EQ Zone Viewer?

Runnen · 08-06-2006, 07:25 AM

I quit EQ some time ago back when Omens of War was released and in the mean time about 4 or 5 expansions have come out, each adding half a dozen new zones, monster models and its fair share of revamps to old zones. So I've been meaning to explore all that but obviously that'd be tough since I'm lacking about 500 flags, keys and other various nice ways to get into places, let alone survive in them. Does anyone know if there is an EQ equivalent to WoW MapViewer that could allow you to travel freely in EQ zones? Even better, does anyone know if there is such a program that ALSO spawns the NPCs so you can see the mob positionning, models, and all that? That'd be great, thanks in advance!

Szlia · 08-06-2006, 08:49 AM

Spawn locations are server side so you cannot have mobs in a offline viewer (unless someone spent the time to put them there by hand).

Belefuu · 08-06-2006, 10:51 AM

There used to be something like this I messed around with wayyyyyy back in the day. Think it was actually called something like EQZoneViewer. As for mobs, yeah, out of luck there I think.

WarderX · 08-06-2006, 12:37 PM

Yeah there was a zone viewer that, if I remember correctly, was the EQ tutorial but it was 'hacked' so you could use it with any zone.

1st result on google, http://sourceforge.net/projects/eqmaps , looks underdeveloped though

Dynalisia · 08-06-2006, 12:56 PM

If emulators that can run on your own machine are still around, you could consider using one of those.

Zuuljin · 08-06-2006, 03:42 PM

You simply got the hex code to the tutorial, and somewhere in there was the name of the map. You just replaced it with whatever map you wanted to load and youd be there. I dont know if the old tutorial is still there, but if it is, just do that.

Soygen · 08-06-2006, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Zuuljin

You simply got the hex code to the tutorial, and somewhere in there was the name of the map. You just replaced it with whatever map you wanted to load and youd be there. I dont know if the old tutorial is still there, but if it is, just do that.

That shit was buggy as hell, though, because it would still start you at the tutorial coordinates, which were often under the world/stuck in objects/etc on the other maps.

HalberdBlue · 08-06-2006, 05:30 PM

There is a program out there called EQZoneViewer. Last I checked the mirrors to download it were down, though I think I have it on one of my hard drives. So if the website is still down and you really want it you can send me a PM. It can only view zones up through GoD, after that Sony adopted a different format for zones and it hasn't been updated to view those.

Basically you can load up the zone and fly around in "ghost form" (so you can go through walls and float in the air and stuff). You can also turn on collision but since it doesn't actually use EQ's code its a little buggy (you can't fall, for instance, unless its a short fall like stairs.

The version I'm talking about isn't the one that used the old Tutorial program.

Soygen · 08-06-2006, 05:55 PM

Yeah, I used to have that one, but I couldn't find it recently.

Brutul Tarew Marr · 08-07-2006, 08:11 AM

Don't think it works anymore. If it does though I would like to get my hands on a copy.

fucker · 08-07-2006, 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Runnen

I quit EQ some time ago back when Omens of War was released and in the mean time about 4 or 5 expansions have come out, each adding half a dozen new zones, monster models and its fair share of revamps to old zones. So I've been meaning to explore all that but obviously that'd be tough since I'm lacking about 500 flags, keys and other various nice ways to get into places, let alone survive in them.

the total number of zones that require a key/flag are 4, in the 3 expansions after OoW

the zones are:

Dreadspire and Demi-Plane of Blood, in DoDH expansion

Theater of Blood and Deathkeel, in Prophecy of Ro

if you willing to explore, nothing stops you.

Soygen · 08-07-2006, 10:43 AM

That would also require he buys those expansions. I'm guessing he is just curious about what they look like, but not curious enough to spend money on the them?

fucker · 08-07-2006, 11:04 AM

well, from his post i had understood he was able to play the game, but lacked all the flags to explore it

have i misunderstood?

Soygen · 08-07-2006, 11:14 AM

I dunno. I read it as "I've been gone since OOW and want to see the new stuff". But yeah, if he owns the expansions, there isn't much you can't go explore. Especially if you have a FD class.

Brutul Tarew Marr · 08-07-2006, 01:29 PM

It's nice for getting screenshots to make up pretty circle and arrow diagrams for writing up strats.

08-06-2006, 07:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
Runnen CEO of MillieDolls Ltd. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: France Posts: 2,163	EQ Zone Viewer? I quit EQ some time ago back when Omens of War was released and in the mean time about 4 or 5 expansions have come out, each adding half a dozen new zones, monster models and its fair share of revamps to old zones. So I've been meaning to explore all that but obviously that'd be tough since I'm lacking about 500 flags, keys and other various nice ways to get into places, let alone survive in them. Does anyone know if there is an EQ equivalent to WoW MapViewer that could allow you to travel freely in EQ zones? Even better, does anyone know if there is such a program that ALSO spawns the NPCs so you can see the mob positionning, models, and all that? That'd be great, thanks in advance! __________________ As the speed of light is superior to that of sound, most people look bright until they start talking.

08-06-2006, 08:49 AM	#2 (permalink)
Szlia Conquest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 4,691 +11 Internets	Spawn locations are server side so you cannot have mobs in a offline viewer (unless someone spent the time to put them there by hand). __________________ -retrosabotage-

08-06-2006, 05:30 PM	#8 (permalink)
HalberdBlue Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 90 +7 Internets	There is a program out there called EQZoneViewer. Last I checked the mirrors to download it were down, though I think I have it on one of my hard drives. So if the website is still down and you really want it you can send me a PM. It can only view zones up through GoD, after that Sony adopted a different format for zones and it hasn't been updated to view those. Basically you can load up the zone and fly around in "ghost form" (so you can go through walls and float in the air and stuff). You can also turn on collision but since it doesn't actually use EQ's code its a little buggy (you can't fall, for instance, unless its a short fall like stairs. The version I'm talking about isn't the one that used the old Tutorial program. __________________ Suffer not the noob to live.

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08-06-2006, 10:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
Belefuu Poster Heavy Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 998 -1 Internets	There used to be something like this I messed around with wayyyyyy back in the day. Think it was actually called something like EQZoneViewer. As for mobs, yeah, out of luck there I think.

08-06-2006, 12:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
WarderX Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 1,593 +1 Internets	Yeah there was a zone viewer that, if I remember correctly, was the EQ tutorial but it was 'hacked' so you could use it with any zone. 1st result on google, http://sourceforge.net/projects/eqmaps , looks underdeveloped though

08-06-2006, 12:56 PM	#5 (permalink)
Dynalisia Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The land of sunshine Posts: 1,480 -4 Internets	If emulators that can run on your own machine are still around, you could consider using one of those.

08-06-2006, 03:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
Zuuljin So there's this plane on a treadmill... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 2,935 +5 Internets	You simply got the hex code to the tutorial, and somewhere in there was the name of the map. You just replaced it with whatever map you wanted to load and youd be there. I dont know if the old tutorial is still there, but if it is, just do that.

08-06-2006, 05:55 PM	#9 (permalink)
Soygen 100% Pure Soy Monk Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL Posts: 6,243 +23 Internets	Yeah, I used to have that one, but I couldn't find it recently.

08-07-2006, 08:11 AM	#10 (permalink)
Brutul Tarew Marr Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun. Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 961 -1 Internets	Don't think it works anymore. If it does though I would like to get my hands on a copy.

08-07-2006, 10:43 AM	#12 (permalink)
Soygen 100% Pure Soy Monk Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL Posts: 6,243 +23 Internets	That would also require he buys those expansions. I'm guessing he is just curious about what they look like, but not curious enough to spend money on the them?

08-07-2006, 11:14 AM	#14 (permalink)
Soygen 100% Pure Soy Monk Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL Posts: 6,243 +23 Internets	I dunno. I read it as "I've been gone since OOW and want to see the new stuff". But yeah, if he owns the expansions, there isn't much you can't go explore. Especially if you have a FD class.

08-07-2006, 01:29 PM	#15 (permalink)
Brutul Tarew Marr Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun. Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 961 -1 Internets	It's nice for getting screenshots to make up pretty circle and arrow diagrams for writing up strats.