Multiple install locations for EQ?

[Dark Team]

I'm trying to make a fresh install of EQ while keeping my current install intact, so that I can use 1-8 to cast spells on my casting characters and use those buttons as hotkeys for my pure melees. When I mount the disk image though, it asks me if I want to modify/repair the current install, or uninstall it.

How do I install another EQ? :/

[Lyra]

Originally Posted by Dark Team [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm trying to make a fresh install of EQ while keeping my current install intact, so that I can use 1-8 to cast spells on my casting characters and use those buttons as hotkeys for my pure melees. When I mount the disk image though, it asks me if I want to modify/repair the current install, or uninstall it.

How do I install another EQ? :/

Copy your current EQ files to another folder (Make a new one, name it whatever). Remember to change your EQEmulaunch options to point to the new folder.

Then run your modify repair.

[gotrocks]

This seems like such an unnecessary step to do what you're doing - why not just use multiple hotbars within one eq client? 0_o

[Dark Team]

Now that I want to play my rogue, I've decided to try this again.

Originally Posted by gotrocks [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This seems like such an unnecessary step to do what you're doing - why not just use multiple hotbars within one eq client? 0_o

I don't really understand what you're saying here. When you start the game from a fresh install, the 1-0 keys work with the hotbars in EQ But Because I am primarily a cleric, I changed the 1-8 buttons to cast the corresponding 1-8 spells. Now when I play my rogue, I can only use the 9 and 0 buttons because 1-8 cast spells.

The only fix beyond multiple installs, so far as I under, is to manually chance the options in the ALt-O meny, which is annoying to do every thing time :S

[Thulack]

Originally Posted by Dark Team [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Now that I want to play my rogue, I've decided to try this again.



I don't really understand what you're saying here. When you start the game from a fresh install, the 1-0 keys work with the hotbars in EQ But Because I am primarily a cleric, I changed the 1-8 buttons to cast the corresponding 1-8 spells. Now when I play my rogue, I can only use the 9 and 0 buttons because 1-8 cast spells.

The only fix beyond multiple installs, so far as I under, is to manually chance the options in the ALt-O meny, which is annoying to do every thing time :S

How about putting your spells as the hotkeys on 1 page of the cleric. i mean unless you switch hotkey commands then for your actual hotkey keys which would make no sense.

[Dark Team]

Originally Posted by Thulack [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

How about putting your spells as the hotkeys on 1 page of the cleric. i mean unless you switch hotkey commands then for your actual hotkey keys which would make no sense.

But then I couldn't use those hotkeys on my caster classes. I bind the 1-8 hotkar buttons to the numpad numbers

[gotrocks]

you could always just bind 1-8 to where they normally are (the hotbar) then drag your spell icons to the hotbar (this is what i do... after you've memorized a spell you simply click on it and hold, then drag it to the hotbar... voila... you have a spell on your hotbar and can cast it with 1-8). Then, have more than one hotbar, either by using the second hotbar (there should be two...) or by using one hotbar and clicking the up or down arrows to load the other hotbars (there are actually 9 hotbars inside each hotbar, and each one uses the same keys. so switching to hotbar 1, set 3, will stil use 1-8 as shortcuts. In addition to this, the standard hotkey for changing hotbar is simply shift + hotbar#, ie, shift+3 to load hotbar 3... this make it really easy to, say, cast your first spell by hitting hte "1" key, then hitting shift+2 to load your second hotbar, and hitting "1" to turn on autoattack. Its really, really easy to setup, and you can have different hotbar setups for each class without messing with the others)

if you did this, you wouldn't need to do a seperate EQ install.. it just seems really, really silly to me to do this, as everything you need to do what you're describing is easily accessed within EQ on one client.

But, if you're insistent on doing things the weird/hard way, lyra already answered your question above.

[gotrocks]

Did my explanation of hotbars make sense? everything you need and are trying to do is righ there within the client, just make your 1-8 keys bound to the hotbar and drag your spells onto the hotbar. much simpler.