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Problem - Issue with Disappearing Text (EQ Drawing Limitation)

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Hi Guys and Gals,
I have an issue with my text disappearing from a lot of my windows when running MQ2. It is not on all 6 of my toons but effects 3 or 4 on almost every session. What happens is the find window text will disappear, Vendor item list will disappear, main chat window text will disappear. Things like the name and price of item you have selected to buy from a vendor will display. So if you click through the invisible list it will tell you "that will be 25 plat for the spiderling eye". I do use a player window UI but I have tried every combination of using default and restarting. The only thing that fixes it, is to close MQ2, which is pure torture...lol. I am hoping someone has had this issue and can offer a solution. My PhD. in Google has failed me on this one.
 
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drakinoakleaf said:
why does everything go blank when i open the map and try to click on other things like load a spell gem with the right click option on the gem window chat goes blank, this was happening before the patch today but now its hitting all windows. i dont know if this is happening for anyone else but its kind annoying to have to close the map to look at other windows when using the map to naviget places
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This is a pretty frequent WTF for new MQ users.

this is an eq display limitation - you are displaying more things than eq can display. this isn't a root MQ problem, just the enhancements that MQ gives (almost always mq2map) can cause it to manifest.

so if you turned off names, for example, you'd likely fall below that "amount of stuff...
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phenomZ said:
i was playing early this morning and i updated the redguides launcher.
loaded up eq and went to get a path for a zone i havent been too.
The Zone Guide for Maps Isnt working
the zones dont show up
cannot enter text for search
nothing is appearing in the pop up Text wise

i believe this is a error due to the latest update,
thaanks
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Did you try closing your map? Knid sounds like the bug where EQ can only display a certain amount of text on your screen.
 
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I am new to EQ and real new to MQ. I have noticed that sometimes I can't read my chat text or my aa skills.
When I go to loot things, I don't see the toon names to give to.
Sometimes after I alt tab again it fixes it or I have to relog.
Anyone know a fix for this?? Thanks! USing mqbard mqeskay and mqshaman plugins
 
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are you using a regular eq advloot window ? are you using some sort of loot sorter Lua like lootly or lootlier etc?

and why are you alt tabbing? can you just click on the running instance you need on the toolbar? if your playing fullscreen id highly suggest going windowed for this.
 
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519helvis said:
are you using a regular eq advloot window ? are you using some sort of loot sorter Lua like lootly or lootlier etc?

and why are you alt tabbing? can you just click on the running instance you need on the toolbar? if your playing fullscreen id highly suggest going windowed for this.
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I am in windowed mode. The only plugins I am using are the class specific ones. no avd loot that I am aware of
 
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519helvis said:
are you using a regular eq advloot window ? are you using some sort of loot sorter Lua like lootly or lootlier etc?

and why are you alt tabbing? can you just click on the running instance you need on the toolbar? if your playing fullscreen id highly suggest going windowed for this.
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on the plugin manager ig it does say Lua is checked. no idea what that is lol
 
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ChronicTwitch87 said:
I can go to plugin manager and click mq2maps checked or unchecked. Do you mean uncheck it?
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Durango is saying go to the plugin page for mq2map:
www.redguides.com

Utility - Map (core plugin)

This plugin provides additional functionality to the in game map. /mapfilter help|option [show|hide] [color R# G# B#] /mapfilter help - will show all current settings. /Mapfilter show or /mapfilter hide Pro-tip: Syntax Description...
www.redguides.com www.redguides.com

there are instructions and a helpful video there to turn off (filter off) some things showing on the map, as currently you have too much stuff showing, and EQ has a limit of text, you likely are in a zone like Level 110 Overthere, where there is normally SOOOOO much mobs and things listed it starts not showing other text areas on your screen. Filter off some, or simply minimize your map and only open it when needed.
 
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Hey All,

Trying to figure out why occasionally all my 30 toons suddenly can't see anything in the /advloot window. If i manually click on the corpse, it shows as normal.
Only thing I really change day to day is /mapfilter options for different chars.. but can't see the combo (or relation) to this.. and can't see an /advloot option that would hide them all.

Any help appreciated ;)
 
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xam said:
Hey All,

Trying to figure out why occasionally all my 30 toons suddenly can't see anything in the /advloot window. If i manually click on the corpse, it shows as normal.
Only thing I really change day to day is /mapfilter options for different chars.. but can't see the combo (or relation) to this.. and can't see an /advloot option that would hide them all.

Any help appreciated ;)
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EQ has a limit to the amount of "stuff" it can display. If you have labels turned on for your map with a bunch of filters, this will happen
 
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Thanks - that would certainly explain it.. because occassionally it also does not render the AA list correctly, same behaviour I guess.

I'm struggling to 'reset' it to work again now tho, even if I disable all with /mapfilter all (and its not showing anything on the map)..

What else should I check to ensure its not overloading?

Also - is this a per toon (native EQ) thing, or is it a combined MQ2 buffer/threshold thing (so the more toons I have loaded, the worse it gets?) - Love to know more to help isolate..

Thanks for your help!
 
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xam said:
Thanks - that would certainly explain it.. because occassionally it also does not render the AA list correctly, same behaviour I guess.

I'm struggling to 'reset' it to work again now tho, even if I disable all with /mapfilter all (and its not showing anything on the map)..

What else should I check to ensure its not overloading?

Also - is this a per toon (native EQ) thing, or is it a combined MQ2 buffer/threshold thing (so the more toons I have loaded, the worse it gets?) - Love to know more to help isolate..

Thanks for your help!
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It is an eq thing. With certain uis it can happen displaying too many "things" at once
 
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well, its got me stuffed - I've unloaded mq2map, even removed all my hotbars, its bare bones.. and still rendering any loot even after a /reload UI or fresh logon. Dunno ;)
Going w/o loot is kind of a bummer lol (yes, I could manually check those 30 corpse.. but.. )
 
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Undefeated said:
I think its definitely when you have the map open. Happens to me as well.
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it is pretty well established in this thread -

let's recap:

- eq has a limit to the amount of "stuff" it can display
- mq makes this easy to reach that limit with labels on map with mq2map
- you can do this WITHOUT mq with certain UIs
- - especially if you have a bank mod that shows all of your bank slots
- - - open all your bags + all your bank slots, and press ALT so you can see all the labels on your items
- - - if you have enough bag slots and items to display, you'll see a bunch of "blanks"

ways to lower this from occuring:
- use a UI that has "tabs" for your bank bag slots
- turn off labels on your map
- lower the amount of "stuff" that is being displayed in eq, like lowering the amount of visible things at once
 
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I hear what you are all saying.. BUT.. I still can't get them back on. I have literally closed every single window (and unloaded mq2map entirely). I only have a single chat window, the group window, and the DB/EQ button on the screen. nothing else.. still does not display anything. There's gotta be something else going on here. And to confirm, if I manually check corpse, there's loot in there, just not in the /advloot window. I don't have any bank stuff (literally an empty bank, never used it).
 
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xam said:
I hear what you are all saying.. BUT.. I still can't get them back on. I have literally closed every single window (and unloaded mq2map entirely). I only have a single chat window, the group window, and the DB/EQ button on the screen. nothing else.. still does not display anything. There's gotta be something else going on here. And to confirm, if I manually check corpse, there's loot in there, just not in the /advloot window. I don't have any bank stuff (literally an empty bank, never used it).
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For giggles n grins check this:
/advloot > Loot Settings > Use Advanced Looting

Make sure that the Use Advanced Looting toggle is on.
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Wondering if others have this issue.. GuildLobby:(text) other zones (text) POK (notext) reload does nothing.. go back to lobby.. have text, back to pok.. no text.. Log out log back in no text in pok.. all other characters have text in pok.. just this one seems to lose it in that zone.. any ideas? fix?

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close your map window, this is a known eq issue. with all the text on the map from custom map files like brewalls and whate mq also puts in, eq cant display more text on the screen, so some other windows and areas suffer
 
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