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I'm sure this won't help everyone, and may not solve your problem, but I have two computer terminals at my desk and I use one (my game machine) to log onto EQ and the other (a secondary machine) to go over the LAN and edit my XML files. Apparently EQ only needs the files when you initially load the skin, because you can make changes to them all you want and save them, then go back to the game machine and "/loadskin skinname" again to see the changes.

Haven't tried it but maybe it's possible to use EQWindow and have a wordpad window open, switching between them when you need to. Depends on the specs of the machine and may involve turning off some models and/or sound in EQ while you're editing.

Sounds like you're looking for a custom program to display windows that doesn't require entering the game, and I don't know of one yet. Would probably involve reproducing most of the eq code, I'm guessing, so it could be a while.

Just my 2cp!

07-26-2002, 07:12 PM	#2
Qalamar A Fire Beetle Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 2	I'm sure this won't help everyone, and may not solve your problem, but I have two computer terminals at my desk and I use one (my game machine) to log onto EQ and the other (a secondary machine) to go over the LAN and edit my XML files. Apparently EQ only needs the files when you initially load the skin, because you can make changes to them all you want and save them, then go back to the game machine and "/loadskin skinname" again to see the changes. Haven't tried it but maybe it's possible to use EQWindow and have a wordpad window open, switching between them when you need to. Depends on the specs of the machine and may involve turning off some models and/or sound in EQ while you're editing. Sounds like you're looking for a custom program to display windows that doesn't require entering the game, and I don't know of one yet. Would probably involve reproducing most of the eq code, I'm guessing, so it could be a while. Just my 2cp!