Q: Why was the snowman looking through the carrots?
A: He was picking his nose!
No doubt December at Darq Side HQ will be dedicated in part to the Renewal of Ro expansion that's due to be launched on November 30! We've got our eyes on several odds and ends over on the Beta s...
2022-11-28 03:48:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Coming up with clever post titles is a risky business. I realize it's not quite Frostfell season, but I think it's getting too late in the year for a HO-down, isn't it? Either way, I wanted to show you a new component that's just been published. It's an alternate layout for the DarqUI HO (Heroic Opportunity) window.
Heroic Opportunities have gotten some attention from the developers (and us) d...
2022-11-20 22:26:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Player characters come in all shapes and sizes, and so do players' tastes when it comes to displaying critical values in combat. As demonstrated by all the custom display choices in Player, Threat, Target windows and others, some players like graphical progress bars, some prefer percentages and raw values, and yet other players prefer all of the above.
The Enemy List offers a valuable mix of combat data and utility that deserves a share of screen real estate for many pl...
2022-11-11 18:28:45 +0000 UTC View Post
In a recent thread on the official forums, a bug involving the commission system was discussed. Because it involves coin, and potentially large sums, I wanted to highlight it here for you.
This appears to be a similar issue to the one that plagued the maximum health display in the Player window 2022-11-05 18:58:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Nov 3 Update: The 4K (XL) size Window Manager is finally available. It's had lots of testing but if you see anything that's not right, you know where to find me!
Well, we finally did it. The Window Manager is far and away the most complex and highly-customized component in DarqUI, and after swearing for years that we'd never have anything but the Normal size version I couldn't resist the urge to give the Large size a try.
This was by far...
2022-11-03 17:08:11 +0000 UTC View Post
I wanted the scariest possible Halloween costume this year, so I'm dressing up as a cell phone with 2% battery charge.
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As the weather starts turning crisp it's a great excuse to come inside and play some EverQuest II: level up alts, finish quest lines, see all the zones, and get everything else done before the Renewal of Ro expansion gets published in December!
Ot...
2022-10-30 21:17:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a new option for keeping track of threat levels in combat. If you're just not into the Extended Player window (which has its own threat bars) but you want to keep track of threat levels, now you can add a threat bar to Target and Implied Target windows.
As you can see in the screenshot above, the new widget fits neatly between health and power bars so you can keep an eye on all three critical enemy stats without any extra windows.
Thanks to Darq Side member Naviaz 2022-10-27 01:35:14 +0000 UTC View Post
It's getting close to expansion time again in Norrath! If you have pre-ordered Renewal of Ro then you're ready to jump into Beta and kick the tires. So far there aren't any default UI changes, but of course we'll be on top of everything t...
2022-10-04 20:57:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Life and Death
Here's an unlikely mix for the newest group of L and XL components. The Death window along with Deity and Altar windows. Since we are approaching the holiday season, I had planned in the back of my mind to tie this group to Nights of the Dead versus Frostfell celebrations. You know... death versus life, demons versus deities, etc. Okay, not the perfect analogy. Cut me some slack! ;)
Either way, ...
2022-10-04 13:32:26 +0000 UTC View Post
The first step in winning is the willingness to try.
― Frank Sonnenberg
Here at DarqUI Headquarters we are always quick to point out that our members are part of the project, and it's true! We are fortunate to have an imaginative community of players with lots of creative ideas for improving the UI. Literally dozens of new features have been incorporated into the premium util...
2022-09-30 14:47:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Part 3: A "Guilded" Age
The new Varsoon TLE server is still going strong, and along with its higher population guilds are also being created at a rapid clip. Guild Creation and Heraldry Customization (images #2 and #3 above) are now available in L and XL sizes to accompany the Guild and 2022-09-28 16:10:34 +0000 UTC View Post
The Verdict Is In
If you play a fighter, scout or mage, especially when running solo zones, it's almost a guarantee that you'll have an Inquisitor mercenary in your bag of tricks.
In the more advanced zones where even trash encounters can get a little dicey if I'm not careful, my usual setup has the Inquisitor on Follow and Protect, but I'll set the Assist dropdown to "None." This is to make sure she pay...
2022-09-26 02:48:05 +0000 UTC View Post
A new version of the DarqUI Unified Utility is available at eq2interface.com.
If you are unsure about how to install or upgrade DarqUI, look here.
Utility v3.1.3.3 is a maintenance update which enables the new Character Favorites feature for patrons. Bug fixes and improvements are li...
2022-09-19 17:39:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a feature that makes logging in and switching characters a breeze, especially if you have a long list of alts. Check out the video above to find out about Character Favorites. You will need utility version 3.1.3.3 or greater to take advantage of the new feature. Thanks to Darq Side member Naviaz for the idea, along with Rosyposy, chief and
Here's a small bonus mod that fits into the category of ESBNTH (Entirely Superfluous But Nice to Have).
The Overseer system has been around for less than three years, but it has so far introduced what appear to be about 150 various agents that we can acquire and send out into the world of Norrath. You've probably noticed...
2022-09-04 17:43:47 +0000 UTC View Post
A Voice in the Darq (UI)
Here's the latest 2K/4K installment containing six components surrounding the in-game voice system: Voice Options, the Voice Bar and Voice Bar Volume popup, VoiceTutorial, Local Channel Prompt and the main Voice Users window.
All of the components and their support files are in the Extras package, so they'll be a snap to 2022-09-03 21:24:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Time flies when you're multitasking.
-- Bert McCoy
Well, that went by fast. August I mean. I hope you had a chance to do all of your August-y things in addition to lots of time in-game. For me, I got enough beach sun to make me glow in the dark, and I'm now even more hopelessly addicted t...
2022-08-31 23:18:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are some cool updates and fixes that we've been working on for you during August. As promised in the August newsletter, these are all coming to you at once instead of in dribbles throughout the month. I'm willing to bet there's something here that you'll find useful or handy.
Healthimus Maximus
This mainly affects the fighter classes right now, but with the way sta...
2022-08-22 03:58:33 +0000 UTC View Post
All the Options
This entire group is already on the server and ready to download in L and XL sizes -- no installments this time! As promised, it's mostly a collection of smaller Options and Settings windows, with a couple of similar configuration-oriented windows tossed in. But just because they're small doesn't mean they are not important. I'll bet you use at least one of them every time you play.
I was planning to write that I think we've got all of the Option-type windows cover...
2022-08-02 22:17:34 +0000 UTC View Post
A little bit of summer is what the whole year is all about.
There's been so much going on with the game and with DarqUI lately, including the mostly peaceful 64-bit platform upgrade and a new DarqUI 2022-07-31 17:19:07 +0000 UTC View Post
In the realm of essential gameplay add-ons, ACT (Advanced Combat Tracker) ranks high. The DarqUI Browser sports an option called ACT Mode which, when activated, converts the in-game browser into a simple parse viewer that displays combat data generated by ACT.
Once you have ACT Mode set up in DarqUI, using it day-to-day is easy. But there's a couple of roadblocks getting to that point that I want to show you here....
2022-07-28 14:27:53 +0000 UTC View Post
A new version of the DarqUI Unified Utility is available at eq2interface.com.
If you are unsure about how to install or upgrade DarqUI, look here.
Utility v3.1.3.2 is a 64-bit application and it targets Microsoft.NET 4.8. It's almost certain that you will already have v4.8 on your PC...
2022-07-27 21:22:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Part 2
We have three more QoL improvements for premium members today. The first one corrects a long-standing annoyance that some players have experienced with the... well, with the Experience window. If you have characters with XP bars that have refused to resize correctly in the past (see image), try today's update and I think you'll have a better... experience.
<... 2022-07-24 17:13:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Extra Extra!
Want to know how to get access to the Extras package? It's all here... read on!
Part 2
This finishes the Housing and Dungeons group with Dungeon Maker (DM) Create, DM Toolbox, DM Flavor Text Editor, Browse Ratings, Publish DM/House and Purchase House. Check out everything in the screenshots a...
2022-07-14 02:59:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Even though Broker sales got smacked with the nerf bat recently, there's still plenty of inflation and ever-increasing bank balances to go along with it. Back when the Banking Sidebar was designed, a million plat seemed like a generous upper-end for moving funds around. These days, not so much.
The premium Bank window has been improved with controls to move quantities up to 100 million per click using the same interface. (Click the pic above to check it...
2022-07-07 19:03:25 +0000 UTC View Post
We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.
― Alan Turing, Computing Machinery and Intelligence
On June 28, EverQuest II officially becomes a 2022-06-28 04:07:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's another small but nice update. In Discord recently, Myxx had asked if there was a way to inspect a player for modern stats like Resolve. Unfortunately there's no way to do that at this point. We're stuck with the stats you see in the image above. Hello 2009.
We all know EQ2U can display up-to-date player stats in the browser as long as the player allows others to see their character in...
2022-06-24 03:47:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Not every DarqUI improvement is a splashy, life-changing feature (although we do love to get those every now and then!) Here's a collection of small adjustments, corrections, fixes -- and a couple of new things.
Text fonts in two places on the new Edit Macro window (L and XL only) were not exactly the ones we wanted. Now they are.
When you create a new character, or when you reset your UI back to the default layout, Maintained (at default icon siz...
2022-06-22 21:58:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Hotkey Sets are a good thing; Partial Hotkey Sets are the cherry on top.
2022-06-17 20:19:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Part 3
Since the new Varsoon TLE server has clearly been a big hit with players, it made sense to look around the UI for any components specific to time-locked and special ruleset servers that might benefit from upsizing. Interestingly there is one -- on the Kael Drakkel Lore and Legend server.
If you look on the Achievements tab in the Quest Journal you can access a Story Mode Leaderboard that tracks achievements server-wide. It's a pretty neat s...
2022-06-13 00:52:15 +0000 UTC View Post