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In case folks missed it, EqPlayers has posted that the update scheduled for today has been changed to Thursday.
Does anyone know what all these recent updates are all about.
Last week there was a 14 hour patch, but no patch message and seemingly nothing in-game changed????
Last week there was a 14 hour patch, but no patch message and seemingly nothing in-game changed????
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IIRC I read on the O fourms that the patch involves a UI change for folk who use windowed mode. Rumor say it only will effect users in windowed mode.
Guess I will spend Thru night fixing my full screen UI is past history stays true....
Guess I will spend Thru night fixing my full screen UI is past history stays true....
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Does anyone know what all these recent updates are all about.
Last week there was a 14 hour patch, but no patch message and seemingly nothing in-game changed????
Last week there was a 14 hour patch, but no patch message and seemingly nothing in-game changed????
I believe that was for all SOE services and was not a patch for EQ:
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On this last Tuesday, Sony Online Entertainment brought all of its games and services down for approximately 14 hours. While we did everything we could to make people aware of the pending downtime as early as possible, some SOE gamers have expressed confusion about what exactly we did that day.
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Here is the most recent update message, but no information is provided as to what the update involves:
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On Thursday, October 4, 2007 at 4:00 am PDT (5:00 am MDT, 6:00 am CDT, 7:00 am EDT - 7.00 GMT), all EQ Live servers will be coming down for a Game Update. The estimated downtime is 7 hours.
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After a quick search of the forums, I found the purpose of the 10-4 update from EQ Coder Sklug:
http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?topic_id=120218
http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?topic_id=120218
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The first time you login each character after the patch, the client will attempt to automatically convert your windowed mode layout to the new format. This process should work for most people, but below I describe what is going on internally in case anyone experiences problems. If the auto-conversion fails, you can certainly still use the new copy layout window or /copylayout command to install the layout you want.
If your first login with a character after the patch is in full-screen mode, no conversion is done, and upon switching to windowed mode you will automatically get your full-screen window layout copied to your windowed mode layout.
If your first login with a character after the patch is in windowed mode, then the code will attempt to automatically convert your windowed mode layout. The main thing the auto-conversion code needs to do it determine what resolution to convert the layout from.
For each character that has logged in since the 9/05/07 patch, the code will convert using your current desktop resolution as the source of the conversion. This could fail if you have changed your desktop resolution since last logging in the character.
For each character that has not logged in since before the 9/05/07 patch, the code will attempt to convert using the current windowed mode resolution set in the eqclient.ini file. This could fail if you have changed your windowed mode resolution since last logging in the character. If this conversion succeeds, the resolution is noted, and it used for any future conversions of characters that have not logged in since the 9/05/07 patch, so you need not worry about changing your windowed mode resolution after that.
In the case that auto-conversion fails, the default layout is loaded (not necessarily the default skin), and the following message is sent to the chat window:
"Your original windowed mode resolution for this character could not be determined so you have received the default window layout. You may use the copy layout window to copy a layout from your original windowed mode resolution or from another character's layout. If you are using the default skin, the copy layout window will appear automatically. If you are using a custom UI, the copy layout window may be unavailable. Type "/copylayout help" for more information."
I just wanted to give as much info as possible as there will be some people that encounter these conditions.
For those of you wanting to get a leg up on the new XML changes I suggest logging into the test server and doing your diffs there. All the fixes and latest XML are already there. Let me know if you have any trouble, and I can post the diffs somewhere.
If your first login with a character after the patch is in full-screen mode, no conversion is done, and upon switching to windowed mode you will automatically get your full-screen window layout copied to your windowed mode layout.
If your first login with a character after the patch is in windowed mode, then the code will attempt to automatically convert your windowed mode layout. The main thing the auto-conversion code needs to do it determine what resolution to convert the layout from.
For each character that has logged in since the 9/05/07 patch, the code will convert using your current desktop resolution as the source of the conversion. This could fail if you have changed your desktop resolution since last logging in the character.
For each character that has not logged in since before the 9/05/07 patch, the code will attempt to convert using the current windowed mode resolution set in the eqclient.ini file. This could fail if you have changed your windowed mode resolution since last logging in the character. If this conversion succeeds, the resolution is noted, and it used for any future conversions of characters that have not logged in since the 9/05/07 patch, so you need not worry about changing your windowed mode resolution after that.
In the case that auto-conversion fails, the default layout is loaded (not necessarily the default skin), and the following message is sent to the chat window:
"Your original windowed mode resolution for this character could not be determined so you have received the default window layout. You may use the copy layout window to copy a layout from your original windowed mode resolution or from another character's layout. If you are using the default skin, the copy layout window will appear automatically. If you are using a custom UI, the copy layout window may be unavailable. Type "/copylayout help" for more information."
I just wanted to give as much info as possible as there will be some people that encounter these conditions.
For those of you wanting to get a leg up on the new XML changes I suggest logging into the test server and doing your diffs there. All the fixes and latest XML are already there. Let me know if you have any trouble, and I can post the diffs somewhere.
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