"Rogean: [Dec2001] Velious UI will be enforced prior to this Era."
Looks pretty official to me.
EDIT: The genuine Velious client does indeed work on widescreen and HD resolutions. The user has to input them manually in the .ini file, but having done that, it works fine. This has been confirmed using the 2001 Trilogy discs. The Velious client also permitted moving elements around, even if most players at the time didn't realize it and hence didn't do it. There are some nonclassic things about P99's Velious-style UI, mostly due to Titanium client limitations. The actions/socials window is a little off; it should have buttons instead of tabs. Bags/loot window/merchants/etc used background textures from the old "stone" UI. Our client doesn't seem to allow a UI to use such differing textures. Login, server select, character select screens were vastly different. Opening the spellbook should auto-revert to the old "stone" UI as the Velious UI did not have separate elements for the spellbook.
I don't particularly care for the Velious UI either--I especially dislike the translucent chat windows since they're hard on middle-aged eyes--but P99's interpretation of it is about as close as the client seemingly allows. That phrase, "As close as the client allows," could just about be a motto for P1999 more generally.
Danth
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