A new set of maps that should appeal to a wide spectrum of players.
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Overall changes:
* Added a customized legends to all maps (lower right). When I was fixing the Plane of Mischief map I had, I noticed there was a small legend with ZUKAT 04/07 in another spot. I thought it was fantastic, except that it was far too small to read. I wrote a program that creates customized legends and generated them for every zone in EQ. The items in the legend will differ based on zone (e.g., Kedge Keep will show path to Phinny’s room, Plane of Mischief will show tips to get out of maze, icy surfaces in Velketor and Kael Drakkal). As I redo zones in the future, I’ll probably be playing with this program.
* New 0,0 indicator with 1000 ruler. The indicator and legend are both on Layer 2. If it gets in your way, just turn off the layer to hide it.
* Hunters! I really liked how EQResource added hunter information that was below the map showing name & placeholder info for Empires of Kunark. I thought their idea was so good, I added this same level of information to my maps for House of Thule, Veil of Alaris, Rain of Fear, Call of the Forsaken, The Darkened Sea, and the Broken Mirror. Best of all, the hunters themselves are also included on the maps themselves so they are easy to find.
* Collections! Hats off again to EQResource and how they provided collection information for Empires of Kunark. I liked how they specified if it was ground spawn, NPC drop, or only found on Heroic Achievement missions. Once again, I liked the idea so much that I added this to my maps as well, and added it for all expansions where collections are available: Rain of Fear, Call of the Forsaken, The Darkened Sea, and the Broken Mirror. If I’ve ever picked up a collection from a spot, I added it to my map, along with the corresponding color tied to the legend.
* NPC additions. In this set of maps, I’ve visited all the starting cities and added every NPC I could find. Also, if the NPC was a merchant, I reviewed what they sold and adjusted their label accordingly. Outside starting cities, I’ve added hundreds of additional NPCs, named, location information, and more.
* Zone lines. I’ve fixed a ton of zone lines in Original EQ, Kunark, and Luclin that were in the wrong place, sometimes showing them way up a tunnel or far too close.
* Succor! I hauled around a heroic druid and succored in hundreds of zones and either added or fixed the location. I’ve been tracking which ones I’ve done, and it is amazing how wrong many were. Eventually, I’ll get them all, but this was great start.
* Lines to nowhere. I’ve run a custom-written program to remove lines in maps where the originating point is the ending point. Lines that are shorter than 2 feet are merged into other lines (unless part of building walls where I want that level of detail). To date, I’ve removed 283,449 lines from the maps I originally obtained.
List of map changes by expansion:
Original EverQuest:
Ak’Anon – Cleaned up geometry. Added all NPCs.
Bazaar – Remapped the bazaar. Looks great!
Befallen – Labeled locks on doors. Added all NPCs/Named.
Blackburrow – Redid colors showing different levels.
Commonlands – Added all NPCs.
East Freeport – Remapped the zone. Looks fantastic compared to original.
Erudin – Cleaned up 2nd floor geometry & library. Added all NPCs.
Erudin Palace – Cleaned up colors for each level. Fixed jail area. Added all NPCs.
Estate of Unrest – Cleaned up geometry. Fixed stairs. Pit traps in basement labeled. Lot of improvements.
Everfrost Peaks – Remapped West side of zone. Added secret path near the frost giants.
Felwithe (both) – Added all NPCs.
Gloomingdeep – Remapped zone (tutorial A & B). Both look great!
Gorge of King Xorbb – Added all NPCs.
Grobb – Added all NPCs.
Halas – Added all NPCs.
Kaladim (both) – Added all NPCs. Cleaned up 2nd floors, guard towers, house on dock, and more.
Kedge Keep – Cleaned up geometry. Added color coded vertical shafts between levels.
Misty Thicket – Added 2nd floor to watch towers with stairs. Added missing houses. Added all NPCs.
Mountains of Rathe – Added all NPCs.
Neriak Commons – Added all NPCs.
Neriak Foreign Quarter – Added all NPCS.
Neriak Third Gate – Added all NPCs.
North Karana – Added all NPCs.
North Qeynos – Added all NPCs. Clearly labeled pit traps in rogue’s guild area.
North Ro – Cleaned up the Oasis tower. Also redid buildings around the zone (inns, houses, etc).
Ocean of Tears – Visited each island and cleaned up labels, colors, and much more.
Oggok – Added all NPCs.
Paineel – Cleaned up 2nd floor geometry. Added all NPCs.
Permafrost Keep – Cleaned up basement area. Clearly show fake floors on way to Vox. Cleaned up path from basement to Vox.
Plane of Knowledge – Fixed z-axis on a lot of labels. Cleaned up three towers to the library. Added all NPCs.
Qeynos Catacombs – Added all secret doors, fake floors, traps, and one-ways.
Qeynos Hills – Added all NPCs.
Rivervale – Cleaned up geometry in Bank & Tavern. Added all NPCs.
South Karana – Added all NPCs.
South Qeynos – Redid arena & all stairs. Added all NPCs.
Surefall Glade – Cleaned up the bear caves. Much easier to navigate!
Temple of Solusek Ro – Cleaned up all geometry. Added all NPCs.
The Forgotten Halls – Remapped the zone. Looks great.
The Plane of Hate (v2) – Massive cleanup on colors. Walls are now black, steps are grey, second floors colored differently, added doors. Much easier to tell how to actually move in this zone.
West Freeport – Remapped zone. Looks fantastic compared to original
West Karana – Added all NPCs.
Ruins of Kunark:
Chardok – Colorized different areas to match the EoK map I did. Fixed stairs/doors/etc.
Chardok Halls of Betrayal – Redid entire zone. My new map has straight walls, water, bridges, and all NPCs.
City of Mist – Cleaned up colors between levels. Labeled key doors.
East Cablis – Added all NPCs. Cleaned up maze area.
Field of Bone – 2nd floor cleanup on buildings outside Cablis.
Firiona Vie – moved the good NPCs that were still showing in city to the eastern outpost, fixed their descriptions.
Frontier Mountains – Added mountains to terrain.
Howling Stones – Added trap, one-ways along with clean geometry.
Kaesora – standardized colors, labeled the one-ways going into different areas. Clearly labeled fake floors.
Karnor’s Castle – fixed tons of geometry and added stairs.
Kurn’s Tower – pulled into 3rd model and fixed all the floors, stairs. Colorized different levels.
Lake of Ill Omen – redid the Sarnak fortress in the SW. Redid goblin caves in North, added mountains. Fixed 2nd floors outside Cablis.
Overthere – Added all NPCs.
Skyfire – Added bunch of named mobs. Added mountains to terrain.
Swamp of No Hope – 2nd floor cleanup on buildings outside Cablis.
Temple of Droga – Cleaned up map, including areas where large rooms that were missing interior walls.
Timorous Deep – Added NPCs on islands.Warsliks Wood – 2nd floor cleanup on buildings outside Cablis.
West Cabilis – Added all NPCs. Remapped maze & clearly show the one-ways.
Veeshan’s Peak – Added locked door information & under-lava tunnel.
Scars of Velious
Crystal Caverns – Redid portions of zone and colorized levels to help find way through orc tunnels at zone-in.
Plane of Mischief – Redid the original ZUKAT map. Colorized the different levels.
Siren’s Grotto – Redid under water portions and cleaned up vertical tunnels.
Skyshrine – Redid large portions of zone. Cleaned up and colorized different levels.
Temple of Veeshan – Redid entire southern and northern areas of zone. After clean-up, added stairs & doors. Looks much better!
Thurgadin – Redid portions of zone. Cleaned up and colorized different levels.
Velketor’s Labyrith – Redid almost entire zone. Clearly show icy areas on ramps. Added all NPCs.
Shadows of Luclin
Echo Caverns – Redid geometry. Added all NPCs.
Grieg’s End – Redid about 90% of the zone. None of original lines were straight. Added doors/stairs. Added all NPCs.
Katta Castellum – Redid buildings. Labeled buildings. Added secret doors / locked doors. Added all NPCs.
Sanctus Seru – Added top floors to the four main towers. Cleaned up Seru’s tower. Added all NPCs. Added NPC timer info to legend.
Shadow Haven – Redid geometry. Added all NPCs.
Shar Val – Colorized levels. Added stairs / doors. Added all NPCs. Ton of work on this zone.
Ssraeshza Temple – Redid geometry. Added lock door info. Looks significantly better.
The Nexus – Cleaned up geometry.
The Twilight Sea – Added all NPCs. Cleaned up western tower.
Umbral Plains – redid caves.
Planes of Power
Overall – I’ve indicated trees on many of the maps with “T” labels. If you are hunting for tradeskill saps, this should help!
Doomfire – redid entire zone from scratch. All the maps I could find had problems with z-axis and height filter would not work.
Eryslai – colorized levels and added labels & all NPCs.
Plane of Disease – fixed southern caves. Cleaned up castle area.
Plane of Justice – cleaned up geometry. Colorized levels.
Plane of Nightmare – Redid the entire zone from scratch. All the maps I found had problems with z-axis and height filter would not work. New map has a lot more detail and clearly shows one-ways.
Plane of Storms – Cleaned up geometry & added “T” markers to show where trees are located to help tradeskillers get sap.
Plane of Torment – Massive redo. Fixed all the multi-level areas clearly showing stairs & doors. Also redid the entire central tower. Added ton of named mobs.
Plane of Tranquility – Added all NPCs. Added all new zones through EoK.
Plane of Valor – Ton of cleanup.
Reef of Coirnav – Colorized upper level from lower level. Cleaned up geometry & added labels.
Legacy of Ykesha
Crypt of Nadox – Cleaned up geometry. Added stairs, labels, NPCs.
Dulak’s Harbor – Cleaned up 50% of zone geometry.
Gulf of Gunthak – Added all NPCs. Cleaned up beach area, houses, and fort areas.
Hate’s Fury – Massive cleanup. Colorized levels, added stairs. Looks much better.
Lost Dungeons of Norrath
Gukta zones – redid all the Gukta zones with colorized levels and labels.
Gates of Discord
Tipt – geometry cleanup
Vxed – geometry cleanup
Dragons of Norrath
Tirranun’s Delve – geometry cleanup
The Accursed Nest – geometry cleanup
Prophecy of Ro
Freeport Academy – redid zone from scratch
Freeport City Hall – redid zone from scratch
Feeport Hall of Truth – redid zone from scratch
Freeport Militia House – redid zone from scratch
Freeport Theater – redid zone from scratch
The Serpent’s Spine
Crescent Reach – Added all NPCs. Cleaned up central tower structure.
House of Thule
Hunter information for all zones at bottom of map
Veil of Alaris
Hunter information for all zones at bottom of map
Rain of Fear
Collection information for all zones at bottom of map
Hunter information for all zones at bottom of map
Call of the Forsaken
Collection information for all zones at bottom of map
Hunter information for all zones at bottom of map
The Darkened Sea
Collection information for all zones at bottom of map
Hunter information for all zones at bottom of map
The Broken Mirror
Collection information for all zones at bottom of map
Hunter information for all zones at bottom of map
Empires of Kunark
Collection information for all zones at bottom of map
Hunter information for all zones at bottom of map
Enjoy!
Brewall
