not sure if this is anything except me being stupid - but I've been having trouble with my EQUI_mainhud file lately... on close inspection I noticed this bit of code from eq2map appended to the very beginning of the file
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EM_Quest.visible=false ismodule=true...blah blah
removing this bit of code fixed my problems completely... not sure how it got there, and could very well have been me screwing with things/cutting & pasting etc... , but on the offchance its on your end I thought I'd mention it.
bah typos