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The Steam Overlay blocks you from playing the game when you access it. Which is absolutely unacceptable.
XFire apparently is a wild hit and miss whether it works.
Evolve does not really work with EVE. It recognized EVE in the library, tells me I can use the overlay, but nothing happens when I press the overlay key combo even after multiple client/launcher restarts. Overlay is not listed in the EVE Online entry in the gamesdb.xml file and even after manually adding the entry to the file, pressing the overlay hotkey does not show it.
Overwolf so far seems the only overlay that is barely usable, although it has no bookmarks which is quite important to me because I regularly visit certain sites and do not really want to type each url every single time I need to use that page. However, the browser apparently does not keep .net addresses like evemaps.dotlan.net stored in the auto complete feature of the url bar, so another thing that makes this overlay less usable than the IGB

And overall, I need to do more clicks and more keyboard strokes to access the overlays in the first place in all instances.

Any other suggestions? Or does someone care to try to explain how to get evolve or overwolf working properly (properly == retaining the functionality of the IGB)?[/quote]

Could you please tell us if there is a possibility to use this CREST in-game without having to rely on any non-CCP supported out of game applications?

Does CCP actually wonder why devs wont touch this game with a ten foot poll?. Crest is honestly one of the worst things I've ever seen. The static dumps are ridiculously hard to work with as well (let me query 9 tables just to figure out what an item is made of).

I like the game overall but the lack of a decent api or a DB dump with a proper schema has kept me any many devs from even bothering to create sites and aps for it. (I know "we don't need you", "Good riddance", don't worry, don't care.)

Enjoy your time and keep pissing off devs, then wonder why your game has such crap 3rd party dev support.

Another nail in the coffin of EVE.

EVE has some of the best third-party dev support in the entire gaming industry. Sure, there aren't modders like Elder Scrolls and similar games have, but that's because EVE is an MMO. The type and quality of software that EVE has available for it is absolutely top-notch compared to what exists for pretty much every other game.

I want to start off by saying, this post concerns me. Not only does it make you the person that says "no, pick the nuts out yourself." (which doesn't really solve the problem) I've never seen such a hostile response from a dev to someone just for posting their opinion. Especially when theres so many posts of people completely over-dramatizing the effect this will have on their gameplay experience.
That being said, my faith in this change not having a negative effect is derived from my experience with the shutdown of EVElopedia. (EVEuni and Brave's site were far from being "more complete" resources in my experience but thats a whole other topic) Removing tools and resources without a viable alternative is always going to be frustrating for the players, and frankly thats what has happened, and what seems is going to happen in both instances.
The solutions listed so far (as much as you would like them to be) are not and will not be viable alternatives to IGB
So far what I've seen is
1. Use windowed mode or alt tab
The loss of in game awareness with this "solution" is far more than enough to put me off (even in windowed mode the lack of screen space will have a negative effect)
2. Use a second screen
Its mostly been edgelords, elitists, and apologists posting this, but obviously it is not going to be possible (or desirable) for a lot of people including myself.
3. Use an overlay
This is the best option so far, however that overlay would have to have very specific features and to my knowledge (I'm not an expert in overlays nor do I intend to become one just to fix the loss of IGB) no overlay with all of those features exists. Most importantly, it can't lock out in-game controls like steam overlay does, which from what I've read in other posts really only leaves overwolf. However unless they add bookmarks to the browser and let me choose to open any in-game links in the overlay instead of with the regular browser it will be far less convenient than just using a regular browser, and the problems with that are listed above.
So from now on lets just assume anyone with a short, simple post like Sheeana's are in agreement with at least some of what I've written above, as no matter what it is you do in eve these reasons are applicable.
I'll end by saying that this is my favorite MMO and that no other is worth playing in my opinion, but this game is clicky, waity, and hard enough as is without removing convient tools, resources and of course, the ability to browse dank memes.

"whenever you click on a link in the client you will be warned that the link will open in an external browser.

You can choose to accept this and open the external browser or cancel. The dialog also has the option to remember your choice."



If I have selected to remember this choice, but now want to revert to being asked each time, which is the setting I need to reset ?

I've been playing EVE since Trinity. And much of that time using Linux.

CCP, what about Linux players? There are issues with GNOME3 and MATE where leaving the EVE window (alt tabbing, changing virtual desktops) causes EVE to stop receiving mouse input when it regains focus. The IGB wasn't perfect but it did work most of the time.

I'm going to have to play in windowed mode all the time now. I use out of game resources too frequently to lose the IGB.

I had enough issues getting EVE to work with your new launcher (why did we even need the launcher anyway? In-game updates on the login screen never failed for me on Linux or Windows).

Due to Microsoft's recent, bizarre, decisions regarding telemetry Windows 10, 8, and 7 are no longer viable options due to telemetry collection. EVE is one of the few good games that worked consistently on Linux for as long as I can remember. But it seems like every patch makes it less and less compatible with WINE.

Heck, the new camera lags like crazy compared to the old one. I've started getting periodic stuttering ever since it was introduced.

I have removed an offensive post. Please keep it civil and within the rules!

This is a sad day. A sad day indeed.


More displays? I used to play EVE with 12.. Cut down to 4 now, no thanks to NVIDIA (***** ************** **********).

Actually i was going to buy 2 extra displays, for a long time... But for 3 account, not for two + browser!