September Waypoints

New utility and notifier versions await you at eq2interface.com. With DarqUI Utility v3.1.3.8 and DarqUI Notifications v1.3.1.0 I think we've finally got most of the growing pains from the new Origins server nailed down. A list of changes and additions to both apps appears later in this post.

If you are unsure about how to install or upgrade DarqUI, take a look at this video.

Patrons: The first thing you want to do after installing or upgrading your utility is check at the top of the Updates page for the black-and-white Patreon logo. If you don't see it, or if it's all gray, you'll need to enter your premium key again on the About page. This applies to the Notifier app as well. If you need your key re-sent to you, please message me here or DM me in Discord.

Canceled Out

We also had some interesting feature additions during August. Darq Side member mineeme likes to use the more compact alternate Heroic Opportunity layout but noticed it had never gotten a widget to cancel HOs like its circular sibling. There's not a lot of extra room in the alternate HO window, but the new control is working out great. Now you have no reason to panic when you need to back out of an HO.

New Features By Default

Just a few days ago a new tab for Hot Zones was added to the Zone Reuse window, and the Chat window got a spiffy new resizable input line. Both of these are default improvements that come to us courtesy of the game designers, and are available in the associated DarqUI and DarqUI Premium components.

Seeing Things in a Different Lite

DarqUI player dannni pointed out that the free Maintained Spell Monitor was still missing a Stacking icons choice in the "lite" version. The monitor now sports Stacking Tiles and Stacking Icons display choices that match the premium lite monitor.

Help for the Helper

One of the most heavily used components (at least in my game!) is the Quest Helper, and if you use it you may keep the fan site URL buttons active for those times when you need a little extra info about a quest. Activating and deactivating the buttons is done from a small globe icon in the upper right-hand corner of the helper which, until recently, was built into the Daily Objectives header up at the top.

Well, three guesses which section is not present on the Origins server. DarqUI player Tony Cavalier noted in Discord that the globe was AWOL, so it wasn't possible to toggle the URL buttons. We did a little switcharoo and now the globe appears independently from the Daily Objectives section. To get to it on Anashti Sul, either clear all of the quests out of the helper temporarily, or log in to a character that doesn't have any quests shown in the helper and change the setting there. Since the setting is good for all of your characters, you'll only have to do that once.

• DarqUI v3.1.3.8

Quick Setup
     Added Vah Shir race
     Corrected character parse errors in full data grid. View and save your character lists as TXT or CSV

EQ2MAP
     Map downloads now sort Live and Origins POI files into the correct folders
     A new method developed by jnils reduces CDN cacheing mismatches
     Map Repair tool now properly cleans up Origins POI files

Server Type
     Utility now checks and syncs files with your selected server type upon opening
      A checkbox in Settings toggles this behavior on (default) or off
     Manually setting server type in the utility now reports conversion results

Updater
     Automatic file updates no longer continuously loop on errors or when the Stop button is clicked
     Mismatched POI and POI_Origins files are removed in the background upon opening the utility

Guild Roster
     Because Census data is not available for guilds on Anashti Sul, fan sites like EQ2U cannot help guilds maintain their member rosters like they do on live servers. A new logging option (that can be used with any guild on any server) extracts member data from the Guild window as TXT or CSV rosters (OxyContin).

After creating a roster in-game, use the Chat Logs page in the DarqUI utility to display and save it in your preferred format. You can see a more complete write-up about the feature with several screenshots in the August Waypoints newsletter. There is extensive help on the settings dialog (book and quill icon next to the Logging button, see image below).

Heroic Opportunity
     Spells/CAs can now be added to rune groups if you don't see the spell you want to use. This is particularly useful on the Origins server where spells and combat arts use their O.G. names that are not available from Census and therefore not listed by default. Click the pencil icon next to any rune group to edit the list.

     Added several missing components to the UI file list to be included in backup/restore
     Added a warning in several areas of the utility to log out for best results

Profile Editor
     Corrected a bug that prevented autosaving in certain instances
     Fixed a color theme bug in the Hotbars editor

Added widgets for new premium features to these utility configuration pages:
     Bank (keep Character window closed)
     Gear Buff Macros (reminders)
     Group window (subclass display)
     Heroic Opportunity (customize rune group spells, added HO Starter/Cancel controls)
     Mercenary (resummon timer/keep window open)
     Stat Monitor (wide tiles)
     Tradeskills (auto-equip choices for Loadouts or Presets)

• DarqUI Notifications v1.2.1.0

You can now run two separate copies of the notifier concurrently to accommodate twin game installations for Live and Origins server types. Notifiers keep track separately of:
     DarqUI and EQ2MAP update checks
     URL Helper page requests

Server Type Identity (special thanks to Darq Sider Olgie for outstanding testing and feedback)
     Each copy of the notifier is now explicitly associated with Live or Origins server type
     Notifiers can optionally be customized with identifying labels and unique tray and Taskbar icons

You can now copy and paste information from the URL Helper output area (Ixoth)

The notifier will warn when UI, utility and LaunchPad folder paths are mismatched

EQ2MAP file check uses new method developed by jnils to reduce CDN cacheing mismatches