So... How classic do you want it?

[Wurl]

Originally Posted by Mblake81 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Which one is the default skin?

With a newish install of P99, \Everquest\uifiles\ has "default", "default_old", and "velious". Here's a quick random shot: https://i.imgur.com/UkBm6OW.png

[Vizax_Xaziv]

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

Can we still use the default skin instead of that skin on Green? I really dislike the weird transparent border around the spellbook on the "velious" skin. I keep hearing that we'll be locked into the "velious UI", but I don't know if that's the same thing as the skin.

I reckon probably not. The UI Skin in that screenshot is called the "Velious UI."

[Vizax_Xaziv]

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

This is what it's going to look like for people running 1920x1080: https://i.imgur.com/WXj5uOf.png

Just pointing this out for people who are still saying a book on the screen is the end of the world. That's how it's going to look on Green.

(Sorry, ignore my Compass and Short Duration window and other stuff, I was on an admin account >_>)

Please make the blackout-screen an option, if that's an easy implementation! Surely all the "blind-blook" advocates here will CHOOSE to play w/ the blackout enabled to increase their immersion!

Right? Rrrrrriiiiiiiigggggghhhhhhttttttt

[Jibartik]

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

Please make the blackout-screen an option, if that's an easy implementation! Surely all the "blind-blook" advocates here will CHOOSE to play w/ the blackout enabled to increase their immersion!

Right? Rrrrrriiiiiiiigggggghhhhhhttttttt

I chose to play with regular gamma and a torch, so why not! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[oqrelord]

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

Please make the blackout-screen an option, if that's an easy implementation! Surely all the "blind-blook" advocates here will CHOOSE to play w/ the blackout enabled to increase their immersion!

Right? Rrrrrriiiiiiiigggggghhhhhhttttttt

That would acually be kinda neat, if there was a permanent blindbook option at start, and you get a special title to denote your character is blindbook tied.

It would let others know they have to watch out for you during groups, and it incentivises people to play classic.

[loramin]

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

That would acually be kinda neat, if there was a permanent blindbook option at start, and you get a special title to denote your character is blindbook tied.

It would let others know they have to watch out for you during groups, and it incentivises people to play classic.

This guy gets it. The point of playing EQ on hard mode isn't to impose arbitrary restrictions on yourself and then try to play the harder game by yourself. If you want to do that, go speed run through Final Fantasy or something.

The point of playing in a classic multi-player world is that everyone is facing the same constraints, and when you overcome them (whether those constraints are night blindness, book blindness, or just the fact that you have to kill a whole hell of a lot more mobs to get a level than you do in WoW), you feel a greater sense of accomplishment.

I'm not in love with the idea of Green being split in to "real classic" players and "wannabe" ones, but at least that's better than telling everyone to turn their monitor down if they want night blindness (or any other "just do it on your own computer if you want it classic" response).

[Kraznor]

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

I'm not in love with the idea of Green being split in to "real classic" players and "wannabe" ones, but at least that's better than telling everyone to turn their monitor down if they want night blindness (or any other "just do it on your own computer if you want it classic" response).

Do you think it helps anything to label people you disagree with and insult them?

[mrloki]

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

This is what it's going to look like for people running 1920x1080: https://i.imgur.com/WXj5uOf.png

Just pointing this out for people who are still saying a book on the screen is the end of the world. That's how it's going to look on Green.

(Sorry, ignore my Compass and Short Duration window and other stuff, I was on an admin account >_>)

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[Wenai]

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

This is what it's going to look like for people running 1920x1080: https://i.imgur.com/WXj5uOf.png

Just pointing this out for people who are still saying a book on the screen is the end of the world. That's how it's going to look on Green.

(Sorry, ignore my Compass and Short Duration window and other stuff, I was on an admin account >_>)

I haven't done any UI customization, but I may look at the Velious UI files to see how easy it is to restore the "white-ish" buttons of the old UI like here. I am assuming it should be easy?

[Mblake81]

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

I haven't done any UI customization, but I may look at the Velious UI files to see how easy it is to restore the "white-ish" buttons of the old UI like here. I am assuming it should be easy?

Here it is