Rebinding "turn pages" of Spellbook

[Nedala]

Currently mapped to arrows left/right / couldn't find a keybind that i can change tho - is there a way? i would rly like to turn pages with Q + E.

Thanks!

[shovelquest]

I know i used to have hotkeys to turn my pages.

I used to practically swap out gems with my mind alone it felt like.

[Jimjam]

/boo followed by the page number :)

[Nedala]

Does the /boo comand work for turn pages somehow to instead of using numbers?


How can i turn pages with hotkeys?

[shovelquest]

Check in the hotkeys section of the gear icon, I swear there are hotkeys for turn pages!

I know i used to do it, because it was set to my thumb on my fancy mouse.

My fancy mouse that caused permanent thumb damage because I was using it too much on p99.

[Nedala]

if its there i can't find it. checked all keybinds multiple times. we're talking alt+O - keys window, right?

[loramin]

if its there i can't find it. checked all keybinds multiple times. we're talking alt+O - keys window, right?

You're not mistaken: it's not there. See https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=176908

EDIT: Or as Gemini summarizes (surprisingly well, although it kind of glosses over the "remapping A and D on your system" part ... and clearly it stole Ele's answer without credit ...):

In EverQuest, you can navigate through your spellbook pages using the arrow keys. Some players also use the keys A and D as a workaround, similar to left and right arrow keys, though this might interfere with other programs unless you use a batch file to set and revert the change or a keyboard profile program that routes keys when EQ starts.

Additionally, you can use the command /book [1-60] to open your spellbook to a specific page.

For direct navigation, the arrow keys are the most straightforward method.

[Nedala]

Thanks for clarifying.

Side question: How can I bind mouse-button to a key? it doesn't work for me ingame (mouse buttons not recognized by eq)

[loramin]

Both rebinding your mouse buttons and rebinding your keys (eg. "A to LEFT", ie. the thing with the batch file they mentioned) must be done outside of EQ; there is no way to do it in the game. You would need to buy a keyboard or mouse that is "programmable" in some way.

However, you want to be very careful with this sort of thing, because if they let you do anything a normal player couldn't do with their keyboard (eg. if you made a key/mouse button that clicked, then moved the mouse cursor, then clicked again) that would be against the server rules, and you could get banned. Also, even just using a keyboard shortcut-changing program (that didn't come with your mouse/keyboard) could get you banned.

In short, stick to doing what you can do in the game, OR what you can do with your mouse/keyboard software ... but just remap key 1 to key 2; don't do anything fancier.

[loramin]

P.S. Oh, and to explain the batch file thing, a batch file is just a Windows script to run something. You can make one to say "run program1, then program2, then program3".

IF your keyboard software lets you create profiles (eg. you could make an EQ profile where A always means LEFT ARROW) AND it lets you change those profiles at the command line (eg. you can run something like mykeyboardprogram --profile=eq to switch to the EQ profile), then it is possible. You create a batch script that's ...

mykeyboardprogram --profile=eq
eqgame.exe --patchme
mykeyboardprogram --profile=normal

and run that batch file instead of running EQ directly. It will switch your keyboard software to EQ mode, run EQ ... and then after EQ is done it will switch it back (otherwise you could never type "A" after you play EQ).

[Nedala]

i guess i'll just stick with what i can do ingame then. thx.

[evilwizard]

make a secondary hotbar with a bunch of hotkeys on it that are /book 1 /book 3 /book 5 etc

or, if you're a shaman/wiz like me, just make your default loadout be on book 1, and all of your swap spells on book 3

[shovelquest]

Hmm can't you type like /next page (or something to that effect).. and then make those hotkeys that you can use?

[Nedala]

make a secondary hotbar with a bunch of hotkeys on it that are /book 1 /book 3 /book 5 etc

or, if you're a shaman/wiz like me, just make your default loadout be on book 1, and all of your swap spells on book 3

secondary hotbar? i think thats disabled on green? i mean i can turn the hotbar-page but i cant do a second one, and also mapping the second page to a key doesn't work.

Hmm can't you type like /next page (or something to that effect).. and then make those hotkeys that you can use?


if it's possible i couldn't figure out the /command yet.

[evilwizard]

by secondary hotbar i mean make like hotbar page 4 have all of your /book 1 /book 3 macros and hotkey everything

[loramin]

Hmm can't you type like /next page (or something to that effect).. and then make those hotkeys that you can use?

You can type /book 5 to go to page 5, but I don't know of a /book next.

[Jimjam]

/book +1

Or

/book -1

To turn one page in either direction would be pretty sweet.

[shovelquest]

/book +1

Or

/book -1

To turn one page in either direction would be pretty sweet.

Somehow I had it on one of those mice, Im confident it's possible, but my time on p99 is basically like ozzy's time in black stabbath.

I remember like just bitts and pieces.

[WarpathEQ]

according to the commands page on wiki there is no such command that functions as described just /book 1-50

[shovelquest]

Wait does left and right arrow not do pages?

Shift + Left & Right?

[loramin]

Wait does left and right arrow not do pages?

It does, but there's no way in-game to remap "A" and "D" to do the same thing.

[shovelquest]

It does, but there's no way in-game to remap "A" and "D" to do the same thing.

You can tell your keyboard to make shfit A/D do Shift Left & Right.

https://key-remapper.en.softonic.com/

[loramin]

You can tell your keyboard to make shfit A/D do Shift Left & Right.

https://key-remapper.en.softonic.com/

Nice suggestion, though I'd be careful with programs like that. For what we're talking about (remapping "A" to "LEFT"), it's probably fine, since it doesn't seem to violate the Play Nice Policies (https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=325349):

5. You may not use third-party programs on Project 1999.

The use of any third-party programs on Project 1999, including but not limited to, Macroquest/Macroquest2(MQ/MQ2), ShowEQ(SEQ), or any other program that interacts with the Everquest Titanium Client, is strictly prohibited. Use of any third-party programs will be detected and will result in the permanent banning of your account(s). No exceptions will be made, and once a ban has been enacted for violation of this rule it will not be reversed.

This includes programmable keyboards or other devices that creates multiple inputs for a single keystroke or automated task.

Wineq2 by Lavishsoft is the exception to this rule. In addition, any program that strictly reads log files is acceptable.

However, that same program can (for instance) trigger a mouse click when you press a key. I don't know how the staff detects cheats, but I think the core idea is that they watch for people doing things they normally couldn't.

Triggering a mouse click with your keyboard (or anything else unusual) might register, so personally I'd stick to only remapping.

[shovelquest]

With my keyboard you can just swap Q/E with L/R Arrow keys with drag and drop:

You can even link that behavior to a specific app!

https://i.imgur.com/7qglHHd.png

If that's cheating then we need to figure out how to remove the log file from this game.

[loramin]

If that's cheating then we need to figure out how to remove the log file from this game.

I quoted the definition of cheating above (ie. the PNP). You can see for yourself that it doesn't ban what you're doing (although it does explicitly say that log file readers are allowed).

I'm just saying that while I don't know how their anti-cheat works, I do know that the core idea is that it detects unusual behavior ... so to be safe I avoid unusual behavior. YMMV.

[shovelquest]

iirc i bound my open spellbook hotkey to be book 1 so it alwaays opened on the same page.

Then I would remember what page spells were on.

So id think, "Boltranz is on page 3"

tap book key, tap tap tap click where the spell would be and mem it almost like before animations would be done playing.

good to know that is rule safe!

I dont play that way anymore but in my prime I was Jesse James.

https://i.imgur.com/mVAomwR.png

[loramin]

I dont play that way anymore but in my prime I was Jesse James.

:) You can do a lot with what the EQ client offers.

To be clear, I'm not trying to say there's anything wrong with such programs: I have tendonitis issues, and while I haven't needed them personally, they could really help others with similar issues.

I just think the devs should crack down if someone (say) does tradeskill combines by macroing the mouse movements and keypresses into a single hotkey ... and I think the anti-cheat does exactly that. But since I don't know where the line is, and I certainly don't want a ban, I stay on the safe side of it.