You may notice a bunch of new DarqUI files today but it's mostly converting older scrollbars to the new one for L and XL sizes, a couple of minor cosmetic tweaks, and the pop-up "sign bubble" has new 2K and 4K sizes. The sign board is also aware of your current color theme, so now it's not always pink. If you see anything I missed, you know what to do!
Here's a feature that's been in a side drawer for a while, but working on the in-depth Threat window video was an incentive to go ahead and get it into your UI. Cure Next is a convenience setting that eases the task of self-curing. Since self-cures are a big part of the Threat window (it's officially called the "Threat/Detriment" window) it's a perfect match for Cure Next.
I'm going to try using these GIFs to explain how it works instead of a video. The feature is pret...
2021-02-20 00:00:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Update 2/19/2021: All three components are on the server in all three sizes, so take a look! Now that the utility can manage unmodded files, we can begin to upsize more than just DarqUI components. Fabled and Mythical Darq Siders, be on the lookout for the next poll. We'll need your input!
What, no poll? The last one resulted in a tie, so here are the first two second-place components: Zoning and Tran...
2021-02-19 21:28:39 +0000 UTC View Post
The Extended Player window now has normal, 2K- and 4K-friendly sizes on the updater, but there's a cool change included for all three sizes that will make the auto-seek feature more pleasant to use. Take a look!
2021-02-12 21:24:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Update 2/13/2021: XL Player is on the updater, but Large and Normal sizes also got some attention. Large got the new upsized (better-looking) health and power bars, and all sizes got one other small change: Your level when mentored is now blue (the same blue as Group window when mentored) instead of white. Also, Extended Player can now be resized tall enough that the Seek button does not overlap the yellow threat text, when that option is selected. Also, the numeral overla...
2021-02-11 13:23:08 +0000 UTC View Post
A new utility version is available at eq2interface.com with premium features that target our 2K and 4K members. If you don't have any Large or X-Large UI pieces, you can safely continue using v3.1.2.5. But if you do...
Scrollbars
Scrollbars have presented an interesting challenge since the beginning of the 2K/4K project, because they don't scale up the same way as other elements. Due to their complexity the graphics must be in the UI at full size. This is why your...
2021-02-08 21:35:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Splitters are those thin vertical (and sometimes horizontal) bars that let you resize two panes of a window at once. A good example is in the Quest Journal (see image). You've probably noticed that by default those puppies have been behaving strangely for quite some time. There are four in the Journal and several more in other places.
I've been hoping the game developers would get the internal code for splitters straightened out again, and I'm still optimistic. B...
2021-02-07 14:29:45 +0000 UTC View Post
If you're using the notifier app, you've probably been getting something like the image above lately. The patron-enabled utility has a new ability coming soon that will get the notifier back to green.
In the meantime, there is a new "Extras" line in the list when you check for updates. You can actually download Large or X-Large for that file and it won't affect anything (yet) -- but the notifier will stop annoying you.
Stay tuned! ;)
Update 1/29/2021: Large and XL Character windows have been added to the server along with Inspect Player, yay! Check out the results above, then download one of them and stop squinting! Let me know what you think, especially if you catch anything wonky. (Don't look for right-sized scrollbars yet -- those will be in a separate update that affects the whole UI.)
Poll results are in and it's Character (Persona) and Inspect Player with a decisive majority....
2021-01-29 16:43:27 +0000 UTC View Post
I trust y'all are enjoying the RoS expansion and Cat People v2.0 as much as I am. Although I am noticing a lot of nervous ratongas around town lately.
In addition to making good progress on our 2K/4K pieces, I'll be working on L/XL scrollbars. If you've ever downloaded anything larger than normal size, you've no doubt encountered the scrollbars that haven't grown up yet. As it turns out, scrollbar graphics are a piece of the UI that do...
2021-01-27 12:08:06 +0000 UTC View Post
There's a new utility available at eq2interface.com, and it primarily centers around your suggestions and requests. Please take a minute to download and replace your old utility with it.
Aside from the changes shown at EQ2Interface, here are some neat patron-only improvements that you will see:
Default Custom Window Display
Y'kno...
2021-01-22 21:16:31 +0000 UTC View Post
This one kind of explains itself -- when you open Window Settings you can click the increment (see image) to toggle between 1 and 5. When you choose 5 it puts five-pixel notches in the slidebars, like a snap setting.
I've had this in my game forever and always keep it set to 5. It's saved a lot of fidgeting with transparency values, but then y'all already know I'm obsessive about such things. There was a technical flaw with how the values were displayed so it ne...
2021-01-18 15:11:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Update 1/13/2021: Everything including the XL Tradeskills window is on the server, but while I was working on it I went back and improved some things for all sizes. So you should get the 3.009 Tradeskills update even if you use the Normal size. What changed? Just a little detail like putting the Experimentation stats back on the Experimentation page. Not sure when they went on vacation, but they're back in busine...
2021-01-14 00:19:26 +0000 UTC View Post
When we have a new expansion like Reign of Shadows with new lands to explore, the standard mapping system gets new maps, new points of interest (POI) and links to all the new zones. These files get updated from the Launchpad along with the rest of the expansion for everyone.
If you use EQ2MAP, you of course need to check for updates from the EQ2MAP page of the DarqUI utility or from the EQ2MAP updater app. These custom files include default POIs as well as all of the player-...
2021-01-08 15:30:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Besides the awesome event of Frostfell and the even awesomer day of Christmas, the last week of 2020 brings us one more good thing: the first week of 2021! Don't know about you, but I'll mostly be staying inside and becoming my best Vah Shir self, and maaaybe start a nice fire in the fireplace. It's a great excuse to try out my new Noisy Mechanized Cleaver of the Pines.
Aside from deciding on and building Group 5 of the 2K/4K Project, ...
2020-12-26 18:06:47 +0000 UTC View Post
The new XL Group and Raid windows are on the server -- check 'em out!
2020-12-26 16:29:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Darq Siders, happy holidays and happy expansion! When the RoS expansion is live, you can get two new Patron-only items: an auto-seek button on the Extended Player window and a new bonus XL version of the Experience window! I'll add some nice pics or a new post, but you know how to get the new files.
When you check for updates you'll also see a list of changes made during Beta, and this is a great place to say thank you for being a Darq Side patro...
2020-12-15 15:24:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Update: 2K and 4K Examine and Chat windows are on the updater! Click the pics above to check out all components from Group 3. Don't forget you can choose chat windows with top or bottom tabs.
Some quick notes about Group 3: Bag items are shown above with with appropriately-sized icons, but you control icon size using Bag Options or DarqUI settings. Quantity numbers for item stacks are appropriately larger for L and XL sizes -- these do ...
2020-12-09 14:54:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Update: The Quest Journal now has new Large and X-Large sizes! Click the image above to compare layouts. Download your choice and offer any feedback. Also remember, even if you don't have a 4K system the Large size is a great option. Check it out!
The Quest Helper now has an X-Large version! Click the image above to check it out. This window was a fairly easy lift, relatively speaking. And now it's on to the main Quest Jou...
2020-12-01 14:14:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The first group of X-Large components are on the updater for all patrons! Target, Implied Target and Stat Monitor. Check for updates and choose X from the "Size" column, then download the new size files. Click the image above to check out the goods.
Mythical and Fabled patrons, if you are interested in exchanging ideas that are specific to the 4K project, let me kno...
2020-11-19 04:21:14 +0000 UTC View Post
A top-down approach
Update: Check out this post to find out about the new Never titlebar option!
2020-11-12 16:41:51 +0000 UTC View Post
It looks like we just might make it to our 4K goal, and so I wanted to go ahead and start a discussion.
For our members who are as ready as I am to get started with the 4K project, here's how I'm thinking it should work. Based on past experience, I have a pretty good idea of how much time is needed to build, test and publish different hand-coded sizes of DarqUI (and default) components. I want you to have as much input as possible on which parts of the UI you consider to be ...
2020-11-08 04:09:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a couple of bonus Large and X-Large UI parts that I'll bet you didn't expect: Chat bubbles and conversations! This comes from a... wait for it... conversation with one of our newer members, Ktyak, who has one of those mystical 4K rigs and who is having a devil of a time with how small everything is.
Conversations is the official description for the UI-assisted interactions you have with quest NPCs: what they say to you on the le...
2020-11-06 23:11:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons! There is a new version of the DarqUI Utility on Eq2Interface, and I encourage you to get it. In addition to several nice upgrades for all DarqUI users (see below), there are some extra conveniences regarding Gear Buff Macros just for you. Check out the video for a quick demo. Thanks to Sparek and
Update 3: The standard (full-feature) Maintained Spell Monitor re-write is on the updater, so give it a try and let me know how it goes. Framerate and performance should be virtually indistinguishable between the two versions. When you check for updates, click the gear icon to choose between Lite and Standard.
The Lite version also benefited from the changes. When you set up or edit a monitored spell (both versions), t...
2020-11-06 12:33:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Have ports, will travel
After you've seen the above video, check out this update to the Transport window. There are four new choices on the Favorites tab to enter housing directly from zones that contain clickable housing doors, a Prestige portal, or Guild Hall bell. Housing Shortcuts
2020-10-30 23:19:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Maintained Spell Monitor
If you've noticed in Discord as well as here on the Darq Side, there's been a lot of work and a lot of progress made toward getting the full feature set of the standard Maintained Spell Monitor back into action. A week or so ago I had a brainstorm about how to stop the jitters when using it, and even though the first iteration produced some marginal improvements, it still needed a lot more work. Four of our fellow patrons have st...
2020-10-26 00:53:54 +0000 UTC View Post
This video discusses the Icon Bar and the basics of the related Hotkey Sets feature. For a more advanced way to work with hotkeys, take a look at the Partial Hotkey Sets tutorial.
2020-10-16 00:24:22 +0000 UTC View Post
More colors than you can shake a sword at!
2020-10-04 16:17:02 +0000 UTC View Post