Eqlist

The eqlist feature is a Mush-Z based alternative to Alter Aeon's eqsets. Eqlist has no limitations, is about as fast as eq-wearing aliases, and does not require you to create the alias yourself.

Important concepts

Why do players make sets of equipment?

Alter Aeon has tens of thousands of different objects, each of which is different from almost any other object in at least a couple of ways. The effects on a piece of equipment may make it more suited to one set than another. For instance, a piece of equipment with damroll by 4 would work well in a hit set because damroll helps you hit harder. It would not work well in a mana regen set because mana regen is not affected at all by damroll.

Players quickly realize that wearing a set of eq focused on one particular task, i.e. mana regeneration, causes them to be more efficient and effective in the game. However, once a player begins to accumulate many pieces, it can be hard to sort through tons of equipment to wear a set. This is why a computer database of equipment sets is useful, hence the eqlist function.

How does eqlist work?

Eqlist works by memorizing what equipment you are wearing at the moment and linking it to a name that you specify. Names can be as long as you want, but cannot contain spaces. For example, if you were creating a set for hitting you might call it hit because the shorter the word, the faster you can switch and the less chance you will have of making a typo.

What are eqlist modes?

Eqlist modes control how thorough the eqlist function is when switching sets.

• Meticulous

The slowest but most careful mode. Each piece of equipment you are wearing is removed and switched out for the corresponding piece in the now-empty wear location. This mode also allows you to create a slightly different set from normal, for example, you may have a set for mage cast level, but you want to create a separate set with most of your magecast equipment and some high firesave equipment for a mob that breathes fire at you. The only downside is that it is painfully slow, unless you don't have to change out a bunch of pieces. Then it might even beat the other modes.

• Fast

The fast mode first checks to see how many pieces of equipment in the current set are the same as those you want to wear in the set to which you are switching. If this number is higher than 6, Mush-Z will use meticulous mode to wear the pieces that don't match. If it's less than or equal to 6, Mush-Z will remove everything you are wearing, put it all in your container, and take out the new set and wear it piece by piece. This mode prevents hassles relating to equipment in multiple wear locations from being worn in the wrong place. It is also fairly snappy, and is a good compromise between meticulous and lightning. It's the default mode, and, unless you are sure of yourself, is probably best left alone.

• Lightning

Lightning mode works by cutting the corners that make the other 2 modes slower. Read the lightning mode warnings section if you plan to use this mode extensively for eq changing. All of your equipment is removed at once and puts it in your container. Then it checks to see how many items you can carry. It first gets your weapon and wields it, then grabs everything from your new set that it can and wears it. It then keeps grabbing items from your container until your set is complete. It's extremely quick, but it's unreliable for a number of reasons.

• Lightning Mode Warnings

Lightning mode doesn't actually check whether the container you used to make the eqlist has your eq in it, unless it is a tensor. When creating an eqlist in lightning mode with a tensor's floating disk, always make sure the container name is the full word tensor and not any shortened form of the word, like tens, ten, or any other keyword for the disc like floating or disc.

Lightning mode also doesn't care about what location your eq is worn in. It is strongly suggested to not use lightning mode for sets of equipment that have equipment worn in multiple wear slots. Otherwise, you could find you have to remove and wear a few pieces in the correct locations after Mush-Z is done switching.

Eqlist commands and Functions

Type eqlist without any arguments to get an overview of what you can do. Each command will be listed here as well with a more detailed explanation. Note that you can use eql instead of eqlist to make your life a bit easier.

Eqlist help

Eqlist help is exactly the same as typing eqlist by itself. It's provided because Alter Aeon's eqset command also allows you to type eqset help to get information on commands.

Eqlist create

Syntax: eqlist create <name_of_set> <name_of_container> <mode>

This command creates a set with specified name, container name, and optional mode. The container name and set name must be included though. It takes all the equipment you are wearing to make the set. You can type meticulous, fast or lightning as the mode. This is also the command you use if one of your existing sets has changed. You can simply wear the equipment with the appropriate changes and recreate the set to update it.

Eqlist delete

Syntax: eqlist delete <name_of_set>

This command will delete a set of equipment from the eqlist table. You will not lose your eq if you use this command, but you can no longer wear that combination of eq automatically unless you create it again.

Eqlist wear

Syntax: eqlist wear <name_of_set> eqw name of set

This command wears a new set of equipment, governed by the eqlist mode. After the set is done being switched to, you will get a timestamp of how long it took to switch. Use this to benchmark which mode is the fastest for each set for you. Note that you can't do anything while Mush-Z is switching out your eq for you.

Eqlist list

This lists all your sets, in case you have so many that you have forgotten which ones you have.

Eqlist show

Syntax: eqlist show <name_of_set>

This command shows the names of equipment in the specified set. Make sure you specify an argument. If you don't, Mush-Z will show everything in every set, which, if you are like me and have over 20 sets defined, can cause over 5 seconds of lag.

Eqlist move

Syntax: eqlist move <name_of_set> <new_container>

If you have multiple containers and want to move your equipment from one container to another - for example, if you have just bought a shiny new weightless and you want to get your heavy tanking pieces out of a tensor - you can use this command to move everything. You won't hear anything, but you will have a couple seconds of lag as Mush-Z moves all the items.

Eqlist change

Syntax: eqlist change <name_of_set> <name_of_container>

This changes the name of the container that the specified set is stored in, without moving anything. This is most often used if you have a problem switching to a set and the game spams you with messages about how you can't seem to find a piece to wear. This command is not used often.

Eqlist mode

Syntax: eqlist mode fast/lightning/meticulous eqlist mode <name_of_set> fast/lightning/meticulous eqlist mode all fast/lightning/meticulous

The first line allows you to set the default mode used for wearing eq. Default mode is used if the equipment set you want to wear doesn't already have a mode specified. The second line lets you set the mode for a particular set of equipment, and the third line lets you set the mode for all sets.

Eqlist clear

Syntax: eqlist clear

This command gets rid of everything. Be careful about your finger placement; there is no confirmation about whether you really want to get rid of everything. It will be gone immediately. That's why it's good to export your equipment sets to a backup file, which is the final command we'll cover.

Eqlist export/eqlist import

Syntax: eqlist export eqlist import

These commands export your current equipment to a backup file, or import it back in. This is good if your working equipment database gets corrupted. It's also good to store before you move to a new computer, so you don't lose your equipment sets that you have labored