rt3

This add on makes EQ2 Map worth using, trying to find anything in the sea of dots without this is futile at best.

I like the color changes in this latest build however i can no longer make it wide? I can heighten and lengthen the window but cannot widen it; the cursor never switches to horizontal mode?

Any ideas?

EDIT:
OK. I read other posts about this. In the last version 151 i could resize horizontally and i did see more text, i also had it running on two separate PC's, and neither was locked horizontally and both saw extra text which was very useful in locating poi.

I can edit xml, what do i need to change to unlock this horizontal limitation?

jnils

You can open "eq2ui_custom_poifinder.xml" and at MaximumSize="300,16384" change 300 to a bigger value.
But as TreeMos version cap the buttons there is no point doing so.

rt3

Thanks! But i think I'm going to leave well enough alone. It was just a little jarring at first to have it nice and wide like the screenshots then down to a thin little strip of text.

Great mod though, couldn't use EQ2 map without it.

Thanks for your efforts!

jnils

It should be wide as the screenshot above.

rt3

Nope, that was why i was posting. Looks like it happens to others as well. How so you unlock the horizontal?

rt3

OK. Fixed!!!

I had it with being locked horizontally. I think different resolutions, wide screen monitors possibly all play a part in the issue.

If anyone wants to unlock the horizontal, download XML Notepad 2007, it's free from Microsoft:

Open your "eq2ui_custom_poifinder.xml" with XML Notepad 2007 and on the left simply right click on the "MAXimumsize" and select to delete, save the file and voila you can size the window to suit your resolution or widescreen.

Ahhhhh, now i can find things fast again.

TreeMos

Since I can't claim to have a fantastic reason for keeping the width locked I may make it unlockable with my next update. Since the text was always the same max length I saw no reason to make it wider. But then I didn't realize that running at different resolutions might make a difference with how it looks.

rt3

Unlocking it would be helpful to allot of people.

I keep hearing the text is fixed length but trust me i see much longer strings of text on different maps, for example Timorous Deep is all short and that fixed width is fine, however in Fens of Nathsar i can widen the screen way out and the text just keeps on displaying, which is EXTREMELY helpful due to the way people input tips into POI.

Unlock yours and go to different areas and you will see what i mean.

jnils

This is wery strage, as the buttons are limited to 250 in length, this should not be possible even if the button text was longer.
The Tooltip has no limits in length and should diplay the complete discription.

rt3

There could be some confusion as to what you are talking about and what i'm referring too. Possibly different resolutions, 4:3 compared to wide screen make the horizontal hard set width not good for some.


Basically my situation was very similar to this.

Hard set i would see.
"The boy ran up th"

when unlocked i would see
"The boy ran up the hill and fetched a pale of water."

If i was looking for "pale", i was better off methodically going through all the dots on the map. This addon became very limited in its usefulness.

TreeMos

Rt3: If you could, please tell me what resolution you play the game in, and if in a full screen or windowed mode. Also if possible, take a screenshot or 2 of how things looked before you changed the xml and post a link to it here.

rt3

1680x1050 full screen.

rt3

I keep forgetting to take screen's but essentially these are just as good to demonstrate.

This is how it was except the text was fine and not doubled up like here:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3.../poifinder.jpg

After unlocking the horizontal it was like this.
http://www.eq2interface.com/downloads/full5749.jpg

Mareid

does it, and am I just missing something, or do I need to do something special

shadowforge

Mine is doing the same thing. I do believe that this feature was replaced with the search feature in the new EQ2MAPS. Not really sure though...