Don’t tell me pet windows aren’t classic [Archive]

Old_PVP

09-09-2019, 12:33 PM

LOL at that UI.

This is what you need to prepare yourself for...

http://images.mmorpg.com/images/galleries/formatted/352010/f2281e18-fd51-4559-8b38-3ba77a1f5a91.jpg

Droxx

09-09-2019, 12:34 PM

Pet windows aren't classic.

Fammaden

09-09-2019, 12:39 PM

/tell Blitzers pet windows aren't classic

Mblake81

09-09-2019, 12:52 PM

This is what you need to prepare yourself for...

Velious went translucent full screen. No pet box to transfer over to it. It was cool going full screen but at the cost of art flavor. You still had the old ui pop up for spellbook use.

The stonework was starting to fade away.

https://i.imgur.com/bJXq2DP.jpg

Jimjam

09-09-2019, 01:11 PM

My school 'friend' mocked me for using the classic interface instead of the velious one.

I liked how the classic interface was like a window into another world.

Plus the inventory button is labelled 'Persona'.

Mblake81

09-09-2019, 01:55 PM

I liked how the classic interface was like a window into another world.

Plus the inventory button is labelled 'Persona'.

https://i.imgur.com/rOKpRnv.jpg

Old_PVP

09-09-2019, 02:02 PM

Doesn't get much more immersive than that... AHHH... look at that scroll / parchment chat window. I'm no computer genius, but why is this so hard to bring back to it's original format? If I am remembering right, a little project that never took off called EQclassic was able to get it.

nilbog

09-09-2019, 02:02 PM

iirc the persona key would bring up the alternate stone ui without the inventory element. ' I ' key would bring up inventory as well as stone border ui.

I miss the persona key.

Lojik

09-09-2019, 02:05 PM

In classic UI, if you hold alt and hover over items in an open bag does it display names like in current UI?

nilbog

09-09-2019, 02:07 PM

Velious went translucent full screen. No pet box to transfer over to it. It was cool going full screen but at the cost of art flavor. You still had the old ui pop up for spellbook use.

The stonework was starting to fade away.

https://i.imgur.com/bJXq2DP.jpg

This is actually the original UI (6 hotkeys). Pressing f10 made the stone borders translucent.

Mblake81

09-09-2019, 02:44 PM

iirc the persona key would bring up the alternate stone ui without the inventory element. ' I ' key would bring up inventory as well as stone border ui.

I miss the persona key.

This is actually the original UI (6 hotkeys). Pressing f10 made the stone borders translucent.

I stand corrected.

Mblake81

09-09-2019, 03:14 PM

I'm no computer genius, but why is this so hard to bring back to it's original format? If I am remembering right, a little project that never took off called EQclassic was able to get it.

Were they using black bar borders on the sides to get the 4:3 aspect ratio or running in a windowed mode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODwxVoSLR54)?

https://i.imgur.com/97z6cbD.jpg

Danth

09-09-2019, 09:14 PM

As a relic of a bygone time (that original UI) the wife and I still refer to even-/con opponents as "/cons black" rather than the white text that appears on all the post-original interfaces.

Danth

Danth

09-09-2019, 09:21 PM

Were they using black bar borders on the sides to get the 4:3 aspect ratio

EQClassic used the 2001 Trilogy client and Velious UI, which rather unexpectedly was found to be compatible with modern widescreen resolutions. If the user switches to the original UI (with its fixed resolution) you get the sidebar letterboxing as with most other old programs. That project can use those UIs while P99 does not because P99 uses the Titanium client--which does not have the original UI built in. Relics of the Titanium client are also why things like the stamina bar cannot be made to work right. If it sounds like EQClassic's "better" to you, weigh the above against the fact that P99's been available and playable for the past decade whilst EQClassic--which actually pre-dated P99--has still released nothing publicly. Sometimes perfectionism becomes its own worst enemy.

Danth

Chortles Snort|eS

09-09-2019, 09:28 PM

This is actually the original UI (6 hotkeys). Pressing f10 made the stone borders translucent.

When DiS becOme p1999 defAult agIn goBlin?

Mblake81

09-10-2019, 12:59 PM

This is actually the original UI (6 hotkeys). Pressing f10 made the stone borders translucent.

Everquest in 2001 (http://www.tolwyn.com/everquest-2001/)

https://i.imgur.com/cE0DjUL.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/CHigz4Y.jpg

Danth

09-10-2019, 01:23 PM

Wish they could get that old ship model working. Last I heard on our client its collision detection doesn't work and players simply fall right through it.

Danth

Kavious

09-10-2019, 02:07 PM

Pet window was introduced in Jul 2002. At the top of the July 24, 2002 Patch Notes (http://www.tski.co.jp/baldio/patch/20020724.html)

The new EverQuest user interface is now available for use on Live servers. Many of you will find that it runs faster than the old interface. It is extremely customizable, and offers all sorts of features including resizable windows, fading windows, a pet control window, and flexibility through the XML files. We decided to offer it for optional use as a sort of Beta II for folks on the Live servers that haven't had the chance to try it out on the Test server.

Vaderman

09-10-2019, 03:39 PM

Were they using black bar borders on the sides to get the 4:3 aspect ratio or running in a windowed mode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODwxVoSLR54)?

https://i.imgur.com/97z6cbD.jpg

I posted this a while ago, seems more relevant now with the velious UI being enforced.

4:3 EQ using the viewport command and taking advantage of the deadspace
Widescreen EQ doesn't exist, it just crops the top and bottom of the view
https://i.imgur.com/mN9OmSGl.jpg (https://i.imgur.com/mN9OmSG.jpg)

Mblake81

09-10-2019, 04:01 PM

Widescreen EQ doesn't exist, it just crops the top and bottom of the view

https://i.imgur.com/CxW8YCD.jpg

Who is Frina Hateblade and Hurog Darkstar?

https://i.imgur.com/8voTzIh.jpg

Wish they could get that old ship model working. Last I heard on our client its collision detection doesn't work and players simply fall right through it.

Danth

Some of those boat pics have me nostalgia tripping hard.

https://i.imgur.com/EwkJrYA.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/pNz1bLw.jpg

Jibartik

09-10-2019, 04:20 PM

I love those names without the drop shadowwwwwwww

Glasken

09-10-2019, 04:57 PM

I love those names without the drop shadowwwwwwww

I feel you brother.

Very happy with this patch. Yes it removed some post 2001 QoL stuff, but it is how the game was played once upon a time.

Jibartik

09-10-2019, 05:19 PM

One day we WILL get there. I love it too!

People keep saying things like "why do this, if this unclassic feature is in the game right now?"

The answer is because one day, that wont be in the game either.

Its like saving 10 dollars every paycheck, it takes a long time, but one day it will buy you a new car!

One day we will get a green progression server that is 100% classic with 100% bugs and daily patches, I cant wait.

Then, after that? We'll get Zelda the second quest, meaning all the items will be moved around, but all the mechanics will be 100% classic! And we'll be as close as we were to 1999 since 19-fricen-99 :D

KOOLLAYD

09-10-2019, 05:36 PM

Does anyone have the old EverQuest EQTutorial.zip that used to be downloadable from the web site back in the day? I looked around and couldn't find it. It'd be a great model for anyone wanting to see what the UI looked like up close before they changed it.:)

Bigcountry23

10-13-2019, 11:29 PM

Chortles Snort|eS

10-13-2019, 11:35 PM

Thats not the classic UI before luclin.

/pet guard
/pet attack
/pet follow
/pet back off

oH man So HarD 2 tYPe :rolleyes:

Freakish

10-13-2019, 11:50 PM

That dark elf npc. Should npc pets have regular pet names instead of %t's pet?

nyclin

10-14-2019, 12:31 AM

That dark elf npc. Should npc pets have regular pet names instead of %t's pet?

i believe it's from a GM event, if you summoned a pet while /be it would use one of the 'regular' pet names. also that's from EC and I'm fairly certain there aren't any DE SK NPCs with that name in EC.