AoD updates...
 

Heya. I am currently playing on the Beta server and, without breaking the NDA, all I want to say is that there are quite a few changes that will need to be implemented.

Is somebody that maintains profitui currently playing on Beta?

Nope. Have not received an invite this time.

Silat

That's a damn shame. ProfitUI and Drums' owners shouldve been on the first batch. If SoE can't build as good a UI as these guys, they should at least let you in early to fix all their garbage. /smh

Yes for Sure I'd secioond that least profit adds a skin colour to what is posible to make the hard to see and EYE ache less a problem somethig that SOE just can not fathom ,,, or does not wish to attempt to try to improve the screen look

I usually get my beta invite a day or two before launch day :rolleyes:

I'm to the point right now if either one of you need access for updating Profit or Drums just PM me.
I will explain more detail as/if needed.
Also, I'm highly surprised you where not already invited just for helping keep UI updated.

New expansion comes out on December 6th. I am curious if the update to the game launcher happening on Nov 30th will break the Profit UI log-in screens. I hope not.

I am disappointed but not very surprised that the UI maintainers did not get invitations. There is a small 'friends and family' pool that gets in on the first day of any beta. It is not easy group to get into, and members are selected largely by a history of a massive and sustained presence on Test server, generation of significant content in a major fan site, or anything else on that scale. Everyone else is supposedly chosen at random from the pool of applicants.

For the record, I am not in the 'friends and family' group although my work this round *might* get me there. We'll see. In the meantime, I am exercising such influence as I do have to get the maintainers of major UI packages some assurance that they will get into future betas, even if not on the first round. The argument is simple: these people provide SOE with value-added content that SOE doesn't have to pay for, so they should be in the betas. I certainly heard from enough people who wanted to know if Profit was being tested.

But AoD launches in a week, so I am winding down my work in this beta. Looks like our real opportunity to update Profit for AoD will happen next Tuesday.

-= Therendil =-

They stated in the webcast that they are letting everyone who applied to beta in by the end of the week. So we will get a little bit to fix/patch our UI's.

Silat

That's good news. I didn't watch the webcast, so I missed that.

The only people that were in closed beta were Fan Faire attendees and close friends/family. The "faux" Beta just started recently, and the "real" Beta will start on the 6th--just like last time. But I'm surprised the faux beta didn't start earlier. Oh wait, no I'm not since this isn't a real expac.

That is not true. I was selected randomly for the beta on one of my accounts. I signed them all up and my least used account was selected. I have never been to Fan Faire or even filled a single petition on that account.

Is there an ETA on the update? Please don't think I'm trying to rush it. I don't get off work for another 8 hrs, and I'm just curious. :D

We have patched files. Just not sure when the boss will have a chance to post a link. I'm running with the patched stuff now.

-= Therendil =-

Can you archive them and upload them somewhere so we can fix our files in the meantime?

I am missing the tabs in the persona window. Also...maybe related...in the housing leaderboards I can't see any categories, but that has been missing since before aod. The only file that is on the ignore list is the threat meter. I don't know what to do to fix it.


EDIT: nvm figured out it is because of this: [DragowulfUI] Enhanced T.King Undead Gothic Skin {ProfitUI Compatible}

They were up on the auto updater before this post was posted.

Silat

ATM it seems we are missing the tabs in persona (small version) to show warders for the beastlord class and to show the Merc info. My little Beastlord can't see his pet's abilities until that is created.


(Edited to reflect that it is only the Small variant of the persona window that has yet to be updated.)

Did you have a warder summoned when you looked? It seems the tab isn't there unless you have an active warder.

-= Therendil =-

If you are using the small variant of the persona window it is not updated for AoD yet as I got into beta late and have been working overnights every day since I did get in. I will get it updated as it is my personal preference but it will take a little while. If you are using the default or large persona window variant you should see the warder tab if you have a warder up. If you use /loadui you will not see the tab until you zone.

Silat

I just checked to make sure I knew what I was talking about. I had the default persona window and verified that the Warders tab was there. Also dismissed the warder to see if the tab stayed or went, and discovered that it stayed.

Also: they either changed the tab order in the default UI or Profit displays it differently. The warder tab was originally at the bottom of the tab list and appeared only when a warder was active. It now appears farther up next to the Mercenaries tab, and seems to be persistent.

Blargh. And I thought automatic transmissions were complicated....

-= Therendil =-

They might have changed it after I added the feature to profit....I remember it workind as you do therendil.

Silat

I'll try to remember to check with the default UI on someone. I would not be surprised if it had changed.

-= Therendil =-

The "Dungeons" Tab in the persona window does display any dungeons. I tried restoring and even replacing the UI file with the Default one, still doesnt display. However.. Loading the Default UI works fine.

Will look into it.

Silat

Edit: Looked into it. I see the dungeon I created in the dungeon tab. If you use loadui make sure you zone first or alot of stuff will not work quite right. If you mean other peoples dungeons you view those through the eq2 button.

If anyone else does not see their own dungeons there let me know.

Time to build my first dungeon on live.,,,

-= Therendil =-

Greetings

since Gu62/AoD the cures & spells in group & and raid window won´t work anymore. run the patcher.. same thing. Never had problems since yesterday.
I´m playing on Valor with "EU-German" Version. May it have something to do with the fact that i don´t have the AoD Adventure Pack ? The Standard UI works fine, but thats no choice for me, it´s uncomfortable.

greetings

I might have broke something when I was updating for beastlords in AoD. Will check it out.

Silat

Just re-installed the entire UI folder, not sure what caused it to bug out, but the problem is gone now, and Dungeons are displaying correctly.

My question..
 

I have not purchased AoD. I ran Profit updater, but I am unsure if I should do the updates since I do not have AoD installed. If I update the UI without having the "expansion", will it cause problems for me? I played the game yesterday and everything worked fine except for being unable to view equipped items in the dressing room window. If the item was anywhere but equipped (in my bags, in the bank, on the broker, etc) I could view it.

I'm just not sure if I should update Profit at this time or leave things as they are for now. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Tylia
90 Fury
Test of Time
Butcherblock

Wish I could figure out what is causing these random bugs. Let me know if you find anything new.

Silat

If you mean view the item via Ctrl- clicking it SoE broke that feature for the default as well so /bug it in game.

Installing the files without AoD should not cause any issues.

Silat

Thanks for your help and I'll /bug the problem.


Tylia

I am having the same issue as well, also playing at Valor and I have AoD...

The xp bar for my Beastlord's Warders seems to be stuck at half full. I've heard others having this same problem. You can still level them up, but the xp bar always looks the same.

I've seen the bug myself. Just can't figure out why it occurs. The profit code for the warders is cut & pasted from the default ui.

Silat

Question that may or may not be related....Is the large variant still available?

My current only options are small variant and default, and where large should be it says "do not select, this variant does not exist anymore"

I had been using the large variant until a couple days before expansion. I decided to play around with variant options and try the small one, but when I tried to go back to large, I was no longer able to select it. I'd love to have it back even if I need to download a standalone file and put persona on the ignore list for the auto-updater.

Also, I am assuming that is my problem. The window I prefer is the one that looked more like the original default, where there was a single panel with tabs to to switch between views. I cannot stomach the current one I have with default selected- the three panel monstrosity.

With the increase in options I was unable to add enough tabs while retaining legibility and ease of access to the old style persona. That is why it has the tabs down the side now. The three window version change is because of the merc stats being shown. I can condense everything down but it loses alot of the user friendliness that caused people to like profit in the first place. It also loses ease of access because you have to go to multiple sublevels to actually get to what you want. When I get more free time I will probably mock up something and see what people think about it. I also still need to update the small variant for AoD and since that is my prefered window it will get priority over the other non bug fixes.

The Large and the default are the same for the moment because I merged alot of the ideas between the two. If and when I get the mock up done then that might change.

Silat

Seems to be working fine on the US servers...so I'm guessing SoE changed something to do with the localization. I'll see if I can figure out more.

Silat

Glad to hear about the small variant. That's the preferred format on my 1200x800 laptop screen. Is the default window bigger now? It now overlaps backpacks that used to be right at the bottom edge.

-= Therendil =-