I have recived reply for a icon idea from Verrant look at it
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From: Wizard <wizard@...>
To: <_EQ_Magic@onelist.com>; <EQmail@...>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 6:21 AM
Subject: Spell icons
I wanted a lot of that in myself, but the way the background code was
done, it is just not something that we can implement easily. At some future
date we might put it in, but nowhere in the near future. Sorry. :(
Geoffrey C. Zatkin
Arch-Magi of Norrath
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My message ....
> One very anoying thing what i have seen is that a you are not in
> possibility to see active spells on other players or mobs. This creates
> serious problem to recast SOW, Armours or other buffs and also can be
> interesting to see what buffs have some particular mob.
>
> One solution to this problem can be introduction of new spell "Detect
> magic" wich when is active gives possibility to see active spells on other
> PC and NPC. It can give on left part of screen same list of spell icons
> what you have on right side for spells active on yourself this dont look
as
> too hard to program and all grafic alredy exist for it.
>
> If there are some possibilitys here can be introdced some variants like
> possibility to see only enchantments cast by ourselves or enchantments of
> our lv or lower in complexity of spells.
>
> Icons start flashing if they are to vanish as some armours do now but also
> for debuffs or root, enstill what you casted on MOB.
>
> Also this can be made so that you can select one of detected spells and
> cast a " Dispell magic" only on selected spell !!
>
> This is my little 2 cents in our effort to make a EQ better (its already
> best but can alwas make better :-) )
>
I wanted a lot of that in myself, but the way the background code was
done, it is just not something that we can implement easily. At some future
date we might put it in, but nowhere in the near future. Sorry. :(
Geoffrey C. Zatkin
Arch-Magi of Norrath
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