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Last September, a long-overdue spurt of SoD inspiration hit me. I wanted to model another fully custom zone for Shards of Dalaya, similar to Zenn Malath but bigger and better. The main attraction was going to be at least one new race option for Beastlords. (Others on the dev team had toyed with...

A not-so-modest Dwarf named Alnatch the Unclad has recently been spotted roaming the craggy shores of Erudin. Apparently carrying nothing but his two trusty swords, he is quick to challenge any who question his skill in melee. A man of old-fashioned sensibilities, Alnatch is known to be less...

A reclusive Dark Elf has been sighted in the Valley of Erimal. Witnesses say she mutters frequently, though it's unclear if she's talking to herself or to the retinue of elementals surrounding her. Why or how one person came to possess so many pets is unknown, but others of her class insist it...

A high-ranking woman from the Newport Guard recently arrived in Surefall Glade wearing a worried look. Her intention was to follow up on rumors regarding a vicious drake that locals have seen wandering the wilderness beyond Newport, but the Surefall Glade guildmasters have turned her away...

Have you ever wondered who keeps the water in Athica looking so clean and sparkly? That person is none other than Caynid Brightwater, the city's skilled yet pessimistic moat cleaner. However, the grunge under the bridge is beginning to build up to unhygienic levels these days, and Caynid seems...

A quartet of odd-looking individuals has risen to infamy lately. Here's an artist's recreation of the scene as described by an eye witness: Bar patrons report that the group, led by what seems to be a Wood Elf Shadowknight, broke into a brawl at a local pub in Southern Newport due to some...

A curious travel brochure has been making the rounds in Dalayan bars. Here's one that was recently picked up in Newport: Rumors tell that a new way of life has taken hold among some Frogloks. Choosing to honor Malath through stoicism and martial arts, these Frogloks embraced monkhood and...

The latest issue of The Newporter has sent the city abuzz with rumors of a mysterious mermaid! Who is she? What business does she have off the beaches of Southern Newport? Fair Coralia is part of a level 10 max engage Adept encounter in Southern Newport, though she's not the one you'll be...

NOTE: As of 5 December 2017, this thread is obsolete and will no longer be updated. The patcher should provide all necessary files and any future updates. If you're here hoping to fix rampant Human models everywhere on a Titanium install, know that Titanium is no longer supported and the only...

Not in a "reading" mood? Skip to the GREEN TEXT below to see your two options. ========== Many players still cling to custom UIs tailored to the old client. One downside of this is that an outdated UI stops displaying icons beyond a certain point, instead slapping the game's very first icon ―...

Note: This is about server mechanics, not the "rules" found in SoD's EULA! If you'd rather skim, just stick to the GREEN TEXT below. All EQ servers run on a table of settings called “server rules” (outlined here and here), which determine the major mechanics of a server. For instance, the...

For DIRECTIONS/DOWNLOAD, skip to the GREEN TEXT below. ========== Today, two different people asked me how to restore the old spell icons from 2.0. Luckily, this is just about the simplest UI mod imaginable. There are a few different methods for acquiring the files, and some installs already...

Roughly 960 item icons were supported in the old client. In 2.5, there are just over 2,400 item icons compatible with Titanium and more modern installs! :eek: (It may even be possible that 2.5 supports over 4,000 icons, though it'd take a developer to confirm this and would require patching in...

For DIRECTIONS/DOWNLOAD, skip to the GREEN TEXT below. ========== Remember those updated classic elementals by @Reppots? Now that I'm in the habit of using Luclin elementals these days, I decided to give a similar treatment to the newer elementals. Here's the new lineup: There are a few...

For DIRECTIONS/DOWNLOAD, skip to the GREEN TEXT below. ========== The 2.5 client came with a new addition to player inventories — the Power Source slot. Unfortunately, its inclusion shifted certain UI values (known as EQTypes) by a value of 1, and some mismatch in the SoD database doesn't...

For DIRECTIONS/DOWNLOAD, skip to the GREEN TEXT below. ========== Somebody asked me the other day if I could cobble together a miniaturized map window for 2.5 because apparently the client upgrade broke the few that were compatible with 2.0. Unfortunately, I can't remember specifically who...

For DIRECTIONS/DOWNLOAD, skip to the GREEN TEXT below! ========== Since 2.5 was launched, a major gripe of Bards (and their groupmates) has been that song icons are displayed incorrectly. Instead of songs showing up at the top corner of the window, the song window would always leave 5 blank...

For DIRECTIONS/DOWNLOAD, skip to the GREEN TEXT below. The "EQ button" that came with 2.5 is a handy feature, but I thought it felt blasphemous constantly looking at that crusty old icon when playing SoD. To rectify this, I cooked up a custom icon and inserted it into the two relevant UI files...

For DIRECTIONS/DOWNLOAD, skip to the GREEN TEXT below! ========== Something that bugs me about character creation is that the "Race" box displays only Luclin models. As a proud pre-Luclin model supremacist, I set out to create a custom version that would use only classic headshots for...

The 2.0 client had roughly 960 item icons available for use. After combing through the wiki's item icon image tables, I counted just over 40 as having never been used by the SoD devs. Many, if not most, items created in the future will likely pull from the hundreds of new 2.5 icons that devs...