not to be an ass, but GD isnt the place, this is https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=topics&f=272

I understand that, but i don't want to wait a week for an answer ...

I understand that, but i don't want to wait a week for an answer ...

So you feel like you are somehow entitled to circumvent the rules simply because you do not want to follow the same process everyone else has to follow?

I understand that, but i don't want to wait a week for an answer ...

... all my settings seem to have vanished.

Anybody here can tell me if there's a backup of them somewhere ?
Some way i can find my old settings again ?

Like ... window positions, overviews, chats, etc ...

Anybody ?



Thanks !

For future reference, is there any way to back the UI up and save the settings in case this happens to me?

So you feel like you are somehow entitled to circumvent the rules simply because you do not want to follow the same process everyone else has to follow?

Of course he does. Just like the guy cutting in front of you in a traffic jam. Depending on where you live everyone does this, so it turns a normal intersection into a nightmare. Self-fulfilling prophecy - I will cut in line to avoid traffic, which creates the traffic in the first place.

%appdata%\ccp\eve\yaddayadda

Probably corrupted file there though. I can sell you a new overview for 5 mill ISK ;-)

... all my settings seem to have vanished.

Anybody here can tell me if there's a backup of them somewhere ?
Some way i can find my old settings again ?

Like ... window positions, overviews, chats, etc ...

Anybody ?



Thanks !

I understand that, but i don't want to wait a week for an answer ...

May help backing-up (also handy for cloning settings to all your characters and accounts):

Locating the files: http://support.eveonline.com/Pages/KB/Article.aspx?id=371

core_char_*.dat (the numbers are the character ID)
core_user_*.dat (the numbers are the account ID)

Only EASY way I know to figure out the character IDs is to look at the EVEmon settings file (XML) for < characterID >

Why did your sys reboot? Could be as simple as bad sectors.

chkdsk /f /r

Quite often when the client hiccups and next login demands agreeing to the eula, i just close the client and try again and it's often 'remembered' my settings.

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(really ? my overview settings, window positions etc are in there? some guy said it was an xml, but i didn't find any)
(well ... that could be the reason why my settings got lost ... because there were none anymore lol)

Overview settings files and stuff like screen shots are found in the EVE folder under My Documents, easy enough to find. If you don't already have an Overview folder in there, which you should if you had any saved out, just create it and if you don't have any already exported find some that you can use and just drop em into that folder to be able to import them into the game.

I have a set of overview profiles that I created and posted on our forum, see if those work to get you started.

Thank you for your offer, but i already started remaking mine.

Btw, the only folders i've EVER seen in My Documents/EVE/ are: capture, fittings, logs.

I have *no* idea what folder you are talking about.

Edit: Do you mean to say i need to export the overview settings to create such a folder ? Never did that.
But ... NOW is a GREAT moment to start ... XD

(saving space)

It's possible that Windows 7 is forcing a restart after it install updates in the background. This is the default action for that operating system, for which the developer of that "feature" should be shot - or at least not allowed anywhere near the IT industry again.



Also to expound of the help everyone else has already given, the overview data is located the the settings folder under


C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\CCP\EVE\{game_installation_folder}\


you probably have multiple folders with the game installation path since your overview settings appeared to be wiped (EVE created a new {game_installation_folder} with the a new overview. The one with your original overview data should be the oldest.

I thought about this, but it's set to do at a specific time ... and it wasn't that time. Thank you for the idea though.


Btw ... i fail to realize why i need my char_id, when i just can copy everything.


I had a crash again today but at least my settings didn't get deleted.

It's odd that nvidia drives get mentioned. I've switched from an ATI-notebook to an nvidia one ... hm.

I'd check the NVidia forums to see if others report problems with your current driver. Often my computer would reboot without me being able to see any error messages. Are you getting any strange effects visually before the crash? Pink or glittery screen? Ship or gate effects turning white? Those were the typical reports and the things I would often experience before crashes.

I understand that, but i don't want to wait a week for an answer ...