Darqwood

This should not be considered a solution, but open the XP bar file in Notepad (eq2ui_mainhud_experience.xml) and near the top change the line to read

<Data Name="1" Tag="BarWidth" Value="798" />

Would be curious to know what your results are with this change. I ran through several characters with every combination I could think of and my XP bar never chose the wrong width. But I know this is a recurring issue because there was another user a while back who had the same thing happening. If I can duplicate the problem I can fix it.

Another experiment: Run through your characters as you did above but use true fullscreen mode. I'd also be curious to know if this changes anything.


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Rylec

I use your fullscreen-windowed mode using the Unified Utility tool to expand the screen - great addition btw.

Concerning the xp bar it is very 'erradic'. This is my testing today:

1. character: XP bar size correct (798)
2. character: xp bar resized to 440. I used the Experience window in game to set size to 800 and saved.
3. character: 440. Saved it to 800 in game.
Back to 2. character: 800 (yay!)
Back to 3. character: 440 (bah). Saved to 800.
Back to 1. character: 798
Back to 2. character: 800
Back to 3. character: 800
4. character: 798
Back to 1. character: 798
Back to 2. character: 440
Back to 3. character: 440

So sometimes it seems to stick, but not always. Very odd.

For your info whenever it resizes back to 440 (I assume its 440 as its shrunk to about half the space that was used for the 800 size xp bar) the experience window always shows the saved value (798 or 800).

Darqwood

When you camp to the second character and the bar returns to the default width (440), open the window manager without adjusting anything and see what the value is next to the width slidebar. If it's 440, try using the slidebar to resize to around 798 and save the setting from within the window manager instead of using edit mode on the bar itself.

If the value is 798, move the slidebar around a bit to raise the Save button, then save it at 798 from the window manager. Does the bar now behave correctly when you switch between these two characters? Also, do you usually run in fullscreen, windowed, or fullscreen-windowed mode?


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Rylec

I am having a small issue with the Experience bar. I have it at the bottom of the screen (not floating).

I have resized the length of the XP bar from the default size (I believe it is 400) to 798. I did this in game for the first character, but later I used the Unified Utility to export the setting to all other characters.

It always works great on first login, but often whenever I camp (in game) to another character the XP bar resizes to the default (400). When I open the Experience window in game it shows 798, but when I click on the part in the window where you can resize the XP bar it snaps (in the window) immediately to show 400.

Seldom it doesn't resize when I camp to another character so it is a bit random (but most times it resizes upon camping to the second character after entering the game - the first character of a session is always correct). But when it first has automatically resized to the default lenght (400) it stays at this lenght whenever I camp to another charater, including the character I loaded first, that initially had the correct lenght on the xp bar (798).

Darqwood

I tried some things and the game kept crashing, but it turns out there was a problem on Daybreak's end causing it to crash. They say it's fixed now, so try the audible countdown file shown at the top of this page. I think it will do what you requested.


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Mermut

Thanks for the info. I"ll post that bug over on the EQ2 forums and see if I can get them to fix the issue on their side.

Darqwood

I think the problem is coming from the new feature where you can reorder group members. I tried duplicating your issue, and sure enough when I tried to cure after reordering the group it would fail every time. When I put the group members back in the original order, curing worked again. This was with the default UI. Any mechanical issue like this that's happening with the default group window is also going to happen with DarqUI. I have zero control over fixing it.


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Mermut

Click to Cure has been erratic since CD came out.
I'll click the det in the group window, and I'll see it depress, but the cure isn't actually used.
It's not always, but once it busts, it seems to stay busted. Cure Curse seems to break more often than the others.

Darqwood

If you are only using the loginscene window to log in to the game initially, you won't have a problem. The old window only breaks after the multi-account camp list is used to switch characters.

The EQ2MAP issue may be with Windows Firewall since it's only happening on one of your computers. Also try going to the Updates page of the utility on that machine and change to the alternate download method using the blue link at the bottom. Downloads for EQ2MAP follow that setting.


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Suziekew

Well, I guess I really do have a problem with the map updating but just on one rig. When I try to update I get "Could not load map manifest. Exiting map check.Failure to parse manifest, syncing..." I did the repair but that didn't work. I'm not sure how to fix this.

Suziekew

I sometimes use the launchpad, however I have had some trouble logging in. I find my best workaround for that is to use the .exe file directly so I often just go ahead and log in that way. I'm using both the loginscene and the camp window with no issues. The loginscene is only used the very first time I log in, then it's the other one after that. I'm having a map issue I will post separately in a second, once I make sure it isn't my own fault.

Darqwood

The launchpad is far superior for logging into the game with a specific account and character. Are you not using that? The old loginscene mod was designed to simplify switching after you had already logged in. That's been replaced with the new camp window. I can give you the old file again, but using the new camp window breaks it. So you'll have to choose which one you want to use.

darqui_loginscene.zip


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Suziekew

I think I know what you're referring to. I never use the launcher, so I have kept the old file (eq2ui_loginscene.xml) so I could use the drop down from the .exe. That's what was deleted. Can you find it in your recycle bin? If not, maybe Darq has an old copy around he can give you so you can set it back up? Hope that helps you.

Darqwood

The only way I know to populate the list of accounts in the launcher (LaunchPad) is to add them manually. If you click the first link at the top you should get some choices to log in, create an account, etc. The deleted DarqUI file was replaced by a new Camp window and was not related to the launcher.


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Firefae

Accounts info is still in the file. just the option to change no longer appears.