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== Chat window == These settings are changed by typing into the in-game chat window. * '''/Showname 1/2/3/4/5/6/All or Off:''' Turning this off will be a huge boost in largely populated zones, like Lobby...or on raids. Most will compromise with /showname 1 (First Character name), but it's almost always a bad idea to use /showname all.../shudder, talk about a wall of text. As a sidenote, this only applies to PC's, all NPC's are unaffected by this setting. - /Showname 1 (then off once you're used to not sucking /nod). You can abbreviate it with /show. So use /Showname 1 during raids. * '''/Showgrass On/Off:''' Perhaps the most ridiculous and superfluous thing in EQ is the stupid grass, memory for nothing and your LD's for free I guess? - /Showgrass Off * '''/Showspelleffects On/Off:''' This will turn off those incredibly taxing spell particles that occurs on you or your target when you cast a spell, this might very well be the most important thing to turn off on a bad computer, as I've personally been reduced to absolute uselessness on a raid before when I had to re-download EQ and forgot to toy with my settings beforehand. With this on I could almost swear the lag gains sentience and begins plotting the most satisfying way to make you murder yourself - /Showspelleffects Off * '''/Log On/Off:''' This isn't a joke, this command will determine whether your log is actively parsing everything that's filtered into your chat windows. This option will be off by default for everyone, so there's little need to worry about it if you don't use a parser. ** But a reminder for those who do have log on, when that file gets to around 100 MB, it's going to start affecting your performance. Word to the Wise, it's always a good idea to delete or rename that log file every month or so. ** If you experience lagging with logging on, your anti-virus software may be scanning the log file and slowing you down. You can make an exception for the log file from scanning. Exclude all of your EverQuest folder, or just the Logs folder, or you can pick just the log file(s) you wish to exclude. * '''/loginterval [seconds]:''' This is the ability to throttle log writes instead of opening the file and writing every line each time. When set it to 0 it will not throttle at all. By default this is set to one second. If you are gathering information for parsing a raid, you may wish to throttle writes to help cut down on lagging. Be advised this will delay any triggers from any third party program that reads the log file.
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