EQInterface Forums - Target Indicator not showing

11-05-2003, 09:06 PM

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Cairenn

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Okay, straight from SOE's Tech Help forum, this thread posted by Roger Sewell:

Quote:

Question: Why doesn't the Target Indicator Work?

Answer: TargetIndicator.ini and TargetIndicator.tga were downloaded via the patcher and they are in the EverQuest\uifiles\default folder. If you are running any kind of Custom UI Skin, neither one of those 2 files will get loaded, and you won't see the 3D Target Indicator in game. TargetIndicator.tga is not referenced in EQUI_Animation.xml, which means it is not "really" part of the UI, but part of the game itself (Yes this may be somewhat confusing for someone that doesn't modify UI's regularly). This is typically only a problem because at some point, you've run a Custom UI and one of the 2 files listed below, is reflecting that and causing a problem.

Here's what's happening:

There is a line in your EQClient.ini file that reads:

quote:
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UISkin=default (It reads "default" if you aren't running a Custom Skin)

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Whatever this reads, is what is loaded before the "Character Selection" screen when the blue bar is loading EverQuest with the picture of Firiona Vie.
There are some lines in your UI_<CharacterName>_<ServerName>.ini that read:

quote:
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(Main)
UISkin=default (It reads "default" if you aren't running a Custom Skin)
GlobalFadeDelay=500
ContextMenus=1 (1 = TRUE)
UseTellWindows=1 (1 = TRUE)

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Whatever this reads, is what is loaded after the Character Selection Screen, but before you enter the game. Your values (as quoted above) may be different depending on what you have setup in the game. So, basically it works like this.
When you get to the Character Selection Screen, it is reading the UISkin=default from the EQClient.ini file. When you log into the game, you are reading the UISkin=default from the UI_<CharacterName>_<ServerName>.ini file.

So unless these are set correctly, the 3D Indicator Window will not work.

Also, I've pointed him (Roger) to this thread directly as being the main thread on our board, in the hopes that it'll help them track down any other reasons that may be preventing it from working for folks.