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Окно выбора персонажа
Прежде, чем вы войдете в игровой мир, вы можете:
- Выбрать альтернативную внешность вашего персонажа (если вы еще это не сделали).
- Откройте раздел Настроек EQ2 и попробуйте разные варианты.
- Посмотрите вводный ролик к EQ2 или послушайте об истории этого мира.
- Создайте другого персонажа (На одном аккаунте у вас может быть до 7 персонажей).
Нажмите кнопку 'Играть' и войдите в игровой мир.
Игровое окно EQ2
Игровое окно EQ2 можно подвергнуть любым переделкам, но и в стандартном варианте оно вполне играбельно. Давайте посмотрим на базовые элементы стандартных настроек окна:
| # |
Name |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Кнопка игрового меню EQII | Дает доступ к различным возможностям и окнам игры |
| 2 | Панель горячих клавиш | Вытащите ваши заклинания и способности на эту панельку, а потом просто кликайте мышкой по иконкам. |
| 3 | Полоска опыта | Показывает, сколько опыта вам надо до следующего уровня (и сколько уже есть). |
| 4 | Компас | Показывает, в каком направлении повернута у вас камера (и куда смотрит ваш персонаж). |
| 5 | Часы | Показывает внутриигровое время и цикл день/ночь |
| 6 | Окно чата | Показывает события, связанные с игрой, а также разговоры с другими персонажами |
| 7 | Овалы чата | Слова НПС и игроков показываются в овалах чата над их головами. |
| 8 | Действующие эффекты | Все эффекты от заклинаний, которые в настоящий момент влияют на ваш персонаж. |
| 9 | Группа | Показывает игроков, с которыми вы в группе в настоящий момент, а также кнопка "ЛФГ" (Ищу группу). |
| 10 | Ваши характеристики | Показывает количество здоровья и энергии у вашего персонажа, слоты концентрации и состояние (в бою вы или нет). |
| 11 | Окно цели | Показывает тот предмет/монстра/игрока/НПС, который находится у вас в цели в настоящий момент, а также их отношение к вам. |
| 12 | Опосредованое окно цели | Показывает вам "цель вашей цели". |
| 13 | Поддерживаемые эффекты | Показывает эффекты от заклинаний, наложенных на персонажа. |
| 14 | Подсказки по заданиям | Показывает, на каком шаге задания (нужно выбрать в Журнале заданий) вы сейчас находитесь. |
На скриншоте не показано новое Окно Карты, которое было переделано в 2008 году. Маленькая мини-карта была добавлена в интерфейс в стандартных настройках. Большое листаемое окно карты можно открыть, нажав букву M или выбрав раздел "Карта" в меню EQ2.
Оконный режим или на весь экран
Вы можете переключить EQ2 в оконный режим или обратно на полный экран в любой момент, нажав клавиши Alt+Enter или Alt+Escape. В оконном режиме размер игрового окна EQ2 можно менять, как вам нравится. Элементы пользовательского интерфейса автоматически подстроятся под новые размеры и сохранят свое положение относительно углов окна. Если вы свернете окно EQ2, то игра перестанет занимать графические ресурсы вашего компьютера и вы сможете использовать его для других целей.
The EQII Menu
Bring up the EQII Menu by clicking the square EQII button, or by pressing the Escape key when nothing is targeted. The following table gives a brief explanation of each menu item, and shows the keyboard shortcuts for each item. A few menu items are omitted because they aren't relevant to this beginner's guide.
| Menu Item |
Shortcut |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Achievements | L | Opens your Character Development and Achievements screen. |
| Claim Rewards | /claim | Brings up a list of promotional items that you can claim. |
| Community | Y | Opens your Friends and Ignore lists. |
| Guild | U | Displays the guild window if you are a member of a guild, or the guild recruitment window otherwise. |
| Inventory | I | Opens your inventory screen. |
| Looking for Group | /lfg | Opens up the LFG window where you can search or look for a group. |
| Map | M | Displays a map of your current location, if one is available. |
| Options | Alt+O | Opens a window listing all options for adjusting the game settings, such as graphics, sound, and key mappings. |
| Persona | P | Opens your persona screen. Tabs in here include your Stats, Skills, Details, Factions and Options. |
| Quest Journal | J | Opens your Quest Journal where all your quests are tracked. |
| Recipes | N | Opens the tradeskill window listing recipes your character knows. |
| Socials | O | Displays a list of social actions and custom macros. |
| Waypoints | Alt+W | Displays a list of locations or group members in your area. Select one to see a light trail that will lead you to the target. |
| Help | /help | Opens the help window where you can find quick answers to your questions in-game and Access Customer Service. |
| Camp (Logout) | /camp | Use this when you want to exit EverQuest II. Camping takes 20 seconds to complete. |
Credit: EQ2 Knowledge Base
A Tour of the Options Window
There are so many settings to customize in EQ2, all found in the Options Window. But right now, let's focus on something that immediately impacts your first play session: the Performance Options.
You can access the Options Window from the Character Select screen, in-game via the EQII menu, or by pressing Alt+O. Usually the Performance Options are the first thing shown when you open this window, but if not, you'll find it by clicking "Display" on the left-hand side of the Options Window.
Choosing a Performance Profile
EQ2 was built for the future: nearly 4 years after launch, its graphics detail still stands up to the latest games. However, your computer may not be up to the task. For this reason, you should become familiar with the Performance Profiles in the Options Window.
EQ2 defaults to the "Balanced" performance profile. This is suitable for an average computer with an average graphics processor, but this might not be the most appropriate profile for your computer.
- If you have an older computer, or a laptop or a low-end graphics processor, you'll get a significant boost from choosing "High Performance" or "Very High Performance".
- If you have a dedicated graphics processor, and the "Balanced" profile is running smoothly, then try "High Quality" or an even higher profile.
If you are running a computer with minimal RAM (e.g. 512 megs), then you can also improve how EQ2 runs by choosing a "High Performance" profile. These profiles use much less memory than the "Higher Quality" profiles.
- Tip: use #The Performance Meter to see how the different performance profiles affect your computer.
Choosing Character Models
The alternate character models were described in the Appearance section. If you want to try the alternate character models, select them here in the Options Window. Click "Models" on the left-hand side of the Options Window, then enable the alternate models. The changes take effect immediately. Now close the window and see how your character looks!
The Chat Window
- Main Articles: Chat Channels, Chat Commands
The Chat Window is located in the bottom left portion of your screen by default. It fades out when no text has been received recently, but you can make it visible by pointing your mouse cursor at it. The Chat Window is a place where you can type text to other players, and where you can type commands that don't have buttons in the user interface.
- EQ2 has a long list of Chat Commands. Almost every button in the User Interface has an equivalent Chat Command that you can use instead, if you prefer to type everything.
- Chat Channels are places to communicate with other players, each channel having it's own set of restrictions on who can hear you. Chat Channels are grouped in several different ways, and some are more restrictive than others. You can join and leave channels using Chat Commands, or by use of the Chat Options right-click menu.
Chat Options
Chat windows have additional options that govern the information written in each chat window. Right-click the Chat Window and choose "Chat Options". We won't go into every detail here, but here's an overview of how flexible the EQ2 chat system is:
- You can increase (or decrease) the font size in each of the chat windows.
- You can create more chat windows, and send specific types of text to each window. The chat filters are very fine-grained.
- You can combine chat windows, so that they become separate tabs within the same window. Just drag one chat window on top of another, and they will merge together.
If you want to change the text colors used in the chat window, then you do this through the Options Window (Alt+O) in the User Interface section.
Voice Chat
- Main Article: Voice Chat
Everquest II added a built-in Voice Chat feature on July 31, 2008. If you have a microphone on your PC, then you can talk to other players in the game. Even if you don't have a mic, you can still listen in on what others are saying.
- There is a section in the Options Window with settings for Voice Chat. Start here to enable Voice Chat and add the voice chat toolbar on your screen.
- Right-click the voice chat toolbar to access your Voice Options. Here you can join voice channels, set your volume, and mute other people.
- Voice Chat is currently Push-To-Talk. A "hands free" mode may be added at a later date.
Customizing The Game Windows
Most of the game windows can be resized, and all of them can be moved to different locations on the screen. To do so, you'll have to unlock the windows first.
Window Settings
Once you've found a game window, you can customize its appearance by right-clicking it and choosing "Window Options". In here, you can control the following settings:
- Whether the window is locked or not. An unlocked window can be freely resized and moved around the screen. A locked window cannot be moved or resized. EQ2 starts off with all windows locked.
- Whether the window allows click-through or not. Click-through means that you can select objects in the game world even if they are behind this window. This setting might prevent you from interacting with the window itself, so experiment with this setting before you stick with it.
- The type of window decoration. Virtually all of your game windows can have title bars if you wish. This drop-down menu lets you remove the title bars and other window decorations if you prefer to be minimalist.
- The opacity of the window. There are separate settings for when the mouse is pointed at the window, vs. when the mouse is pointed elsewhere. There are also separate opacity settings for the background and the foreground information in the window.
Hotkey Bar Settings
Hotkey bars have additional options. Right-click a hotkey bar (not on any of its hotkey icons) and choose "Hotkey Bar Settings". Here you can adjust the following:
- Change the size of the hotkey icons. Make them as big or small as you like. (This can be helpful on a large screen!)
- Allow draggable icons. This allows you to reorganize your spell and ability icons, until they are just the way you like them, and then freeze them in place.
Where Did My Window Go?
If you're having trouble finding certain windows on your game screen, just press F10. This will make all of the on-screen windows opaque, so you can see exactly where they are.
- Press F10 repeatedly to cycle through normal view, opaque windows, and no windows.
If you still can't find a window, then you have some helpful tools in the Options Window, User Interface section. You can bring all of your game windows back onto the game screen, in case you moved a window completely off-screen somehow. If you're really unhappy with your screen layout and want to go back to defaults, you can also restore all windows to default locations.
The Performance Meter
EQ2 includes a built-in performance meter, or "lag meter" as many players like to call it. Press F11 to see information about your network and graphics performance. You can click the little arrow button to open or close a live bar graph. The numbers shown are as follows:
- Ping: this is the number of milliseconds that it takes for information to travel from your computer to the Everquest 2 servers and back. This is the latency that you'll see when you perform any action in EQ2. It's affected by your internet provider, and your geographic distance from the Everquest 2 servers in California.
- Bytes per second: this is the amount of information that your computer is sending to the Everquest 2 servers (and vice versa). This number will be insignificant compared to the capacity of your internet connection, unless perhaps you're on a dial-up connection.
- Frames per second: this is the smoothness of the graphics on your computer screen. This is a direct measurement of your computer's graphics performance. This number varies depending on what is visible in your field of view. When you choose different Performance Profiles in the Options Window, you'll see your FPS number change drastically.
- Packet loss: this is the number of packets that are being transmitted by your computer but not received by the Everquest 2 servers. Normally this should be zero, or close to it. The game will suffer greatly if information packets are being misplaced. Packet loss is usually caused by issues with your internet provider.
The Web Browser
You can open a web browser within EQ2 by typing "/browser". The window that opens up is based on Mozilla Firefox, and is a fully-functional web browser, supporting Java and Flash. You can't save bookmarks in EQ2's web browser, but you can set the home page in your Alt+O Options window. (We suggest setting it to http://eq2.wikia.com!) If you prefer your regular web browser, just switch out of EQ2 using Alt+Escape and access your usual program through the Windows Start Menu.
External Links
- EQ2Interface - Download custom User Interfaces for EQ2
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