the entire interface, just the stuff that counts for me like XP Bar, Bags, Target Window, etc.. I like the changes because I was actually able to remove some of the UI mods, which was my spell and buff bars, I absolutely hated the amount of space the default ones used to take up on my screen, they are much better now! <p>Message Edited by Kwoung on <span class=date_text>11-06-2005</span> <span class=time_text>11:16 AM</span>

[Naknek]

I greatly prefer the new look over the previous wood-tone one.  Many thanks.

[Zmobie]

Frankly, the people at EQ2Interface do this better than you do, SOE. Please just settle on a plain, basic default UI. The let the customisers do their magic... and then stop fiddling with it. If people <i>want</i> something different with their UI, they can pick and choose what they want. Every time you change the default UI, at least one of the UI elements I use has to be updated. The game is a year old. There is no reason to keep tweaking the default UI, especially when the underlying XML scheme allows users to customize it to their own specifications.--Zmobie

[Sufu]

<span><blockquote><hr>Zmobie wrote:Frankly, the people at EQ2Interface do this better than you do, SOE. Please just settle on a plain, basic default UI. The let the customisers do their magic... and then stop fiddling with it. If people <i>want</i> something different with their UI, they can pick and choose what they want. Every time you change the default UI, at least one of the UI elements I use has to be updated. The game is a year old. There is no reason to keep tweaking the default UI, especially when the underlying XML scheme allows users to customize it to their own specifications.--Zmobie<hr></blockquote> Oh please stop whining. We don't all agree with you, and personally I like the default UI much more than the custom UI's at eq2interface. I find most of the UI's too cluttered, and make me feel like im playing some sort of mecca more than an RPG. SOE has done a good job, and the new UI looks quite nice, it's much better than the original which was just plain looking. Probably the only things I don't use are the hotbars, which are terribly large and should be shrunken down about 80% of normal size, and the xp bar. </span><div></div>

[Correus]

Love the new look...lot better than the wood one. <div></div>

[Kishia]

I am also loving the new UI it looks so much better and to me it is easier on the old eyes

[Strade]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Sufu wrote:<BR><SPAN><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Zmobie wrote:<BR>Frankly, the people at EQ2Interface do this better than you do, SOE. Please just settle on a plain, basic default UI. The let the customisers do their magic... and then stop fiddling with it. <BR><BR>If people <I>want</I> something different with their UI, they can pick and choose what they want. Every time you change the default UI, at least one of the UI elements I use has to be updated. <BR><BR>The game is a year old. There is no reason to keep tweaking the default UI, especially when the underlying XML scheme allows users to customize it to their own specifications.<BR><BR>--Zmobie<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Oh please stop whining. We don't all agree with you, and personally I like the default UI much more than the custom UI's at eq2interface. I find most of the UI's too cluttered, and make me feel like im playing some sort of mecca more than an RPG. <BR><BR>SOE has done a good job, and the new UI looks quite nice, it's much better than the original which was just plain looking. Probably the only things I don't use are the hotbars, which are terribly large and should be shrunken down about 80% of normal size, and the xp bar. <BR></SPAN> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Amen!

[Sural_Argonus]

<DIV>The new UI doesn't feel right.  But if it's going to be my only option, I will deal with it, or start using a full custom UI.  :/</DIV>

[Mig]

It's a smart move. Blue is the world's favorite color for most things. Unless your talking about cars, then it's silver.

[Kataleps]

I don't care what color it is...so long as we can shring the sub-windows more than we can right now (which slays me). My own name and especially my target and implied target are far too large now for how I've always set my letterbox size and for the last two weeks I've been almost dying trying to keep things neat and orderly in the top left of my screen since the disgusting changes. The trailerpark wood panel effect I could handle but for the love of the gods why did they force the size of target/name windows on us (just way, way too big with wasted space, especially your own name window).

[Kataleps]

And they still need to fix the quest journal, the "Completed" bug showing immediately as you get a brand new quest and the bigger fact that the "Completed" and "Heroic" text is corrupted and displays itself in the scroll bar off to the right side of the journal's window!

[IveDefected]

id prefer the new UI if it had a smoother feel to it...as previously stated by a poster it looks a little harsh. I personally think an option to switch between the two ( like we are able to switch between the old and new con modes) would quite nice not to mention the best way to avoid more public outcrys. <div></div>

[MyTFlyGuy]

How do I reset my UI to default ?  I want my chat channel changed back to the default tabs with the most recent change. <div></div>

[NrthnStar5]

Can someone post a screenshot!

[Kessia189]

<a href="http://ibizamale.co.uk/temp/eq2_000000.jpg" target=_blank>Clicky</a><div></div>

[EtoilePirate]

<span><blockquote><hr>MyTFlyGuy wrote:How do I reset my UI to default ?  I want my chat channel changed back to the default tabs with the most recent change. <div></div><hr></blockquote> I believe deleting the servername_charactername_uisettings.ini file should do the trick.  But that will completely reset everything you've got set up, not just chat tabs.  And you never realize just how much moving and changing you've done until that file's gone.  It might be easier just to fiddle with your chat tabs.  <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></span><div></div>

[NrthnStar5]

<DIV>The new UI looks great. Love the change!</DIV>

[Ever-Befallen]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Sufu wrote:<BR><SPAN><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Zmobie wrote:<BR>Frankly, the people at EQ2Interface do this better than you do, SOE. Please just settle on a plain, basic default UI. The let the customisers do their magic... and then stop fiddling with it. <BR><BR>If people <I>want</I> something different with their UI, they can pick and choose what they want. Every time you change the default UI, at least one of the UI elements I use has to be updated. <BR><BR>The game is a year old. There is no reason to keep tweaking the default UI, especially when the underlying XML scheme allows users to customize it to their own specifications.<BR><BR>--Zmobie<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Oh please stop whining. We don't all agree with you, and personally I like the default UI much more than the custom UI's at eq2interface. I find most of the UI's too cluttered, and make me feel like im playing some sort of mecca more than an RPG. <BR><BR>SOE has done a good job, and the new UI looks quite nice, it's much better than the original which was just plain looking. Probably the only things I don't use are the hotbars, which are terribly large and should be shrunken down about 80% of normal size, and the xp bar. <BR></SPAN> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I agree.  I enjoy the job done.