Have you checked out prices on the broker lately? Zoinks! I've never seen so many 100M+ items. Setting prices one million plat at a time just doesn't cut it anymore. It's enough to wear out your mouse and your patience.
On the Patron server now is an update to the pricing window that adds an order of magnitude to Large Plat Values. So 100M takes only 10 clicks instead of 100. Still annoying, but much more doable. And less-stratospheric prices for th...
2021-05-28 17:12:07 +0000 UTC
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Some modest improvements were made to all sizes of Pet and Mercenary windows while they were being upsized, and I wanted to make sure you don't miss them.
On the Mercenary settings page in the Window Manager you can now choose whether to open the Merc window with the smaller footprint -- without the three behavior dropdowns. The first thing I always do when I summon a merc is click the Minimize button to hide those dropdowns, and ...
2021-05-27 14:07:21 +0000 UTC
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Testing... 1... 2... 3...
When May rolled around I was a little bit concerned that UI improvements were going to be slim, but as usual our amazing community of creative gamers have come up with a slew of ideas that are a) possible b) useful and c) keep me very busy with the ones and zeroes. So May ended up putting more on my plate than I could get to. Grab a cool beverage and let me show you where we're at:
Dressing Room
Last month I ment...
2021-05-25 17:57:50 +0000 UTC
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At risk of a bad case of creeping featuritis, I present one more improvement to the Harvesting Helper: the Auto-Calibrate speed setting. You can check the box in the window manager to try it out. The idea is pretty simple: it watches your harvesting cast times and dynamically adjusts the speed setting to an optimum value. There's also a new help file
2021-05-18 13:52:12 +0000 UTC
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Darq Side members have some new choices for the Harvesting Helper which now has its own page in the Window Manager. If you have a character that really likes to harvest, you can configure the helper to be open and ready to run when that character logs in.
As you know, the helper suspends whenever you get into combat and by default waits for you to click the Start button to continue harvesting. But a new setting suggested by Aidbringer will resume ...
2021-05-16 13:32:39 +0000 UTC
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Here's a nifty new improvement to the Stat Monitor, suggested by one of our friends on Discord. Overcapping a stat, like Fervor for example, is an important combat mechanic so it makes sense that the Stat Monitor should give you some feedback on that. A new indicator lets you know when a stat is overcapped by changing to the default blue overcap color and also adding a color bar to the stat's tile.
The overcap indicator is in addition to any boolean set...
2021-05-06 14:16:54 +0000 UTC
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Update 5/4/2021: Group 12 is done! The window group with a secret bonus wasn't chosen this time, but there is an extra item anyway: Guild Bank Settings seemed like a reasonable addition along with the Guild Bank window itself (check out the pic above). The settings window is in the Extras package which has a new version number.
No new features were added to the Guild Bank, so its version n...
2021-04-29 18:26:16 +0000 UTC
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E for Excellence
Einstein and Emerson were both big fans of Experimentation, so we're in good company here at the Darq Side where experiments are happening all the time. We're fortunate to have creative folks making an abundance of le...
2021-04-27 15:25:51 +0000 UTC
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There was a request to add the new Flurry Multiplier stat to the Bottom Bar, which I did, but it also seemed like a good opportunity to offer a couple of options to our ProfitUI CE members. Both of these are alternates, so you have to opt-in with the updater in order to get them. Your UI won't be disrupted if you're not interested.
Bottom Bar
A larger bottom bar (see image above) is available as an alternate. No changes to how it works, just a sl...
2021-04-23 19:17:40 +0000 UTC
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At least ours is shorter than for EQ.
2021-04-20 13:43:01 +0000 UTC
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Here's the second installment of the Patron exclusive cross-load settings feature. This time it's for Gear Buff Macros. Not sure what cross-loading is? Check out this video for all the deets!
2021-04-17 21:22:18 +0000 UTC
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April 17 Update: Everything's done -- check out the pics!
Additional info: The normal-size Clock got some attention, as a couple of the fonts were causing a situation with the numbers. Also the XL Compass got another tweak to improve alignment of parts.
April 16 Update: The Compass window has been upsized in L and XL (see pic), but all three sizes have gotten some improvements. Look for a later post that tells you about it!
2021-04-17 19:27:06 +0000 UTC
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This seems to happen a lot: I'll be working on one thing and it leads to working on something else, which leads to... well, you get the idea. The Compass window has been in the process of getting upsized recently, but a couple of days ago there was a request in Discord from Stigian to add a directional tracking arrow for waypoints. Which of course would involve the compass.
The green EQ1-style waypoint nav assist actually started out (...
2021-04-16 18:08:11 +0000 UTC
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Hello, Darq Siders! We have a new version of the utility over at eq2interface.com with some nice improvements that I think you're going to like.
Install/Reinstall
As you know, your premium access extends to all computers in your household so you might decide to install EQII/DarqUI on the family ...
2021-04-12 13:39:17 +0000 UTC
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First, here's a Large/X-Large item that I think you're going to like. This was so easy and so useful that it should have been among the very first pieces enlarged. We can already resize complex tooltips (Spells, Items, Recipes, etc.) in Options. But the plain old everyday text tooltips were getting left out. And they're all over the UI. Random fact: there are 2,662 plain old tooltips in the DarqUI distribution.
I've been working with the larger t...
2021-04-03 15:19:16 +0000 UTC
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It looks like the hotbar data is back in the game, meaning the cooldown timers, both default and custom, will work the way they did before.
2021-04-01 14:41:33 +0000 UTC
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There was a question about the "Buy Houses" tab in the Housing and Leaderboards window. The description in the center can seem oddly out of scale no matter which size window you've chosen. But it's not a scaling error. It looks this way because the middle part is actually a tooltip! That's right, the designer of the Housing window decided to grab the tooltip frame and nail it up in the window instead of creating new widgets from scratch. Pretty resourceful if you ask me.
But that ...
2021-03-30 22:25:36 +0000 UTC
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The data needed to display custom cooldown timers on hotbars was removed by the game developers, so we'll be using the default version when the servers come back up. (It also looks like the G15 keyboard gizmo was removed -- I played with that for grins when it was first added, but some would consider it more of a distraction.)
On the plus side we can use a search string to display shiny collections which will benefit those of us with many hundreds of them. And on the Start menu we have ...
2021-03-30 15:52:37 +0000 UTC
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Update 3/26/2021 Everything's done, and as promised there are not one but two bonus items: the Hireling and Mannequin windows (see images). All of the components in this group are in the Extras category.
Reminder: to get the Extras package, check for updates, scroll down and find Extras. Choose either L or X from the Size column, then click...
2021-03-26 13:12:42 +0000 UTC
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If it ain't broke...
...it doesn't have enough features yet.
I'm pretty sure this is attributable to Scott Adams, and ironically it's one of our guiding principles here at the Darq Side. Even though the patron-enabled UI and utility have improved by leaps and bounds since we started the pro...
2021-03-25 16:01:27 +0000 UTC
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There was a(nother) request to get newer stats like Fervor into the Broker search filters, so I messed around some more and managed to get it in there (see image). It's working fine, and you'll notice I also moved Resolve and Flurry Multi up into the list where they belong alphabetically. They were out of place down at the bottom, and since the Special filter choices are loosely alphabetized it seems like a better idea to get ever...
2021-03-21 22:06:42 +0000 UTC
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If you're hanging out on the Beta server at all lately, you'll have the option to use DarqUI which offers a couple of updates specific to Beta. It's pretty simple to do -- you make a second copy of your utility in the Beta folder. Check out the DarqUI Page at eq2interface for all the deets. (Don't forget to put your premium key into the Beta copy!)
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2021-03-20 19:54:00 +0000 UTC
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Here's a subtle improvement that you might like. A post over on eq2interface.com got me to thinking about the Stat Monitor, and I realized there's a UI variation that should have been offered all along: transparent tile backgrounds (see image).
Transparent replaces Black (#000000) as the first option for the base tile color. Get rid of the frame and background in Window Settings to complete the minimalist look. &nbs...
2021-03-19 14:06:33 +0000 UTC
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Here's a new Darq Side feature that I bet you'll find useful: Cross-Load Settings. Check it out!
(This video will become a TOTD at some point.)
2021-03-14 14:03:05 +0000 UTC
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Here's an interesting QOL improvement for Darq Side members: a new search filter for Ethereal, Mythical and Celestial items on the broker. There's very little we can customize on the various filter dropdowns, but more than one member has suggested this change and it appears to be working well. There doesn't seem to be a way to break it down any further, so basically everything above Fabled goes into that tier.
Try it out! It's version 3.021 on the updater.
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2021-03-11 14:18:48 +0000 UTC
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Update 3/10/2021: All four components have been scaled up to L and X sizes, so check 'em out! If you're not seeing where to get the new files, here's how: Check for updates, then scroll down to the Extras line. Click the D (Default) and choose either L or X size. Then click the Update button.
This will downloa...
2021-03-10 22:45:05 +0000 UTC
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This was just added today, so check for updates and take a look!
(This video will become a TOTD at some point.)
2021-03-09 15:43:40 +0000 UTC
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Includes bonus historical recollections and opinions ;)
2021-03-07 03:30:52 +0000 UTC
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If you use the Forest color theme and you're getting a big white rectangle where the scrollbars should be, you're not alone. It looks like only Forest was affected for L and XL sizes.
First check for updates with the utility and make sure you have all of your Theme_Forest files downloaded. Then on the Themes page choose any other theme (1), then while you're still on that page choose Forest again as your theme (2). This should get you fixed up:
2021-03-04 16:04:37 +0000 UTC
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Well, the Deep South felt like the Arctic tundra for a while there, but hopefully that's all behind us for now. As long as it doesn't interrupt my internet connection, I'm happy to stay inside investigating all the dark corners of our new virtual lunar landscape.
You almost saw the next in-depth tutorial earlier in the week, but some very good suggestions were made in Discord and in email from our members who love to get me sidetracked. Loading up the code and making even sm...
2021-02-28 00:06:32 +0000 UTC
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